Tarikh (al-Tabari) 2697
Then the Year 132 AH Began
حَفْصُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، أَبُو سَلَمَةَ الْخَلَّالُ، وَزِيرُ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ السَّفَّاحِ: وَهُوَ أَوَّلُ مَنْ وَزَرَ لَهُمْ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ خَلَّالًا إِنَّمَا كَانَ مَنْزِلُهُ بِالْكُوفَةِ بِقُرْبِ الْخَلَّالِينَ، وَكَانَ يَجْلِسُ عِنْدَهُمْ فَسُمِّيَ خَلَّالًا. وَقُتِلَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ عَلَى مَا ذَكَرْنَا فِي حَوَادِثِ السَّنَةِ. الربيع بن أبي راشد الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ أَبِي رَاشِدٍ، أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: سَمِعَ مِنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جَبْرٍ، وَمِنَ الثَّوْرِيِّ. وَكَانَ كَالْغَائِبِ عَنِ الْخَلْقِ. عَنْ خَلَفِ بْنِ حَوْشَبٍ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ أَبِي رَاشِدٍ فِي الْجَبَّانَةِ، فَقَرَأَ رَجُلٌ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ فِي رَيْبٍ مِنَ الْبَعْثِ.... الْآيَةَ، فَقَالَ الرَّبِيعُ: حَالَ ذِكْرُ الْمَوْتِ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ كَثِيرٍ مِمَّا أُرِيدُ مِنَ التِّجَارَةِ، وَلَوْ فَارَقَ ذِكْرُ الْمَوْتِ قَلْبِي سَاعَةً خَشِيتُ أَنْ يَفْسَدَ عَلَيَّ قَلْبِي، وَلَوْلَا أَنْ أُخَالِفَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلِي لَكَانَتِ الْجَبَّانَةُ مَسْكَنِي إِلَى أَنْ أَمُوتَ. قَالَ: وَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ ذَرٍّ: كُنْتُ إِذَا رَأَيْتُ الرَّبِيعَ بْنَ أَبِي رَاشِدٍ كَأَنَّهُ مِخْمَارٌ مِنْ [غَيْرِ] شَرَابٍ. زبان بن عبد العزيز [زَبَّانُ] بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ، أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ: كَانَ سَيِّدَ بَنِي عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ وَفَارِسَهُمْ، حَضَرَ الْوَقْعَةَ مَعَ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ لَيْلَةَ بُوصِيرَ فَتَقَنْطَرَ بِهِ فَرَسُهُ، فَقَتَلَهُ الْمِسْوَرُ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ، وَلَمْ يَعْرِفُوهُ. وَقَدْ رَوَى عَنْهُ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ. صَفْوَانُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ، أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الزُّهْرِيُّ، مَوْلَى حُمَيْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ: رَوَى عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، وَجَابِرٍ، وَعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، وَسَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ، وَجَمَاعَةٍ مِنْ كِبَارِ التَّابِعِينَ. كَانَ ثِقَةً كَثِيرَ الْحَدِيثِ عَابِدًا. قَالَ: عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ،: عَادَلَنِي صَفْوَانُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ إِلَى مَكَّةَ، فَمَا وَضَعَ جَنْبَهُ فِي الْمَحْمَلِ حَتَّى رَجَعَ. قَالَ: سَعِيدُ بْنُ كَثِيرِ بْنِ يَحْيَى: حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، قَالَ: قَدِمَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْمَدِينَةَ وَعُمَرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ عَامِلُهُ عَلَيْهَا. قَالَ: فَصَلَّى بِالنَّاسِ الظُّهْرَ ثُمَّ فَتَحَ بَابَ الْمَقْصُورَةِ، وَاسْتَنَدَ إِلَى الْمِحْرَابِ وَاسْتَقْبَلَ النَّاسَ بِوَجْهِهِ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَى صَفْوَانَ بْنَ سُلَيْمٍ عَنْ غَيْرِ مَعْرِفَةٍ، فَقَالَ: يَا عُمَرُ، مَنْ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ؟ مَا رَأَيْتُ سَمْتًا أَحْسَنَ مِنْهُ، قَالَ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، هَذَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ، قَالَ: يَا غُلَامُ، كِيسٌ فِيهِ خَمْسُمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ، فَأُتِيَ بِكِيسٍ فِيهِ خَمْسُمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ، فَقَالَ لِخَادِمِهِ: تَرَى هَذَا الرَّجُلَ الْقَائِمَ يُصَلِّي، فَوَصَفَهُ لِلْغُلَامِ حَتَّى أَثْبَتَهُ. قَالَ: فَخَرَجَ الْغُلَامُ بِالْكِيسِ حَتَّى جَلَسَ إِلَى صَفْوَانَ، فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ صَفْوَانُ رَكَعَ وَسَجَدَ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ وَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: مَا حَاجَتُكَ؟ قَالَ: أَمَرَنِي أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَهُوَ ذَا يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَيَّ أَنْ أَدْفَعَ إِلَيْكَ هَذَا الْكِيسَ فِيهِ خَمْسُمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ، وَهُوَ يَقُولُ لَكَ: اسْتَعِنْ بِهَذِهِ عَلَى زَمَانِكَ وَعَلَى عِيَالِكَ، فَقَالَ صَفْوَانُ: لَيْسَ أَنَا بِالَّذِي أُرْسِلْتَ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ الْغُلَامُ: أَلَسْتَ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ سُلَيْمٍ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى أَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ سُلَيْمٍ، قَالَ: فَإِلَيْكَ أُرْسِلْتُ، قَالَ: اذْهَبْ فَاسْتَثْبِتْ، فَإِذَا أُثْبِتَّ فَهَلُمَّ، فَقَالَ الْغُلَامُ: فَأَمْسِكِ الْكِيسَ مَعَكَ وَأَنَا أَذْهَبُ، قَالَ: لَا، إِذَا أَمْسَكْتُ كُنْتُ قَدْ أَخَذْتُ، وَلَكِنِ اذْهَبْ فَاسْتَثْبِتْ وَأَنَا هَاهُنَا جَالِسٌ. فَوَلَّى الْغُلَامُ وَأَخَذَ صَفْوَانُ نَعْلَيْهِ وَخَرَجَ، فَلَمْ يُرَ بِهَا حَتَّى خَرَجَ سُلَيْمَانُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ. قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ: وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُصْعَبٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي ابْنُ حَازِمٍ: دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَأَبِي نَسْأَلُ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ سُلَيْمٍ وَهُوَ فِي مُصَلَّاهُ، فَمَا زَالَ أَبِي حَتَّى رَدَّهُ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ، فَأَخْبَرَتْنِي مَوْلَاتُهُ أَنَّ سَاعَةَ خَرَجْتُمْ مَاتَ. عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، مَوْلَى بَنِي عَامِرِ بْنِ لُؤَيٍّ، الْكَاتِبُ، كَاتِبُ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ: كَانَ الْأَسَاسَ فِي الْبَلَاغَةِ، رَسَمَ رُسُومَهَا، وَأَصَّلَ أُصُولَهَا، وَفَرَّعَ فُرُوعَهَا، وَقَدْ كَانَ قَبْلَهُ سَالِمٌ مَوْلَى سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ مُقَدَّمًا فِي هَذِهِ الصِّنَاعَةِ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ دُونَ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ، وَكَانَ مُتَّصِلًا فِي حَدَاثَتِهِ بِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ كَاتِبِ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، فَتَأَدَّبَ وَبَرَعَ، ثُمَّ اتَّصَلَ بِمَرْوَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قَبْلَ الْخِلَافَةِ فَغَلَبَ عَلَيْهِ، فَكَانَ يَخُطُّ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ قَبْلَ الْخِلَافَةِ أَحْسَنَ خَطٍّ، وَلَا يَنْتَحِلُ شَيْئًا مِنَ الْبَلَاغَةِ، ثُمَّ قَامَ فِي الْخِلَافَةِ مَقَامَ الْوَزِيرِ. قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْكَاتِبُ: رَآنِي عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ يَحْيَى وَأَنَا أَكْتُبُ خَطًّا رَدِيئًا، فَقَالَ: إِنْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تُجَوِّدَ خَطَّكَ فَأَطِلْ جِحْفَتَكَ وَاشْمُمْهَا، وَحَرِّفْ قِطَّتَكَ وَأَيْمِنْهَا. قَالَ عُلَمَاءُ السِّيَرِ: انْقَرَضَ مُلْكُ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ عَلَى أَرْبَعَةٍ لَمْ يَجْتَمِعْ مِثْلُهُمْ فِي دَوْلَةٍ: مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ فِي شَجَاعَتِهِ وَسِيَاسَتِهِ، وَعَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ فِي كِتَابَتِهِ وَبَلَاغَتِهِ، وَيَزِيدُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ هُبَيْرَةَ فِي تَدْبِيرِهِ وَصِحَّةِ رَأْيِهِ، وَنَصْرِ بْنِ سَيَّارٍ فِي صَوْلَتِهِ وَضَبْطِهِ وَبُعْدِ صَوْتِهِ. عُمَرُ بْنُ الْمُنْكَدِرِ: كَانَ مِنَ الْعُبَّادِ الْمُجْتَهِدِينَ، وَقُوَّامِ اللَّيْلِ. عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: قَالَتْ أُمُّ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ لِعُمَرَ: إِنِّي لَأَشْتَهِي أَنْ أَرَاكَ نَائِمًا، فَقَالَ: يَا أُمَّاهُ، وَاللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّيْلَ لَيَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ فَيَهُولُنِي، فَيَنْقَضِي عَنِّي وَمَا قَضَيْتُ إِرْبِي. وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ: أَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا لَهُ: فَمَا هَذَا الْبُكَاءُ الْكَثِيرُ؟ فَقَالَ: آيَةٌ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى أَبْكَتْنِي: وَبَدَا لَهُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ مَا لَمْ يَكُونُوا يَحْتَسِبُونَ. مَنْصُورُ بْنُ الْمُعْتَمِرِ، أَبُو عَتَّابٍ، السُّلَمِيُّ: أَسْنَدَ عَنْ أَنَسٍ وَعَنْ جَمَاعَةٍ مِنْ كِبَارِ التَّابِعِينَ، وَكَانَ مِنَ الْعُلَمَاءِ الْمُتَعَبِّدِينَ الثِّقَاتِ. صَامَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً وَتَمَامَهَا، وَكَانَ مَحْرُومًا كَأَنَّهُ قَدْ أُصِيبَ بِمُصِيبَةٍ، وَبَكَى حَتَّى عَمِشَ. عَنْ زَائِدَةَ بْنِ قُدَامَةَ، قَالَ: صَامَ مَنْصُورُ بْنُ الْمُعْتَمِرِ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، قَامَ لَيْلَهَا وَصَامَ نَهَارَهَا، وَكَانَ يَبْكِي اللَّيْلَ، فَتَقُولُ لَهُ أُمُّهُ: يَا بُنَيَّ، قَتَلْتَ قَتِيلًا؟ فَيَقُولُ: أَنَا أَعْلَمُ مَا صَنَعْتُ بِنَفْسِي، فَإِذَا أَصْبَحَ كَحَلَ عَيْنَيْهِ وَدَهَنَ رَأْسَهُ وَبَرَقَ شَفَتَيْهِ وَخَرَجَ إِلَى النَّاسِ، فَأَخَذَهُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ يُوسُفُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَامِلُ الْكُوفَةِ يُرِيدُهُ عَلَى الْقَضَاءِ، فَامْتَنَعَ، قَالَ: فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَدْ جِيءَ بِالْقَيْدِ لِيُقَيَّدَ، قَالَ: فَجَاءَهُ خَصْمَانِ، فَقَعَدَا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَلَمْ يَسْأَلْهُمَا وَلَمْ يُكَلِّمْهُمَا، فَقِيلَ لِيُوسُفَ بْنِ عُمَرَ: إِنَّكَ لَوْ نَثَرْتَ لَحْمَهُ لَمْ يَلِ لَكَ قَضَاءً، فَخَلَّى عَنْهُ وَتَرَكَهُ. أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ نَاصِرٍ بِإِسْنَادٍ لَهُ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ الْعَبْدِيِّ، قَالَ: كَانَ مَنْصُورٌ يُصَلِّي فِي سَطْحِهِ، فَلَمَّا مَاتَ قَالَ غُلَامٌ لِأُمِّهِ: يَا أُمَّاهُ الْجِذْعُ الَّذِي كَانَ فِي آلِ فُلَانٍ لَيْسَ أَرَاهُ، قَالَتْ: يَا بُنَيَّ لَيْسَ ذَلِكَ جِذْعٌ، ذَلِكَ مَنْصُورٌ، وَقَدْ مَاتَ. قَالَ: ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ،: رَأَيْتُ مَنْصُورَ بْنَ الْمُعْتَمِرِ فِي الْمَنَامِ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا فَعَلَ اللَّهُ بِكَ؟ قَالَ: كِدْتُ أَنْ أَلْقَى اللَّهَ بِعَمَلِ نَبِيٍّ. قَالَ سُفْيَانُ: إِنَّ مَنْصُورًا صَامَ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً يَقُومُ لَيْلَهَا وَيَصُومُ نَهَارَهَا. وَفِيهَا مَاتَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي نَجِيحٍ، وَإِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ. وَفِيهَا قُتِلَ يَحْيَى بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ هِشَامِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ مَعَ مَرْوَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ بِالزَّابِ، وَيَحْيَى أَخُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدَّاخِلِ إِلَى الْأَنْدَلُسِ. وَفِيهَا قُتِلَ يُونُسُ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ بْنِ حَلْبَسٍ بِدِمَشْقَ لَمَّا دَخَلَهَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَكَانَ عُمُرُهُ عِشْرِينَ وَمِائَةِ سَنَةٍ، قَتَلَهُ رَجُلَانِ مِنْ خُرَاسَانَ وَلَمْ يَعْرِفَاهُ، فَلَمَّا عَرَفَاهُ بَكَيَا عَلَيْهِ، وَقِيلَ: بَلْ عَضَّتْهُ دَابَّةٌ مِنْ دَوَابِّهِ فَقَتَلَتْهُ، وَكَانَ ضَرِيرًا. وَفِيهَا تُوُفِّيَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ بِالْمَدِينَةِ ، وَكَانَ قَاضِيَهَا. وَفِيهَا مَاتَ هَمَّامُ بْنُ مُنَبِّهٍ. وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَوْفٍ. وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ. وَخُبَيْبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، وَهُوَ خَالُ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْعُمَرِيِّ، ( خُبَيْبٌ بِضَمِّ الْخَاءِ الْمُعْجَمَةِ، وَفَتْحِ الْبَاءِ الْمُوَحَّدَةِ ). وَعُمَارَةُ بْنُ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ، وَاسْمُ أَبِي حَفْصَةَ ثَابِتٌ مَوْلَى الْعَتِيكِ بْنِ الَأَزْدِ، وَهُوَ وَالِدُ حَرَمِيٍّ، كُنْيَتُهُ أَبُو رَوْحٍ، ( حَرَمِيٌّ بِفَتْحِ الْحَاءِ وَالرَّاءِ الْمُهْمَلَتَيْنِ ). وَفِيهَا تُوُفِّيَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ طَاوُسِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ مِنْ عُبَّادِ أَهْلِ الْيَمَنِ وَفُقَهَائِهِمْ .
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✧ Ḥafṣ b. Sulaymān, Abū Salamah al-Khallāl, vizier of Abū al-ʿAbbās al-Saffāḥ: He was the first to serve as vizier for them. He was not a vinegar-maker; rather, his house in Kufa was near the vinegar-makers, and he used to sit with them, so he was called Khallāl. He was killed in this year, as we mentioned in the events of the year. Al-Rabīʿ b. Abī Rāshid, Abū ʿAbd Allāh: He heard from Saʿīd b. Jubayr and from al-Thawrī. He was like one absent from creation. From Khalaf b. Ḥawshab, who said: I was with al-Rabīʿ b. Abī Rāshid in the cemetery, and a man recited: "O people, if you are in doubt about the Resurrection..." the verse. Al-Rabīʿ said: The remembrance of death intervened between me and much of the trade I desire. If the remembrance of death left my heart for an hour, I would fear that my heart would be corrupted. Were it not that I would contradict those before me, the cemetery would be my dwelling until I die. He said: ʿUmar b. Dhar said: When I saw al-Rabīʿ b. Abī Rāshid, it was as if he were intoxicated without wine. Zabbān b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Marwān b. al-Ḥakam, Abū Ibrāhīm: He was the chief of the Banū ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz and their horseman. He was present at the battle with Marwān b. Muḥammad on the night of Būṣīr, and his horse stumbled with him, so al-Miswar killed him in this year, and they did not recognize him. Al-Awzāʿī narrated from him. Ṣafwān b. Sulaym, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Zuhrī, client of Ḥumayd b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān: He narrated from Ibn ʿUmar, Jābir, ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaʿfar, Sahl b. Ḥunayf, and a group of the major Successors. He was trustworthy, prolific in ḥadīth, and devout. