al-Walid ibn 'Utba ibn Abi Sufyan

الوليد بن عتبة بن أبي سفيان

He led Mu'awiya II's funeral prayer hoping for the succession — and was stabbed dead at the second takbir before the prayer ended 1.

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Al-Walid ibn Utba ibn Abi Sufyan prayed over Mu'awiya ibn Yazid so that the affair would be his after him. When he said the second takbir, he was stabbed and fell dead before the prayer was finished. 2

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  1. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p. 70
  2. Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi , p.70
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