and ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir, ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, his son ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr, and a number of others.
He kept the company of ʿUqbah for a time and studied jurisprudence under him.
Those who transmitted from him include Jaʿfar ibn Rabīʿah, ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Shumāsa, Yazīd ibn Abī Ḥabīb, ʿUbayd Allah ibn Abī Jaʿfar, ʿAyyāsh ibn ʿAbbās al-Qitbānī, and others.
Abū Saʿīd ibn Yūnus said: “He was the muftī of the people of Egypt in his day, and ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Marwān—the governor of Egypt—would have him attend his assembly to issue legal rulings.”
He also said—and Ibn ʿAwn concurred—that Abū al-Khayr passed away in the year 90 AH.
- Bilāl ibn Abī al-Dardāʾ al-Anṣārī * (D)
He narrated from his father and from Umm al-Dardāʾ.
Those who related from him include Khālid ibn Muḥammad al-Thaqafī, Ḥumayd ibn Muslim, Ibrāhīm ibn Abī ʿAblah, Ḥarīz ibn ʿUthmān, and Abū Bakr ibn Abī Maryam.
Abū Mushir said: “He was older than Umm al-Dardāʾ al-Ṣughrā.”
Al-Bukhārī (1) said: “Bilāl was the commander of Syria.”
Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz said: “He assumed the judgeship after al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr; when ʿAbd al-Malik came to power, he dismissed him and appointed Abū Idrīs al-Khaulānī instead.” (2)
Abū ʿUbayd stated: He died in the year 93 AH.