among them saeed bin jubair alhajjaj killed him six months before his death and he was fortynine years old and alhajjaj died when he was fiftythree years old. saeed was the most pious and godfearing of people and he was the greatest of ibn abbass companions. the hadith scholars criticize what comes from the companions of ibn abbas until it comes from saeed bin jubair. his father was a client of banu asad and he was a client of banu umayyah and he was killed on the day he was killed while the people were saying we all need him.
ومنهم سعيد بن جبير، قتله الحجاج قبل موته بستة أشهر وهو ابن تسع وأربعين سنة، ومات الحجاج وهو ابن ثلاث وخمسين سنة. وكان سعيد أورع الخلق وأتقاهم، وكان أعظم أصحاب ابن عباس. وأصحاب الحديث يطعنون في الذي يجيء من قبل أصحاب ابن عباس حتى يجيء من سعيد بن جبير. وأبوه مولى بني أسد، وهو مولى بني أمية، وقتل يوم قتل والناس يقولون كلنا محتاج إليه.