ʿAbd al-Ṣamad ibn Saʿīd, the ḥāfiẓ, likewise recorded that he died in 96 AH. Yazīd ibn ʿAbd Rabbihi al-Jurjisi said that his death occurred during the rule of Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd al-Malik (1). His reports are found in all six canonical collections.
78 – Abū ʿInabah al-Khawlānī * (Q)
A Companion, noted for his longevity.
He fought at Yarmuk, kept company with Muʿādh ibn Jabal, and later settled in Ḥimṣ.
Those who narrated from him include Abū al-Zāhiriyyah Ḥudayr ibn Kurayb, Bakr ibn Zurʿah, Ṭalq ibn Sumayr, Muḥammad ibn Ziyād al-Alhānī, and others.
In Sunan Ibn Mājah we read: “Hishām ibn ʿAmmār related to us; al-Jarrāḥ ibn Malīḥ related to us; Bakr ibn Zurʿah related:
‘I heard Abū ʿInabah al-Khawlānī—who had prayed facing both qiblahs with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and who had eaten blood in the pre-Islamic period—say:
I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ declare, “Allah will never cease planting in this religion shoots that He employs in His obedience.”’ (2)