Mukhashin ibn Humayyir

Of Ashja', an ally of Banu Salama; he was among the band who mocked the Tabuk army then excused themselves. Ibn Ishaq mentions he renamed himself Abd al-Rahman and asked God to be killed a martyr in a place unknown — and he was killed on the day of al-Yamama and no trace of him was found. ¹

Ibn Ishaq names him "a man of Ashja', an ally of Banu Salama, called Mukhashin ibn Humayyir". ¹ He says the man wished no Quran would descend on them even were each flogged a hundred lashes, and that he afterwards said to the Prophet: my name and my father's name have shamed me. ² And that it is he who was pardoned in the verse — so he renamed himself Abd al-Rahman and asked God to kill him a martyr where none would know his place; he was killed on the day of al-Yamama and no trace of him was found. ³

Ibn Ishaq gives his lineage: of Ashja', ally of Banu Salama. ¹

• Ibn Hisham said: "and it is said Mukhashshi" instead of "Mukhashin" (p. 168).
• Ibn Ishaq's saying that he is the one pardoned in the verse is an interpretation the museum ascribes to him (p. 169).