That same year Abū Mihjan al-Thaqafī was also flogged for drinking—seven times in all—and alongside him Rabīʿah ibn Umayyah ibn Khalaf was punished.

In that year Saʿd ibn Abī Waqqāṣ settled in Kūfa, and ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb led the people in the Hajj.

It is related that the governor of Mecca was ʿAttāb ibn Usayd; of Syria, Abū ʿUbaydah; of Bahrain, ʿUthmān ibn Abī al-ʿĀṣ—though some say al-ʿAlāʾ ibn al-Ḥaḍramī—over Iraq was Saʿd, and over ʿUmān, Ḥudhāyfah ibn Miṣḥan.

Record of the well-known and notable figures who died during this year:

• Saʿd (1) ibn ʿUbādah, according to one report; the sounder view is that he died the year before, and Allah knows best.

• ʿUtbah (2) ibn Ghazwān ibn Jābir ibn Ahib al-Māzinī, an ally of Banū ʿAbd Shams and a Companion who fought at Badr. He embraced Islam early—after the first year—and migrated to Abyssinia. By order of ʿUmar he was the first to lay out Basra when the caliph appointed him over it, as mentioned above. Renowned for his many virtues and merits, he died in 14 AH; some say 15 AH, others 17 AH, and still others 20 AH—Allah knows best (3). He had passed fifty years of age, and some say he reached sixty, may Allah be pleased with him.

• ʿAmr (4) ibn Umm Maktūm the blind—some say his name was ʿAbd Allāh—was a Muhājir Companion who emigrated after Muṣʿab ibn ʿUmayr and before the Prophet ﷺ. He taught the people the Quran, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ deputized him over Medina on more than one occasion—some count thirteen times. He was present at al-Qādisiyyah with Saʿd during the caliphate of ʿUmar: it is said that he was martyred there, and it is also said (5) that he returned to Medina and died there; Allah knows best.