Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3029

The year 184 AH

مَنْ تُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ مِنَ الْأَكَابِرِ أَحْمَدُ ابْنُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ هارون الرَّشِيدِ أَحْمَدُ ابْنُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الرَّشِيدِ كَانَ زَاهِدًا عَابِدًا قَدْ تَنَسَّكَ، وَكَانَ لَا يَأْكُلُ إِلَّا مِنْ عَمَلِ يَدَيْهِ، يَعْمَلُ فِي الطِّينِ، وَلَيْسَ يَمْلِكُ إِلَّا مَرًّا وَزِنْبِيلًا - أَيْ مِجْرَفَةً وَقُفَّةً - وَكَانَ أُجْرَتُهُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ يَعْمَلُ فِيهِ مِنَ الْجُمْعَةِ إِلَى الْجُمْعَةِ دِرْهَمًا وَدَانِقًا، وَكَانَ لَا يَعْمَلُ إِلَّا فِي يَوْمِ السَّبْتِ فَقَطْ، ثُمَّ يُقْبِلُ عَلَى الْعِبَادَةِ بَقِيَّةَ أَيَّامِ الْجُمْعَةِ. قال أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الثَّقَفِيُّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْمُوَفَّقِ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْفُتُوحِ يَقُولُ: خَرَجْتُ يَوْمًا أَطْلُبُ رَجُلًا يَرِمُّ لِي شَيْئًا فِي الدَّارِ، فَذَهَبْتُ، فَأُشِيرَ لِي إِلَى رَجُلٍ حَسَنِ الْوَجْهِ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ مِزْوَدٌ وَزِنْبِيلٌ، فَقُلْتُ: تَعْمَلُ لِي ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ بِدِرْهَمٍ وَدَانَقٍ. فَقُلْتُ: قُمْ. فَقَامَ فَعَمِلَ لِي عَمَلًا بِدِرْهَمٍ وَدَانَقٍ [وَدِرْهَمٍ وَدَانَقٍ، وَدِرْهَمٍ وَدَانَقٍ ] ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ يَوْمًا آخَرَ فَسَأَلْتُ عَنْهُ فَقِيلَ ذَاكَ رَجُلٌ لَا يُرَى فِي الْجُمْعَةِ إِلَّا يَوْمًا وَاحِدًا يَوْمَ كَذَا. قَالَ: فَجِئْتُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ، فَقُلْتُ: تَعْمَلُ لِي ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ بِدِرْهَمٍ وَدَانَقٍ. فَقُلْتُ أَنَا: بِدِرْهَمٍ. فَقَالَ: بِدِرْهَمٍ وَدَانَقٍ. وَلَمْ يَكُنْ بِي الدَّانَقُ، وَلَكِنْ أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَسْتَعْلِمَ مَا عِنْدَهُ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ الْمَسَاءَ وَزَنْتُ لَهُ دِرْهَمًا، فَقَالَ لِي: مَا هَذَا ؟ قُلْتُ: دِرْهَمٌ. قَالَ: أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ: دِرْهَمٌ وَدَانَقٌ ؟ ! أَفْسَدْتَ عَلَيَّ. فَقُلْتُ: وَأَنَا أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكَ بِدِرْهَمٍ ؟ فَقَالَ: لَسْتُ آخُذُ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا قَالَ: فَوَزَنْتُ لَهُ دِرْهَمًا وَدَانَقًا. فَقُلْتُ: خُذْ. فَأَبَى [أَنْ يَأْخُذَ ] وَقَالَ: سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ أَقُولُ [لَكَ ] لَا آخُذُ وَتُلِحُّ عَلَيَّ ! ؟ فَأَبَى أَنْ يَأْخُذَهُ وَمَضَى. قَالَ: فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ أَهْلِي، وَقَالَتْ: فَعَلَ اللَّهُ بِكَ مَا أَرَدْتَ مِنْ رَجُلٍ عَمِلَ لَكَ عَمَلًا بِدِرْهَمٍ أَنْ أَفْسَدْتَ عَلَيْهِ. قَالَ: فَجِئْتُ يَوْمًا أَسْأَلُ عَنْهُ، فَقِيلَ لِي: مَرِيضٌ، فَاسْتَدْلَلْتُ عَلَى بَيْتِهِ فَأَتَيْتُهُ، فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَدَخَلْتُ وَهُوَ مَبْطُونٌ، وَلَيْسَ فِي بَيْتِهِ شَيْءٌ إِلَّا ذَلِكَ الْمِزْوَدَ وَالزِّنْبِيلَ، فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَقُلْتُ لَهُ: لِي إِلَيْكَ حَاجَةٌ، وَتَعْرِفُ فَضْلَ إِدْخَالِ السُّرُورِ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِ أُحِبُّ لَمَا جِئْتَ إِلَى بَيْتِي أُمَرِّضُكَ. قَالَ: وَتُحِبُّ ذَلِكَ ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: بِشَرَائِطَ ثَلَاثٍ. قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: أَنْ لَا تَعْرِضَ عَلَيَّ طَعَامًا حَتَّى أَسْأَلَكَ، وَإِذَا أَنَا مِتُّ أَنْ تَدْفِنِّي فِي كِسَائِي وَجُبَّتِي هَذِهِ. قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: وَالثَّالِثَةُ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمَا، وَهِيَ شَدِيدَةٌ، قُلْتُ: وَإِنْ كَانَ. فَحَمَلْتُهُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِي عِنْدَ الظُّهْرِ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الْغَدِ نَادَانِي يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ [فَقُلْتُ: مَا شَأْنُكَ. قَالَ ] قَدِ احْتَضَرْتُ، افْتَحْ صُرَّةً عَلَى كُمِّ جُبَّتِي. قَالَ: فَفَتَحْتُهَا فَإِذَا فِيهَا خَاتَمٌ عَلَيْهِ فَصٌّ أَحْمَرُ، فَقَالَ: إِذَا أَنَا مِتُّ وَدَفَنْتَنِي فَخُذْ هَذَا الْخَاتَمَ، ثُمَّ ادْفَعْهُ إِلَى هَارُونَ [الرَّشِيدِ ] أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَقُلْ لَهُ: يَقُولُ لَكَ صَاحِبُ هَذَا الْخَاتَمِ: وَيْحَكَ ! لَا تَمُوتَنَّ عَلَى سَكْرَتِكَ هَذِهِ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ مِتَّ عَلَى سَكْرَتِكَ هَذِهِ نَدِمْتَ. قَالَ: فَلَمَّا دَفَنْتُهُ سَأَلْتُ يَوْمَ خُرُوجِ هَارُونَ الرَّشِيدِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَكَتَبْتُ قِصَّةً، وَتَعَرَّضْتُ لَهُ وَأُوذِيتُ أَذًى شَدِيدًا، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ قَصْرَهُ وَقَرَأَ الْقِصَّةَ وَقَالَ: عَلَيَّ بِصَاحِبِ هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ. قَالَ: فَأُدْخِلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ مُغْضَبٌ يَقُولُ: يَتَعَرَّضُونَ لَنَا وَيَفْعَلُونَ. فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ غَضَبَهُ أَخْرَجْتُ الْخَاتَمَ، فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَى الْخَاتَمِ قَالَ: مِنْ أَيْنَ لَكَ هَذَا [الْخَاتَمُ ] قُلْتُ: دَفَعَهُ إِلَيَّ رَجُلٌ طَيَّانٌ. فَقَالَ لِي: طَيَّانٌ طَيَّانٌ، وَقَرَّبَنِي مِنْهُ. فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّهُ أَوْصَانِي بِوَصِيَّةٍ. فَقَالَ لِي: وَيْحَكَ ! قُلْ. فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّهُ أَوْصَانِي إِذَا أَوْصَلْتُ إِلَيْكَ هَذَا الْخَاتَمَ أَنْ أَقُولَ لَكَ يُقْرِئُكَ صَاحِبُ هَذَا الْخَاتَمِ السَّلَامَ وَيَقُولُ لَكَ: وَيْحَكَ لَا تَمُوتَنَّ عَلَى سَكْرَتِكَ هَذِهِ فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ مُتَّ عَلَيْهَا نَدِمْتَ. فَقَامَ عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ قَائِمًا وَضَرَبَ بِنَفْسِهِ عَلَى الْبِسَاطِ، وَجَعَلَ يَتَقَلَّبُ عَلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ: يَا بُنَيَّ نَصَحْتَ أَبَاكَ. فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: كَأَنَّهُ ابْنُهُ، ثُمَّ جَلَسَ وَجَاءُوا بِالْمَاءِ، فَمَسَحُوا وَجْهَهُ، وَقَالَ: كَيْفَ عَرَفْتَهُ ؟ قَالَ: فَقَصَصْتُ عَلَيْهِ قِصَّتَهُ. قَالَ: فَبَكَى وَقَالَ: هَذَا أَوَّلُ مَوْلُودٍ لِي، وَكَانَ أَبِي الْمَهْدِيُّ ذَكَرَ لِي زُبَيْدَةَ أَنْ يُزَوِّجَنِي بِهَا، فَبَصُرْتُ بِهَذِهِ الْمَرْأَةِ فَوَقَعَتْ فِي قَلْبِي، وَكَانَتْ خَسِيسَةً فَتَزَوَّجْتُهَا سِرًّا مِنْ أَبِي، فَأَوْلَدْتُهَا هَذَا الْمَوْلُودَ، وَأَحْدَرْتُهَا إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ [وَأَعْطَيْتُهَا ] هَذَا الْخَاتَمَ وَأَشْيَاءَ، وَقُلْتُ لَهَا: اكْتُمِي نَفْسَكِ، فَإِذَا بَلَغَكِ أَنِّي قَعَدْتُ لِلْخِلَافَةِ فَأْتِينِي، فَلَمَّا قَعَدْتُ لِلْخِلَافَةِ سَأَلْتُ عَنْهُمَا فَقِيلَ [لِي إِنَّهُمَا ] مَاتَا، وَلَمْ أَعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ بَاقٍ، فَأَيْنَ دَفَنْتَهُ ؟ قُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ دَفَنْتُهُ فِي قُبُورِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ. قَالَ: لِي إِلَيْكَ حَاجَةٌ، إِذَا كَانَ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ فَقِفْ لِي بِالْبَابِ حَتَّى أَنْزِلَ إِلَيْكَ [فَأَخْرُجَ ] مُتَنَكِّرًا إِلَى قَبْرِهِ. فَوَقَفْتُ لَهُ، فَخَرَجَ مُتَنَكِّرًا وَالْخَدَمُ حَوْلَهُ حَتَّى وَضَعَ يَدَيْهِ بِيَدِي، وَصَاحَ بِالْخَدَمِ فَتَنَحَّوْا، فَجِئْتُ بِهِ إِلَى قَبْرِهِ، فَمَا زَالَ لَيْلَتَهُ يَبْكِي إِلَى أَنْ أَصْبَحَ وَيَدَاهُ وَرَأْسُهُ وَلِحْيَتُهُ عَلَى قَبْرِهِ [وَجَعَلَ ] يَقُولُ: يَا بُنَيَّ، لَقَدْ نَصَحْتَ أَبَاكَ. قَالَ: فَجَعَلْتُ أَبْكِي لِبُكَائِهِ رَحْمَةً مِنِّي لَهُ، ثُمَّ سَمِعَ كَلَامًا فَقَالَ: كَأَنِّي أَسْمَعُ كَلَامَ النَّاسِ. قُلْتُ: أَجَلْ أَصْبَحْتَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، قَدْ طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ. فَقَالَ لِي: قَدْ أَمَرْتُ لَكَ بِعَشْرَةِ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ، وَاكْتُبْ عِيَالَكَ مَعَ عِيَالِي، فَإِنَّ لَكَ عَلَيَّ حَقًّا بِدَفْنِكَ وَلَدِي، وَإِنْ أَنَا مُتُّ أَوْصَيْتُ: مَنْ يَكُونُ مِنْ بَعْدِي أَنْ يُجْرِيَ عَلَيْكَ مَا بَقِيَ لَكَ عَقِبٌ، ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغَ قَرِيبًا مِنَ الْقَصْرِ [وَيَدُهُ بِيَدِي، فَلَمَّا صَارَ إِلَى الْقَصْرِ ] قَالَ: انْظُرْ مَا أُوصِيكَ بِهِ إِذَا طَلَعَتِ الشَّمْسُ، فَقِفْ لِي حَتَّى أَنْظُرَ إِلَيْكَ فَأَدْعُوَ بِكَ فَتُحَدِّثَنِي حَدِيثَهُ. قُلْتُ: إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ، فَلَمْ أَعُدْ إِلَيْهِ. [قَالَ الْمُصَنِّفُ ]: وَقَدْ رُوِيَ حَدِيثُ السَّبْتِيِّ مِنْ طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ، وَفِيهِ أَشْيَاءُ تُخَالِفُ هَذَا، وَهَذِهِ الطَّرِيقُ الَّتِي سُقْنَاهَا أَصَحُّ، وَأَسْنَادُهَا ثِقَاتٌ. وَقَدْ زَادَ الْقُصَّاصُ فِي حَدِيثِ السَّبْتِيِّ، وَأَبْدَأُوا وَأَعَادُوا وَذَكَرُوا أَنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ زُبَيْدَةَ، وَأَنَّهُ خَرَجَ يَتَصَيَّدُ فَوَعَظَهُ صَالِحٌ الْمُرِّيُّ، فَوَقَعَ مِنْ فَرَسِهِ وَأَشْيَاءَ كُلُّهَا