Tamim bin Aws al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him), also said Ibn Qays; his kunyah was Abu Ruqayyah, and he is the paternal uncle of Tamim bin Aws bin Kharijah bin Sawad bin Judhaymah bin Dira bin Adi bin al-Dar bin Lakhm bin Habib bin Namarah bin Lakhm

Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The first to light lamps in the mosque was Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him)."

Muhammad bin Sirin relates: "Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) bought a cloak for a thousand dirhams, and he used to pray in it."

Amr bin Dinar relates that Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) asked Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) for permission to tell stories (to preach), but he refused to permit him. He asked him again, and again he refused. Then he asked him a third time, and he said: "If you wish," and gestured with his hand, meaning a gesture of slaughtering.

Masruq relates: A man from the people of Makkah said to me: This is the place of worship of your brother Tamim al-Dari: "I saw him stand one night until morning came, or until it was about to come, reciting a single verse of the Book of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, then bowing, prostrating and weeping." (The verse was): "Or do those who have earned evil deeds think that We will make them like those who believed and did righteous deeds, so that their life and their death are alike? How evil is the judgement they make!" [Surah al-Jathiyah: 21]

Masruq (may Allah have mercy on him) relates that Tamim al-Dari (may Allah be pleased with him) kept repeating this verse until morning: "Or do those who have earned evil deeds think that We will make them like those who believed and did righteous deeds, so that their life and their death are alike? How evil is what they judge!" [Surah al-Jathiyah: 21].