had their heads shaved ⦗7⦘. And Muḥammad died while still a young man during the caliphate of ʿUthmān, as we have mentioned; Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr ⦗1⦘ maintained that his death occurred in Tustar, and Allah knows best.

Maʿbad ibn al-ʿAbbās ⦗2⦘ ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib, a cousin of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, was killed as a youth in Ifrīqiyah, in the lands of the Maghrib.

Muʿayqīb ibn Abī Fāṭimah ad-Dawsī ⦗3⦘, the steward of the Prophet’s signet-ring, is reported to have died in the days of ʿUthmān; others say earlier, and still others say in the year 40 AH. Allah knows best.

Munqidh ibn ʿAmr al-Anṣārī ⦗4⦘, of the clan of Māzin ibn an-Najjār, had been struck by a severe head injury ⦗5⦘ that impeded his speech and weakened his intellect. He was nevertheless very active in buying and selling, so the Prophet ﷺ said to him ⦗6⦘: “When you enter into a transaction, say, ‘No deception,’ and you retain the option to cancel anything you purchase for three days.” Al-Shāfiʿī said: “He alone was granted a fixed three-day option in every sale, whether or not the option was expressly stipulated.”

Nuʿaym ibn Masʿūd ⦗7⦘, Abū Salamah al-Ghaṭafānī, is the one who sowed division between the Confederates and Banū Qurayẓah, as noted earlier; for that he holds an unblemished distinction and the loftiest banner.

Abū Dhūʾayb, Khuwaylid ibn Khālid al-Hudhali ⦗8⦘, the poet, lived through the Age of Ignorance and embraced Islam after the Prophet’s death. He witnessed the day of the Saqīfah and performed the funeral prayer for the Prophet ﷺ. He was the greatest poet of Hudhayl, and Hudhayl were the foremost poets of the Arabs. He is the author ⦗9⦘ of the verses:
[from the kāmil metre]
“When Death sinks in its claws,
you find every amulet useless.
My steadfast front before the gloaters
shows them that the blows of Time will not make me crumble.”
He died while campaigning in Ifrīqiyah during the caliphate of ʿUthmān.

Abū Ruhm Sabrah ibn ʿAbd al-ʿUzzā al-Qurashī, the poet, is mentioned in this section only by Muḥammad ibn Saʿd ⦗10⦘.