al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 5136
✧ virtues of Utbah b. Ghazwan, who enlightened Basra
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنُ بَطَّةَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ ثنا الْحُسَيْنُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ
عَنْ شُيُوخِهِ فِي ذِكْرِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ غَزْوَانَ قَالُوا «كُنْيَتُهُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَقِيلَ أَبُو غَزْوَانَ وَكَانَ فِيمَا ذُكِرَ رَجُلًا طُوَالًا جَمِيلًا وَكَانَ قَدِيمَ الْإِسْلَامِ وَهَاجَرَ إِلَى أَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ الْهِجْرَةَ الثَّانِيَةَ وَكَانَ مِنَ الرُّمَاةِ الْمَذْكُورِينَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَهُوَ الَّذِي بَصَّرَ الْبَصْرَةَ وَمَاتَ فِي خِلَافَةِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ بِمَعْدِنِ بَنِي سُلَيْمٍ وَهُوَ مَاضٍ إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ وَالِيًا عَلَيْهَا مِنْ قِبَلِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ فَقَدِمَ غُلَامُهُ سُوَيْدُ عَلَى عُمَرَ بِمَتَاعِهِ وَتَرِكَتِهِ» قَالَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ «وَإِنَّمَا مَاتَ عُتْبَةُ بْنُ غَزْوَانَ سَنَةَ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ وَيُقَالُ سَبْعَ عَشْرَةَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَبْعٍ وَخَمْسِينَ»
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Chain of narrators
- Abū ʿAbdullāh b. Baṭṭah
- al-Ḥasan
- al-Ḥusayn
- Muḥammad b. ʿUmar
✧ From his teachers regarding the mention of 'Utbah ibn Ghazwan, they said: "His kunyah was Abu 'Abdullah, and it is said Abu Ghazwan. He was, as mentioned, a tall, handsome man. He was an early Muslim and emigrated to the land of Abyssinia in the second emigration. He was among the renowned archers of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He is the one who founded Basra. He died during the caliphate of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab at the mine of Banu Sulaym while on his way to Basra as its governor appointed by 'Umar ibn al-Khattab. His servant Suwayd brought his belongings and estate to 'Umar." Ibn 'Umar said: " 'Utbah ibn Ghazwan died in the year fifteen, and it is said seventeen, when he was fifty-seven years old."
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