• Qarẓah ibn Kaʿb al-Anṣārī al-Khazrajī. One of the jurist-Companions, he was among the ten men ʿUmar dispatched to Kūfah to teach the people. He later took part in the conquest of al-Ray during ʿUmar’s caliphate, and ʿAlī appointed him governor of Kūfah. He then marched with ʿAlī to the Battle of the Camel and was present at Ṣiffīn. He died in Kūfah, and—according to the sounder view—ʿAlī led his funeral prayer; he was the first person in Kūfah over whom public lamentation was raised. Others say he died after ʿAlī.

• Al-Qaʿqāʿ ibn ʿAmr al-Tamīmī. It is said that he witnessed the passing of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He played a momentous role in the battles against the Persians at al-Qādisiyyah and elsewhere, and was counted among the famed champions. It is reported that Abū Bakr said, “The voice of al-Qaʿqāʿ in the army is better than a thousand men.” He fought alongside ʿAlī at the Camel and served as the emissary in the peace talks that day, afterward settling in Kūfah.

• Suḥaym, the servant of Banū al-Ḥassḥās. An accomplished, masterful poet, celebrated for his eloquence, though he possessed no Companionship.

Maʿmar related—through Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, from al-Sāʾib—that some people said to ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with him), “This is the servant of Banū al-Ḥassḥās; he recites poetry.” ʿUmar summoned him and asked, “What did you say?” He replied:

Bid Sulaymā farewell if at dawn you depart;
Grey hairs—and Islam—are warning enough for a man.

ʿUmar said, “Enough! You have spoken truly, you have spoken truly.” This report is authentic.

Among his ringing verses he says:

We went mad for her the moment we forged that bond—
A bond of love, hidden or openly declared.