71 – Jamīl ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Maʿmar, Abū ʿAmr al-ʿUdhri *
An eloquent poet, famed for his passion for Buthaynah. How delightful his opening verse in which he says:
“Awake, you sleepers—woe to you, arise! …
I ask you: does love ever kill a man?” (1)
He was reputed for modesty, religious devotion, and chastity.
It is said that he died in 82 AH, though others hold that he lived on until he visited ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz.
His poetry stands at the pinnacle and is mentioned alongside that of Kuthayyir ʿAzzah and al-Farazdaq.
72 – al-Qubāʿ al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Rabīʿah al-Makhzūmī **
A commander who served as Ibn al-Zubayr’s governor over Basra; he was from Mecca. He was nicknamed “al-Qubāʿ” after a measuring vessel he devised for the people.
He transmitted hadith from ʿUmar, ʿĀʾishah, Umm Salamah, and Muʿāwiyah, and among those who reported from him are al-Zuhrī, ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmayr, al-Walīd ibn ʿAtāʾ, and Ibn Sābit.