Sa'sa'a ibn Suhan al-'Abdi
صعصعة بن صوحان العبدي
'Abd al-Qays's orator and one of Ali's 'arrows' — Mu'awiya called him a shaft of Ali and a khatib of the Arabs; his genealogy-riddle exchange at court, his definitions of leadership, manliness, wisdom and knighthood for Ibn Abbas ('you are the deep-sea of Arab learning'), and his share in Ibn Wahb's death at Nahrawan 1.
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Some of his reports
Ali sent him with his letter to Mu'awiya, and he debated with him about the genealogies of Mudar, Rabi'a and Abd al-Qays. Ibn Abbas asked him about nobility, manliness, the wise man and the horseman, and he answered with the most comprehensive things that had been said on them, to the point that Ibn Abbas told him he was a scholar of the Arabs' learning 1.
The report says that he took part with Abu Ayyub al-Ansari in killing Abd Allah ibn Wahb al-Rasibi on the day of al-Nahrawan 1.
Sources
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi, p. 39-48
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