Another poet said:
“What profit is noble stock that reaches back to Hāshim
when the soul itself is of Bāhilah?” (1)

It is related that Qutaybah once said to Hubayrah, “What a man you would be were it not that your maternal uncles are from Salūl; would that you could exchange them!” Hubayrah replied, “Commander, trade them with whomever you wish—only spare me Bāhilah.” (2)

A Bedouin was asked, “Would you be pleased to be a Bāhilī if it meant you would enter Paradise?” He answered, “Yes, by Allah—on the condition that the people of Paradise never find out I am a Bāhilī.” (3)

Someone met another Bedouin and asked, “Of what tribe are you?” He said, “Of Bāhilah.” The man expressed pity for him, whereupon he added, “Shall I tell you more? I am not even one of their own; I am merely a freedman of theirs.” The Bedouin thereupon began kissing his hands, saying, “Allah would not have afflicted you with so great a calamity except that you are destined for Paradise.” (4)

I say: Qutaybah did not attain the highest rank through lineage, but through perfect decisiveness, resolve, daring, good fortune, the abundance of his conquests, and the awe he inspired.

Among his descendants was the commander Saʿīd ibn Muslim ibn Qutaybah, who governed Armenia, Mosul, Sind, and Sijistān. He was a valiant and generous horseman, famed for notable exploits and virtues. He died in the time of al-Maʾmūn, in 217 AH.

161 – ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakrah Nufayʿ ibn al-Ḥārith al-Thaqafī * (ʿ)
It is also said that his father’s name was Masrūḥ al-Thaqafī. His kunya was Abū Baḥr.