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The Life of Muhammad
14. 'Akk dwelt in the Yarnan because he took a wife among the Ash'arites
and lived with them and adopted their language. The Ash'arites are
descended from Ash'ar b. Nabt b, Udad b. Zayd b. Humaysa' b. 'Amr b.
'Arlb b. Yashjub b. Zayd b. Kahliin b. Saba' b. Yashjub b· Ya'rub b.
Qai:ltan. Others say Ash'ar is Nabt b. Udadj or that Ash'ar was the son
of f\.18.lik who was Madhl)ij b. Udad b. Zayd b. Humaysa'; or Ash'ar is the
son of Saba' b. Yashjub.
Abu Mu!)riz Khalaf al-A!)mar and Abu 'Ubayda quoted to me the following
verse of 'Abbas b. Mirdas \vho belonged to B. Sulaym b. Mansur b.
'Ikrima b. Kha1afa b. Qays b. 'Ayliin b. Mullar b. Niziir b. Ma'add b.
•Admin in which he boasted of his descent from'AIde
And 'Akk b. 'Adoan who made a mock ofI Ghassan
Until they were driven out completely.
Ghassan is the name of the water got from the dam at l\13.rib 2 in the Yarnan
which was drunk by the descendants of l\Hizin b. al-Asd b. al-Ghauth and
they were named after it. Others say that Ghassan is the name of water at
aI-Mushallai near aI-JuDfa,3 and those who drink of it and take their name
from it are the tribes descended from Mazin b. al-Asd b. al-Ghauth b. Nabt
b. Miilik b. Zayd b. Kahliin b. Saba' b. Yashjub b. Ya'rub b. Qa!)liin. Among
the verses of f:Iassan b. Thabit aI-An~ari-theAm;;ar being the tribes of Aus
and Khazraj, the two sons ofJ:Iaritha b. Tha'iaba b. "Amr b. "Amir b. f:Iaritha
b. Imru'ul-Qays b. Tha'laba b. Miizin b. al-Asd b. al-Ghauth-is this:
If you ask about us we are a noble people.
AI-Asd is our forefather and Ghassan our water.
The Yamanites and some of the 'Akk who live in Khurasan report their
descent from 'Akk b. 'Adnfm b. 'Abdullah b. al-Asd b. al-Ghauth. Others say
'Udthan in the place of 'Adnan.
15. The Yamanites say Qw:J.a'a \vas the son of Malik b. Ijimyar. 'Amr b.
Murra al-JuhanI-Juhayna b. Zayd b. Layth b. Sud b. Aslam b. al-J:Iiif b.
Qu4a'a~said:
Sons of the noble renowned shakyh we are,
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