[Machine] I was the leader of my father when his eyesight deteriorated, so I went with him to the Friday prayer. When he heard the call to prayer, he prayed for Abu Umamah As'ad bin Zurarah and sought forgiveness for him. So I stayed for a long time without hearing the call to Friday prayer until he did that. So I said, "Oh father, do you see your seeking forgiveness for Abu Umamah every time you hear the call to Friday prayer?" He said, "O my son, he was the first one to gather with us in Madinah during the Battle of Khandaq from the tribe of Banu Bayadah, which is called Naqiyah Al-Khadamat." I said, "How many were you that day?" He said, "Forty men."
كُنْتُ قَائِدَ أَبِي حِينَ ذَهَبَ بَصَرُهُ إِذْ خَرَجْتُ بِهِ إِلَى الْجُمُعَةِ فَسَمِعَ الْأَذَانَ صَلَّى عَلَى أَبِي أُمَامَةَ أَسْعَدَ بْنِ زُرَارَةَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُ فَمَكَثْتُ كَثِيرًا لَا يَسْمَعُ أَذَانَ الْجُمُعَةِ إِلَّا فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبِي أَرَأَيْتَ اسْتِغْفَارَكَ لِأَبِي أُمَامَةَ كُلَّمَا سَمِعْتَ الْأَذَانَ لِلْجُمُعَةِ مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ «أَيْ بُنَيُّ كَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ جَمَّعَ بِنَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فِي هَزْمِ النَّبْتِ مِنْ حَرَّةِ بَنِي بَيَاضَةَ يُقَالُ لَهَا نَقِيعُ الْخَضَمَاتِ» قَالَ قُلْتُ كَمْ كُنْتُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ؟ قَالَ «أَرْبَعِينَ رَجُلًا»