nicknamed abu-Thumâmah, and according to others, abu-Thumâlah. His muezzin[1] was one, Ḥujair, who in calling to prayer used to chant, " I testify that Musailimah claims to be the Prophet of Allah." Remarking on this, some one said, "Ḥujair has expressed it eloquently," which phrase has since become a proverb.
Those who fell martyrs in al-Yamâmah. Among those who suffered martyrdom in al-Yamâmah were abu-Ḥudhaifah ibn-ʿUtbah ibn-Rabîʿah ibn-ʿAbd-Shams, whose first name was Hushaim, and some say Mihsham;[2] Sâlim, a freedman of abu-Ḥudhaifah surnamed abu-Abdallâh, and who was a freedman[3] of Thubaitah daughter of Yaʿâr[4] of the Anṣâr (and others say Nubaithah who was a woman); Khâlid ibn-Asîd ibn-abi-l-ʿÎṣ ibn-Umaiyah; ʿAbdallâh, i. e., Al-Ḥakam ibn-Saʿîd ibn-al-ʿÂṣi ibn-Umaiyah, who, according to others, was killed in the battle of Muʾtah; Shujâʿ ibn-Wahb al-Asadi, an ally of the banu-Umaiyah, whose surname was abu-Wahb; aṭ-Ṭufail ibn-ʿAmr ad-Dausi of al-Azd; Yazîd ibn-Ruḳaish al-Asadi, an ally of the banu-Umaiyah; Makhramah ibn-Shuraiḥ al-Ḥaḍrami, an ally of the banu-Umaiyah, as-Sâʾib ibn-al-ʿAuwâm, a brother of az-Zubair ibn-al-ʿAuwâm; al-Walîd ibn-ʿAbd-Shams ibn-al-Mughîrah-l-Makhzûmi; as-Sâʾib ibn-ʿUthmân ibn-Maẓʿûn al-Jumaḥi; and Zaid ibn-al-Khaṭṭâb ibn-Nufail, a brother of ʿUmar ibn-al-Khaṭṭâb, who, according to some, was killed by abu-Maryam al-Ḥanafi whose proper name was Ṣubaiḥ ibn-Muḥarrish. According to ibn-al-Kalbi, Zaid was killed by Labîd ibn-Burghuth al-ʿIjli, who later came to ʿUmar and ʿUmar said to him, "Thou art the sacks" (his name, Labîd,
