Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2316
Then the Year Seventy-One Began
إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْأَشْتَرِ وَمِمَّنْ تُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ مِنَ الْأَعْيَانِ: إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ الْأَشْتَرِ وَاسْمُ الْأَشْتَرِ مَالِكُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ النَّخَعِيُّ، كَانَ أَبُوهُ الْأَشْتَرَ مِنْ كِبَارِ أُمَرَاءِ عَلِيٍّ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَهُ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى خُرَاسَانَ وَهُوَ مِمَّنْ قَامَ عَلَى عُثْمَانَ وَقَتَلَهُ، وَكَانَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ هَذَا مِنَ الْأُمَرَاءِ الْمَعْرُوفِينَ بِالشَّجَاعَةِ وَلَهُ شَرَفٌ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي قَتَلَ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ زِيَادٍ كَمَا ذَكَرْنَا، ثُمَّ صَارَ إِلَى مُصْعَبِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَقُتِلَ مَعَهُ هَذِهِ السَّنَةَ كَمَا ذَكَرْنَا. عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبْزَى الْخُزَاعِيُّ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبْزَى الْخُزَاعِيُّ لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ وَرِوَايَةٌ، وَاسْتَعْمَلَهُ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى خُرَاسَانَ، وَسَكَنَ الْكُوفَةَ وَوَلِيَهَا مَرَّةً. تُوُفِّيَ بِالْكُوفَةِ. عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُسَيْلَةَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُرَادِيُّ الصُّنَابِحِيُّ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُسَيْلَةَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُرَادِيُّ الصُّنَابِحِيُّ كَانَ مِنَ الصُّلَحَاءِ، وَكَانَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ يُجْلِسُهُ مَعَهُ عَلَى السَّرِيرِ، وَكَانَ عَالِمًا فَاضِلًا تُوُفِّيَ بِدِمَشْقَ. عُمَرُ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ الْمَدَنِيُّ عُمَرُ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ الْمَدَنِيُّ رَبِيبُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وُلِدَ بِأَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ، وَكَانَ عِنْدَ أُمِّهِ ; أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ. وَلَهُ رِوَايَاتٌ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ، وَعَنْ جَمَاعَةٍ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ ؓ. سَفِينَةُ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَفِينَةُ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ ، أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ كَانَ عَبْدًا لِأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فَأَعْتَقَتْهُ وَشَرَطَتْ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَخْدِمَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، فَقَالَ: أَنَا لَا أَزَالُ أَخْدِمُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ، لَوْ لَمْ تُعْتِقِينِي مَا عِشْتُ. وَقَدْ كَانَ سَفِينَةُ بِآلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَلِيفًا، وَبِهِمْ خَلِيطًا، وَرَوَى الطَّبَرَانِيُّ أَنَّ سَفِينَةَ سُئِلَ عَنِ اسْمِهِ لِمَ سُمِّيَ سَفِينَةَ ؟ قَالَ: سِمَّانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ سَفِينَةَ، خَرَجَ مَرَّةً وَمَعَهُ أَصْحَابُهُ فَثَقُلَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَتَاعُهُمْ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ ابْسُطْ كِسَاءَكَ فَبَسَطْتُهُ فَجَعْلَ فِيهِ مَتَاعَهُمْ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: احْمِلْ، مَا أَنْتَ إِلَّا سَفِينَةٌ. قَالَ: فَلَوْ حَمَلْتُ يَوْمَئِذٍ وِقْرَ بَعِيرٍ أَوْ بَعِيرَيْنِ أَوْ خَمْسَةٍ أَوْ سِتَّةٍ مَا ثَقُلَ عَلَيَّ. وَرَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ سَفِينَةَ قَالَ: رَكِبْتُ مَرَّةً سَفِينَةً فِي الْبَحْرِ، فَانْكَسَرَتْ بِنَا فَرَكِبْتُ لَوْحًا مِنْهَا فَطَرَحَنِي الْبَحْرُ إِلَى غَيْضَةٍ فِيهَا الْأَسَدُ، فَجَاءَنِي فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا الْحَارِثِ، أَنَا سَفِينَةُ، مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَطَأْطَأَ رَأْسَهُ، وَجَعَلَ يَدْفَعُنِي بِجَنْبِهِ أَوْ بِكَفِّهِ، حَتَّى وَضَعَنِي عَلَى الطَّرِيقِ، ثُمَّ هَمْهَمَ هَمْهَمَةً فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ يُوَدِّعُنِي. وَقَالَ حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُمْهَانَ، عَنْ سَفِينَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ دَخَلَ بَيْتَ فَاطِمَةَ فَرَأَى فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ قِرَامًا مَضْرُوبًا، فَرَجَعَ وَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ، فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ لِعَلِيٍّ: سَلْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا الَّذِي رَدَّهُ ؟ فَسَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ: لَيْسَ لِي وَلَا لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَيْتًا مُزَوِّقًا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَخْطَبَ أَبُو زَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ الْأَعْرَجُ عَمْرُو بْنُ أَخْطَبَ أَبُو زَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ الْأَعْرَجُ غَزَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ غَزْوَةً، وَمَسَحَ رَأَسَهُ وَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ جَمِّلْهُ، فَبَلَغَ مِائَةَ سَنَةٍ وَلَمْ يَبْيَضَّ شَعْرُهُ. تُوُفِّيَ بِالْبَصْرَةِ. غُضَيْفُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنُ زُنَيْمٍ السَّكُونِيُّ غُضَيْفُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنُ زُنَيْمٍ السَّكُونِيُّ مُخْتَلَفٌ فِي صُحْبَتِهِ، لَهُ رِوَايَاتٌ عَنِ الصَّحَابَةِ، قِيلَ: هُوَ مِنْ تَابِعِي أَهْلِ الشَّامِ، سَكَنَ حِمْصَ، وَكَانَ يَتَوَلَّى صَلَاةَ الْجُمْعَةِ نِيَابَةً عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، وَكَانَ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ. يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ الْجُرَشِيُّ السَّكُونِيُّ يَزِيدُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ الْجُرَشِيُّ السَّكُونِيُّ كَانَ عَابِدًا زَاهِدًا صَالِحًا، سَكَنَ الشَّامَ بِقَرْيَةِ زِبْدِينَ، وَقِيلَ: بِقَرْيَةِ جِسْرِينِ، وَكَانَتْ لَهُ دَارٌ دَاخِلَ بَابٍ شَرْقِيٍّ، وَهُوَ مُخْتَلِفٌ فِي صُحْبَتِهِ، وَلَهُ رِوَايَاتٌ عَنِ الصَّحَابَةِ، وَكَانَ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ يَسْتَسْقُونَ بِهِ إِذَا قَحَطُوا، وَقَدِ اسْتَسْقَى بِهِ مُعَاوِيَةُ، وَالضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ، وَكَانَ يُجْلِسُهُ مَعَهُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، فَإِذَا اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ: " قُمْ يَزِيدُ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّا نَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَيْكَ بِخِيَارِنَا وَصُلَحَائِنَا "، فَيَسْتَسْقِي اللَّهَ فَيُسْقَوْنَ. وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي الصَّلَوَاتِ فِي الْجَامِعِ بِدِمَشْقَ، وَكَانَ إِذَا خَرَجَ مِنَ الْقَرْيَةِ يُرِيدُ الصَّلَاةَ بِالْجَامِعِ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْمُظْلِمَةِ يُضِيءُ لَهُ إِبْهَامُ قَدَمِهِ - وَقِيلَ: أَصَابِعُ رِجْلَيْهِ كُلُّهَا - حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ الْجَامِعَ، فَإِذَا رَجَعَ أَضَاءَتْ لَهُ حَتَّى يَدْخُلَ الْقَرْيَةَ، وَذَكَرُوا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَدَعْ شَجَرَةً فِي قَرْيَةِ زِبْدِينَ إِلَّا صَلَّى عِنْدَهَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَكَانَ يَمْشِي فِي ضَوْءِ إِبْهَامِهِ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الْمُظْلِمَةِ ذَاهِبًا إِلَى صَلَاةِ الْعِشَاءِ بِالْجَامِعِ بِدِمَشْقَ، وَآيِبًا إِلَى قَرْيَتِهِ، وَكَانَ يَشْهَدُ الصَّلَوَاتِ بِالْجَامِعِ بِدِمَشْقَ لَا تَفُوتُهُ بِهِ صَلَاةٌ. مَاتَ بِقَرْيَةِ زِبْدِينَ أَوْ جِسْرَيْنِ مِنْ غُوطَةِ دِمَشْقَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ. عَمْرُو بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ، أَبُو عِيَاضٍ، الْعَنْسِيُّ الْحِمْصِيُّ، مِنْ كِبَارِ عُلَمَاءِ التَّابِعِينَ بِالشَّامِ، صَاحِبُ زُهْدٍ وَعِبَادَةٍ وَاجْتِهَادٍ، قَلِيلُ التَّشَيُّعِ، تُوُفِّيَ بِحِمْصَ. حَيَّانُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْكُوفِيُّ حَيَّانُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْكُوفِيُّ، أَبُو عَلِيٍّ أَخُو مِنْدَلٍ . حَدَّثَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، وَسُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، رَوَى عَنْهُ حَجَرُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى وَخَلَفُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، وَكَانَ صَالِحًا دَيِّنًا فَقِيهًا. قَالَ يَحْيَى: هُوَ صَدُوقٌ، وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ عَنْهُ يُضَعِّفُهُ. تُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. وَقِيلَ: فِي السَّنَةِ الَّتِي تَلِيهَا. سَعِيدُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ الطَّائِفِيُّ سَعِيدُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ الطَّائِفِيُّ . رَوَى [عَنْهُ] سُفْيَانُ وَوَكِيعٌ. عَنْ سُفْيَانَ قَالَ: كَانَ سَعِيدُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ الطَّائِفِيُّ لَا يَكَادُ تَجِفُّ لَهُ دَمْعَةٌ، إِنَّمَا دُمُوعُهُ جَارِيَةٌ دَهْرَهُ، إِنْ صَلَّى فَهُوَ يَبْكِي، وَإِنْ جَلَسَ فَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْمُصْحَفِ فَهُوَ يَبْكِي. قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: فَحَدَّثُونِي أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَاتَبَهُ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَبَكَى، ثُمَّ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ تَعْذِلَنِي وَتُعَاتِبَنِي عَلَى التَّقْصِيرِ وَالتَّفْرِيطِ، وَأَنَّهُمَا قَدِ اسْتَوْلَيَا عَلَيَّ. عَنْ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ حَسَنٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الثَّوْرِيَّ يَقُولُ: جَلَسْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ أُحَدِّثُ وَمَعَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ السَّائِبِ الطَّائِفِيُّ، فَجَعَلَ سَعِيدٌ يَبْكِي حَتَّى رَحِمْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا سَعِيدُ، مَا يُبْكِيكَ وَأَنْتَ تَسْمَعُنِي أَذْكُرُ أَهْلَ الْخَيْرِ وَفِعَالَهُمْ، قَالَ: يَا سُفْيَانُ، وَمَا يَمْنَعُنِي مِنَ الْبُكَاءِ، وَإِذَا