Qutham ibn al-Abbas

Qutham ibn al-'Abbas ibn 'Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim al-Hashimi, cousin of the Prophet and brother of al-Fadl, 'Abdallah, 'Ubaydallah and Kathir; his mother was Umm al-Fadl Lubaba bint al-Harith (may God be pleased with her) al-Hilaliyya, the second woman to embrace Islam after Khadija. ²

Al-Mas'udi records that he went down into the Prophet's grave at the burial with 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, his brother al-Fadl and Shuqran, the Prophet's client. ³ He went out to Khurasan with Sa'id ibn 'Uthman and died at Samarqand in 57 AH — some say martyred — having declined five booty-shares for one share for himself and one for his horse; when the news reached Ibn 'Abbas he said, 'What a distance between his birthplace and his grave.' ^{4 2}