The death of Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him)

It is narrated from Qatadah that when the time of death drew near for Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "Measure my wealth." So it was measured and came to fifty-two mudd. He said: "Who will take it with all its liabilities? Would that it were dung!" The narrator says: One mudd was sixteen uqiyah, and one uqiyah was equal to two makkuk. Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away on the day of Eid al-Fitr at the age of ninety-four. His son Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) led his funeral prayer, and he was buried at al-Muqattam (Egypt) in the year 43 AH. After that Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) appointed his brother Utbah bin Abi Sufyan as governor of Egypt and its surrounding regions.

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Umar (al-Waqidi) that the kunyah of Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As bin Wa'il bin Hashim bin Su'ayd bin Sahm (may Allah be pleased with him) was Abu Abdullah. His mother was al-Nabighah bint Khuzaymah, a captive woman from the tribe of Anazah. Among his maternal siblings were Amr bin Uthathah bin Abbad bin al-Muttalib bin Abd Manaf bin Qusayy and Arnab bint Afif bin Abi al-As bin Umayyah bin Abd Shams. There is a difference of opinion about the time of his death.

It is narrated from Amr bin Shu'ayb that Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in Egypt on the day of Eid al-Fitr in the year 42 AH, while he was its governor. I heard some people say that he passed away in the year 43 AH, and I heard some of the people of knowledge mention that he died in the year 51 AH. The most correct thing we have heard regarding the time of the death of Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) is this:

Abbas bin Muhammad al-Duri states: I heard Yahya bin Ma'in saying: Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) passed away in the year 43 AH and was buried in Egypt.

It is narrated from Ibrahim bin al-Mundhir that Sayyiduna Amr bin al-As bin Wa'il (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the year 8 AH. His kunyah was Abu Abdullah, and he passed away in Egypt on the day of Eid al-Fitr in the year 42 AH, while he was its governor.