for leadership. (1)
Among those who reported from him are: Ibn ʿAbbās, Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Laylā, Ḥayyān ibn ʿUmayr, Ibn Sīrīn, al-Ḥasan, his brother Saʿīd ibn Abī al-Ḥasan, and Ḥumayd ibn Hilāl.
It is also said that his original name was ʿAbd Kulāl, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ changed it.
The Musnad of Baqī records fourteen hadiths from him.
He died in Basra in the year 50 AH, though another report states that he passed away in 51 AH.
122 – Wāʾil ibn Ḥujr ibn Saʿd, Abū Hunaydah al-Ḥaḍramī * (M, 4)
One of the nobles; he was the chief of his people.
He is distinguished by his visit as part of a delegation, his companionship with the Prophet, and his transmission of hadiths.
He later settled in Iraq, and when Muʿāwiyah entered Kūfah he came to him and pledged allegiance.
(1) The complete wording is: “If leadership is granted to you because you asked for it, you will be left to deal with it on your own; but if it is granted to you without your asking, you will receive help in carrying it out. And if you swear an oath and later realise that something else is better, then do what is better and make expiation for your oath.” Reported by Ahmad, 5/63; al-Bukhari, 13/110 (Book of Judgements, chapter: ‘Whoever asks for authority will be left to it’) and 11/452, 523 (Book of Oaths); Muslim, no. 1652 (Book of Faith) and 3/1456 (Book of Leadership, chapter: ‘The prohibition of seeking or coveting authority’) through the isnad of al-Hasan al-Basri from Abd al-Rahman b. Samura. Also recorded by Abu Dawud, 3277; al-Nasa i, 7/10 (Book of Vows, chapter: ‘Expiation before breaking the oath’); and al-Tirmidhi, 1529, who graded it Hasan Sahih.
(*) Principal biographical and bibliographical sources: Musnad Ahmad, 4/315 and 6/398; Tabaqat Khalifah, 73, 133; al-Tarikh al-Kabir, 8/175–176; al-Jarh wa-l-Ta dil, 9/42; al-Istī ab, 4/1562; Tarikh Ibn Asakir, 17/363/1; Usd al-Gh abah, 5/435; Tahdhib al-Kamal, 1458; Majma al-Zawa id, 9/373; Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, 11/108-109; al-Isabah, 10/294; Khulasat Tadhhib al-Kamal, 415.