Virtues of Abu Hashim bin Utbah (may Allah be pleased with him)

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that Abu Hashim bin Utbah bin Rabi'ah bin Abd Shams bin Abd Manaf (this is his lineage); his mother was Khunas bint Malik bin al-Mudarrib bin Hujayr bin Abd bin Ma'is bin Amir bin Lu'ayy. He lost one of his eyes in the Battle of Yarmuk, and Abu Hashim died in the time of Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Kuhayl bin Harmalah that Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) came to Damascus and stayed with Abu Kulthum al-Sadusi. We went to him, and the middle prayer (al-salat al-wusta) came up for discussion among us, and we differed about it. Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Just like you, we too differed about it once, when we were in the courtyard in front of the house of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Among us was a righteous man, Abu Hashim bin Utbah bin Rabi'ah. He got up and went in to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), for he was bold (in asking) before him (peace and blessings be upon him). Then he came out and told us that it meant the Asr prayer.

It is narrated from Abu Wa'il that Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) went in to (his maternal uncle) Abu Hashim bin Utbah while he was weeping. He asked: O uncle, why are you weeping? Is it because of some pain, or out of grief over (leaving) the world? He replied: Neither of these; rather, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took a pledge from me which I was not able to keep. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "O Abu Hashim, soon wealth will come within your reach of the kind that is given to people."