and set him free; thereafter he stayed close to the Prophet ﷺ, keeping his company and preserving from him a large share of knowledge. He lived to an advanced age, and his reputation spread widely.

He was known by the kunya Abū ʿAbd Allāh; some, however, said Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān.

Others maintained that he was Yemeni by origin.

His father’s name was Jaḥdar; some reported it as Bujdad.

Those who transmitted hadith from him include Shaddād ibn Aws, Jubayr ibn Nufayr, Maʿdān ibn Ṭalḥah, Abū al-Khayr al-Yazanī, Abū Asmāʾ al-Raḥabī, Abū Idrīs al-Khawlānī, Abū Kabshah al-Salūlī, Abū Salamah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Khālid ibn Maʿdān, and Rāshid ibn Saʿd.

He eventually settled in Ḥimṣ.

Muṣʿab al-Zubayrī said: He lived in Ramla, owned a house there, left no offspring, and was originally from the Yemen region.

Ibn Saʿd (1) said: He resided in Ḥimṣ, owned a house there, and died there in the year 54 AH.

They further relate that he was from the tribe of Ḥimyar.

ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn Saʿīd recorded in The History of Ḥimṣ that he was from Alhān (2), died in Ḥimṣ, and that his house there was held in trust for the poor of Alhān.

Ibn Yūnus said: He witnessed the conquest of Egypt and received a plot of land there.