ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, during his caliphate, was too absorbed by affairs of state to make the journey; nevertheless, he would send a mounted courier to Madinah and instruct him, “Convey my greetings to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, on my behalf.” Its chain of transmission will be cited, if Allah wills.

[Among the notable figures who died in this year]

Sālim ibn Abī al-Jaʿd al-Ashjaʿī (1), their client from Kūfah, the brother of Ziyād, ʿAbd Allah, ʿUbayd Allah, ʿImrān, and Muslim. He was a distinguished Successor (tābiʿī).
He transmitted hadith from Thawbān, Jābir, ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿUmar, ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr, al-Nuʿmān ibn Bashīr, and others.
Those who related from him include Qatādah, al-Aʿmash, and many more. He was reliable, eminent, and held in high esteem.

Abū Umāmah Asʿad ibn Sahl ibn Ḥunayf (2), an Anṣārī from the Aws tribe of Madinah. He was born during the Prophet’s lifetime, peace and blessings be upon him, and saw him.
He narrated from his father, ʿUmar, ʿUthmān, Zayd ibn Thābit, Muʿāwiyah, and Ibn ʿAbbās.
From him transmitted al-Zuhrī, Abū Ḥāzim, and others.
Al-Zuhrī said, “He was among the elite and scholars of the Anṣār, one of the sons of those who fought at Badr.”
Yūsuf ibn al-Mājishūn, on the authority of ʿUtbah ibn Muslim, related: “On the last occasion ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān went out for the Friday prayer, the people pelted him with stones and blocked him from leading it, so Abū Umāmah ibn Sahl ibn Ḥunayf led the prayer that day.” (3)
They say he died in the year 100 AH, and Allah knows best.

Abū al-Zāhiriyyah (4) Ḥudayr ibn Kurayb al-Ḥimṣī, a revered Successor. He heard hadith from Abū Umāmah Ṣuday ibn ʿAjlān.