Hushaym narrated to us—Mughīrah, from Ibrāhīm—that ʿĀʾishah bint Ṭalḥah said, “If I marry Muṣʿab, he will be to me like my mother’s back.” She did marry him, then inquired about that declaration; she was instructed to make expiation, so she freed one of her slaves whose value was two thousand (1). The report was also recorded by Saʿīd in his Sunan (2). She remained alive in Madinah until a little before the year 110 AH.
148 – ʿImrān ibn Ṭalḥah ibn ʿUbayd Allah (D, T, Q)
He died early. He transmitted hadith from his father, from his mother Hamnah, and from ʿAlī. Those who narrated from him include his two nephews—Ibrāhīm ibn Muḥammad and Muʿāwiyah ibn Isḥāq—as well as Saʿd ibn Ṭarīf. Aḥmad al-ʿIjli said, “He is a Tābiʿī and reliable.” It was also said that his descendants died out, and that he was born during the lifetime of the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him.
149 – ʿIkrimah ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Makhzūmī ** (Kh, M)
Son of al-Ḥārith ibn Hishām ibn al-Mughīrah, the chief of Banū Makhzūm in—
(1) That is, it was sold for two thousand; in Tarikh al-Islam the author states: “its price was two thousand.”
(2) The man in question is Saʿid b. Mansur al-Marwazi (d. 227/842). His Sunan is counted among the sources that include many muʿdal, munqatiʿ, and mursal reports; see al-Risalah al-Mustatrafah, p. 34.
(*) Ibn Saʿd, Tabaqat, 5/166; Khalifah, Tabaqat, no. 2092; al-Bukhari, Tarikh, 6/416; Ibn Qutaybah, al-Maʿarif, p. 232; Ibn Abi Hatim, al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil, vol. 3, part 1, p. 499; Ibn ʿAsakir, Tarikh, 12/339 a; Ibn al-Athir, Usd al-Ghabah, 4/138; al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-Kamal, p. 1061; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam, 3/286; Ibn Hajar, Tadhhib al-Tahdhib, 3/114 b; al-Fasi, al-ʿIqd al-Thamin, 6/422; Ibn Hajar, al-Isabah, no. 6271; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, 8/133; Ibn Hajar, Khulasat Tadhhib al-Tahdhib, p. 295.
(* *) Ibn Saʿd, Tabaqat, 5/209; Khalifah, Tabaqat, no. 2099; al-Bukhari, Tarikh, 7/50; al-Fasawi, al-Maʿrifah wa-t-Tarikh, 1/372; Ibn Abi Hatim, al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil, vol. 3, part 2, p. 10; al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-Kamal, p. 953; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam, 4/156; Ibn Hajar, Tadhhib al-Tahdhib, 3/48 b; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, 7/260; Ibn Hajar, Khulasat Tadhhib al-Tahdhib, p. 270.
The author repeats this biographical entry on p. 419.