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Abu l-Aswad's mother was from the clan of Banu 'Abd al-Dar.<ref>Ibn Qutayba, ''al-Maʿārif'', p. 434-435; Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 2, p. 357; Ibn Makūlā, ''al-Ikmāl fī rafʿ al-irtīyāb'', vol. 3, p. 348.</ref> According to a view which is not much reliable, his father was in the army of [[polytheists]] in one of the Prophet's (s) [[ghazwas]] where he was killed.<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 3, p. 304.</ref> Probably there is a confusion in this view.<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 1, p. 151; Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 2, p. 712.</ref> | Abu l-Aswad's mother was from the clan of Banu 'Abd al-Dar.<ref>Ibn Qutayba, ''al-Maʿārif'', p. 434-435; Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 2, p. 357; Ibn Makūlā, ''al-Ikmāl fī rafʿ al-irtīyāb'', vol. 3, p. 348.</ref> According to a view which is not much reliable, his father was in the army of [[polytheists]] in one of the Prophet's (s) [[ghazwas]] where he was killed.<ref>Ibn Ḥajar al-ʿAsqalānī, ''al-Iṣāba'', vol. 3, p. 304.</ref> Probably there is a confusion in this view.<ref>Wāqidī, ''al-Maghāzī'', vol. 1, p. 151; Ibn Hishām, ''al-Sīra al-nabawīyya'', vol. 2, p. 712.</ref> | ||
Abu l-Aswad died in Basra. According to most sources, he died in 69/688 when a lethal plague outbroke in Basra and many people died as a result. There are other views about the year of his death which are not considerable. | Abu l-Aswad died in Basra. According to most sources, he died in 69/688-9 when a lethal plague outbroke in Basra and many people died as a result. There are other views about the year of his death which are not considerable. | ||
Abu l-Aswad had two sons, 'Ata' and Abu Harb. 'Ata' had no offspring, but Abu Harb, who was a poet and a scholar of nahw (Arabic syntax) and was appointed by [[al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf]] as a ruler of a region, had an offspring.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 2, p. 357; Ibn Qutayba, ''al-Maʿārif'', p. 434-435; Qifṭī, ''Inbāh al-ruwāt'', vol. 1, p. 21; Ibn ʿAdīm, ''Bughyat al-ṭalab'', vol. 6, p. 2683.</ref> | Abu l-Aswad had two sons, 'Ata' and Abu Harb. 'Ata' had no offspring, but Abu Harb, who was a poet and a scholar of nahw (Arabic syntax) and was appointed by [[al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf]] as a ruler of a region, had an offspring.<ref>Balādhurī, ''Ansāb al-ashrāf'', vol. 2, p. 357; Ibn Qutayba, ''al-Maʿārif'', p. 434-435; Qifṭī, ''Inbāh al-ruwāt'', vol. 1, p. 21; Ibn ʿAdīm, ''Bughyat al-ṭalab'', vol. 6, p. 2683.</ref> | ||