It is reported from Ḥammād b. Zayd that he said, "I never saw a man who used to smile more at people than ʾAyyūb."

Al-Dhahabī, Siyar ʾAʿlām Al-Nubalāʾ 5:17

It is reported from Ḥammād b. Zayd that ʾAyyūb [Al-Sakhtiyānī] was once in a gathering when he was effected (moved to tears) by an exhortation, so he began wiping his nose saying, "How severe a cold can be!"

Op. cit. 5:20

It is also reported from Ḥammād that ʾAyyūb was once overcome with weeping, so he said, "A shaykh, when he gets very old, dribbles."

Op. cit. 5:22