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abī Ḥāzim said: Ṣafwān b. Sulaym accompanied me to Makkah, and he did not lay his side in the howdah until he returned. Saʿīd b. Kathīr b. Yaḥyā said: My father narrated to me, saying: Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Malik came to Madinah while ʿUmar b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz was his governor there. He said: He prayed ẓuhr with the people, then opened the door of the maqṣūrah, leaned against the miḥrāb, and faced the people. He looked at Ṣafwān b. Sulaym without knowing him and said: O ʿUmar, who is this man? I have never seen a finer bearing than his. He said: O Commander of the Faithful, this is Ṣafwān b. Sulaym. He said: O boy, a purse containing five hundred dinars. So a purse containing five hundred dinars was brought, and he said to his servant: Do you see that man standing in prayer? He described him to the boy until he had fixed him in mind. He said: The boy went out with the purse and sat down beside Ṣafwān. When Ṣafwān saw him, he bowed and prostrated, then said the salutation and turned to him. He said: What do you need? He said: The Commander of the Faithful has ordered me—and he is looking at you and me—to give you this purse containing five hundred dinars, and he says to you: Use this to help with your time and your family. Ṣafwān said: I am not the one to whom you were sent. The boy said: Are you not Ṣafwān b. Sulaym? He said: Yes, I am Ṣafwān b. Sulaym. He said: Then it is to you I was sent. He said: Go and make certain; when it is confirmed, then come. The boy said: Then keep the purse with you while I go. He said: No, if I keep it I will have taken it. But go and make certain, and I will sit here. The boy turned away, and Ṣafwān took his sandals and left; he was not seen there until Sulaymān departed from Madinah. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿĀṣim said: Abū Muṣʿab narrated to us, saying: Ibn Ḥāzim said to me: My father and I entered to ask about Ṣafwān b. Sulaym while he was in his prayer place. My father kept at it until he brought him back to his bed. His female client told me that the hour you left, he died. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd, client of the Banū ʿĀmir b. Luʾayy, the secretary, secretary of Marwān b. Muḥammad: He was the foundation of eloquence; he laid down its principles, established its roots, and elaborated its branches. Before him, Sālim, client of Saʿīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik, had been foremost in this craft, but he was below ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd. In his youth he was attached to ʿAbd Allāh b. Mālik al-Thaqafī, secretary of al-Walīd b. ʿAbd al-Malik, and was educated and excelled. Then he attached himself to Marwān b. Muḥammad before the caliphate and gained influence over him. He wrote before him, before the caliphate, the finest script, and he did not claim anything of eloquence. Then during the caliphate he stood in the position of vizier. Aḥmad b. Yūsuf the secretary said: ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Yaḥyā saw me while I was writing in a poor hand, and he said: If you want to improve your script, lengthen your jaw and smell it, and slant your pen and lean it to the right. The scholars of biography said: The rule of the Umayyads ended with four men whose like never came together in any dynasty: Marwān b. Muḥammad b. al-Ḥakam in his courage and governance, ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd in his writing and eloquence, Yazīd b. ʿUmar b. Hubayrah in his management and sound judgment, and Naṣr b. Sayyār in his authority, discipline, and far-reaching voice. ʿUmar b. al-Munkadir: He was among the devout strivers and those who stand in night prayer. From Ibn ʿUmar, who said: The mother of ʿUmar b. al-Munkadir