ذَكَرْتَ مَنَاقِبَ أَهْلِ الْخَيْرِ كُنْتُ مِنْهُمْ بِمَعْزِلٍ، قَالَ: يَقُولُ سُفْيَانُ: وَحُقَّ لَهُ أَنْ يَبْكِيَ. تُوُفِّيَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. عُمَرُ بْنُ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ الرَّمَّاحِ عُمَرُ بْنُ مَيْمُونِ بْنِ الرَّمَّاحِ، أَبُو عَلِيٍّ . قَاضِي بَلْخَ، تَوَلَّى الْقَضَاءَ بِهَا أَكْثَرَ مِنْ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً، وَكَانَ مَحْمُودًا فِي وِلَايَتِهِ، مَذْكُورًا بِالْعِلْمِ وَالْحِلْمِ وَالصَّلَاحِ وَالْفَهْمِ، حَدَّثَ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، وَالضَّحَّاكِ، رَوَى عَنْهُ: سُرَيْجُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً، وَعَمِيَ فِي آخِرِ عُمْرِهِ، وَتُوُفِّيَ بِبَلْخَ فِي رَمَضَانَ هَذِهِ السَّنَةَ. عِيسَى بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ بَكْرِ بْنِ دَابٍ عِيسَى بْنُ يَزِيدَ بْنِ بَكْرِ بْنِ دَابٍ، أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ . أَحَدُ بَنِي اللَّيْثِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ الْمَدِينِيِّ، قَدِمَ بَغْدَادَ وَأَقَامَ بِهَا، وَحَدَّثَ عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، وَهِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، وَكَانَ رَاوِيَةً عَنِ الْعَرَبِ، وَافِرَ الْأَدَبِ، عَالِمًا بِالنَّسَبِ، حَافِظًا لِلسِّيَرِ، عَارِفًا بِأَيَّامِ النَّاسِ، إِلَّا أَنَّهُمْ قَدَحُوا فِيهِ، فَقَالُوا: يَزِيدُ فِي الْأَحَادِيثِ مَا لَيْسَ فِيهَا، وَنَسَبَهُ خَلْفٌ الْأَحْمَرُ إِلَى الْكَذِبِ، وَوَضْعِ الْحَدِيثِ. قَالَ: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَرَفَةَ قَالَ: لَمْ يَتَوَلَّ الْخِلَافَةَ قَبْلَ الْهَادِي بِسِنِّهِ أَحَدٌ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ حَدَثًا وَكَانَ يُحِبُّ الْأَدَبَ وَأَهْلَهُ وَيُعْطِي عَلَيْهِ. وَكَانَ عِيسَى بْنُ دَابٍ يُجَالِسُهُ، وَكَانَ أَكْثَرَ أَهْلِ الْحِجَازِ أَدَبًا، وَأَعْذَبَهُمْ أَلْفَاظًا، وَكَانَ قَدْ حَظِيَ عِنْدَ الْهَادِي، وَكَانَ يَقُولُ لَهُ: مَا اسْتَطَلْتُ بِكَ يَوْمًا وَلَا لَيْلَةً قَطُّ، وَلَا غِبْتَ عَنْ عَيْنِي إِلَّا تَمَنَّيْتُ أَلَّا أَرَى غَيْرَكَ. وَأَمَرَ لَهُ بِثَلَاثِينَ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ ابْنُ دَابٍ، وَجَّهَ قَهْرَمَانَهُ فَطَالَبَ بِالْمَالِ، فَلَقِيَ الْحَاجِبَ فَأَبْلَغَهُ رِسَالَتَهُ [فَأَعْلَمَهُ] أَنَّ ذَلِكَ لَيْسَ إِلَيْهِ، وَأَنَّهُ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى تَوْقِيعٍ، فَأَمْسَكَ ابْنُ دَابٍ، فَبَيْنَا الْهَادِي فِي مُسْتَشْرَفٍ لَهُ نَظَرَ إِلَى ابْنِ دَابٍ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ وَلَيْسَ مَعَهُ غُلَامٌ، فَقَالَ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحُدَّانِيِّ: أَمَا تَرَى ابْنَ دَابٍ، مَا غَيَّرَ حَالَهُ؟ وَلَا تَزَيَّى لَنَا، وَقَدْ بَرَزْنَاهُ بِالْأَمْسِ لِنَرَى أَثَرَنَا عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: إِنْ أَمَرَنِي أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَرَّضْتُ لَهُ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْ هَذَا، قَالَ: لَا هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِأَمْرِهِ. وَدَخَلَ ابْنُ دَابٍ، فَأَخَذَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ إِلَى أَنْ عَرَضَ لَهُ الْهَادِي شَيْئًا مِنْ أَمْرِهِ، فَقَالَ: أَرَى ثَوْبَكَ غَسِيلًا، وَهَذَا شِتَاءٌ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى لُبْسِ الْجَدِيدِ وَاللَّيِّنِ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بَاعِي قَصِيرٌ عَمَّا أَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ ذَاكَ وَقَدْ صَرَفْنَا إِلَيْكَ مِنْ بِرِّنَا مَا فِيهِ صَلَاحُ شَأْنِكَ؟ قَالَ: مَا وَصَلَ إِلَيَّ، فَدَعَا بِصَاحِبِ بَيْتِ مَالِ الْخَاصَّةِ، فَقَالَ: عَجِّلِ السَّاعَةَ لَهُ بِثَلَاثِينَ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ، فَحُمِلَتْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ. الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْلَى الضَّبِّيُّ الْمُفَضَّلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْلَى الضَّبِّيُّ . سَمِعَ سِمَاكَ بْنَ حَرْبٍ، وَأَبَا إِسْحَاقَ السَّبِيعِيَّ، وَالْأَعْمَشَ وَغَيْرَهُمْ. وَرَوَى الْقِرَاءَاتِ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ، رَوَى عَنْهُ: الْكِسَائِيُّ، وَالْفَرَّاءُ، وَغَيْرُهُمَا، وَكَانَ رَاوِيَةً لِلْآدَابِ وَأَيَّامِ الْأَعْرَابِ، عَلَّامَةً مُوَثِّقًا فِي رِوَايَتِهِ. قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ السَّرِيِّ: قَالَ لَنَا جَحْظَةُ: قَالَ الرَّشِيدُ لِلْمُفَضَّلِ الضَّبِّيِّ: مَا أَحْسَنَ مَا قِيلَ فِي الذِّئْبِ وَلَكَ هَذَا الْخَاتَمُ الَّذِي فِي يَدِي وَشِرَاؤُهُ أَلْفٌ وَسِتُّمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ؟ فَقَالَ: قَوْلُ الشَّاعِرِ: يَنَامُ بِإِحْدَى مُقْلَتَيْهِ وَيَتَّقِي بِأُخْرَى الْمَنَايَا فَهُوَ يَقْظَانُ هَاجِعُ فَقَالَ: مَا أُلْقِيَ هَذَا عَلَى لِسَانِكَ إِلَّا لِذَهَابِ الْخَاتَمِ. وَرَمَاهُ إِلَيْهِ، فَاشْتَرَتْهُ أُمُّ جَعْفَرٍ بِأَلْفٍ وَسِتِّمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ وَبَعَثَتْ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ، وَقَالَتْ: قَدْ كُنْتُ أَرَاكَ تُعْجَبُ بِهِ فَالْتَقَطَهُ الضَّبِّيُّ وَقَالَ: خُذْهُ وَخُذِ الدَّنَانِيرَ، فَمَا كُنَّا نَهَبُ شَيْئًا فَنَرْجِعُ فِيهِ. أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَرْبِيُّ الزَّاهِدُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَرْبِيُّ الزَّاهِدُ . قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ شَبِيبِ بْنِ شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: كُنَّا نَتَجَالَسُ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ فَأَتَى رَجُلٌ عَلَيْهِ ثَوْبٌ وَاحِدٌ مُلْتَحِفٌ بِهِ، فَجَلَسَ إِلَيْنَا، فَأَلْقَى مَسْأَلَةً، فَمَا زِلْنَا نَتَكَلَّمُ فِي الْفِقْهِ حَتَّى انْصَرَفْنَا، ثُمَّ جَاءَنَا فِي الْجُمُعَةِ الْمُقْبِلَةِ، فَأَجَبْنَاهُ وَسَأَلْنَاهُ عَنْ مَنْزِلِهِ، قَالَ: أَنْزِلُ الْخَرِيبَةَ، فَسَأَلْنَا عَنْ كُنْيَتِهِ، فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: فَرَغِبْنَا فِي مُجَالَسَتِهِ وَرَأَيْنَا مَجْلِسَنَا مَجْلِسَ فِقْهٍ، فَمَكَثْنَا بِذَلِكَ زَمَانًا، ثُمَّ انْقَطَعَ عَنَّا، فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ، مَا حَالُنَا وَقَدْ كَانَ مَجْلِسُنَا عَامِرًا بِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَقَدْ صَارَ يُوحِشُنَا فَوَعَدَ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا إِذَا أَصْبَحْنَا أَنْ نَأْتِيَ الْخَرِيبَةَ فَنَسْأَلَ عَنْهُ، فَأَتَيْنَاهُ الْخَرِيبَةَ وَكُنَّا عَدَدًا، فَجَعَلْنَا نَسْتَحِي أَنْ نَسْأَلَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، فَنَظَرْنَا إِلَى صِبْيَانٍ قَدِ انْصَرَفُوا مِنَ الْكُتَّابِ فَقُلْنَا: أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، فَقَالُوا: لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْنُونَ الصَّيَّادَ، قُلْنَا: نَعَمْ، قَالُوا: هَذَا وَقْتُهُ الْآنَ يَجِيءُ، فَقَعَدْنَا نَنْتَظِرُهُ، فَإِذَا هُوَ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ مُؤْتَزِرًا بِخِرْقَةٍ، عَلَى كَتِفِهِ خِرْقَةٌ وَمَعَهُ أَطْيَارٌ مُذَبَّحَةٌ وَأَطْيَارٌ أَحْيَاءٌ، فَلَمَّا رَآنَا تَبَسَّمَ إِلَيْنَا وَقَالَ: مَا جَاءَ بِكُمْ؟ فَقُلْنَا: فَقَدْنَاكَ، وَقَدْ كُنْتَ عَمَّرْتَ مَجْلِسَنَا، فَمَا غَيَّبَكَ عَنَّا؟ قَالَ: أَصْدُقُكُمْ، كَانَ لَنَا جَارٌ كُنْتُ أَسْتَعِيرُ مِنْهُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ ذَلِكَ الثَّوْبَ الَّذِي كُنْتُ آتِيكُمْ فِيهِ، وَكَانَ غَرِيبًا، فَخَرَجَ إِلَى وَطَنِهِ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ لِي ثَوْبٌ آتِيكُمْ فِيهِ، هَلْ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَدْخُلُوا الْمَنْزِلَ فَتَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا رَزَقَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ؟ فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ: ادْخُلُوا مَنْزِلَهُ، فَجَاءَ إِلَى الْبَابِ فَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ دَخَلَ، فَأَذِنَ لَنَا فَدَخَلْنَا، فَإِذَا هُوَ قَدْ أَتَى بِقِطَعٍ مِنَ الْبَوَارِي فَبَسَطَهَا لَنَا فَقَعَدْنَا، فَدَخَلَ إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ، فَسَلَّمَ إِلَيْهَا الْأَطْيَارَ الْمُذَبَّحَةَ، وَأَخَذَ الْأَطْيَارَ الْأَحْيَاءَ ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَنَا آتِيكُمْ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ عَنْ قَرِيبٍ، فَأَتَى السُّوقَ فَبَاعَهَا وَاشْتَرَى لَنَا خُبْزًا، فَجَاءَ وَقَدْ صَنَعَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ ذَلِكَ الطَّيْرَ وَهَيَّئَتْهُ، فَقَدَّمَ إِلَيْنَا خُبْزًا وَلَحْمَ الطَّيْرِ، فَأَكَلْنَا، فَجَعَلَ يَقُومُ فَيَأْتِينَا بِالْمِلْحِ وَالْمَاءِ، فَكُلَّمَا قَامَ قَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ: رَأَيْتُمْ مِثْلَ هَذَا؟ أَلَا تُغَيِّرُونَ وَأَنْتُمْ سَادَةُ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ؟! فَقَالَ أَحَدُهُمْ: عَلَيَّ خَمْسُمِائَةٍ، وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ: عَلَيَّ ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ، وَقَالَ هَذَا وَقَالَ هَذَا، ضَمِنَ بَعْضُهُمْ أَنْ يَأْخُذَ لَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ، فَبَلَغَ الَّذِي جُمِعَ لَهُ فِي الْحِسَابِ خَمْسَةَ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ، فَقَالُوا: قُومُوا بِنَا نَذْهَبُ فَنَأْتِيهِ بِهَذَا الْمَالِ وَنَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يُغَيِّرَ مَا هُوَ فِيهِ، فَقُمْنَا فَانْصَرَفْنَا عَلَى حَالِنَا رُكْبَانًا، فَمَرَرْنَا بِالْمِرْبَدِ، وَإِذَا بِمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ أَمِيرِ الْبَصْرَةِ قَاعِدٌ فِي مَنْظَرَةٍ لَهُ، فَقَالَ: يَا غُلَامُ، آتِينِي بِإِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ شَبِيبِ بْنِ شَيْبَةَ مِنْ بَيْنِ الْقَوْمِ، فَجِئْتُ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَسَأَلَنِي عَنْ قِصَّتِنَا وَمِنْ أَيْنَ أَقْبَلْنَا، فَصَدَقْتُهُ الْحَدِيثَ، فَقَالَ: أَنَا أَسْبِقُكُمْ إِلَى بِرِّهِ، يَا غُلَامُ، آتِينِي بِبَدْرَةِ دَرَاهِمَ، فَجَاءَ فَقَالَ: احْمِلْ هَذِهِ الْبَدْرَةَ مَعَ هَذَا الرَّجُلِ حَتَّى يَدْفَعَهَا إِلَى مَنْ أَمَرْنَاهُ، فَفَرِحْتُ، ثُمَّ قُمْتُ مُسْرِعًا، فَلَمَّا أَتَيْتُ الْبَابَ سَلَّمْتُ فَأَجَابَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَيَّ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى الْفِرَاشَ وَالْبَدْرَةَ عَلَى عُنُقِهِ كَأَنِّي سَفَيْتُ فِي وَجْهِهِ الرَّمَادَ، فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ بِغَيْرِ الْوَجْهِ الْأَوَّلِ وَقَالَ: مَا لِي وَلَكَ، تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَفْتِنَنِي؟ فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ اقْعُدْ حَتَّى أُخْبِرَكَ، إِنَّهُ مِنَ الْقِصَّةِ كَذَا وَكَذَا، وَهُوَ الَّذِي تَعْلَمُ أَحَدُ الْجَبَّارِينَ - يَعْنِي مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ - وَلَوْ كَانَ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَضَعَهَا حَيْثُ أَرَى لَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ إِنِّي قَدْ وَضَعْتُهَا، فَاللَّهَ اللَّهَ فِي نَفْسِكَ، فَازْدَادَ عَلَيَّ غَيْظًا، وَقَامَ فَدَخَلَ مَنْزِلَهُ وَصَفَقَ الْبَابَ فِي وَجْهِي فَجَعَلْتُ أُقَدِّمُ وَأُؤَخِّرُ، مَا أَدْرِي مَا أَقُولُ لِلْأَمِيرِ، ثُمَّ لَمْ أَجِدْ بُدًّا مِنَ الصِّدْقِ، فَجِئْتُ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ الْخَبَرَ فَقَالَ: حَرُورِيٌّ وَاللَّهِ يَا غُلَامُ، عَلَيَّ بِالسَّيْفِ، فَجَاءَ بِالسَّيْفِ فَقَالَ: خُذْ بِيَدِ هَذَا حَتَّى يَذْهَبَ بِكَ إِلَى هَذَا الرَّجُلِ، فَإِذَا خَرَجَ إِلَيْكَ فَاضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ وَآتِينِي بِرَأْسِهِ، قَالَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ: فَقُلْتُ: أَصْلَحَ اللَّهُ الْأَمِيرَ، اللَّهَ اللَّهَ، فَوَاللَّهِ لَقَدْ رَأَيْنَا رَجُلًا مَا هُوَ مِنَ الْخَوَارِجِ، وَلَكِنِّي أَذْهَبُ فَآتِيكَ بِهِ، وَمَا أُرِيدُ بِذَلِكَ إِلَّا افْتِدَاءً مِنْهُ، قَالَ: فَضَمَّنِّيهِ، فَمَضَيْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ الْبَابَ فَسَلَّمْتُ، فَإِذَا الْمَرْأَةُ تَحِنُّ وَتَبْكِي، ثُمَّ فَتَحَتِ الْبَابَ وَتَوَارَتْ وَأَذِنَتْ فَدَخَلْتُ، فَقَالَتْ: مَا شَأْنُكُمْ وَشَأْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ؟ قُلْتُ: وَمَا حَالُهُ؟ قَالَتْ: دَخَلَ فَمَالَ إِلَى الرَّكِيِّ فَنَزَعَ مِنْهَا مَاءً فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ صَلَّى ثُمَّ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ اقْبِضْنِي إِلَيْكَ وَلَا تَفْتِنِّي. ثُمَّ تَمَدَّدَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ ذَلِكَ، فَلَحِقْتُهُ وَقَدْ قَضَى، فَهُوَ ذَاكَ مَيِّتٌ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا هَذِهِ، إِنَّ لَنَا قِصَّةً عَجِيبَةً، فَلَا تُحَدِّثُوا فِيهِ شَيْئًا، فَجِئْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ الْخَبَرَ، فَقَالَ: أَنَا أَرْكَبُ فَأُصَلِّي عَلَى هَذَا، قَالَ: وَشَاعَ خَبَرُهُ بِالْبَصْرَةِ، فَشَهِدَهُ الْأَمِيرُ وَعَامَّةُ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ، رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ.
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✧ Ibrāhīm b. al-Ashtar Among the notable figures who died in this year: Ibrāhīm b. al-Ashtar The name of al-Ashtar is Mālik b. al-Ḥārith al-Nakhaʿī. His father al-Ashtar was one of the senior commanders of ʿAlī, and ʿAlī appointed him over Khurāsān. He was among those who rose against ʿUthmān and killed him. This Ibrāhīm was one of the commanders known for bravery, and he had nobility. He is the one who killed ʿUbayd Allāh b. Ziyād, as we have mentioned. Then he went over to Muṣʿab b. al-Zubayr and was killed with him this year, as we have mentioned. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abzā al-Khuzāʿī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Abzā al-Khuzāʿī He was a Companion and had narrations. ʿAlī appointed him over Khurāsān. He settled in al-Kūfah and governed it once. He died in al-Kūfah. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿUsaylah Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Murādī al-Ṣunābiḥī ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿUsaylah Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Murādī al-Ṣunābiḥī He was one of the righteous. ʿAbd al-Malik would seat him with him on the throne. He was a learned and virtuous scholar. He died in Damascus. ʿUmar b. Abī Salamah al-Makhzūmī al-Madanī ʿUmar b. Abī Salamah al-Makhzūmī al-Madanī The stepson of the Prophet ﷺ. He was born in the land of Abyssinia, and he was with his mother, Umm Salamah. He has narrations from the Prophet ﷺ and from a group of the Companions ؓ. Safīnah, the freedman of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Safīnah, the freedman of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān He was a slave of Umm Salamah, and she freed him on the condition that he serve the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said: "I will never cease serving the Messenger of Allah ﷺ; even if you had not freed me, I would have served him as long as I live." Safīnah was close to the family of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and mingled with them. Al-Ṭabarānī narrated that Safīnah was asked about his name, why he was named Safīnah. He said: "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ named me Safīnah. He went out once with his companions, and their baggage became heavy for them. