He had already embraced Islam, emigrated to Abyssinia, and later made the Hijrah to Madinah in the year 5 AH. A fearless champion who longed for martyrdom, he was granted that honour.
• Ḍirār ibn al-Azwar al-Asadī, one of the celebrated warriors. He was a Companion from whom a single ḥadith is recorded. On the day of Buṣrā he commanded the left wing under Khālid, and he is remembered for many notable exploits. Others report that he died later in al-Jazīrah.
• Ṭulayb ibn ʿUmayr ibn Wahb ibn Kathīr ibn ʿAbd al-Dār ibn Quṣayy ibn Kilāb al-ʿAbdarī, the brother of Muṣʿab and—through his mother Arwā, the Prophet’s paternal aunt—a cousin of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. A veteran of Badr and one of the early believers, he also took part in the second migration to Abyssinia.
Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār relates: It is said that Abū Jahl used to insult the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, so Ṭulayb seized a camel’s jawbone and struck him with it, splitting his head. Others add that they then bound Ṭulayb, but his maternal uncle Abū Lahab released him.
• ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Zubayr ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim, a cousin of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. A Byzantine patricius rode out to challenge the Muslims; after a lengthy duel, ʿAbd Allah struck him on the shoulder, disabled him, cut through his armour and drove the point into him. When the battle closed ranks, the patricius was found dead. It is said that ʿAbd Allah lived thirty years, and some report that he was among those who stood firm with the Prophet ﷺ at Ḥunayn.
• Habbār ibn al-Aswad al-Qurashī al-Asadī, a Companion from whom ḥadith was narrated. Among his transmitters were his two sons—ʿAbd al-Malik and Abū ʿAbd Allah—together with ʿUrwa and Sulaymān ibn Yasār. He was martyred at Ajnadayn and was numbered among the ṭulaqāʾ (those granted amnesty at the Conquest).
• Habbār ibn Sufyān ibn ʿAbd al-Asad al-Makhzūmī, one of the emigrants to Abyssinia, was killed on that day, though others say it was at Yarmūk.
• Khālid ibn Saʿīd ibn al-ʿĀṣ al-Umawī, likewise an emigrant to Abyssinia and a man of great rank; it is said that he, too, fell at Ajnadayn.