then we boast over them of our devotee, Ibn Muḥayriz. (1)

He added: Ibn Muḥayriz was a man of few words who kept to himself in his house. (2)

It was also said that he was among the keenest of people to conceal from others whatever good he possessed. (2)

It is related that he once saw Khālid ibn Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiyah wearing a cloak of fine silk brocade. He asked, “Do you wear silk?” Khālid replied, “I only wear it for these people,” pointing toward the caliph. Ibn Muḥayriz became angry and said, “Your fear of Allah should never be weighed against fear of any created being.” (3)

Al-Awzāʿī said, “Whoever wishes to take someone as a model, let him take Ibn Muḥayriz, for Allah would never let a community go astray while Ibn Muḥayriz is among them.” (4)

Yaḥyā al-Saybānī reported that Ibn Muḥayriz told us, “I narrate to you, so do not say, ‘Ibn Muḥayriz has narrated to us,’ for I fear that such words may strike me down in a way that would grieve me.” (5)

ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Mūsā said, “I heard Ibn Muḥayriz supplicating, ‘O Allah, I ask You for an unnoticed remembrance.’” (5)

Rajāʾ ibn Ḥaywah said, “The very presence of Ibn Muḥayriz is a safeguard for the people.” (6)

He died during the reign of al-Walīd.

195 – Mūsā ibn Nuṣayr, Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Lakhmī
The great commander, Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Lakhmī, governor of the Maghrib province and conqueror of al-Andalus.