Among those who narrated from him were ʿAbd Allāh ibn Buraydah, Muḥammad ibn Sīrīn, Muḥammad ibn al-Muntashir, Qatādah ibn Diʿāmah, Abū Bishr Jaʿfar ibn Iyās, Dāwūd ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Awdī, and a number of others.

Al-ʿIjli said: A Successor, trustworthy.

He also stated that Ibn Sīrīn used to say, “He is the most learned jurist among the people of Basrah.” This was related by Manṣūr ibn Zādhān from Muḥammad.⦗1⦘

Hishām likewise transmitted from Ibn Sīrīn that “Ḥumayd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān was the most knowledgeable of the inhabitants of the two garrison cities—that is, Kūfah and Basrah.”

112 – Ḥassān ibn al-Nuʿmān ibn al-Mundhir al-Ghassānī, governor of the Maghrib * and commander of the Arabs.

It was also said that his full name was Ḥassān ibn al-Nuʿmān ibn al-Mundhir al-Ghassānī.

Abū Qabīl al-Maʿāfirī narrated from him. He (Ḥassān) was a champion, brave and frequently engaged in battle.

He conquered territories in the Maghrib and owned a large residence in Damascus. Muʿāwiyah had equipped him; he then made peace with the Berbers and imposed tribute upon them. He ruled the Maghrib for a little over twenty years, reforming the province, until al-Walīd ibn ʿAbd al-Malik dismissed him. He arrived with money, gifts, and magnificent jewels, and said:

“O Commander of the Faithful, I set out only striving for Allah’s sake, and a man like me does not betray.”

He produced the treasuries of wealth, whereupon the Caliph said, “Return to your governorship.”

He refused and swore that he would never again serve the Umayyads.

He was called “the trustworthy elder” because of his integrity and eminence.

Abū Saʿīd ibn Yūnus dated Ḥassān’s death to the year 80 AH. ﵀

113 – al-Shaʿbī, ʿĀmir ibn Sharāḥīl ibn ʿAbd ibn Dhī Kibār **

Dhī Kibār was a qīl—one of the petty kings.