Amr ibn Hazm

Amr ibn Hazm ibn Zayd ibn Lawdhan al-Ansari, kunya Abu al-Dahhak. His brother was Umara ¹. He witnessed the Trench and what followed it, and the Prophet appointed him over Najran ¹.

His son Muhammad related from him a letter the Prophet had written for him, containing the fara'id (shares of inheritance), zakat, blood-money and other matters. Abu Dawud, al-Nasa'i, Ibn Hibban, al-Darimi and others recorded it ¹.

Abu Nu'aym said he died in the caliphate of Umar, and Ibrahim ibn al-Mundhir said the same in al-Tabaqat. It is also said that he died after fifty. Ibn Hajar judges this the nearer to the truth, since Musnad Abi Ya'la, through a chain whose narrators are trustworthy, reports that he spoke forcefully to Mu'awiya about the matter of his pledge of allegiance to Yazid ¹. In al-Tabarani and elsewhere, he related to Mu'awiya and to Amr ibn al-As the hadith: "The rebellious group will kill Ammar" ¹.

The Prophet sent him to Banu al-Harith ibn Ka'b after their delegation had departed, to instruct them in religion, teach them the Sunna and the markers of Islam, and collect their alms. The Prophet wrote him a letter setting out his charge: the fear of God, teaching the Qur'an, the times of prayer, the obligatory alms, and the jizya. See the mission of Amr ibn Hazm. ^{2 3 4}