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me: 'Spread out your cloak.' So I spread it out, and he placed their baggage in it. Then he said to me: 'Carry it. You are but a ship (safīnah).'" He said: "If I had carried that day the load of a camel, or two camels, or five, or six, it would not have been heavy for me." Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir narrated from Safīnah, who said: "I once boarded a ship at sea, and it broke apart with us. I clung to a plank from it, and the sea cast me onto a thicket where there was a lion. It came to me, and I said: 'O Abū al-Ḥārith, I am Safīnah, the freedman of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.' It lowered its head and began pushing me with its side or its paw until it placed me on the road. Then it made a low sound, and I thought it was bidding me farewell." Ḥammād b. Salamah said: Saʿīd b. Jumhān narrated to us from Safīnah that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered the house of Fāṭimah and saw in a corner of the house a hanging curtain. He turned back and did not enter. Fāṭimah said to ʿAlī: "Ask the Messenger of Allah ﷺ what made him turn back." So he asked him, and he said: "It is not for me or for any prophet to enter a decorated house." ʿAmr b. Akhṭab Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī al-Aʿraj ʿAmr b. Akhṭab Abū Zayd al-Anṣārī al-Aʿraj He went on thirteen military expeditions with the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ wiped his head and said: "O Allah, make him handsome." He reached one hundred years of age, and his hair did not turn white. He died in al-Baṣrah. Ghuḍayf b. al-Ḥārith b. Zunaym al-Sakūnī Ghuḍayf b. al-Ḥārith b. Zunaym al-Sakūnī There is disagreement about his companionship. He has narrations from the Companions. It is said that he was among the Followers of the people of Syria. He settled in Ḥimṣ and used to lead the Friday prayer as deputy for Khālid b. Yazīd. He was one of the righteous. Yazīd b. al-Aswad al-Jurashī al-Sakūnī Yazīd b. al-Aswad al-Jurashī al-Sakūnī He was a devoted worshipper, ascetic, and righteous man. He settled in Syria in the village of Zibdīn, and it is said in the village of Jisrīn. He had a house inside the Eastern Gate. There is disagreement about his companionship. He has narrations from the Companions. The people of Syria used to seek rain through him when drought struck. Muʿāwiyah and al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Qays sought rain through him. He would seat him with him on the pulpit, and when the people gathered, Muʿāwiyah would say: "Rise, Yazīd. O Allah, we seek intercession through our best and our righteous." Then he would ask Allah for rain, and they would be given rain. He used to perform the prayers in the congregational mosque of Damascus. When he left the village intending to pray in the mosque on a dark night, the big toe of his foot would give him light—and it is said all the toes of his feet—until he entered the mosque. When he returned, they would light for him until he entered the village. They mentioned that he did not leave a single tree in the village of Zibdīn except that he prayed two rakʿahs beside it. He would walk in the light of his big toe on a dark night going to the ʿishāʾ prayer at the mosque in Damascus and returning to his village. He used to attend the prayers at the mosque in Damascus without missing any prayer there. He died in the village of Zibdīn or Jisrīn in the Ghūṭah of Damascus, may Allah have mercy on him. ʿAmr b. al-Aswad, Abū ʿIyāḍ, al-ʿAnsī al-Ḥimṣī, one of the major scholars of the Followers in Syria, a man of asceticism, worship, and diligence, with little inclination to Shiʿism, died in Ḥimṣ. Ḥayyān b. ʿAlī al-Kūfī Ḥayyān b. ʿAlī al-Kūfī, Abū ʿAlī, brother of Mindal. He narrated from al-Aʿmash and Suhayl b. Abī Ṣāliḥ. Ḥajar b. al-Muthannā and Khalaf b. Hishām narrated from him. He was righteous, religious, and a jurist. Yaḥyā said: He is truthful, but in another narration from him, he considered him weak. He died in this year, and it is said in the following year. Saʿīd b. al-Sāʾib al-Ṭāʾifī Saʿīd b. al-Sāʾib al-Ṭāʾifī. Sufyān and Wakīʿ narrated from him. From Sufyān, who said: Saʿīd b. al-Sāʾib al-Ṭāʾifī's tears almost never dried. His tears flowed constantly throughout his life. When he prayed, he wept; when he sat and recited from the muṣḥaf, he wept. Sufyān said: They told me that a man once reproached him for that, and he wept, then said: "You should rather blame me and reproach me for negligence and remissness, for they have gained mastery over me." From Muḥammad b. Yazīd b. Ḥasan, who said: I heard al-Thawrī say: One day I sat narrating, and Saʿīd b. al-Sāʾib al-Ṭāʾifī was with us. Saʿīd began to weep until I felt pity for him. I said: "O Saʿīd, what makes you weep while you hear me mentioning the people of virtue and their deeds?" He said: "O Sufyān, what prevents me from weeping? When you mention the virtues of the people of