al-Malik, whom he admonished. He was known as the Lion of Quraysh—outspoken in proclaiming the truth, eloquent, and decisive. Though he walked with a limp, the scholars regarded him as reliable.

Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār relates: Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā narrated to us, and ʿImrān ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Zuhrī narrated to me, saying:

When al-Ḥajjāj was put in charge of the Two Sanctuaries, he went to great lengths to honor Ibrāhīm ibn Ṭalḥah ibn ʿUbayd Allah. He then brought him before ʿAbd al-Malik and said,

‘Commander of the Believers, I have come to you with the greatest man of the Ḥijāz; I have left none his equal behind.’

The caliph allowed him to enter, seated him upon his own cushions, and said, ‘Al-Ḥajjāj has reminded us of your excellence.’

Thereupon Ibrāhīm offered sincere counsel and spoke of al-Ḥajjāj’s tyranny. ʿAbd al-Malik bristled, stood him aside, and a short while later al-Ḥajjāj came in, embraced Ibrāhīm, and prayed for him.

I said to myself, ‘He is making sport of me.’

I was then admitted again, and ʿAbd al-Malik asked, ‘Perhaps, O son of Ṭalḥah, someone shared with you in giving that advice?’

I replied, ‘No, by Allah. Had I wished to favor anyone, I would have favored al-Ḥajjāj, for I have a private concern with him; but I chose Allah and His Messenger instead.’

He said, ‘I was already aware of that. I have removed him from the Two Sanctuaries and told him that you induced me to depose him from them out of contempt for the post. I have now appointed him over the Two Iraqs because of the matters that arise there, so depart with him.’ (1)

Ibrāhīm died in 110 AH at roughly eighty years of age.

He was declared reliable by Aḥmad al-ʿIjlī and others.

He passed away in Minā during the pilgrimage season.

223 – al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, Abū Saʿīd* (4)

He is al-Ḥasan ibn Abī al-Ḥasan Yasār, Abū Saʿīd, the freedman of Zayd ibn Thābit.