Others besides these also guarded him. When Allah’s words were revealed:
“And Allah will protect you from the people” (1) [al-Mā’idah: 67],
he went out to the people, informed them of the verse, and dismissed the guards (2).
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On those who carried out beheadings in his presence
‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib, al-Zubayr ibn al-‘Awwām, al-Miqdād ibn ‘Amr, Muhammad ibn Maslamah, ‘Āsim ibn Thābit ibn Abī al-Aqlah, and al-Dahhāk ibn Sufyān al-Kilābī. Qays ibn Sa‘d ibn ‘Ubādah al-Ansārī stood in relation to him, peace and blessings be upon him, as a chief of police does to a ruler (3). Al-Mughīrah ibn Shu‘bah stood guard beside him with a sword on the day of al-Hudaybiyah.
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On those responsible for his expenses, signet ring, sandals, and tooth-cleaning stick, and those who admitted people to his presence
Bilāl was responsible for his expenses, Mu‘ayqīb ibn Abī Fātimah al-Dawsī for his signet ring, and Ibn Mas‘ūd for his tooth-cleaning stick and sandals. Those who admitted people to his presence were his two freedmen, Rabāh the Black and Anasah, along with Anas ibn Mālik and Abū Mūsā al-Ash‘arī.