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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

, then he moved on to the Syrian front and died a martyr during the plague of ʿAmwās, in the Jordan district, in 18 AH.

His brother:

24 – ʿAbd Allah ibn Suhayl ibn ʿAmr al-ʿĀmirī *
He set out with his father for Badr while concealing his faith. When the two forces met, he crossed over to the Muslims, fought alongside them, and was therefore counted among the men of Badr (may Allah be pleased with him). He took part in several other expeditions and engagements, and was martyred on the day of al-Yamāmah at the age of thirty-eight.

It has also been said that he was one of the earliest converts and that he emigrated to Abyssinia in the first migration (may Allah be pleased with him).

Al-Wāqidī reports:

When Abū Bakr led the people in pilgrimage the year before the Farewell Pilgrimage, Suhayl ibn ʿAmr (may Allah be pleased with him) met him and said, “I have heard, Abū Bakr, that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘The martyr will intercede for seventy of his relatives.’ (1) I therefore hope that ʿAbd Allah will begin with me.”

(*) Ibn Saʿd, Tabaqat, 3/1/259; Ibn Abi Hatim, al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil, 5/67; Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, al-Istiʿab, 6/236; Ibn al-Athir, Usd al-Ghaba, 3/271; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam, 2/26; Ibn Hajar, al-Isaba, 7/304. (1) Reported by Abu Dawud (2522) in the Book of Jihad, chapter “The martyr intercedes,” through the isnad: Yahya ibn Hassan – al-Walid ibn Rabah al-Dhimari – Nimran ibn ʿUtba al-Dhimari, who said: “We entered upon Umm al-Darda while we were orphans, and she said, ‘Rejoice, for I heard Abu al-Darda say that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: The martyr will intercede….’” The chain is sound: all its transmitters are trustworthy except Nimran ibn ʿUtba al-Dhimari, whose reliability is affirmed only by Ibn Hibban. Two people narrated from him, and a transmitter of this rank is judged hasan. Ibn Hibban authenticated this hadith in his Sahih (1612).

ثُمَّ انْتَقَلَ إِلَى جِهَادِ الشَّامِ، فَتُوُفِّيَ شَهِيْداً فِي طَاعُوْنِ عَمَوَاسَ بِالأُرْدُنِّ سَنَةَ ثَمَانِيَ عَشْرَةَ. وَأَخُوْهُ: ٢٤ - عَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ سُهَيْلِ بنِ عَمْرٍو العَامِرِيُّ * خَرَجَ مَعَ أَبِيْهِ إِلَى بَدْرٍ يَكْتُمُ إِيْمَانَهُ، فَلَمَّا الْتَقَى الجَمْعَانِ، تَحَوَّلَ إِلَى المُسْلِمِيْنَ، وَقَاتَلَ، وَعُدَّ بَدْرِيّاً ﵁. وَلَهُ غَزَوَاتٌ وَمَوَاقِفُ، وَاسْتُشْهِدَ يَوْمَ اليَمَامَةِ، وَلَهُ ثَمَانٍ وَثَلاَثُوْنَ سَنَةً. وَقِيْلَ: بَلْ هُوَ مِنَ السَّابِقِيْنَ الأَوَّلِيْنَ، وَإِنَّهُ هَاجَرَ إِلَى الحَبَشَةِ الهِجْرَةَ الأُوْلَى ﵁. وَذَكَرَ الوَاقِدِيُّ، قَالَ: لَمَّا حَجَّ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِالنَّاسِ قَبْل حَجَّةِ الوَدَاعِ، لَقِيَهُ سُهَيْلُ بنُ عَمْرٍو ﵁ فَقَالَ: بَلَغَنِي يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ أَنَّ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: (يَشْفَعُ الشَّهِيْدُ لِسَبْعِيْنَ مِنْ أَهْلِهِ (١)) . فَأَرْجُو أَنْ يَبْدَأَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بِي.

(*) طبقات ابن سعد: ٣ / ١ / ٢٥٩، الجرح والتعديل: ٥ / ٦٧، الاستيعاب: ٦ / ٢٣٦، أسد الغابة: ٣ / ٢٧١، تاريخ الإسلام: ٢ / ٢٦، الإصابة: ٧ / ٣٠٤. (١) أخرجه أبو داود (٢٥٢٢) في الجهاد: باب الشهيد يشفع، من طريق يحيى بن حسان، عن الوليد بن رباح الذماري، عن نمران بن عتبة الذماري قال: دخلنا على أم الدرداء ونحن أيتام فقالت: أبشروا فإني سمعت أبا الدرداء يقول: قال رسول الله، ﷺ،: يشفع الشهيد ... " وهذا سند حسن. رجاله ثقات غير نمران بن عتبة الذماري، فإنه لم يوثقه غير ابن حبان. وقد روى عنه اثنان، ومثله حسن الحديث. وقد صحح حديثه هذا ابن حبان (١٦١٢) .