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Nu‘man ibn Bashir (d. 65 AH)[1], Umar ibn Sa‘d (d. 67 AH)[2], Abdullah ibn Umar (d. 73 AH)[3],

↑[1] . Al-Ka‘bi (d. 209 AH) has said: “Nu‘man ibn Bashir was the governor of Mu‘awiya over Yemen and the governor of Yazid ibn Mu‘awiya over Kufa” (Nasab Ma‘d wa al-Yaman al-Kabir by al-Kalbi, vol. 1, p. 406), and ibn Sa‘d (d. 230 AH) has said: “He was Uthman’s follower,” in the sense that he turned away from Ali (Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra by ibn Sa‘d, vol. 8, p. 176), and Muhammad ibn Habib al-Baghdadi (d. 245 AH) has said: “Na’ila (Uthman’s wife) sent Uthman’s shirt to Levant, to Mu‘awiya by him” (Al-Muhabbar by ibn Habib, p. 294), and Abu al-Fada’ (d. 732 AH) has said: “Nu‘man ibn Bashir went to Levant while Uthman’s bloody shirt was with him, then Mu‘awiya hung Uthman’s shirt on the pulpit to incite people to fight against Ali and his companions, and whenever people of Levant saw it, they became more angry” (Al-Mukhtasar Fi Akhbar al-Bashar by ibn al-Fada’, vol. 1, p. 171), and ibn Sallam al-Jumahi (d. 232 AH) has said: “Nu‘man was more esteemed than Mu‘awiya, and Mu‘awiya said: ‘O you the Ansar! You do not help me properly, and none of you accompanies me except for Nu‘man ibn Bashir, and you saw how I treated him,’ and (Mu‘awiya) made (Nu‘man) the governor of Kufa and honored him” (Tabaqat Fuhul al-Shu‘ara’ by ibn Sallam al-Jumahi, vol. 2, p. 463), and Khalifa ibn Khayyat (d. 240 AH) has narrated and said: “When Yazid ibn Mu‘awiya was informed that people of Mecca intended to pledge allegiance to ibn Zubayr and he did not accept, he sent Nu‘man ibn Bashir and Hammam ibn Qabisa to ibn Zubayr to take allegiance from him for Yazid with the promise that they would give him the rule of Hijaz, wherever he wanted, and the rule of wherever he liked to his family” (History of Khalifa ibn Khayyat, p. 252).
↑[2] . He was the commander of the army who surrounded Husain, peace be upon him, cut off water supply to him, and fought and killed him unjustly and aggressively. Muhammad ibn Sa‘d (d. 230 AH) has said: “Umar ibn Sa‘d was in Kufa when Ubaidullah ibn Ziyad appointed him as the governor of Ray and Hamidan, and his dispatch was decided. Then, when Husain ibn Ali left for Iraq, Ubaidullah ibn Ziyad called Umar Sa‘d, gave him four thousand soldiers, and said to him: ‘Unless he comes to me and puts his hand in mine (i.e. pledge allegiance to me), fight against him,’ so he obeyed (his order) to fight Husain and fought against him until Husain was killed” (Al-Tabaqat al-Kubra by ibn Sa‘d, vol. 7, p. 167), and what is surprising is that he narrated from his father, from the Messenger of God that he said: “Fighting against a Muslim is disbelief” (Al-Muntakhab Min Musnad of Abd ibn Humayd, p. 76)! Muhanna has said: “I asked Ahmad about Umar ibn Sa‘d, so he said: ‘It is not appropriate to narrate (Hadith) from him!’ I said: ‘For what?’ He said: ‘Because he is the owner of armies and the owner of blood (i.e. He killed the innocent)’” (al-Sunnah by Abu Bakr ibn al-Khallal, vol. 3, p. 518), and it was said to Yahya ibn Ma‘in: “Is Umar ibn Sa‘d trustworthy?” He said: “How can he who killed Husain be trustworthy?!” (The Great History by ibn Abu Khaythama [the second book], vol. 2, p. 945), and it has been narrated from Abu Hafs that he said: “I heard Yahya ibn Sa‘id al-Qattan say: ‘Isma‘il narrated to us, Izar ibn Huraith narrated to us from Umar ibn Sa‘d,’ then a man said to him: ‘O Abu Sa‘id! He is the killer of Husain! Are you narrating to us from the killer of Husain?!’ Then Yahya fell silent” (al-Asami Wa al-Kuna by Abu Ahmad al-Hakim, vol. 2, p. 248), and it has been said in another narration: “The man said: ‘Do you not fear God that you are narrating from Umar ibn Sa‘d?!’ Then Yahya cried and said: ‘I will never narrate from him again’” (Tahdhib al-Kamal by al-Mizzi, vol. 21, p. 357). Nevertheless, some of the Ahl al-Hadith have considered him trustworthy (See: Al-Thiqat by al-Ajali, vol. 2, p. 166), narrated from him (See: Tahdhib al-Kamal by al-Mizzi, vol. 21, p. 356), and thought that he was truthful (See: Taqrib al-Tahdhib by ibn Hajar, p. 413)!
↑[3] . He refused to pledge allegiance to Ali, then he pledged allegiance to Mu‘awiya, Yazid, and Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan! It is well-known that he asked permission to enter the house of Hajjaj ibn Yusuf at night, so Hajjaj said: “One of the fools is Abu Abd al-Rahman!” Then he entered, and when he reached him, Hajjaj said to him: “What brings you here?” He said: “I remembered the words of the Messenger of God who said: ‘Whoever dies without pledging allegiance to the Imam of his era and time has died and ignorant death!’” Then Hajjaj said to him: “Do you abandon your allegiance to Ali ibn Abi Talib and pledge allegiance to Abd al-Malik?! Pledge allegiance to my foot, for my hand is busy,” and he stretched his foot toward him! (See: Al-Basa’ir Wa al-Dhakha’ir by Abu Hayyan al-Tawhidi, vol. 7, p. 151; Nathr al-Durr Fi al-Muhadarat by al-Abi, vol. 2, p. 66; al-Tadhkarah al-Hamduniyyah by ibn Hamdun, vol. 9, p. 255), and it has been narrated from al-Zuhri that he said: “I am surprised by ibn Umar! He refused to pledge allegiance to Ali, but he pledged allegiance to Yazid ibn Mu‘awiya and Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan!” (Mir’at al-Zaman Fi Tawarikh al-A‘yan by Sibt ibn al-Jawzi, vol. 6, p. 53).