[^5]: Banī ‘Abd al-Ashhal is a caln of the Aws tribe from which Sa‘d b.

[^5]: Banī ‘Abd al-Ashhal is a caln of the Aws tribe from which Sa‘d b. Ma‘ādh and a number of Sahāba are regarded to have originated; Suwaydī, Sabā’ik al-Dhahab, p. 173; Zirklī, al-A‘lām, vol. 2, p. 42. [^6]: Tabarī, Ta’rīkh, vol. 4, p. 372. Previous…