Utba ibn Ghazwan

Utba ibn Ghazwan ibn Jabir al-Mazini, ally of Banu Abd Shams or Banu Nawfal. Of "the first forerunners" — he emigrated to Abyssinia, then returned an emigrant to Medina, companion of al-Miqdad, and witnessed Badr and all after it ¹.

Umar employed him in the conquests; he marked out Basra and won conquests. He was tall and handsome. Muslim and the Sunan scholars related for him ¹.

In Muslim, from his hadith: "I saw myself the seventh of seven with the Messenger of God, with no food but the leaves of trees" ¹.

Ibn Sa'd and others said: he came to Umar asking release from the governorship; Umar refused, and he set back and died on the road at Ma'din Banu Sulaym in year 17 AH — or it is said 20, or before that — having lived fifty-seven years ¹.

Al-Tabarani narrates from him "whoever lies against me deliberately, let him take his seat in the Fire"; Ibn Hajar mentions that in its chain is Abd al-Rahman ibn Amr ibn Nadla, who is abandoned ¹.