Hadith No: 5
Ibn al-Athir - Asad al-Ghabah fi Ma'rifat al-Sahabah - Chapter on the Hamzah
Chapter on the Hamzah, Seen, and What Combines Them - 120: Aslam, Mawla of Umar
Volume: (1) - Page Number: (94)
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120 -
Aslam:
the freedman of Umar ibn al-Khattab from among those captured in Yemen, who met the Prophet (peace be upon him).- .... Muhammad ibn Ishaq said: Abu Bakr al-Siddiq sent Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) in the year eleven, and he established the Hajj for the people and purchased Aslam during it. He said:
He met the Prophet (peace be upon him) but did not see him, and he was from Ethiopia. Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam narrated from his father that his father, Aslam, said.
- .... Abd al-Mu’min ibn Bashir ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Zayd ibn Aslam narrated from his father and grandfather:
that he traveled with the Prophet (peace be upon him) on two journeys, and Abd al-Mu’min is not known.
- .... His son Zayd, Muslim ibn Jundab, and Nafi, the freedman of Ibn Umar, narrated from Aslam.