Ibn al-Jawzi records in al-Muntaẓam that he passed away in this very year, and that is the view of a number of scholars. Others say he died one year earlier; some place his death in the year 42 AH, and still other dates are reported. Allah knows best.

His death occurred in Mecca, where he had been living in seclusion from the people after the arbitration. Another report states that he died at a spot called al-Thawiyyah, two miles from Kūfa.

He was short in stature, thin, and athaṭ—that is, he had no beard. May Allah be pleased with him.

Ibn al-Jawzi also mentions that in this same year there died ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Mughaffal al-Muzani (1). He was one of the weepers and one of the ten men whom ʿUmar sent to Basra to instruct the people in their religion. He was the first Muslim to enter Tustar when it was conquered. The soundest opinion, however, is that related by al-Bukhari (2) from Musaddad, namely that he died in the year 57 (3) AH. Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr (4) said he died in 60 AH, while others placed his death in 61 AH; Allah knows best.

It is related that he saw in a dream as though the Day of Resurrection had begun. There was a place which, if one reached it, one would be saved. He kept striving to reach it, but someone said to him, “Do you wish to reach it while you still possess what you possess of this world?” He awoke and went straight to a casket (5) in which he had a large amount of gold—[wealth that had come to him lawfully from his allotted share of booty] (6)—and by morning he had distributed it all among the poor, the needy, and his relatives. May Allah be pleased with him.

In this year there also died ʿImrān ibn Ḥusayn (7) ibn ʿUbayd ibn Khalaf, Abū Nujayd al-Khuzāʿī.