Section: Those Who Died in This Year
It has been claimed that the Battle of al-Yamāmah and the events that followed it actually took place in year twelve. Should that opinion be adopted, everyone previously listed under year eleven as having been slain at al-Yamāmah and thereafter ought to be mentioned here instead; however, the view most commonly accepted is the one we have already set out.
Among those who passed away this year were:
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Bashīr ibn Saʿd ibn Thaʿlaba al-Khazrajī (1), the father of al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr. He attended the Second Pledge of ʿAqabah, the Battle of Badr, and every major engagement thereafter. It is said that he was the first of the Anṣār to embrace Islam and the first of them to pledge allegiance to al-Ṣiddīq on the Day of the Saqīfah. He fought in all of Khālid’s campaigns until he was killed at ʿAyn al-Tamar (may Allah be pleased with him). Al-Nasaʾī (2) narrated from him the ḥadith of al-nuḥl (gifts).
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Al-Ṣaʿb ibn Jaththāmah al-Laythī (3), the brother of Muḥallim (4) ibn Jaththāmah. Several reports from the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—are transmitted on his authority. Abū Ḥātim (5) said: “He emigrated, used to reside in Waddān (6), and died during the caliphate of al-Ṣiddīq.”
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Abū Marthad al-Ghanawī (7)—whose given name was Kinnār (8) ibn al-Ḥiṣn (9), though some say ibn Ḥuṣayn—ibn Yarbūʿ ibn ʿAmr ibn
(1) Biography of Bashīr ibn Saʿd in al-Istiʿāb (p.177); Asad al-Ghabah (vol.1, p.233); Jāmiʿ al-Uṣūl (vol.13, p.156); al-Wāfī bi’l-Wafayāt (vol.10, p.166); al-Iṣābah (vol.1, p.168).
(2) Narrated by al-Nasā’ī in al-Mujtabā (vol.6, nos.259–261) and in Sunan al-Kubrā (6502, 6503, 6505, 6510). It was also recorded by Muslim (1623) and others from the hadith of al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr on the Prophet (peace be upon him), and is authentically preserved.
(3) Biography of al-Ṣaʿb ibn Juthāmah in al-Tārīkh al-Kabīr (vol.4, pp.322–323); al-Jarḥ wa’l-Taʿdīl (vol.4, p.450); al-Istiʿāb (p.739); Jāmiʿ al-Uṣūl (vol.14, p.347); Asad al-Ghabah (vol.3, p.20); Tahdhīb al-Asmā’ wa’l-Lughāt (vol.1, p.249); Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb (vol.4, p.421); al-Iṣābah (vol.2, pp.184–185).
(4) In the Muḥkam edition it reads “Muḥrif” (a corruption); Ibn al-Athīr renders it “Muhlam” (ḍamma on mīm, fatḥ on ḥā’, shaddah on the kasrah lām), Jāmiʿ al-Uṣūl (vol.15, p.171).
(5) al-Jarḥ wa’l-Taʿdīl (vol.4, p.450).
(6) Waddān: a locality between Mecca and Medina named after al-Ṣaʿb ibn Juthāmah al-Laythī al-Waddānī, who used to lodge there. See Muʿjam mā staʿjam (p.1374) and Muʿjam al-Buldan (vol.5, p.365).
(7) Biography of Abū Murthad al-Ghannawī in al-Tārīkh al-Kabīr (vol.7, p.241); al-Jarḥ wa’l-Taʿdīl (vol.7, p.174); Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’ (vol.2, p.19); al-Istiʿāb (p.1333); Jāmiʿ al-Uṣūl (vol.15, pp.117–118); Asad al-Ghabah (vol.4, p.500); Tahdhīb al-Kamāl (vol.24, p.223); al-Iṣābah (vol.3, p.307); Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb (vol.8, p.448). “Murthad” is vocalized with fatḥ on mīm, sukun on rā’, and fatḥ on the doubled thā’ (cf. Jāmiʿ al-Uṣūl).
(8) In the Muḥkam edition it reads “Muʿādh” (a corruption) and “Kunāz” with fatḥ on k, shaddah on n, and zā’ (cf. Jāmiʿ al-Uṣūl).
(9) In the ’A and printed editions it reads al-Ḥuṣayn; some say ibn al-Ḥuṣn. The present account follows its original sources.