Aflah ibn Humayd narrated from al-Qasim that he said, “The differences among the Companions are a mercy.”

Abu Nuʿaym reported: Khalid ibn Ilyas told us, “I saw al-Qasim wearing a robe of khazz, a mantle of khazz, and a turban of khazz.”

Aflah ibn Humayd likewise said, “Al-Qasim used to wear a khazz robe.”

ʿAttaf ibn Khalid said, “I once saw al-Qasim clad in a yellow khazz robe with a doubled cloak.”

Muʿadh ibn al-ʿAlaʾ said, “I saw al-Qasim; on his saddle was a dusty-colored khazz blanket, and he himself wore a striped cloak.”

Ibn Zabr recounted, “I entered upon al-Qasim while he was inside a saffron-dyed pavilion, beneath him a saffron-dyed mattress.”

Khalid ibn Abi Bakr said, “I saw al-Qasim with a white turban, the tail of which hung down his back more than a handspan.”

It was said that he used to dye his hair and beard with henna, and that he had grown extremely weak; others said he would give his beard a yellow tint.

It is also related that he died at Qudayd and instructed: “Shroud me in the garments in which I used to pray—my shirt and my cloak. That is how Abu Bakr was shrouded.” He further directed that no structure be built over his grave.

19 – Ibrahim ibn Yazid ibn Sharik al-Taymi (ʿ)

Of the clan of Taym al-Rabab; an imam, exemplar, jurist, and ascetic of Kufa, known as Abu Asmaʾ.

He narrated from his father, Yazid ibn Sharik al-Taymi—himself among the leading scholars of Kufa— and from ʿUmar, Abu Dharr, and other senior Companions.

Among those who took knowledge from him were al-Hakam and Ibrahim al-Nakhaʿi; his traditions are found in the six canonical collections.

Indeed, Ibrahim also transmitted from