Abu Uthman al-Nahdi

أبو عثمان النهدي

In al-Baladhuri, who carried the glad tidings of Nihawand to Umar — 'al-Nu'man was killed' — whereupon Umar said 'we are God's' and wept, his hand on his head; 'killed among later ones I do not know' — 'but God knows them.'

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Era
The Rashidun Caliphate
Region
Levant & Iraq
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In brief

Abu Uthman al-Nahdi, named Abd al-Rahman b. Mall; he said he was fourteen years old on the day of al-Qadisiyya and had seen the Messenger of God ﷺ while grazing camels at Kazima. He narrated from Ali, Ibn Mas'ud, and Hudhayfa; Mansur, al-A'mash, Ibn Abi Khalid, Sulayman al-Taymi, al-Walid b. al-Mizrab, Amr b. Abdallah Abu Mu'awiya al-Nakha'i, and others narrated from him, and he lived a hundred and thirty years. 1

His death

He died in 95 AH. 2

Sources

  1. Tadhkirat al-huffaz — al-Dhahabi , j.1 p.65-66
  2. Tadhkirat al-huffaz — al-Dhahabi , j.1 p.66
  • Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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