Virtues of Ja'dah bin Hubayrah al-Makhzumi (may Allah be pleased with him)

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: When Uthman bin Maz'un died, his wife said: "O Uthman bin Maz'un, congratulations to you on Paradise!" So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) looked at her and said: "How do you know?" She said: "O Messenger of Allah, he was your horseman and your companion." Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I am the Messenger of Allah, (and yet) I do not know what will be done with me." Hearing this, the people became fearful (out of the fear of Allah) regarding Uthman. Then, when Zaynab, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), died, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Join our excellent forerunner, Uthman bin Maz'un." The women began to weep, and Umar began to strike them with his whip. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took hold of his hand and said: "Gently, O Umar (be lenient)."

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that he said: Ja'dah bin Hubayrah bin Abi Wahb, whose mother was Umm Hani' bint Abi Talib; Hubayrah had married her, and it was Hubayrah who composed these verses about her (Umm Hani') when she accepted Islam: "Has the memory of Hind made you restless, that her request has distanced you? Such are the causes of separation and partings. In a lofty fortress in Najran, her image wanders by night after sleep. So if you have followed the religion of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), and the ties of kinship between you (and us) have been cut off, then go to some lofty, inaccessible peak which none can reach." Mus'ab said: Ja'dah is the one who used to say with pride: "Who can boast over me by his maternal uncle, when my maternal uncles are Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), the most generous, and Aqil (may Allah be pleased with him)?" Mus'ab said: Hubayrah died in Najran in a state of shirk, while Ja'dah married his maternal cousin Umm al-Hasan bint Ali, and she bore him Abdullah bin Ja'dah, about whom it was said in Khurasan: "Were it not for Ibn Ja'dah, your Quhunduz and Khurasan would not have been conquered until the Trumpet is blown." Mus'ab said: Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed Ja'dah bin Hubayrah al-Makhzumi as governor of Khurasan; then he went to Iraq, after that he performed Hajj and died in Madinah, and he also narrated hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Ja'dah bin Hubayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "The best of people are those of my generation, then those who come after them, then those who come after them, then those who come after them; then the last ones will be the worst (in decline)."