It was also said that the Shiʿites of Iraq dangled before al-Ḥasan the prospect of the governorship, even though he detested them out of religious conviction. Lengthy accounts about him appear in the History of Ibn ʿAsākir (1), and he was considered fit for the caliphate.
186 – His brother: Zayd, son of the Prophet’s grandson ﷺ
Father of the governor of Madinah, al-Ḥasan ibn Zayd.
He transmitted ḥadith from his father and from Ibn ʿAbbās. Among those who related from him were his own son, Yazīd ibn ʿIyād ibn Juʿduba, Abū Maʿshar Najīḥ, and ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī al-Mawāl.
Ibn Ḥibbān listed him among the reliable narrators. ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz once wrote: “Zayd ibn al-Ḥasan is the noble of Banū Hāshim; therefore, hand over to him the charities of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”
People were struck by the great size of his physique. He was generous, much praised, and held in high esteem. He lived seventy years, and poets composed eulogies about him.
He died sometime after 100 AH.
187 – ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿĀʾidh al-Azdi al-Thumāli (4), from Ḥimṣ.
He was one of the leading scholars among the Successors, and some have thought