He (Ibn Sad) said: Hisham Ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Sa'ib al-Kalbi informed, us: Lut Ibn Yabya al-Azdi informed us; he said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him, wrote to Abu Zabyan al-Azdi, belonging to (the tribe of) Ghamid, inviting him and his people to embrace Islam. He responded, along with some people of his tribe who happened to be at Makkah. Among them were Mikhnaf, 'Abd Allah and Zuhayr, sons of Sulaym; andAbd Shams Ibn ‘Afif Ibn Zuhayr. They
were at Makkah, and those who came to him at al-Madinah were, alJahin lbn al-Muraqqa’, Jundab Ibn Zuhayr and Jundab Ibn Ka’b. After
them came al-Hakam of the tribe of Mughaffal with forty persons who
waited on him at Makkah. The Prophet wrote an epistle to Abu Zabyan
who had the privilege of Companionship and lived till the time of Umar
lbn al-Khattab.
Aal-e-Qutub Aal-e-Syed Abdullah Shah Ghazi 