Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakra

Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakra, son of Abu Bakra al-Thaqafi, the first child born in Basra when Utba ibn Ghazwan (may God be pleased with him) settled it at al-Khurayba; his father slaughtered a camel that fed the people of Basra. ^{1 2}

Ibn Hajar gives him his own entry in al-Isaba, no. 4655: "Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakra al-Thaqafi" — he explains that he was a Successor born after the Prophet ﷺ's time, the first child born in Basra once it was founded as a garrison town, for which his father fed the people of Basra a slaughtered camel in the year fourteen; and that Ziyad, governing Basra, appointed Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakra as his deputy over part of its administration. ³

He narrates that he heard the Prophet say "Do not seek command, for if you are given it without asking, you will be aided in it"; Ibn Hajar remarks that this is doubtful, since al-Bukhari listed him among the transmitters after the Companions, not among the Companions. ³

His kunya was Abu Bahr, or it was said Abu Hatim; he has transmission from his father, from Ali, Abd Allah ibn Amr, al-Ashajj al-Asri and others. ³