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performed anywhere else, apart from the Sacred Mosque.’

So al-Arqam sat down and abandoned the journey (1).

On the day of Badr the Prophet ﷺ presented al-Arqam with a sword (2) and later appointed him to supervise the alms-tax. Ahmad ibn Zuhayr was mistaken when he asserted that al-Arqam’s father—Abu al-Arqam—had embraced Islam. Abu Hatim likewise erred when he said that ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Arqam was this Companion’s son; that ‘Abd Allah was a Zuhri who managed the treasury for ‘Uthman, whereas our al-Arqam was a Makhzumi.

It is said that al-Arqam lived to be a little over eighty years old. He passed away in Medina, and Sa‘d ibn Abi Waqqas led his funeral prayer in accordance with al-Arqam’s own bequest (3). ‘Uthman ibn al-Arqam related: ‘My father died in the year 53 AH at the age of eighty-three’ (4).

He is counted among the narrators in the Musnad of Ahmad ibn Hanbal (5).

(1) Yahya b. Imran was declared reliable only by Ibn Hibban; Abu Hatim said, “He is an unknown Medinan shaykh,” and ‘Abd Allah b. ‘Uthman is likewise unknown. The report is found in the Musnad and was also recorded by al-Tabarani in al-Kabir (no. 907) and by al-Hakim, 3/504, through ‘Attaf b. Khalid al-Makhzumi—‘Uthman b. ‘Abd Allah b. al-Arqam—from his grandfather al-Arqam. Al-Hakim graded the chain authentic, and al-Dhahabi agreed. (2) Al-Hakim, 3/504, likewise transmits the hadith via Abu Musab al-Zuhri—Yahya b. Imran b. ‘Uthman—from his grandfather, from his father al-Arqam; he ruled it sound, and al-Dhahabi concurred, even though no one besides Ibn Hibban authenticated Yahya b. Imran. (3) Al-Mustadrak, vol. 3, p. 503. (4) Al-Isaba, vol. 1, p. 41, quoting Ibn Manda. (5) Vol. 3, p. 417.

فِيْمَا سِوَاهُ، إِلاَّ المَسْجِدَ الحَرَامِ) . فَجَلَسَ الأَرْقَمُ، وَلَمْ يَخْرُجْ (١) . وَقَدْ أَعْطَى النَّبِيُّ ﷺ الأَرْقَمَ يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ سَيْفاً (٢) ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَهُ عَلَى الصَّدَقَةِ. وَقَدْ وَهِمَ أَحْمَدُ بنُ زُهَيْرٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ: إِنَّ أَبَاهُ أَبَا الأَرْقَمِ أَسْلَمَ. وَغَلِطَ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ، إِذْ قَالَ: إِنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بنَ الأَرْقَمِ هُوَ ابْنُ هَذَا، ذَاكَ زُهْرِيٌّ، وَلِيَ بَيْتَ المَالِ لِعُثْمَانَ؛ وَهَذَا مَخْزُوْمِيٌّ. قِيْلَ: الأَرْقَمُ عَاشَ بِضْعاً وَثَمَانِيْنَ سَنَةً. تُوُفِّيَ: بِالمَدِيْنَةِ، وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ: سَعْدُ بنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ بِوَصِيَّتِهِ إِلَيْهِ (٣) . وَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ بنُ الأَرْقَمِ: تُوُفِّيَ أَبِي سَنَةَ ثَلاَثٍ وَخَمْسِيْنَ، وَلَهُ ثَلاَثٌ وَثَمَانُوْنَ سَنَةً (٤) . لَهُ رِوَايَةٌ فِي: (مُسْنَدِ أَحْمَدَ بنِ حَنْبَلٍ) (٥) .

(١) يحيى بن عمران لم يوثقه غير ابن حبان، وقال أبو حاتم: شيخ مدني مجهول، وعبد الله ابن عثمان لايعرف. وهو في " المسند " وأخرجه الطبراني في " الكبير " (٩٠٧) ، والحاكم ٣ / ٥٠٤، من طريق العطاف بن خالد المخزومي، عن عثمان بن عبد الله بن الارقم، عن جده الارقم ... وصححه الحاكم، ووافقه الذهبي. (٢) أخرجه الحاكم ٣ / ٥٠٤ من طريق أبي مصعب الزهري، عن يحيى بن عمران بن عثمان، عن جده، عن أبيه الارقم، وصححه، ووافقه الذهبي، مع أن يحيى بن عمران لم يوثقه غير ابن حبان. (٣) " المستدرك " ٣ / ٥٠٣. (٤) " الإصابة " ١ / ٤١ نقلا عن ابن مندة. (٥) ٣ / ٤١٧.