virtue, I am far removed from them." He said: Sufyān says: And he had every right to weep. ʿAbd Allāh died in this year. ʿUmar b. Maymūn b. al-Rammāḥ ʿUmar b. Maymūn b. al-Rammāḥ, Abū ʿAlī. Judge of Balkh. He served as judge there for more than twenty years. He was praised in his governorship and known for knowledge, forbearance, righteousness, and understanding. He narrated from Suhayl b. Abī Ṣāliḥ and al-Ḍaḥḥāk. Surayj b. al-Nuʿmān narrated from him. He was trustworthy. He became blind at the end of his life and died in Balkh in Ramaḍān of this year. ʿĪsā b. Yazīd b. Bakr b. Dāb ʿĪsā b. Yazīd b. Bakr b. Dāb, Abū al-Walīd. One of the Banū al-Layth b. Bakr, from Madinah. He came to Baghdad and resided there. He narrated from Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān and Hishām b. ʿUrwah. He was a transmitter from the Arabs, abundant in literature, knowledgeable in genealogy, a memorizer of biographies, and acquainted with the battles of the people. However, they criticized him, saying: He adds to the ḥadīths what is not in them. Khalaf al-Aḥmar attributed lying and fabricating ḥadīth to him. Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm b. Muḥammad b. ʿArafah said: No one had assumed the caliphate before al-Hādī at his age, because he was a youth, and he loved literature and its people and gave generously for it. ʿĪsā b. Dāb used to sit with him, and he was the most literary of the people of the Hijaz and the sweetest in expression. He enjoyed favor with al-Hādī, who said to him: "I have never found you tedious by day or night, and whenever you were absent from my sight, I wished to see no one but you." He ordered thirty thousand dinars for him. When Ibn Dāb arose in the morning, he sent his steward to demand the money. The steward met the chamberlain and conveyed his message to him, and he informed him that this was not within his authority and that it required a written order. Ibn Dāb held back. While al-Hādī was in a belvedere of his, he looked at Ibn Dāb, who had approached without a servant. He said to Ibrāhīm al-Ḥuddānī: "Do you not see Ibn Dāb? His condition has not changed, and he has not dressed up for us, although we granted him a gift yesterday to see its effect on him." Ibrāhīm said to him: "If the Commander of the Faithful commands me, I will hint to him about this." He said: "No, he knows his own affair better." Ibn Dāb entered and began his conversation until al-Hādī brought up something about his situation. He said: "I see your garment is washed, and this is winter that requires wearing new and soft clothes." He said: "O Commander of the Faithful, my means fall short of what I need." He said: "How is that, when we have already sent you from our bounty what would set your affairs aright?" He said: "It has not reached me." He called for the keeper of the privy treasury and said: "Hasten to give him thirty thousand dinars this very hour." It was carried before him. Al-Mufaḍḍal b. Muḥammad b. Yaʿlā al-Ḍabbī Al-Mufaḍḍal b. Muḥammad b. Yaʿlā al-Ḍabbī. He heard Simāk b. Ḥarb, Abū Isḥāq al-Sabīʿī, al-Aʿmash, and others. He transmitted the Quranic readings from ʿĀṣim b. Abī al-Najūd. Al-Kisāʾī, al-Farrāʾ, and others narrated from him. He was a transmitter of literature and the battle-days of the Arabs, a highly learned and trustworthy authority in his narration. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad b. al-Sarī said: Jaḥẓah said to us: Al-Rashīd said to al-Mufaḍḍal al-Ḍabbī: "What is the best thing said about the wolf, and you will have this ring on my finger, whose price is one thousand six hundred dinars?" He said: "The poet's saying: He sleeps with one of his two eyes and guards with the other against fates, so he is wakeful and slumbering." He said: "This did not come to your tongue except to take the ring." He threw it to him. Umm Jaʿfar bought it for one thousand six hundred dinars and sent it back to him, saying: "I saw that you admired it." Al-Ḍabbī picked it up and said: "Take it and take the dinars, for we do not give something and then take it back." Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥarbī the ascetic Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥarbī the ascetic. Ibrāhīm b. Shabīb b. Shaybah said: We used to sit together on Fridays. A man came wearing a single garment wrapped around him, and he sat with us. He posed a question, and we continued discussing jurisprudence until we departed. Then he came to us the next Friday, and we answered him and asked him about his dwelling. He said: "I live in al-Kharībah." We asked about his kunyah, and he said: "Abū ʿAbd Allāh." We desired to sit with him and considered our gathering a gathering of jurisprudence. We continued in this for a time, then he stopped coming to us. We said to one another: "What is our situation? Our gathering was flourishing with Abū ʿAbd Allāh, and now his absence makes us lonely." We