al-Mustadrak (al-Hakim) 6316
✧ death of Abdullah b. Abbas
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حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ بَالَوَيْهِ ثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بِشْرِ بْنِ مَطَرٍ ثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الضَّبِّيُّ ثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ عَبَّاسِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ أَنَّ حَسَّانَ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ قَالَ
«إِنَّا مَعْشَرَ الْأَنْصَارِ طَلَبْنَا إِلَى عُمَرَ أَوْ إِلَى عُثْمَانَ شَكَّ ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ فَمَشَيْنَا بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَبِنَفَرٍ مَعَهُ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَتَكَلَّمَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ وَتَكَلَّمُوا وَذَكَرُوا الْأَنْصَارَ وَمَنَاقِبَهُمْ فَاعْتَلَّ الْوَالِي» قَالَ حَسَّانُ وَكَانَ أَمْرًا شَدِيدًا طَلَبْنَاهُ قَالَ فَمَا زَالَ يُرَاجِعُهُمْ حَتَّى قَامُوا وَعَذَّرُوهُ إِلَّا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ فَإِنَّهُ قَالَ لَا وَاللَّهِ مَا لِلْأَنْصَارِ مِنْ مَنْزِلٍ لَقَدْ نَصَرُوا وَآوَوْا وَذَكَرَ مِنْ فِضْلِهِمْ وَقَالَ إِنَّ هَذَا لَشَاعِرَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالْمُنَافِحَ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يُرَاجِعُهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بِكَلَامٍ جَامِعٍ يَسُدُّ عَلَيْهِ كُلَّ حَاجَةٍ فَلَمْ يَجِدٍ بُدًّا مِنْ أَنْ قَضَى حَاجَتَنَا قَالَ فَخَرَجْنَا وَقَدْ قَضَى اللَّهُ ﷻ حَاجَتَنَا بِكَلَامِهِ فَأَنَا آخِذٌ بِيَدِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أُثْنِيَ عَلَيْهِ وَأَدْعُو لَهُ فَمَرَرْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ بِالنَّفَرِ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا مَعَهُ فَلَمْ يَبْلُغُوا مَا بَلَغَ فَقُلْتُ حَيْثُ يَسْمَعُونَ إِنَّهُ كَانَ أَوْلَاكُمْ بِنَا قَالُوا أَجَلْ فَقُلْتُ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا وَاللَّهِ صُبَابَةُ النُّبُوَّةِ وَوَارِثُهُ أَحْمَدُ ﷺ كَانَ أَحَقَّكُمْ بِهَا قَالَ حَسَّانُ «وَأَنَا أُشِيرُ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ [البحر الطويل] إِذَا قَالَ لَمْ يَتْرُكْ مَقَالًا لِقَائِلٍ بِمُلْتَفِظَاتٍ لَا يُرَى بَيْنَهَا فَصْلَا كَفَى وَشَفَى مَا فِي الصُّدُورِ فَلَمْ يَدَعْ لِذِي إِرْبَةٍ فِي الْقَوْلِ جَدًّا وَلَا هَزْلَا سَمَوْتُ إِلَى الْعُلْيَا بِغَيْرِ مَشَقَّةٍ فَنِلْتُ ذُرَاهَا لَا دُنْيَا وَلَا وَعَلَا»
Translation
Chain of narrators
- Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Bālawayh
- Abū Bakr Muḥammad b. Bishr b. Maṭar
- Dāwud b. ʿAmr al-Ḍabbī
- ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū al-Zinād
- Abīh and ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Faḍl b. ʿAbbās b. Abū Rabīʿah b. al-Ḥārith
- Ḥassān b. Thābit
✧ "We, the Ansar, requested from 'Umar or 'Uthman—Ibn Abi al-Zinad was uncertain—so we went with 'Abdullah b. 'Abbas and a group of the companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ with him. Ibn 'Abbas spoke, and they spoke, mentioning the Ansar and their merits. The governor made excuses." Hassan said: "It was a serious matter that we sought." He said: "He kept debating with them until they stood up and excused him, except 'Abdullah b. 'Abbas, who said: 'No, by Allah, the Ansar have a high station. They supported and sheltered.' He mentioned their virtue and said: 'This is the poet of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his defender.' 'Abdullah kept arguing with comprehensive words that closed every need for him, until he had no choice but to fulfill our need." He said: "We left, and Allah ﷻ had fulfilled our need through his speech. I took 'Abdullah by the hand, praising him and praying for him. I passed through the mosque with the group who had been with him, and they did not achieve what he achieved. I said, so that they could hear: 'He was more deserving of us than you.' They said: 'Indeed.' I said to 'Abdullah: 'By Allah, it is the remnants of prophethood, and its heir is Ahmad ﷺ, who was more deserving of it than you.'" Hassan said: "And I point to 'Abdullah: [al-Bahr al-Tawil] When he speaks, he leaves no room for a speaker, with eloquent words that show no gap between them. He suffices and heals what is in the chests, and leaves no one with a purpose in speech, serious or jest. I ascended to the heights without hardship, and reached their peaks, not lowly nor high."
Grades by grader
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Narrators
- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 35 AHحَسَّانُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍصحابيأن
- عنtrustworthy (thiqah)d. 121 AH
- حدثناtruthful (ṣadūq)d. 174 AH
- حدثناtrustworthy (thiqah)d. 228 AH
- حدثنا
- حدثني
- d. 403 AH
Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com
Latin names and English verdicts with a dotted underline are machine translations, not reviewed.