IMAM ABO AL-FID& ISMA'IL IBN KATH~R 219one of them above the others. It was a credit to the Banii al-Najjzr that they took
pride among their peers in having the Messenger of God (SAAS) as their leader.
Ibu al-Athir observed, "This fact refutes the statements of Abii Nu'aym and
Ibn Mundah to the effect that As'ad h. Zurnra was leader of the Banii Sa'ida; in
fact he led the Bana d-Najjzr."
Ihn al-Atbir was correct in saying this.
Ahn Jacfar b. Jarir stated in his history work, "The first Muslim who died after
the arrival of the Messenger of God (SAAS) in Medma was, so they say, the
owner of his house, Kulthiim b. al-Hadm. He died soon after his arrival. The next
to die was As'ad h. Zurzra, whose death was that same year of his anival and
before the construction of the mosque was completed. He died of either diptheria
or from coughing."
I observe here that the full name of this man was Kulthiim b. al-Hadm b.
Imru' al-Qays b. al-Hnrith b. Zayd b. 'Ubayd b. Zayd b. Malik h. 'Awf b. 'Amr
b. 'Awf b. Mdik b. al-Aws, the Helper and member of the Aws tribe. Of the
family of 'Amr b. 'Awf, he was a very elderly sheikh who had accepted Islam
before the arrival of the Messenger of God (SAAS) in Medina. When the
Messenger of God (SAAS) came there he stayed at night in Quhnc in Kulthiim's
house, and then during the day would talk with his Companions in the bome of
Sacd b. d-Rabic, God be pleased with them both, until he moved to the bome of
the Banii al-Najjzr, as related above.
Ibn al-Athir stated, "It has been said that he was the first Muslim to die fol-
lowing the arrival of the Messenger of God (SAAS), and that the death of As'ad
b. Zurzra followed his. Al-Tabari stated this."Chapter: On the birth of cAbdAllah b. al-Zubayr in the month of Shawwal in the
year when the emigration occurred,
The first birth to the Emigrants in the Islamic era was 'Abd Allzb b. al-Zubayr.
Similarly, al-Nucman b. Bashir was the &st child born to the Helpers after the
emigration. God be pleased with them both.
Some claim that Ihn al-Zuhayr was born 20 months after the emigration. Abii
al-Aswad said this. Al-Wnqidi related this from Muhwmad b. Yahyn h. Sahl b.
Abii Hathma, from his father, from his grandfather.
They claim that d-Nucmm was born 6 months before d-Zubayr, some 14
months after the emigration.
The truth is as we have said above. Al-Bukh- stated, "Zakariyyn' b. Yahyn
related to us, quoting Abn Usama, from Hishm b. Wrwa, from his father, from
Asmn', who said, regarding her pregnancy with 'Abd Allah b. al-Zubayr, "When
I emigrated, I was at term. When I came to Medina I stayed in Quba' and gave
birth to him there. Then I took him to the Messenger of God (SAAS) and
placed him in his lap. He then called for a date, which he masticated then spat
into his mouth. And so the first thing that entered the baby's stomach was the