51 – Shabath ibn Ribʿī al-Tamīmī al-Yarbūʿī
One of the leading nobles and horsemen. He was among those who rebelled against ʿAlī and objected to the arbitration, but later repented and returned.
He related hadith from ʿAlī and Hudhayfah.
Reporting from him are Muḥammad ibn Kaʿb al-Quraẓī and Sulaymān al-Taymī.
He has a single narration in Sunan Abī Dāwūd.
Al-Aʿmash said, “I attended Shabath’s funeral; they lined up the male slaves in one group, the female slaves in another, and the camels in yet another …,” and he mentioned the other categories.
He added, “I saw them wailing for him and beating their cheeks(1).”
I say: He and al-Aḥnaf were the chiefs of Banū Tamīm.
52 – ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ṣafwān ibn Umayya ibn Khalaf al-Jumahī ** (M, S, Q)
Abū Ṣafwān al-Jumahī, the Meccan.
One of the nobles of Quraysh; he was not counted among the Companions.
It is said that he was born during the days of Prophethood.
He transmitted hadith from his father, from ʿUmar, from Abū al-Dardāʾ, and from Ḥafṣah.
(*) Ibn Sa'd, al-Tabaqat al-kubra, vol. 6, p. 216; Khalifa, al-Tabaqat, no. 1100; al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-kamal, p. 569; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam, vol. 3, pp. 159, 254; Ibn Hajar, Tadhhib al-tahdhib, vol. 2, p. 68b; Ibn Hajar, al-Isaba, no. 3955; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-tahdhib, vol. 4, p. 303; Ibn Hajar, Khulasa tadhhib al-tahdhib, p. 168; al-Zabidi, Taj al-arus, s.v. "Shabath".
(1) Ibn Sa'd, vol. 6, p. 216. The expression al-tadam al-nisa denotes women striking their chests and faces while wailing at funerals.
(* *) Khalifa, al-Tabaqat, no. 2014; al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh, vol. 5, p. 118; Ibn Abi Hatim, al-Jarh wa-l-ta'dil, part 2, vol. 2, p. 84; Ibn Abd al-Barr, al-Isti'ab, no. 1577; Ibn Asakir, Tarikh Dimashq, vol. 9, p. 218a; Ibn al-Athir, Usd al-ghaba, vol. 3, p. 185; al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-kamal, p. 697; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam, vol. 3, p. 176; Ibn Hajar, Tadhhib al-tahdhib, vol. 2, p. 154a; Ibn Kathir, al-Bidaya wa-l-nihaya, vol. 8, p. 345; Ibn Fahd, al-'Iqd al-thamin, vol. 5, p. 178; Ibn Hajar, al-Isaba, no. 6177; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-tahdhib, vol. 5, p. 265; Ibn Hajar, Khulasa tadhhib al-tahdhib, p. 202; Ibn Imad, Shadharat al-dhahab, vol. 1, p. 80.