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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Ibn Yūnus said: He was killed in 63 AH—may Allah, Exalted is He, have mercy on him.

139 – al-Walīd ibn ʿUtbah ibn Abī Sufyān ibn Ḥarb *
He served as governor of Medina for his uncle Muʿāwiyah. Distinguished for generosity, forbearance, nobility, and piety, he also supervised the pilgrimage season more than once.

When the news of Muʿāwiyah’s death and the people’s pledge to Yazīd reached him, he did not tighten the reins on al-Ḥusayn and Ibn al-Zubayr, so the two slipped away from him.

Marwān reproached him, whereupon he replied, “I was not about to kill them or sever the ties of kinship between us.”

It is said that they pressed him to accept the caliphate after Muʿāwiyah ibn Yazīd, but he refused.

Yaʿqūb al-Fasawī said: “The people of Syria wanted al-Walīd ibn ʿUtbah (1) for the caliphate, but he was stabbed and died after the death of Muʿāwiyah ibn Yazīd.”

It is also reported that he was brought forward to lead the funeral prayer over Muʿāwiyah ibn Yazīd, whereupon the plague struck him during the prayer, and he was not lifted up except as a corpse (2).

140 – Qays ibn Dharih al-Laythī **
One of the Hijāz Bedouins, an accomplished poet who composed love verses about Umm Maʿmar Lubnā bint—

(*) Nasab Quraysh, pp. 132–133; al-Muhabbar, pp. 85, 441; al-Jarh wa-l-Ta'dil, vol. 9, p. 12; Jamharat Ansab al-Arab, p. 111; Tarikh Ibn Asakir, vol. 17, p. 431 b; al-'Iqd al-Thamin, vol. 7, p. 391; Shadharat al-Dhahab, vol. 1, p. 72. (1) In the printed edition the name is erroneously given as “Uqbah.” (2) Tarikh Ibn Asakir, vol. 17, p. 433 a. (* *) al-Shi'r wa-l-Shu'ara', pp. 628–629; al-Aghani, vol. 9, pp. 180, 219; al-Mu'talif wa-l-Mukhtalif, p. 120; Simt al-Lali, pp. 379, 701, 710; Tarikh Ibn Asakir, vol. 14, p. 221 a; Tarikh al-Islam, …

وَقَالَ ابْنُ يُوْنُسَ: قُتِلَ سَنَةَ ثَلاَثٍ وَسِتِّيْنَ - رَحِمَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى -. ١٣٩ - الوَلِيْدُ بنُ عُتْبَةَ بنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ بنِ حَرْبٍ * وَلِي لِعَمِّهِ مُعَاوِيَةَ المَدِيْنَةَ، وَكَانَ ذَا جُوْدٍ، وَحِلْمٍ، وَسُؤْدُدٍ، وَدِيَانَةٍ، وَوَلِي المَوْسِمَ مَرَّاتٍ. وَلَمَّا جَاءهُ نَعْيُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَبَيْعَةُ يَزِيْدَ، لَمْ يُشَدِّدْ عَلَى الحُسَيْنِ وَابْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، فَانْمَلَسَا مِنْهُ. فَلاَمَهُ مَرْوَانُ، فَقَالَ: مَا كُنْتُ لأَقْتُلَهُمَا، وَلاَ أَقْطَعَ رَحِمَهُمَا. وَقِيْلَ: إِنَّهُم أَرَادُوْهُ عَلَى الخِلاَفَةِ بَعْدَ مُعَاوِيَةَ بنِ يَزِيْدَ، فَأَبَى. وَقَالَ يَعْقُوْبُ الفَسَوِيُّ: أَرَادَ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ الوَلِيْدَ بنَ عُتْبَةَ (١) عَلَى الخِلاَفَةِ، فَطُعِنَ، فَمَاتَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ مُعَاوِيَةَ بنِ يَزِيْدَ. وَيُقَالُ: قُدِّمَ لِلصَّلاَةِ عَلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ بنِ يَزِيْدَ، فَأَخَذَهُ الطَّاعُوْنُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ، فَلَمْ يُرْفَعْ إِلاَّ وَهُوَ مَيتٌ (٢) . ١٤٠ - قَيْسُ بنُ ذَرِيْحٍ اللَّيْثِيُّ ** مِنْ أَعْرَابِ الحِجَازِ، شَاعِرٌ مُحْسِنٌ، كَانَ يُشَبِّبُ بِأُمِّ مَعْمَرٍ لُبْنَى بِنْتِ

(*) نسب قريش: ١٣٢، ١٣٣، المحبر: ٨٥، ٤٤١، الجرح والتعديل ٩ / ١٢، جمهرة أنساب العرب: ١١١، تاريخ ابن عساكر ١٧ / ٤٣١ ب، العقد الثمين ٧ / ٣٩١، شذرات الذهب ١ / ٧٢. (١) تحرفت في المطبوع إلى " عقبة ". (٢) ابن عساكر ١٧ / ٤٣٣ آ. (* *) الشعر والشعراء: ٦٢٨، ٦٢٩، الاغاني ٩ / ١٨٠، ٢١٩، المؤتلف والمختلف: ١٢٠، سمط اللآلي: ٣٧٩ و٧٠١ و٧١٠، تاريخ ابن عساكر ١٤ / ٢٢١ آ، تاريخ الإسلام =