said to ʿUmar: I long to see you asleep. He said: Mother, by God, the night returns to me and terrifies me, and it passes from me while I have not fulfilled my need. In another report: They said to him: What is this abundant weeping? He said: A verse from the Book of God, exalted be He, made me weep: "And there will appear to them from God that which they had not reckoned." Manṣūr b. al-Muʿtamir, Abū ʿAttāb, al-Sulamī: He transmitted from Anas and from a group of the major Successors. He was a scholar, devout, and trustworthy. He fasted forty years and more, and he appeared bereaved as if struck by calamity, and he wept until his eyes became weak. From Zāʾidah b. Qudāmah, who said: Manṣūr b. al-Muʿtamir fasted for forty years, standing in prayer by night and fasting by day. He would weep at night, and his mother would say to him: My son, have you killed someone? He would say: I know what I have done to myself. When morning came, he would apply kohl to his eyes, anoint his head, moisten his lips, and go out to the people. One day Yūsuf b. ʿUmar, governor of Kufa, seized him, wanting him to serve as judge, but he refused. He said: I entered upon him after the shackle had been brought to bind him. Two litigants came and sat before him, but he did not question them or speak to them. It was said to Yūsuf b. ʿUmar: Even if you flayed his flesh, he would not undertake the judgeship for you. So he released him and left him. Ibn Nāṣir informed us with his chain from al-ʿAlāʾ b. Sālim al-ʿAbdī, who said: Manṣūr used to pray on his roof. When he died, a boy said to his mother: Mother, the trunk that was in the house of so-and-so, I no longer see it. She said: My son, that was not a trunk; that was Manṣūr, and he has died. Ibn ʿUyaynah said: I saw Manṣūr b. al-Muʿtamir in a dream and said: What did God do with you? He said: I almost met God with the work of a prophet. Sufyān said: Manṣūr fasted for sixty years, standing by night and fasting by day. In this year died ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī Najīḥ and Isḥāq b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī Ṭalḥah al-Anṣārī. In this year Yaḥyā b. Muʿāwiyah b. Hishām b. ʿAbd al-Malik was killed with Marwān b. Muḥammad at al-Zāb. Yaḥyā was the brother of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Dākhil, who entered al-Andalus. In this year Yūnus b. Maysarah b. Ḥalbas was killed in Damascus when ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAlī entered it. He was one hundred and twenty years old. Two men from Khurasan killed him without recognizing him, and when they recognized him, they wept over him. It is also said: Rather, one of his beasts bit him and killed him, and he was blind. In this year Muḥammad b. Abī Bakr b. Muḥammad b. ʿAmr b. Ḥazm died in Madinah, and he was its judge. In this year died Hammām b. Munabbih, ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAwf, Saʿīd b. Sulaymān b. Zayd b. Thābit al-Anṣārī, and Khubayb b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Khubayb b. Yasār al-Anṣārī, who was the maternal uncle of ʿUbayd Allāh b. ʿUmar al-ʿUmarī. (Khubayb is with ḍammah on the khāʾ and fatḥah on the bāʾ.) And ʿUmārah b. Abī Ḥafṣah, whose father's name was Thābit, client of al-ʿAtīk b. al-Azd; he was the father of Ḥaramī, whose kunyah was Abū Rawḥ. (Ḥaramī with fatḥah on the ḥāʾ and the rāʾ.) In this year died ʿAbd Allāh b. Ṭāwūs b. Kaysān al-Hamdānī, one of the devout and jurists of the people of Yemen.
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