The Names of Those Trusted with the Custody and Deposit (Asma' al-Mustahfizin wa-al-Mustawda'in), and They Are Three Hundred and Sixty Men in the Eras of Ignorance (al-Jahiliyyah) and Islam:
Among those who belonged to the Jahiliyyah were: Ya'rub b. Qahtan, the first to speak Arabic; Himyar b. Qahtan; Himyar b. Saba' and his brother Kahlan; 'Amr b. 'Amir; Quss b. Sa'idat al-Iradi; Ka'b b. Umamah the Generous; and Khalid b. Sinan al-'Absi.
[266] The Master Muhammad, His glory is might, said concerning him: "That was a prophet whom his people neglected." And [also among them were] Zuhayr b. Abi Sulma al-Muzani and his son Ka'b; al-Nabighah al-Ja'di; Labid b. Rabi'ah al-'Amiri the poet; al-Najashi (the Negus), King of Abyssinia, the True; Tubba' Abu Karib al-Himyari—who was the first to clothe the Kaaba with felt (al-lubud) and fashioned a key for the door of the House; Sayf b. Dhi Yazan the Elder; Bahira the Monk; Nawfal b. al-Harith b. Waraqah; Zayd al-Khayl from among [the tribe of] al-Muhalhil, whom the Messenger of Allah named Zayd al-Khayr; Hatim al-Ta'i and his son 'Adi; al-Tarimmah b. 'Adi b. Hatim;




