Four matters in which Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him) went ahead before the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

Sulayman bin Ayyub narrates from his father, and he from his grandfather, that Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) was a brother-in-law of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) through four connections (being married to sisters of his wives): In the marriage of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), the daughter of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), while her sister Umm Kulthum bint Abi Bakr was in the marriage of Sayyiduna Talhah, and from her were born to him Zakariyya, Yusuf and Aishah. Likewise, in the marriage of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her), while her sister Hamnah bint Jahsh was in the marriage of Sayyiduna Talhah, and from her was born to him Muhammad, who was martyred with his father in the Battle of the Camel. Also, in the marriage of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was Sayyidah Umm Habibah bint Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with her), while her sister al-Rifa'ah bint Abi Sufyan was in the marriage of Sayyiduna Talhah. And in the marriage of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was Sayyidah Umm Salamah bint Abi Umayyah (may Allah be pleased with her), while her sister Qaribah bint Abi Umayyah was in the marriage of Sayyiduna Talhah, and from her was born to him Maryam bint Talhah.

It is narrated from Talhah bin Musarrif that on the day of the Battle of the Camel, Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) sat down beside (the blessed body of) Sayyiduna Talhah (may Allah be pleased with him), wiped the dust from his head, and then turned to his son Hasan bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both) and said: "Would that I had died thirty years before this event!"

Al-Hasan al-Basri narrates from Sayyiduna Abu Bakrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that on the day of the Battle of the Camel, when Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) saw the slain and the severed heads scattered about, he said: "O Hasan! What good can be hoped for after this?" Sayyiduna Hasan (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I had forbidden you from this matter before you entered into it."

Sufyan bin Uyaynah relates: I asked Amr bin Dinar: "O Abu Muhammad! Did Talhah and al-Zubayr (may Allah be pleased with them both) pledge allegiance to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him)?" He said: Hasan bin Muhammad told me (and I have never seen anyone more knowledgeable than him) that the two of them went up to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) in an upper room and pledged allegiance to him, then came back down.

Suhayl bin Abi Suhayl al-Tamimi narrates from his father that Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by the blessed body of Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah (may Allah be pleased with him) after he had been martyred. He stood beside him and said: "By Allah! He was just as the poet said: He was a young man whom wealth drew closer to his friends when he was rich, and whom poverty kept away from them (so as not to be a burden on them); it is as though the Pleiades were set upon his forehead, with the star Sirius on one of his cheeks and the full moon (shining) on the other."