He was held in high regard, lived in considerable luxury, and was among those who listened to singing.
Al-Waqidi and Musʿab al-Zubayri said that he died in 80 AH. Al-Madaʾini placed his death in 84 or 85 AH, while Abu ʿUbayd fixed it at 84 AH, and another opinion puts it in 90 AH.
94 – Qays ibn ʿAidh, Abu Kahil al-Ahmasi* (S, Q)
He is counted among the younger Companions. He settled in Kufa and is better known by his kunyah. He saw the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—delivering a sermon while mounted on his she-camel. (1)
Those who narrated from him include Ismaʿil ibn Abi Khalid and Abu Muʿadh, a Successor. His reports were transmitted by Ahmad, al-Nasaʾi, and Ibn Majah. He remained alive until about 80 AH.
95 – Hujr ibn ʿAdi ibn Jabalah ibn ʿAdi ibn Rabiʿah al-Kindi**
son of Muʿawiyah al-Akramin ibn al-Harith ibn Muʿawiyah
(*) Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat, 6:62; Khalifa, al-Tabaqat, nos. 223 and 849; al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh al-Kabir, 7:142; Ibn Abi Hatim, al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil, 7:102; Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr, al-Istiʿab, p. 1296; Ibn al-Athir, Usd al-Ghabah, 4:435 and 6:260; al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-Kamal, no. 1638; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam, 3:291; al-Dhahabi, Tadhhib al-Tahdhib, 4:229 b; Ibn Hajar, al-Isabah, 4:164; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, 12:208; al-Khazraji, Khulasat Tadhhib al-Kamal, p. 394.
(1) Related by Ahmad, 4:78, 177, 178, 306, and by Ibn Majah, nos. 1284–1285, through several chains from Ismail b. Abi Khalid, from Qays b. ʿAidh, who said: “I saw the Prophet ﷺ delivering a sermon on his she-camel while an Abyssinian was holding its rein.” Its chain is sound.
(* *) Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat, 6:217; Khalifa, al-Tabaqat, no. 1042; Ibn Qutaybah, al-Muhabbar, p. 292; al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh al-Kabir, 3:72; al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh al-Saghir, 1:95; Ibn Qutaybah, al-Maʿarif, p. 334; Ibn Abi Hatim, al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil, 3:266; Tarikh … (entry unfinished in the source).