ʿAtāb (1) ibn Asīd ibn Abī al-ʿĪṣ ibn Umayyah al-Umawī, Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, was governor of Mecca on behalf of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. The Prophet appointed him to that office in the Year of the Conquest when he was just twenty years old, and that same year he led the people in pilgrimage. After the Prophet ﷺ, Abū Bakr—may Allah be pleased with him—kept him in charge. He died in Mecca; some say on the very day Abū Bakr passed away. Only one hadith is narrated from him, recorded by the compilers of the four Sunan collections (2).

ʿIkrima (3) ibn Abī Jahl ʿAmr ibn Hishām ibn al-Mughīra ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmar ibn Makhzūm, Abū ʿUthmān, a Qurashi of Banū Makhzūm, was—like his father—one of the nobles of the pre-Islamic era. He embraced Islam in the Year of the Conquest after first fleeing, but then returned to the truth. The Siddīq, Abū Bakr, appointed him over Oman when its people apostatized, and he subdued them as mentioned earlier. Later he came to Syria and commanded one of the battle columns. It is said that no sin is known of him after he entered Islam.

He used to kiss the muṣḥaf, weep, and say, “The speech of my Lord, the speech of my Lord.” (4) Imām Aḥmad adduced this as evidence for the permissibility and legitimacy of kissing the Qur’an. Al-Shāfiʿī said, “ʿIkrima rendered praiseworthy service to Islam.” ʿUrwah said he was killed at Ajnādayn, while others state that he fell at Yarmūk after receiving more than seventy wounds—between sword-strikes and stabs—may Allah be pleased with him.

Al-Faḍl (5) ibn al-ʿAbbās ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib: some hold that he died in this very year, but the sounder opinion is that he lived on until the year 18 AH.

Naʿīm ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Naḥḥām (6) of Banū ʿAdī embraced Islam early, before ʿUmar, yet was unable to emigrate until after al-Ḥudaybiyyah. This was because of the dutiful kindness he showed his relatives, so Quraysh said to him, “Stay among us on whatever religion you wish, for by Allah—”