Verses of Said ibn al-As to his son Amr

By Sa'id ibn al-As Abu Uhayha

أبيات سعيد بن العاص إلى ابنه عمرو

Two verses Ibn Ishaq attributes to Sa'id ibn al-As Abu Uhayha addressing his son Amr ibn Sa'id, asking how his son will fare when his strength matures. The museum does not reproduce the verses.

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The Prophetic Era
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Arabia
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Two verses that Ibn Ishaq attributes to Said ibn al-As, Abu Uhayha, addressed to his son Amr ibn Said. They ask about the son's condition when his strength matures. 1

The museum does not reproduce the text of the verses. Their attribution to Said has not been confirmed from another source, so they are recorded here as Ibn Ishaq's transmission.

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Amr ibn Sa'id ibn al-As

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The killing of Amr ibn Sa'id al-Ashdaq· Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib· Banu Abd Shams· Aban ibn Sa'id ibn al-As· Fatima bint Safwan· Khalid ibn Sa'id ibn al-As· Sa'id ibn al-As Abu Uhayha· Ajnadayn

Sources

  1. al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
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The killing of Amr ibn Sa'id al-Ashdaq

Marwan ibn al-Hakam had made Amr ibn Sa'id ibn al-As heir after his son; Abd al-Malik killed him — in Ibn al-Kalbi's reckoning the first treachery (ghadr) in Islam — mourned in the verse 'they have slain Amr and not done right'.