of Meccan residents, who told him that Mecca had very little water because hardly any rain had fallen. He therefore said to his companions, “Shall we not ask our Lord for rain?” He invoked Allah and urged the people to pray, and they did not cease supplicating until they were given to drink. They then entered Mecca while rain was still pouring down. A great torrent followed, so violent that the people of Mecca feared the force of it. Rain also fell upon ʿArafah, Muzdalifah, and Minā, and that year the land of Mecca and its surroundings enjoyed exceptional fertility—all by the blessing of the supplication of ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz [and the righteous men who were with him].

The provincial governors in this year were the same as in the previous year.

Among the notable figures who died this year were:

ʿAbd Allah ibn Busur ibn Abī Busur al-Māzinī (1), a Companion like his father. He settled in Ḥimṣ, and a number of the Successors transmitted hadith from him. Al-Wāqidī said that he died this year at the age of ninety-four; others add that he was the last Companion to die in Greater Syria. A hadith states that he would live for a century (2), and indeed he reached one hundred years.

ʿAbd Allah ibn Abī Awfā—ʿAlqamah (3) (4) ibn Khālid ibn al-Ḥārith al-Khuzaʿī, later al-Aslamī—a distinguished Companion. He was the last Companion to remain in Kūfah. According to al-Bukhārī (5) he died in the year 87 or 88 AH; al-Wāqidī and several others (6) said it was 86 AH. He lived past one hundred years, and some said he nearly reached that age. May Allah be pleased with him.

In the same year there also died: Hishām ibn Ismāʿīl (7) ibn Hishām ibn al-Walīd al-Makhzūmī al-Madanī, the father-in-law of ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān and his deputy