— his two brothers were slain on the Day of al-Jamal, whereupon Saʿṣaʿah seized the standard.
He transmitted from ʿAli and Ibn ʿAbbās, and he lived on into the caliphate of Muʿāwiyah.
Ibn Saʿd declared him trustworthy.
He was noble, influential, a commander, eloquent and articulate.
Among those who narrated from him are al-Shaʿbī, Ibn Buraydah, al-Minhāl ibn ʿAmr, and Abū Isḥāq.
It is said that he came as part of a delegation to Muʿāwiyah and addressed him, whereupon Muʿāwiyah remarked, “I once detested even seeing you deliver a speech.”
He replied, “And I, for my part, once detested seeing you as caliph.” (1)
Another view is that his kunya was Abū ʿUmar.

135 – ʿAbdullāh ibn al-Ḥārith ibn Nawfal al-Qurashī * (ʿ)
A grandson of the Messenger of Allah’s ﷺ uncle al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf. He was a distinguished leader, Abū Muḥammad al-Qurashī, al-Hāshimī, a resident of Medina; his nickname was Babbah.
Both his father and his grandfather were Companions.
Nawfal was among the eldest of the Companions, of the same age-group as his paternal uncles Ḥamzah and al-ʿAbbās.
ʿAbdullāh is counted among those who embraced Islam at the Conquest of Mecca, and he did not transmit any hadith.