Aban ibn Uthman

Aban ibn 'Uthman ibn 'Affan, the imam, jurist and amir Abu Sa'id al-Umawi of Medina, son of the Commander of the Faithful 'Uthman ibn 'Affan; he heard from his father and from Zayd ibn Thabit (may God be pleased with him), and 'Amr ibn Dinar, al-Zuhri, Abu al-Zinad and a group narrated from him. ¹

According to al-Waqidi he governed Medina for seven years, and Yahya al-Qattan counts him among the ten jurists of Medina. He punished a man who clipped dirhams and mixed hollow and counterfeit coins among them with thirty lashes, parading him before the people. ^{2 1}

He narrated from his father the protective invocation of God's name morning and evening; when hemiplegia struck him he said he had forgotten the invocation that night so that God's decree might run its course. Khalifa ibn Khayyat dates his death to 105 AH; others said he died before 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan. ¹