- Ḥassān ibn al-Nuʿmān ibn al-Mundhir al-Ghassānī
One of the Arab princes.
He was appointed over the Maghrib, which he pacified and developed.
A valiant champion, brave warrior, combatant in Allah’s cause, astute, blessed in his undertakings, and held in high esteem. Muʿāwiyah dispatched him in the year 57 AH; he concluded a treaty with the Berbers, imposed the land tax upon them, and the region flourished.
He carried out several renowned campaigns after killing the kāhina (1).
When al-Walīd became caliph, he dismissed him and sent deputies in his stead, urging them to continue the offensives.
Ḥassān then arrived before al-Walīd with great sums of money and fine gifts, saying, “O Commander of the Believers, I went out only as a fighter in Allah’s path, and a man like me would never betray.”
Al-Walīd replied, “I am reinstating you in your former post.”
But Ḥassān swore that he would never again assume any office.
He was known as “the Trustworthy Elder.”
Abū Saʿīd ibn Yūnus said: He died in the year 80 AH, so the one who removed him from office was probably ʿAbd al-Malik.
- Muṣʿab ibn al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām al-Qurashī al-Asadī
Governor of the Two Iraqi Provinces, Abū ʿĪsā and Abū ʿAbd Allāh; he has no hadith transmissions.