Abu Nuʿaym said, “It is reported that he died in the year 59 AH.”

Al-Ḥusayn ibn Wāqid—through Yazīd al-Naḥwī, from ʿIkrimah, from Ibn ʿAbbās—related:
“Ibn Abī Sarḥ used to write for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, but Satan caused him to slip, so he joined the unbelievers. The Prophet ﷺ therefore ordered that he be killed, yet ʿUthmān secured protection for him (1).”

ʿAlī ibn Judʿān, on the authority of Ibn al-Musayyab, recounted: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded that Ibn Abī Sarḥ be killed on the Day of the Conquest, but ʿUthmān interceded on his behalf (2).”

Abū Ṣāliḥ, citing al-Layth, said: “During ʿUmar’s caliphate, ʿAbd Allāh ibn Saʿd was governor over Upper Egypt; later, ʿUthmān put the whole of Egypt under his authority, and he was highly regarded. He campaigned in Ifriqiyah and killed its ruler Jurjīr. The cavalryman’s share of the booty rose to three thousand dinars, while the foot-soldier’s share reached one thousand dinars. He then led the expedition of Dhāt al-Sawārī, where they encountered a thousand Byzantine ships; the Byzantines suffered a slaughter the like of which they had never experienced. After that came the campaign of al-Asāwid (3).

It was also said that ʿAbd Allāh embraced Islam on the Day of the Conquest and thereafter committed no act for which he could be reproached. He was counted among the most intelligent and generous of men.

Al-Wāqidī reported: Usāmah ibn Zayd narrated to us, from Yazīd ibn Abī Ḥabīb, who said: “ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ served as governor of Egypt for ʿUthmān; ʿUthmān relieved him of responsibility for the land tax (4) while leaving him in charge of prayer and the troops. He appointed ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Sarḥ over taxation, whereupon the two men lodged complaints against one another (5). So he wrote …”