Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (2/559)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn Saʿīd said: After Saʿīd ibn ʿĀmir ibn Ḥudhaym, the governorship of Ḥimṣ passed to ʿUmayr ibn Saʿd.

Ibn Luhayʿa narrated, through Yūnus from Ibn Shihāb, who said: When Saʿīd ibn ʿĀmir died, ʿUmayr ibn Saʿd succeeded him.

Al-Zuhrī said: Authority in Syria was held by Muʿāwiya and ʿUmayr ibn Saʿd; then, when ʿUthmān became caliph, he placed the whole of Syria under Muʿāwiya. When Abū ʿUbayda died, he appointed his cousin ʿIyād ibn Ghanm in his stead, and ʿUmar confirmed him; when ʿIyād died (1), the aforementioned Saʿīd assumed office.

Ṣafwān ibn ʿAmr related: Muʿāwiya delivered a sermon from the pulpit of Ḥimṣ while he was governor over all of Syria and said:

“By Allah, people of Ḥimṣ, as far as I know Allah blesses you with righteous governors. The first who ruled over you was ʿIyād ibn Ghanm, and he was better than I. Then Saʿīd ibn ʿĀmir governed you, and he was better than I. Then (2) ʿUmayr ruled over you—what an excellent ʿUmayr he was. Now here I am in charge of you; soon you will come to know.”

Ibn Isḥāq transmitted, from ʿĀṣim ibn ʿUmar ibn Qatāda, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿUmayr ibn Saʿd:
Ibn ʿUmar said to me, “Among the Muslims there was no Companion of the Prophet ﷺ superior to your father (3).”

Hishām narrated, from Ibn Sīrīn: ʿUmayr ibn Saʿd delighted ʿUmar, so he

(1) The printed edition has omitted the sentence: “Umar approved it, and Iyad died.” (2) The printed edition is missing the passage beginning with “Said ibn Amir” up to this point. (3) Ibn Abi Hatim cites Abd al-Rahman ibn Umayr (5/272) without recording either criticism or endorsement, adding only that he served as governor of Palestine; see also p. 105, note 1.

وَقَالَ عَبْدُ الصَّمَدِ بنُ سَعِيْدٍ: كَانَتْ وِلايَتُهُ حِمْصَ بَعْدَ سَعِيْدِ بنِ عَامِرِ بنِ حُذَيْمٍ. ابْنُ لَهِيْعَةَ: عَنْ يُوْنُسَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، قَالَ: تُوُفِّيَ سَعِيْدُ بنُ عَامِرٍ، وَقَامَ مَكَانَهُ: عُمَيْرُ بنُ سَعْدٍ. وَقَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ: فَكَانَ عَلَى الشَّامِ مُعَاوِيَةُ، وَعُمَيْرُ بنُ سَعْدٍ، ثُمَّ اسْتُخْلِفَ عُثْمَانُ، فَجَمَعَ الشَّامَ لِمُعَاوِيَةَ، وَلَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو عُبَيْدَةَ، اسْتَخْلَفَ ابْنَ عَمِّهِ عِيَاضَ بنَ غَنْمٍ، فَأَقَرَّهُ عُمَرُ، فَمَاتَ عِيَاضٌ (١) ، فَوَلِيَ سَعِيْدٌ المَذْكُوْرُ. قَالَ صَفْوَانُ بنُ عَمْرٍو: خَطَبَ مُعَاوِيَةُ عَلَى مِنْبَرِ حِمْصَ، وَهُوَ أَمِيْرٌ عَلَى الشَّامِ كُلِّهِ، فَقَالَ: وَاللهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ يَا أَهْلَ حِمْصَ إِنَّ اللهَ لَيُسْعِدُكُمْ بِالأُمَرَاءِ الصَّالِحِيْنَ، أَوَّلُ مَنْ وَلِيَ عَلَيْكُمْ: عِيَاضُ بنُ غَنْمٍ، وَكَانَ خَيْراً مِنِّي، ثُمَّ وَلِيَ عَلَيْكُمْ: سَعِيْدُ بنُ عَامِرٍ، وَكَانَ خَيْراً مِنِّي، ثُمَّ وَلِيَ عَلَيْكُمْ (٢) : عُمَيْرٌ، وَلَنِعْمَ العُمَيْرُ كَانَ، ثُمَّ هَا أَنَا ذَا قَدْ وَلِيْتُكُمْ، فَسَتَعْلَمُوْنَ. ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ: عَنْ عَاصِمِ بنِ عُمَرَ بنِ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بنِ عُمَيْرِ بنِ سَعْدٍ: قَالَ لِي ابْنُ عُمَرَ: مَا كَانَ مِنَ المُسْلِمِيْنَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَفْضَلَ مِنْ أَبِيْكَ (٣) . وَرَوَى: هِشَامٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيْرِيْنَ: كَانَ عُمَيْرُ بنُ سَعْدٍ يُعْجِبُ عُمَرَ، فَكَانَ

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