Busr ibn Saʿīd (1), al-Muzanī (2), the noble, devout jurist, was one of the reclusive worshippers and renowned ascetics; he died in Madinah.
Zurarah ibn Awfāʾ (3) ibn Ḥājib al-ʿĀmirī, the judge of Basra, ranked among the leading scholars and righteous men of the city and possessed many narrations. On one occasion he was leading the dawn prayer and recited Sūrah al-Muddaththir; when he reached the verse, “And when the trumpet is blown,” (8) [Qurʾān 74:8], he fell dead (4). He passed away in Basra at about seventy years of age.
Khubayb ibn ʿAbd Allah (5) ibn al-Zubayr was struck by ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz at the order of al-Walīd, and the blow proved fatal. A few days later ʿUmar was dismissed from office; he would weep and lament having struck him. Khubayb died in Madinah.
Ḥafṣ ibn ʿĀṣim (6) ibn ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb al-Madanī transmitted many hadiths and was counted among the righteous. He died in Madinah.
Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (7) ibn ʿAttāb ibn Asīd al-Umawī, one of the notables of Basra, was generous and highly praised, famed for his munificence. It is said that he once gave a poet thirty (8).
(1) The biography of Basr ibn Sa‘īd appears in Tabaqāt Ibn Sa‘d, vol. 5, pp. 281–282; Tarīkh Khalīfa, p. 321; Tabaqāt Khalīfa, p. 255; al-Ma‘rifa wa-al-Tārīkh, vol. 1, p. 422; Tahdhīb al-Kamāl, vol. 4, pp. 72–75; and Tarīkh al-Islām (Events of 81–100 AH), pp. 302–303. Al-Dhahabī notes that he died in the year 100 AH. See also Siyar A‘lām al-Nubalā’, vol. 4, p. 594; and Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb, vol. 1, p. 437.
(2) In Tarīkh al-Islām he is designated al-Madīnī.
(3) The biography of Zurarah ibn Awfa is found in Tabaqāt Ibn Sa‘d, vol. 7, p. 150; Tarīkh Khalīfa, p. 227; Tabaqāt Khalīfa, p. 197; al-Ma‘rifa wa-al-Tārīkh, vol. 1, p. 217; various other passages; Ḥilyat al-Awliyā’, vol. 2, p. 258; Tahdhīb al-Kamāl, vol. 9, p. 339; Tarīkh al-Islām (Events of 81–100 AH), p. 358; Siyar A‘lām al-Nubalā’, vol. 4, p. 516; al-Wāfī bi-al-Wafayāt, vol. 14, p. 192; Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb, vol. 3, p. 322; Shadhārāt al-Dhahab, vol. 1, p. 102.
(4) Narrated by al-Tirmidhī, no. 445; its isnād is hasan.
(5) The biography of Khabīb ibn ‘Abd Allāh appears in Tarīkh Khalīfa, p. 306; Tabaqāt Khalīfa, p. 242; al-Tārīkh al-Kabīr of al-Bukhārī, vol. 3, p. 208; Ansāb al-Ashrāf, vols. 1: 311 and 4: 24; Tahdhīb al-Kamāl, vol. 8, p. 223; Tarīkh al-Islām (Events of 81–100 AH), pp. 345–347; al-Wāfī bi-al-Wafayāt, vol. 13, p. 291; Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb, vol. 3, p. 135.
(6) The biography of Ḥafṣ ibn ‘Āsim is in Tabaqāt Ibn Sa‘d, vol. 7, p. 117; Tabaqāt Khalīfa, p. 246; Tarīkh al-Bukhārī, vol. 2, p. 359; al-Ma‘rifa wa-al-Tārīkh, vol. 1, p. 349; Tahdhīb al-Kamāl, vol. 6, pp. 17–18; Tarīkh al-Islām (Events of 81–100 AH), p. 335; Siyar A‘lām al-Nubalā’, vol. 4, pp. 196–197; al-Wāfī bi-al-Wafayāt, vol. 13, p. 97; Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb, vol. 2, p. 402.
(7) The biography of Sa‘īd ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān is in Nasab Quraysh, p. 193; Tarīkh Dimashq, vol. 21, p. 181 and its Tahdhīb, vol. 6, pp. 152–153; Tarīkh al-Islām (Events of 81–100 AH), p. 370.
(8) In Tarīkh al-Islām, from Muṣ‘ab al-Zubayrī: it is reported that he gave a poet three thousand dinars.