Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2356
Then the Year Eighty-Six Began
أَرْطَاةُ بْنُ زُفَرَ وَمِمَّنْ يُذْكَرُ أَنَّهُ تُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ تَقْرِيبًا أَرْطَاةُ بْنُ زُفَرَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ شَدَّادِ بْنِ ضَمْرَةَ بْنِ عَقْفَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُرَّةَ بْنِ نُشْبَةَ بْنِ غَيْظِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ بْنِ عَوْفِ بْنِ سَعْدِ بْنِ ذُبْيَانَ بْنِ بَغِيضِ بْنِ رَيْثِ بْنِ غَطَفَانَ، أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الْمُرِّيُّ وَيُعْرَفُ بِابْنِ سُهَيَّةَ، وَهِيَ أُمُّهُ بَنَتُ زَامِلِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ زُهَيْرِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ خَدِيجِ بْنِ أَبِي جُشَمَ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ عَوْفِ بْنِ عَامِرِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ، سَبِيَّةٌ مِنْ كَلْبٍ، وَكَانَتْ عِنْدَ ضِرَارِ بْنِ الْأَزْوَرِ، ثُمَّ صَارَتْ إِلَى زُفَرَ - وَهِيَ حَامِلٌ - فَأَتَتْ بِأَرْطَاةَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ، وَقَدْ عُمِّرَ أَرْطَاةُ دَهْرًا طَوِيلًا حَتَّى جَاوَزَ الْمِائَةَ بِثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً، وَقَدْ كَانَ سَيِّدًا شَرِيفًا مُطَاعًا مُمَدَّحًا شَاعِرًا مُطْبِقًا. قَالَ الْمَدَائِنِيُّ: وَيُقَالُ: إِنَّ بَنِي عَقْفَانَ بْنِ حَنْظَلَةَ بْنِ رَوَاحَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ مَازِنِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ قَطِيعَةَ بْنِ دِعْبِسٍ، دَخَلُوا فِي بَنِي مُرَّةَ بْنِ نُشْبَةَ، فَقَالُوا: بَنِي عَقْفَانَ بْنِ أَبِي حَارِثَةَ بْنِ مُرَّةَ. وَقَدْ وَفَدَ أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ أَرْطَاةُ بْنُ زُفَرَ هَذَا عَلَى عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ، فَأَنْشَدَهُ أَبْيَاتًا: رَأَيْتُ الْمَرْءَ تَأْكُلُهُ اللَّيَالِي كَأَكْلِ الْأَرْضِ سَاقِطَةَ الْحَدِيدِ وَمَا تُبْقِي الْمَنِيَّةُ حِينَ تَأْتِي عَلَى نَفْسِ ابْنِ آدَمَ مِنْ مَزِيدِ وَأَعْلَمُ أَنَّهَا سَتَكُرُّ حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَ نَذْرَهَا بِأَبِي الْوَلِيدِ قَالَ: فَارْتَاعَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ، وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُ عَنَاهُ بِذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، إِنَّمَا عَنَيْتُ نَفْسِي، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ: وَأَنَا وَاللَّهِ سَيَمُرُّ بِي الَّذِي يَمُرُّ بِكَ. وَزَادَ بَعْضُهُمْ هَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتِ: خُلِقْنَا أَنْفُسًا وَبَنِي نُفُوسٍ وَلَسْنَا بِالسَّلَامِ وَلَا الْحَدِيدِ لَئِنْ فُجِّعْتُ بِالْقُرَنَاءِ يَوْمًا لَقَدْ مُتِّعْتُ بِالْأَمَلِ الْبَعِيدِ وَهُوَ الْقَائِلُ: وَإِنِّي لَقَوَّامٌ لَدَى الضَّيْفِ مُوهِنًا إِذَا أَسْبَلَ السِّتْرَ الْبَخِيلُ الْمُوَاكِلُ دَعَا فَأَجَابَتْهُ كِلَابٌ كَثِيرَةٌ عَلَى ثِقَةٍ مِنِّي بِأَنِّي فَاعِلُ وَمَا دُونَ ضَيْفِي مِنْ تِلَادٍ تَحُوزُهُ لِيَ النَّفْسُ إِلَّا أَنْ تُصَانَ الْحَلَائِلُ يُونُسُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ يُونُسُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ قَاضِي مِصْرَ، وَصَاحِبُ الشُّرْطَةِ فِي أَيَّامِ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ، ثُمَّ تَوَلَّى بَعْدَهُ الْقَضَاءَ ابْنُ أَخِيهِ أَوْسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ. مُطَرِّفُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ مُطَرِّفُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ كَانَ مِنْ كِبَارِ التَّابِعِينَ، وَكَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ حُصَيْنٍ، وَكَانَ مُجَابَ الدَّعْوَةِ، وَكَانَ يَقُولُ: مَا أُوتِيَ أَحَدٌ أَفْضَلَ مِنَ الْعَقْلِ، وَعُقُولُ النَّاسِ عَلَى قَدْرِ زَمَانِهِمْ، وَقَالَ: إِذَا اسْتَوَتْ سَرِيرَةُ الْعَبْدِ وَعَلَانِيَتُهُ قَالَ اللَّهُ: هَذَا عَبْدِي حَقًّا. وَقَالَ: إِذَا دَخَلْتُمْ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ فَإِنِ اسْتَطَعْتُمْ أَنْ يَدْعُوَ لَكُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ حُرِّكَ - أَيْ: قَدْ أُوقِظَ مِنْ غَفْلَتِهِ بِسَبَبِ مَرَضِهِ - فَدُعَاؤُهُ مُسْتَجَابٌ مِنْ أَجْلِ كَسْرِهِ وَرِقَّةِ قَلْبِهِ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَقْبَحَ مَا طُلِبَتْ بِهِ الدُّنْيَا عَمَلُ الْآخِرَةِ. وَقَالَ لِبَعْضِ إِخْوَانِهِ: إِذَا كَانَتْ لَكَ إِلَيَّ حَاجَةٌ، فَلَا تُكَلِّمْنِي فِيهَا ; فَإِنِّي أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَرَى ذُلَّ السُّؤَالِ فِي وَجْهِكَ، وَلَكِنِ اكْتُبْهَا فِي رُقْعَةٍ وَارْفَعْهَا. وَكَانَ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ هَذَا الْمَوْتَ قَدْ أَفْسَدَ عَلَى أَهْلِ النِّعَمِ نَعِيمَهُمْ، فَاطْلُبُوا نَعِيمًا لَا مَوْتَ فِيهِ. وَقَالَ: لَوْ عَلِمْتُ مَتَى أَجَلِي، لَخَشِيتُ عَلَى ذَهَابِ عَقْلِي، وَلَكِنَّ اللَّهَ مَنَّ عَلَى عِبَادِهِ بِالْغَفْلَةِ عَنِ الْمَوْتِ، وَلَوْلَا الْغَفْلَةُ لَمَا تَهَنَّوْا بِعَيْشٍ، وَلَا قَامَتْ بَيْنَهُمُ الْأَسْوَاقُ. وَكَانَ مُطَرِّفٌ إِذَا دَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ، سَبَّحَتْ مَعَهُ آنِيَةُ بَيْتِهِ. وَكَانَ يَسْكُنُ الْبَادِيَةَ، وَيَجِيءُ مِنْهَا إِلَى الْجُمْعَةِ مُبَكِّرًا، فَمَرَّ مَرَّةً بِمَقْبَرَةٍ، فَنَعَسَ فَنَامَ عِنْدَ الْقُبُورِ، فَرَأَى فِي مَنَامِهِ أَهْلَ الْقُبُورِ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِ قُبُورِهِمْ، فَقَالُوا: هَذَا مُطَرِّفٌ يَذْهَبُ إِلَى الْجُمْعَةِ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ: وَتَعْرِفُونَ الْجُمْعَةَ مِنْ غَيْرِهَا ؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، وَنَعْرِفُ مَا يَقُولُ الطَّيْرُ فِي جَوِّ السَّمَاءِ. قَالَ: فَقُلْتُ: وَمَا تَقُولُ ؟ قَالُوا: تَقُولُ: سَلَامٌ سَلَامٌ لِيَوْمٍ صَالِحٍ. وَكَانَ يَقُولُ: يَا إِخْوَتَاهُ، اجْتَهِدُوا فِي الْأَعْمَالِ الصَّالِحَةِ ; فَإِنْ يَكُنِ الْأَمْرُ كَمَا نَرْجُو مِنْ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ، كَانَ لَنَا دَرَجَاتٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ، وَإِنْ يَكُنِ الْأَمْرُ شَدِيدًا كَمَا نَخَافُ لَمْ نَقُلْ: رَبَّنَا أَخْرِجْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَالِحًا غَيْرَ الَّذِي كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ نَقُولُ: قَدْ عَمِلْنَا فَلَمْ يَنْفَعْنَا. وَكَانَ يَدْعُو: اللَّهُمَّ ارْضَ عَنَّا، فَإِنْ لَمْ تَرْضَ عَنَّا، فَاعْفُ عَنَّا، فَإِنَّ الْمَوْلَى قَدْ يَعْفُو عَنِ الْعَبْدِ، وَهُوَ عَنْهُ غَيْرُ رَاضٍ. وَكَانَ مُطَرِّفٌ قَدْ حَفَرَ فِي دَارِهِ قَبْرًا، كَانَ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ يَنْزِلُ إِلَيْهِ، فَيُصَلِّي فِيهِ، وَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ. تُوُفِّيَ مُطَرِّفٌ بِالْبَصْرَةِ، وَكَانَ لَهُ مَنْزِلَةٌ عِنْدَ الْخُلَفَاءِ وَالْمُلُوكِ وَالْأُمَرَاءِ، وَكَانَ هُوَ مِنْ أَرْشَدِ النَّاسِ فِيهِمْ، وَكَانَ مُجَابَ الدَّعْوَةِ ; كَذَبَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ بَعْضِ الْأُمَرَاءِ، فَقَالَ مُطَرِّفٌ: يَا هَذَا، إِنْ كُنْتَ كَاذِبًا عَجَّلَ اللَّهُ حَتْفَكَ. فَوَقَعَ الرَّجُلُ مَيِّتًا مَكَانَهُ. وَاللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ أَعْلَمُ. أُسَيْدُ بْنُ ظُهَيْرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيّ وَفِي أَيَّامِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ مَاتَ أُسَيْدُ بْنُ ظُهَيْرٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ . ( أُسَيْدٌ بِضَمِّ الْهَمْزَةِ. وَظُهَيْرٌ بِضَمِّ الظَّاءِ الْمُعْجَمَةِ ). وَفِيهَا مَاتَ عُمَرُ بْنُ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ . وَفِي أَيَّامِهِ مَاتَ عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ وَقَّاصٍ اللَّيْثِيُّ، وَلَهُ صُحْبَةٌ . سَعْدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ وَفِي أَيَّامِهِ مَاتَ سَعْدُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ، وَوُلِدَ عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ. سَلَمَةُ بْنُ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ وَفِي أَيَّامِهِ مَاتَ سَلَمَةُ بْنُ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ رَبِيبُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ. عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي أَوْفَى الْأَسْلَمِيُّ وَفِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ مَاتَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي أَوْفَى الْأَسْلَمِيُّ ، وَقِيلَ سَنَةَ سَبْعٍ وَثَمَانِينَ، شَهِدَ الْحُدَيْبِيَةَ وَخَيْبَرَ. الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ وَفِي آخِرِ أَيَّامِهِ مَاتَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الصَّامِتِ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ، وَوُلِدَ فِي آخِرِ زَمَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ. وَفِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ تُوُفِّيَ لَاحِقُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ أَبُو مِجْلَزٍ السَّدُوسِيُّ . أَبُو أُمَامَةُ صُدَيُّ بْنُ عَجْلَانَ الْبَاهِلِيُّ وَفِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو أُمَامَةُ صُدَيُّ بْنُ عَجْلَانَ الْبَاهِلِيُّ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي أَوْفَى. وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ جَزْءٍ الزُّبَيْدِيُّ فِي قَوْلٍ شَهِدَ فَتْحَ مِصْرَ وَسَكَنَهَا، وَهُوَ آخِرُ مَنْ مَاتَ مِنَ الصَّحَابَةِ بِمِصْرَ، وَلَهُ أَحَادِيثُ.
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✧ Arṭāh b. Zufar Among those mentioned as having died in this year, approximately: Arṭāh b. Zufar b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Mālik b. Shaddād b. Ḍamrah b. ʿAqfān b. Abī Ḥārithah b. Murrah b. Nushbah b. Ghayẓ b. Murrah b. ʿAwf b. Saʿd b. Dhubyān b. Baghīḍ b. Rayth b. Ghaṭafān, Abū al-Walīd al-Murrī. He was known as Ibn Suhayyah, who was his mother, the daughter of Zāmil b. Marwān b. Zuhayr b. Thaʿlabah b. Khadīj b. Abī Jusham b. Kaʿb b. ʿAwf b. ʿĀmir b. ʿAwf, a captive from Kalb. She was with Ḍirār b. al-Azwar, then she came to Zufar while she was pregnant, and she gave birth to Arṭāh on his bed. Arṭāh lived a very long time, until he exceeded one hundred by thirty years. He was a noble, honored, obeyed, and praised chief, and an accomplished poet. Al-Madāʾinī said: It is said that the Banū ʿAqfān b. Ḥanẓalah b. Rawāḥah b. Rabīʿah b. Māzin b. al-Ḥārith b. Qaṭīʿah b. Diʿbis entered into the Banū Murrah b. Nushbah, so they said: Banū ʿAqfān b. Abī Ḥārithah b. Murrah. This Abū al-Walīd Arṭāh b. Zufar came as a delegate to ʿAbd al-Malik b. Marwān and recited to him some verses: I saw a man whom the nights consume as the earth consumes the fallen iron, and what does fate leave, when it comes, of any increase for the son of Adam? And I know that it will return until it fulfills its vow with Abū al-Walīd. He said: ʿAbd al-Malik was alarmed and thought that he meant him by that, so he said: O Commander of the Faithful, I only meant myself. ʿAbd al-Malik said: And by God, what passes by you will pass by me. Some of them added these verses: We were created as souls and sons of souls, and we are not of salam or iron. If I am bereaved of my companions one day, I have been given enjoyment of distant hope. He is the one who said: Truly I rise for the guest at midnight, when the miserly, negligent one lets down the curtain. He called, and many dogs answered him, with confidence from me that I will act. And there is nothing before my guest of inherited wealth that my soul would withhold, except that the spouses be protected. Yūnus b. ʿAṭiyyah al-Ḥaḍramī Yūnus b. ʿAṭiyyah al-Ḥaḍramī Judge of Egypt and chief of police in the days of ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Marwān. Then after him, the judgeship was assumed by his nephew Aws b. ʿAbd Allāh. Muṭarrif b. ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Shikhkhīr Muṭarrif b. ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Shikhkhīr He was one of the major Successors, and he was one of the companions of ʿImrān b. Ḥuṣayn. He had prayers that were answered. He used to say: No one has been given anything better than intelligence, and people's intellects are according to their time. He said: When a servant's inner and outward states are equal, God says: This is My true servant. He said: When you visit a sick person, try to have him supplicate for you, for he has been stirred—that is, awakened from his heedlessness by his illness—so his supplication is answered because of his brokenness and the softness of his heart. He said: The ugliest thing by which this world is sought is the work of the Hereafter. He said to one of his brothers: If you have a need from me, do not speak to me about it, for I hate to see the humiliation of asking on your face, but write it in a note and present it. He used to say: This death has spoiled the bliss of the people of blessings, so seek a bliss in which there is no death. He said: If I knew when my term would be, I would fear the loss of my mind, but God has bestowed upon His servants heedlessness of death. Were it not for heedlessness, they would not enjoy life, nor would markets be set up among them. When Muṭarrif entered his house, the vessels of his house glorified God with him. He used to live in the desert and come from it to the Friday prayer early. Once he passed by a cemetery and dozed off and slept near the graves. In his sleep he saw the people of the graves at the mouths of their graves, and they said: This is Muṭarrif going to the Friday prayer. He said: I said to them: Do you know Friday from other days? They said: Yes, and we know what the birds say in the air of the sky. He said: I said: And what do they say? They said: They say: Peace, peace, for a righteous day. He used to say: O my brothers, strive in righteous deeds, for if the matter is as we hope from God's mercy, there will be degrees for us in Paradise, and if the matter is severe as we fear, we will not say: Our Lord, bring us out to do righteous deeds other than what we used to do. We will say: We worked but it did not benefit us. He used to supplicate: O God, be pleased with us, and if You are not pleased with us, then pardon us, for the master may pardon the servant while not being pleased with him. Muṭarrif had dug a grave in his house, into which he would descend every day, pray in it, and recite the Qurʾān. Muṭarrif died in al-Baṣrah. He had a station with the caliphs, kings, and princes, and he was one of the most rightly guided people among them. He had prayers that were answered. A man lied about him to one of the princes, and Muṭarrif said: O you, if you are lying, may God hasten your death. The man fell dead on the spot. And God, glorified be He, knows best. Usayd b. Ẓuhayr al-Anṣārī In the days of ʿAbd al-Malik, Usayd b. Ẓuhayr al-Anṣārī died. (Usayd with ḍammah on the hamzah, and Ẓuhayr with ḍammah on the dotted ẓāʾ). In it died ʿUmar b. Abī Salamah, the son of Umm Salamah. In his days died ʿAlqamah b. Waqqāṣ al-Laythī, and he had companionship. Saʿd b. Zayd al-Anṣārī In his days died Saʿd b. Zayd al-Anṣārī, and he was born during the time of the Prophet ﷺ. Salamah b. Umm Salamah In his days died Salamah b. Umm Salamah, the stepson of the Prophet ﷺ. ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī Awfā al-Aslamī In this year died ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī Awfā al-Aslamī, and it is said in the year eighty-seven. He witnessed al-Ḥudaybiyah and Khaybar. Al-Walīd b. ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit al-Anṣārī At the end of his days died al-Walīd b. ʿUbādah b. al-Ṣāmit al-Anṣārī, and he was born at the end of the time of the Prophet ﷺ. In this year died Lāḥiq b. Ḥumayd Abū Mijlaz al-Sadūsī. Abū Umāmah Ṣudayy b. ʿAjlān al-Bāhilī In this year died Abū Umāmah Ṣudayy b. ʿAjlān al-Bāhilī, and ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī Awfā. And ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Ḥārith b. Jazʾ al-Zubaydī In one report, he witnessed the conquest of Egypt and dwelled there. He was the last of the Companions to die in Egypt, and he has hadiths.
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