He participated in several battles under the leadership of Muhammad, and he held the banner of his tribe, the Banū Khuzā‘ah amid the Conquest of Mecca.
"[3] During the First Fitna (literally “trial”) period of dissension and civil war (656-661) between Imam Ali Ibn Abu Talib and Muawiyah I, Imran did not just hold a neutral position, but appealed to people to abstain from violence.
Imran is recorded as having said, "I would prefer to be a shepherd on top of a mountain till I die rather than shoot an arrow at anyone in either party, right or wrong."
"[4] One of the miracles (kiramāt) that is widely related in traditional Islamic sources is that ‘Imran was able to hear the angels’ returning salutations to him (at the end of each ritual prayer) until he was cauterized.
[5] Ibn Hazm, an 11th century Sunni Islamic scholar included him in a list of Sahaba who deemed Nikah Mut'ah (temporary marriage) to be legal.