Virtues of Attab bin Asid al-Umawi (may Allah be pleased with him)

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that: Attab bin Asid bin Abi al-Is bin Umayyah bin Abd Shams bin Abd Manaf; the mother of Attab bin Asid and of Khalid bin Asid was Zaynab bint Abi Amr bin Umayyah bin Abd Shams. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed Attab (may Allah be pleased with him) as governor of Makkah, and when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away, Attab was his (peace and blessings be upon him) agent (governor) in Makkah. He died in Makkah in Jumada al-Akhirah in the year 13 AH.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that on the night he drew near to Makkah during the Conquest of Makkah, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In Makkah there are four men of Quraysh whom I consider above shirk and whose acceptance of Islam I desire." It was said: O Messenger of Allah! Who are they? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Attab bin Asid, Jubayr bin Mut'im, Hakim bin Hizam and Suhayl bin Amr."

It is narrated from Amr bin Abi Aqrab that: I heard Sayyiduna Attab bin Asid (may Allah be pleased with him), while leaning his back against the House of Allah, say: "By Allah! From this office (the governorship) to which the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) appointed me, I have gained nothing except these two joined (or knotted) garments, and those too I gave to my slave Kaysan to wear."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Attab bin Asid (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said concerning the zakah of vineyards: "They are to be estimated (khars) just as date palms are estimated, then their zakah is to be paid in the form of raisins, just as the zakah of date palms is paid in the form of dried dates (tamr)."