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THE ORIGINS OF THE ISLAMIC STATE

nicknamed abu-Thumâmah, and according to others, abu-Thumâlah. His muezzin[1] was one, Ḥujair, who in calling to prayer used to chant, " I testify that Musailimah claims to be the Prophet of Allah." Remarking on this, some one said, "Ḥujair has expressed it eloquently," which phrase has since become a proverb.

Those who fell martyrs in al-Yamâmah. Among those who suffered martyrdom in al-Yamâmah were abu-Ḥudhaifah ibn-ʿUtbah ibn-Rabîʿah ibn-ʿAbd-Shams, whose first name was Hushaim, and some say Mihsham;[2] Sâlim, a freedman of abu-Ḥudhaifah surnamed abu-Abdallâh, and who was a freedman[3] of Thubaitah daughter of Yaʿâr[4] of the Anṣâr (and others say Nubaithah who was a woman); Khâlid ibn-Asîd ibn-abi-l-ʿÎṣ ibn-Umaiyah; ʿAbdallâh, i. e., Al-Ḥakam ibn-Saʿîd ibn-al-ʿÂṣi ibn-Umaiyah, who, according to others, was killed in the battle of Muʾtah; Shujâʿ ibn-Wahb al-Asadi, an ally of the banu-Umaiyah, whose surname was abu-Wahb; aṭ-Ṭufail ibn-ʿAmr ad-Dausi of al-Azd; Yazîd ibn-Ruḳaish al-Asadi, an ally of the banu-Umaiyah; Makhramah ibn-Shuraiḥ al-Ḥaḍrami, an ally of the banu-Umaiyah, as-Sâʾib ibn-al-ʿAuwâm, a brother of az-Zubair ibn-al-ʿAuwâm; al-Walîd ibn-ʿAbd-Shams ibn-al-Mughîrah-l-Makhzûmi; as-Sâʾib ibn-ʿUthmân ibn-Maẓʿûn al-Jumaḥi; and Zaid ibn-al-Khaṭṭâb ibn-Nufail, a brother of ʿUmar ibn-al-Khaṭṭâb, who, according to some, was killed by abu-Maryam al-Ḥanafi whose proper name was Ṣubaiḥ ibn-Muḥarrish. According to ibn-al-Kalbi, Zaid was killed by Labîd ibn-Burghuth al-ʿIjli, who later came to ʿUmar and ʿUmar said to him, "Thou art the sacks" (his name, Labîd,

  1. The chanter who calls to prayer from the minaret.
  2. Hishâm, p. 165.
  3. Hishâm, pp. 422 and 486.
  4. Ibid., p. 322.