on the Day of the Two Arbitrators; the Prophet ﷺ likewise sent him out once as a collector of alms-tax (1), yet he left no hadith behind.
He was a man of formidable spirit. When ʿUmar—may Allah be pleased with him—was struck down, Abu Juhm felt gratified, for ʿUmar had intimidated him and forced him to curb his sharp tongue.
He is the same Abu Juhm about whom the Prophet ﷺ said to Fāṭimah bint Qays when she consulted him regarding marriage proposals: “As for Abu Juhm, he beats women; as for Muʿāwiyah, he is a pauper” (2).
Later, when Abu Juhm visited Muʿāwiyah, the latter seated him beside him on the throne and presented him with one hundred thousand—yet Abu Juhm considered the gift insufficient.
118 – ʿUmayr ibn Saʿd ibn Shuhayd ibn Qays al-Anṣārī *
Son of al-Nuʿmān ibn ʿAmr of the Aws; a devout servant, military commander, and Companion of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.
Those who related from him include: Abū Ṭalḥah al-Khawlānī, Rāshid ibn Saʿd, and Ḥabīb ibn ʿUbayd.
He took part in the conquest of Damascus under Abū ʿUbaydah and later governed Damascus and Ḥimṣ on ʿUmar’s behalf.
In the Musnad of Abū Yaʿlā it is recorded: “Ibrāhīm ibn al-Ḥajjāj reported to us; Ḥammād ibn Salamah reported to us, from Abū Sinān, from Abū Ṭalḥah al-Khawlānī, who said: ‘We came to ʿUmayr ibn…’”