Virtues of Qubath bin Ashyam (may Allah be pleased with him)

It is narrated from Ibn Shihab that: Qabath bin Ashyam bin Amir bin al-Mulawwah bin Ya'mar bin Awf bin Ka'b bin Amir bin Layth al-Dibabi.

It is narrated from Abu al-Huwayrith that he heard Abd al-Malik bin Marwan asking Sayyiduna Qabath bin Ashyam (may Allah be pleased with him): "O Qabath! Are you greater, or the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)?" He replied: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) is greater than me (in rank), but I am older than him (in age). The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was born in the Year of the Elephant, and prophethood was granted to him forty years after the incident of the Elephant."