Yasār; ʿUmayr, the freedman of Ibn ʿAbbās; and ʿĀmir ibn Saʿd. He also forwarded to him—in writing—the ḥadīth of ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī Awfā, may Allah be pleased with him, which is recorded in both Ṣaḥīḥs; it reads: “Do not wish to meet the enemy.” (1)
Those who transmitted from him include: Mūsā ibn ʿUqbah, ʿAmrū ibn al-Ḥārith, Mālik, al-Layth ibn Saʿd, the two Sufyāns, Fulayḥ ibn Sulaymān, and others.
Ibn al-Madīnī said: He has about fifty ḥadīths.
Abū Ḥātim said: Upright and trustworthy.
It is said that Sālim Abū al-Naḍr died in 129 AH.
Abū ʿUbayd al-Qāsim ibn Sallām said: He died in 133 AH.
3 – al-Khallāl, Ḥafṣ ibn Sulaymān al-Hamdānī, their client *
The vizier who bore the burdens of the Saffāḥid state—Abū Salamah Ḥafṣ ibn Sulaymān al-Hamdānī, their client, from Kūfah.
He was a resolute, politically astute, and courageous man, affluent, witty, cultured, and experienced in affairs.
Originally a money-changer (2), he spent large sums in establishing the state. He travelled to Khurāsān, and Abū Muslim was subordinate to him in the revolutionary cause. Later he was suspected of leaning toward the Household of ʿAlī after Marwān killed Ibrāhīm al-Imām. When al-Saffāḥ assumed power, he appointed him vizier, though some misgiving remained in his heart. Then he wrote—