Abu al-Darda' (Uwaymir)

Abu al-Darda — "famed by his kunya and his name alike", as Ibn Hajar says; his name is Uwaymir ibn Qays al-Ansari al-Khazraji ¹. His name is disputed — some say it is Amir and Uwaymir a nickname, as al-Asma'i asserted — and his father's name is disputed: Amir, Malik, Tha'laba, Abdullah or Zayd ¹.

Abu Shahr said from Sa'id ibn Abd al-Aziz: he became Muslim on the day of Badr, witnessed Uhud and fought gallantly there ². Ibn Hajar relates from Shurayh ibn Ubayd that the Prophet said on the day of Uhud: "what a fine horseman Uwaymir is", and said "he is the sage of my community" ³.

Al-A'mash said from Khaythama from him: I was a merchant before the mission, then tried trade after Islam and the two could not be joined ³. Ibn Hibban said Mu'awiya appointed him judge of Damascus in Umar's caliphate ³.

He related from the Prophet and from Zayd ibn Thabit, A'isha, Abu Umama and Fadala ibn Ubayd; from him relate his son Bilal, his wife Umm al-Darda', Abu Idris al-Khawlani, Suwayd ibn Ghafla, Jubayr ibn Nufayr, Zayd ibn Wahb, Alqama ibn Qays and others ³.

Abu Shahr said from Sa'id ibn Abd al-Aziz: Abu al-Darda' and Ka'b al-Ahbar died in the last two years of Uthman's caliphate; al-Waqidi and a group said he died in year thirty-two; Ibn Abd al-Barr said he died after Siffin — and the soundest view among the hadith scholars is that he died in Uthman's caliphate ³.