Yazīd al-Laythī, ʿUrwah, Zayd ibn Aslam, Bayān ibn Bishr, Bukayr ibn al-Ashajj, Muʿādh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, and others.

Ṣāliḥ ibn Kaysān said, “He was one of the captives whom Khālid took at ʿAyn al-Tamr.”

Muṣʿab al-Zubayrī maintained, “His full name is Humrān ibn Abbā.”

His sons, however, insisted, “No, he is Ibn Abān.”

Ibn Saʿd ⦗1⦘ relates: “He settled in Basra, and his descendants claimed affiliation with the clan of al-Namir ibn Qāsiṭ.”

Qatādah said, “Humrān used to pray behind ʿUthmān; whenever the caliph erred, he would prompt him.”

According to al-Zuhrī, “Humrān was the one who admitted visitors to ʿUthmān.” It is also said that he served as ʿUthmān’s scribe.

He enjoyed considerable respect from ʿAbd al-Malik.

He lived to an advanced age and died sometime in the early 80s AH.

Abān, the son of ʿUthmān, and his brother ʿUmar ibn ʿUthmān will be discussed later ⦗2⦘.

74 – Ibn al-Ashʿath, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad al-Kindī *

He was a governor and military commander, namely ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ashʿath ibn Qays al-Kindī, who was placed in charge of Sijistān.

Al-Ḥajjāj dispatched him to that province, but he rebelled there, returned with a large army, and was joined by many scholars and devout men of Allah—exalted is He—because al-Ḥajjāj had violated the prescribed times of prayer and was notorious for his tyranny and oppression.

Al-Ḥajjāj fought him, several engagements took place between the two sides, and Ibn