and among their scholars. He was killed on the Day of the Camel: he had stood up, exhorting and reminding the people, when a stray arrow struck him and killed him—may Allah the Exalted have mercy on him.

133 – Zayd ibn Ṣuḥān ibn Ḥujr ibn al-Ḥārith al-ʿAbdī *
son of Hijris ibn Ṣabirah ibn Ḥidrijān ibn ʿAssās al-ʿAbdī, from Kufa. He was the brother of Saʿsaʿah ibn Ṣuḥān, and they had another brother named Sayḥān, who is scarcely known.

Zayd’s teknonym was Abū Sulaymān; some, however, called him Abū ʿĀʾishah.

He was one of the devout scholars. The biographical compendia of the Companions include him, though he himself was not a Companion. He embraced Islam during the Prophet’s lifetime and later heard hadith from ʿUmar, ʿAlī, and Salmān.

Among those who narrated from him were Abū Wāʾil and al-ʿAyzār ibn Ḥurayth; none of his reports appear in the major canonical collections because he died early.

Some have mentioned that he was part of a delegation that came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

Yaʿlā ibn ʿUbayd said: al-Ajlaḥ narrated to us, from ʿUbayd ibn Lāḥiq, who said: “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was on a journey. A man dismounted, led the company, and began chanting rajaz couplets; then another man dismounted …”