and he was the father of the commander ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ashʿath, for whom the populace rallied; he entered into those famous wars against al-Ḥajjāj—engagements the like of which had never been heard.
It is said that he fought in eighty-one encounters (1), most of them directed against al-Ḥajjāj.
In the end Ibn al-Ashʿath was forsaken, routed, then captured, and he perished.

9 – Ḥāṭib ibn Abī Baltaʿah ʿAmr ibn ʿUmayr ibn Salamah al-Lakhamī,
a Makkan, an ally of Banū Asad ibn ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā ibn Quṣayy.
He was among the celebrated Emigrants; he fought at Badr and at the subsequent expeditions.
He was the Prophet’s ﷺ envoy to al-Muqawqis, the ruler of Egypt.
A food merchant, he owned slaves.
He was also counted among the distinguished archers.
Al-Ḥākim records him in his Mustadrak (2) and says: “He was well-built, light-bearded, ajnaʾ (3)—slightly stooped in the shoulders—somewhat short, and thick-fingered.”
This description was given by al-Wāqidī.

Hārūn ibn Yaḥyā al-Ḥāṭibī narrated:
“Abū Rabīʿah related to me, from ʿAbd…"