In any case, he died before Jābir ibn ʿAbd Allah.
Some of their higher-isnād reports have come down to me.
37 – Ḥabīb ibn Maslamah ibn Mālik al-Qurashī al-Fihrī (D, Q)
The military commander Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān—some say Abū Maslamah—of Quraysh, from the Fihr branch.
He was a Companion, though only a handful of narrations are preserved from him.
Those who transmitted from him include Junādah ibn Abī Umayyah, Ziyād ibn Jāriyah, Qazaʿah ibn Yaḥyā, Ibn Abī Mulaykah, and Mālik ibn Shuraḥbīl.
He fought during the caliphate of Abū Bakr, attended the Battle of Yarmūk as an emir, settled in Damascus, and commanded Muʿāwiyah’s left wing during the engagement at Ṣiffīn.
He is the one who said, “I witnessed the Prophet ﷺ allot one-third [of the spoils] as a discretionary share.” (1)
(*) Ibn Saad, Tabaqat 7:409; Khalifah, Tabaqat, nos. 162, 2830; Al-Muhabbar, p. 294; Al-Bukhari, Al-Tarikh al-Kabir 2:310; Al-Tarikh al-Saghir 1:129; Ibn Abi Hatim, Al-Jarh wa al-Tadil 3:108; Al-Hakim, Al-Mustadrak 3:346, 432; Ibn Hazm, Jamharat Ansab al-Arab, pp. 178-179; Ibn Abd al-Barr, Al-Istiab, p. 320; Ibn Asakir, Tarikh 4:90 b; Ibn al-Athir, Usd al-Ghabah 1:374; Al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-Kamal, p. 232; Al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam 2:215; Al-Dhahabi, Tadhhib al-Tahdhib 1:120 a; Al-Fasi, Al-Iqd al-Thamin 4:94; Ibn Hajar, Al-Isabah 1:309; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib 2:190; Al-Khazraji, Khulasat Tadhhib al-Kamal, p. 61; Ibn Asakir, Tahdhib 4:38.
(1) Abu Dawud (no. 2750), Book of Jihad, chapter “The khums (one-fifth) precedes the nafl allotment,” transmits—through Makhul, from Ziyad ibn Jarirah al-Tamimi, from Habib ibn Maslamah al-Fihri—that he said: “I witnessed the Prophet allot one-quarter (of the booty) on departure and one-third on the return.” The chain is sound, and Ibn Hibban declared it sahih (no. 1672). The report is also in al-Tabarani’s Muʿjam (nos. 3518-3520, 3521-3524, 3525-3526, 3528-3532). Compare Musnad 4:159-160; Musannaf (9331, 9333); Musnad al-Humaydi (871); Sunan Abi Dawud (2748); Ibn Majah (2851); and Al-Mustadrak 2:133.
Further narrations on the same subject come from Ubadah ibn al-Samit, recorded by Ahmad 5:319-320, Ibn Majah (2852), and al-Tirmidhi (1561), the latter grading it hasan (sound).