Qutaybah ibn Sa'id told us, saying: Ibn Lahi'ah told us, on the authority of Abu Yunus, on the authority of Abu Hurayrah, who said: I have never seen anything more beautiful than the Messenger of Allah, may God bless him and grant him peace. It was as if the sun was shining on his face. And I have never seen anyone walk faster than the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace. It was as if the earth was being folded for him. We exert ourselves to keep up with him, while he was completely unconcerned.

Ali ibn Hujr and others told us: Isa ibn Yunus told us, on the authority of Umar ibn Abdullah, the freed slave of Ghufra, who said: Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, from the descendants of Ali ibn Abi Talib, told me: When Ali described the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, he said: When he walked, he moved with a swaying gait, as if he were descending a slope.

Sufyan ibn Waki’ told us, saying: My father told us, on the authority of Al-Mas’udi, on the authority of Uthman ibn Muslim ibn Hurmuz, on the authority of Nafi’ ibn Jubayr ibn Mut’im, on the authority of Ali ibn Abi Talib, who said: When the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, walked, he would lean forward as if he were descending a slope.