Fadala ibn Ubayd

Fadala ibn Ubayd ibn Nafid al-Ansari al-Awsi, Abu Muhammad. Ibn al-Sakan said his mother was Uqba bint Muhammad ibn Uqba ibn al-Jalah al-Ansariyya ¹.

He became Muslim early, did not witness Badr, and witnessed Uhud and what followed, as well as the conquest of Egypt and Syria ¹. Makhul said from Ibn Muhayriz: he was among those who pledged under the Tree ².

He settled in Syria and held the raiding charge; Mu'awiya appointed him judge of Damascus after Abu al-Darda', on Abu al-Darda's own counsel per Khalid ibn Yazid ibn Abi Malik from his father ². Mu'awiya made him his deputy over Damascus on a journey he took ².

He related from the Prophet, Umar and Abu al-Darda'; from him relate Thumama ibn Shufayy, Hubaysh ibn Abdullah al-San'ani, Ali ibn Rabbah, Abu Ali al-Junbi and Muhammad ibn Ka'b al-Qurazi ².

Ibn Hibban said he died in Mu'awiya's caliphate, Mu'awiya being among those who carried his bier. Al-Mada'ini dated his death 53 AH, as did Ibn al-Sakan, saying he died in Damascus because Mu'awiya made him its judge and built him a house there. Harun al-Hammal and Ibn Abi Hatim said mid-Mu'awiya's reign; Abu Umar said 69 AH — Ibn Hajar holds the first soundest ².