5. Abu Sallam

One of the servants set free by Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), Abu Sallam was from the Hashimi tribe (Ibn al Asir, Usd al Ghabe, V, p. 151; Dhahabi, Kashif, II, p. 433; Ibn Hajar, al Isaba, VII, p. 157).

There is not a great deal of information about his life in the sources. However, we do know that Abu Sallam reported some hadiths from the Prophet. In the Musnad by Ahmad ibn Hanbal, five hadiths were reported by him, all of which are about the prayers that the Prophet made in the morning and in the evening, and the prayer before meals (Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Musnad, IV, p. 237).

Though we know that he went to Hims to live, we do not have any information about where or when he died.