In that same year—81 AH—his death was likewise dated by Abū ʿUbayd and Abū Ḥafṣ al-Fallās, whereas al-Madāʾinī stood alone in saying that he died in 83 AH.
- His two sons
ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥanafiyya al-Hāshimī, better known as Abū Hāshim, the Hāshimite, the Alid, from Medina.
He transmitted from his father the hadith on the prohibition of temporary marriage (1). Those who related from him include al-Zuhrī, ʿAmr ibn Dīnār and Sālim ibn Abī al-Jaʿd.
Muṣʿab ibn ʿAbd Allāh said: “Abū Hāshim was the leader of the Shiʿa. When death approached him he appointed Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbbās, handed over his books to him, died in his presence, and left no offspring. His mother had been a slave-concubine.”
Ibn Saʿd (2) said: “He was reliable but narrated few reports, and the Shiʿa claimed him as their own.”
As he lay dying, he charged Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī again, saying, “You are the one for this mission, and it will remain among your children.” He directed the Shiʿa toward him and placed his books in his care.
He died during the caliphate of Sulaymān.
Al-Bukhārī (3) recorded—quoting ʿAlī, who said: Sufyān ibn ʿUyayna narrated to us, al-Zuhrī narrated to us—that he said: “Al-Ḥasan was the more trustworthy of the two, whereas ʿAbd Allāh followed the Sabaʾiyya (4).”