(*) Al-Fadl ibn al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim ibn Abd Manaf al-Qurashi al-Hashimi was a first cousin of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. His kunya was Abu Muhammad—some sources say Abu Abd Allah—and he was the eldest son of al-Abbas. His mother was Umm al-Fadl Lubaba bint al-Harith ibn Hazn al-Hilaliyya, the sister of Maymuna bint al-Harith, wife of the Prophet ﷺ. Al-Fadl took part in the campaigns of the Conquest of Mecca and of Hunayn; on the latter day he remained steadfast beside the Prophet when others fled. He was also present at the Farewell Pilgrimage, riding behind the Prophet on his mount. According to Sahih Muslim, the Prophet personally arranged his marriage and paid his dowry. In another Farewell-Pilgrimage report, when the Prophet shielded the face of a woman from Khath‘am he said: “I saw a young man and a young woman, and I could not trust Satan concerning them.” Al-Fadl was among those who washed the Prophet’s body after his death and oversaw his burial. Al-Fadl died in the plague of Amwas, 18 AH/639 CE, during the caliphate of Umar ibn al-Khattab. He left no offspring except a daughter, Umm Kulthum, who was first married to al-Hasan ibn Ali, then—after their divorce—to Abu Musa al-Ashari. Principal biographical entries: Ibn Saad, al-Tabaqat 4/54 and 7/399; Nasab Quraysh 25/28; Khalifa, al-Tabaqat no. 2807; al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh al-kabir 7/114 and al-Tarikh al-saghir 1/36; Ibn Abi Hatim, al-Jarh wa-l-taʿdil 7/63; al-Baladhuri, Ansab al-ashraf 3/23; Ibn Hazm, Jamharat ansab al-ʿarab 18; al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak 3/274; Ibn Abd al-Barr, al-Istiʿab no. 1269; Ibn Mandah, al-Jamʿ bayna rijal al-sahihayn 2/411; Ibn Asakir, Tarikh Dimashq 14/117 b; Ibn al-Athir, Usd al-ghabah 4/366; al-Nawawi, Tahdhib al-asmaʾ wa-l-lughat 1/2/50; al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-kamal no. 1100; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam 1/25; al-Dhahabi, Tadhhib al-tahdhib 3/138 b; Ibn Fahd, al-ʿIqd al-thamin 7/10; Ibn Hajar, al-Isaba 3/208; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-tahdhib 8/280; Ibn Hajar, Khulasa tadhhib al-kamal 263. (1) See p. 331. ** Main additional sources: Ibn Saad, al-Tabaqat 5/30; Ibn Habib, al-Muhabbar 55, 150, 174; al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh al-kabir 3/502; al-Baladhuri, Ansab al-ashraf 4/433; al-Tabarani, al-Muʿjam 6/73; al-Marwazi, al-Maʿrifa wa-l-tarikh 1/292; Ibn Hibban, Mashahir ʿulamaʾ al-amsar no. 446; Ibn Abi Hatim, al-Jarh wa-l-taʿdil 4/48; al-Tabari, Tarikh 5/293; al-Masʿudi, Muruj al-dhahab 3/80; Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani, al-Aghani 16/39; Ibn Hazm, Jamharat ansab al-ʿarab 80 (where Saʿid is identified as Abu Ahyaha); Ibn Abd al-Barr, al-Istiʿab 621; Ibn Mandah, al-Jamʿ bayna rijal al-sahihayn 1/174; Ibn Asakir, Tarikh Dimashq 7/127 a; Ibn al-Athir, Usd al-ghabah 2/391; al-Nawawi, Tahdhib al-asmaʾ wa-l-lughat 1/1/218; al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-kamal no. 497; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam 2/286; al-Dhahabi, al-ʿIbar (passim).