promised one another that when morning came we would go to al-Kharībah and ask about him. We came to al-Kharībah, and we were a number of people. We felt shy to ask about Abū ʿAbd Allāh. We saw children returning from school and said: "Abū ʿAbd Allāh?" They said: "Perhaps they mean the fisherman." We said: "Yes." They said: "This is his time now; he will come." We sat waiting for him, and behold, he approached wearing a rag as a waist-wrapper, with a rag on his shoulder, carrying some slaughtered birds and some live birds. When he saw us, he smiled at us and said: "What brought you?" We said: "We missed you. You used to fill our gathering. What kept you from us?" He said: "I will be truthful with you. We had a neighbor from whom I used to borrow every day the garment in which I came to you. He was a stranger, and he departed for his homeland. I had no garment in which to come to you. Would you like to enter the house and eat from what Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has provided?" Some of us said to others: "Enter his house." He came to the door, gave the greeting of peace, prayed a little, then entered. He permitted us, and we entered. He had brought pieces of reed mats and spread them for us, and we sat. He went in to the woman, handed her the slaughtered birds, took the live birds, and said: "I will come to you, Allah willing, shortly." He went to the market, sold them, and bought bread for us. He came back, and the woman had prepared and cooked that bird. He served us bread and the bird meat, and we ate. He kept getting up to bring us salt and water. Whenever he got up, some of us said to others: "Have you ever seen the like of this? Won't you change his condition, while you are the leaders of the people of Basra?!" One of them said: "I owe five hundred." Another said: "I owe three hundred." And this one said and that one said. Some of them guaranteed to collect for him from others. The amount collected for him in the reckoning reached five thousand dirhams. They said: "Let us go and bring him this money and ask him to change what he is in." We arose and departed as we were, riding. We passed by al-Mirbad, and behold, Muḥammad b. Sulaymān, the governor of Basra, was sitting in a belvedere of his. He said: "O boy, bring me Ibrāhīm b. Shabīb b. Shaybah from among the group." I came and entered upon him. He asked me about our story and where we were coming from. I told him the truth. He said: "I will precede you in doing good to him. O boy, bring me a purse of dirhams." It was brought, and he said: "Carry this purse with this man until he delivers it to the one we have ordered." I rejoiced, then I hurried off. When I reached the door, I gave the greeting of peace, and Abū ʿAbd Allāh answered me. Then he came out to me. When he saw the bedding and the purse on his shoulder, it was as if I had thrown ashes in his face. He turned to me with a different face than before and said: "What is it between me and you? Do you want to tempt me?" I said: "O Abū ʿAbd Allāh, sit until I inform you. The story is such and such—and he is, as you know, one of the tyrants, meaning Muḥammad b. Sulaymān—and if he had ordered me to place it wherever I saw fit, I would have returned to him and told him that I had placed it. So, by Allah, by Allah, have regard for yourself." He grew even more angry with me, got up, entered his house, and slammed the door in my face. I kept going back and forth, not knowing what to say to the governor. Then I found no alternative but to tell the truth. I came and informed him of the news. He said: "A Ḥarūrī, by Allah! O boy, bring me the sword." The sword was brought, and he said: Take this man's hand until he takes you to this man, and when he comes out to you, strike his neck and bring me his head. Ibrāhīm said: I said: May God keep the amīr righteous: God, God! By God, we have seen a man who is not one of the Khawārij, but I will go and bring him to you—intending by that only to ransom him. He said: Then guarantee him to me. So I went until I came to the door and greeted. There was the woman moaning and weeping; then she opened the door and hid herself and gave permission, so I entered. She said: What is your business with Abū ʿAbd Allāh? I said: What is his condition? She said: He entered, inclined to the well, drew water from it, performed ablution, then prayed. Then I heard him say: O God, take me to You and do not tempt me. Then he stretched out while saying that, and I reached him when he had passed away; there he is, dead. I said: O woman, we have a strange story, so do not speak anything about him. I came to Muḥammad b. Sulaymān and told him the news, and he said: I shall ride and pray over this man. He said: His news spread in al-Baṣrah, and the amīr and the generality of the people of al-Baṣrah attended him—may God have mercy on him.
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