and ʿAmr ibn Ḥurayth (1),
and ʿAmr ibn Salamah (2),
and Wāthilah ibn al-Asqaʿ (3) — may Allah be pleased with him. Wāthilah was among those who had stayed in the ṣuffah, he took part in the campaign of Tabūk, then witnessed the conquest of Damascus and settled there; his mosque in that city stands by ḥabs Bāb al-Ṣaghīr (4). According to Saʿīd ibn Bashīr, he was the last Companion to die in Damascus. Al-Bukhārī and others state that he passed away in the year 83 AH; Allah knows best (5).
Also that year died Khālid ibn Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiyah (6) ibn Abī Sufyān, Sakhr ibn Ḥarb ibn Umayyah. He was the most learned of Quraysh in the various sciences, excelled in medicine, and wrote extensively on alchemy (7), which he had acquired from a monk named Maryānash. Khālid was eloquent, gifted in oratory, and a consummate poet, just like his father.
= (1/251) Ansab al-Ashraf (1/218); Asad al-Ghaba (3/286); Tahdhib al-Kamal (15/140); Tarikh al-Islam [Events of years 81–100], p. 114; Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala’ (3/521); Al-Isaba (2/329); Al-Wafi bil-Wafayat (17/228); Shazharat al-Dhahab (1/349).
(1) Translation—Amr ibn Hurayth—in Tabaqat Ibn Sa‘d (6/23); Tabaqat Khalifa (p. 20); Ansab al-Ashraf (1/228); al-Ma‘rifa wa al-Tarikh (1/323); Al-Istighrab (2/515); Tahdhib al-Kamal (21/580); Tarikh al-Islam [Events of years 81–100], p. 165; Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala’ (3/417); Al-Isaba (2/531); Shazharat al-Dhahab (1/347).
(2) Translation—Amr ibn Salama—in Al-Istighrab (2/544); Tahdhib al-Kamal (22/49); Tarikh al-Islam [Events of years 81–100], p. 166; Tahdhib al-Tahdhib (8/42); Al-Isaba (2/541).
(3) Translation—Wathila ibn al-Asqa‘—in Tabaqat Ibn Sa‘d (7/407); Tarikh Khalifa (p. 291); Tabaqatuhu (p. 123); al-Ma‘rifa wa al-Tarikh (2/332); Al-Istighrab (3/643); Ansab al-Ashraf (1/272); Hilyat al-Awliya’ (2/21); Tarikh Dimashq (6/343); Asad al-Ghaba (5/77); Wafayat al-A‘yan (5/281); Tarikh al-Islam [Events of years 81–100], p. 216; Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala’ (3/383); Al-Isaba (3/626); Shazharat al-Dhahab (1/347).
(4) In certain editions there is an added phrase “from the qibla.” I note that his mosque was destroyed in the Timurid upheaval—only its foundations remained—and at its entrance was a grated water channel. This is a later interpolation by copyists, since the Timurid turmoil post-dates Ibn Kathir.
(5) The passage beginning “and he was the last to die …” is omitted in some editions; both reports appear in Tarikh al-Islam [Events of years 81–100], p. 218.
(6) Translation—Khalid ibn Yazid—in Tarikh Khalifa (259); al-Ma‘rifa wa al-Tarikh (1/571); Ansab al-Ashraf (3/74); Tarikh Dimashq (16/302); Tahdhibuhu (5/119); Asad al-Ghaba (2/97); Wafayat al-A‘yan (2/224); Takdhib al-Kamal (8/201); Tarikh al-Islam [Events of years 81–100], p. 55; Siyar A‘lam al-Nubala’ (4/382); Al-Isaba (1/469); Al-Wafi bil-Wafayat (13/270); Shazharat al-Dhahab (1/347).
(7) Ibn Khallikan reports that he was versed in alchemy and authored three treatises on the subject (Wafayat al-A‘yan, 2/224). Al-Dhahabi comments on this report: “This is not authenticated.”