مُحَالٌ. عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ ثَابِتِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُصْعَبِ بْنِ ثَابِتِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ بْنِ الْعَوَّامِ، أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْأَسَدِيُّ . رَوَى عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، وَهِشَامِ بْنِ عُرْوَةَ، وَمُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ، وَغَيْرِهِمْ. فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ الْمَهْدِيُّ الْمَدِينَةَ اتَّصَلَ بِهِ، وَصَارَ أَحَدَ خَوَاصِّهِ، وَكَانَ الْمَهْدِيُّ يَقُولُ: وَاللَّهِ مَا كَانَ فِي آبَائِهِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا وَهُوَ أَكْمَلُ مِنْهُ، وَمَا لَهُ فِي النَّاسِ نَظِيرٌ فِي كَمَالِهِ. وَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بِأَلْفَيْ دِينَارٍ فَرَدَّهَا وَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ إِنِّي لَا أَقْبَلُ صِلَةً إِلَّا مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ أَوْ وَلِيِّ عَهْدٍ. وَلَمَّا بَايَعَ الْمَهْدِيُّ لِمُوسَى قَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ: اشْدُدْ بِهَارُونَ حِبَالَ الْعَقْدِ وَوَلِّهِ بَعْدَ وَلِيِّ الْعَهْدِ فَبَايَعَ لَهُ بَعْدَ مُوسَى، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ: لَا قَصَّرَا عَنْهَا وَلَا بَلَغَتْهُمَا حَتَّى تَطُولَ عَلَيَّ يَدَيْكَ طُوَالُهَا فَلَمَّا وَلِيَ الرَّشِيدُ عَرَضَ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُصْعَبٍ الْوِلَايَةَ [فَأَبَى ]، فَأَلْزَمَهُ، فَكَانَ جَمِيلَ السِّيرَةِ. وعن الزُّبَيْرُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي مُصْعَبٌ قَالَ: كَانَ أَبِي يَكْرَهُ الْوِلَايَةَ، فَعَرَضَ عَلَيْهِ الرَّشِيدُ وِلَايَةَ الْمَدِينَةِ، فَأَبَى فَأَلْزَمَهُ، فَأَقَامَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ يُلْزِمُهُ فَيَأْبَى، فَلَمَّا كَانَ فِي اللَّيْلَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ قَالَ لَهُ: اغْدُ عَلَيَّ بِالْغَدَاةِ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَغَدَا [عَلَيْهِ ] فَدَعَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِقَنَاةٍ وَعِمَامَةٍ، فَعَقَدَ اللِّوَاءَ بِيَدِهِ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: عَلَيْكَ طَاعَةٌ ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ. قَالَ: فَخُذْ هَذَا اللِّوَاءَ. فَأَخَذَهُ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: أَمَا إِذَا ابْتَلَيْتَنِي يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بَعْدَ الْعَافِيَةِ فَلَا بُدَّ لِي أَنْ أَشْتَرِطَ لِنَفْسِي ؟ قَالَ لَهُ: اشْتَرِطْ. فَاشْتَرَطَ خِلَالًا، مِنْهَا: أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَهُ مَالُ الصَّدَقَاتِ مَالٌ قَسَمَهُ اللَّهُ بِنَفْسِهِ، وَلَمْ يَكِلْهُ إِلَى أَحَدٍ مِنْ خَلْقِهِ، فَلَسْتُ أَسَتَجِيزُ أَنْ أَرْتَزِقَ مِنْهُ، وَلَا بُدَّ أَنْ أُرْزِقَ الْمُرْتَزَقَةَ، فَاحْمِلْ مَعِي رِزْقِي وَرِزْقَ الْمُرْتَزَقَةِ مِنْ مَالِ الْخَرَاجِ. قَالَ: قَدْ أَجَبْتُكَ إِلَى ذَلِكَ. قَالَ: وَأُنْفِذُ مِنْ كُتُبِكَ مَا رَأَيْتُ [، وَأَقِفُ ] عَمَّا لَا أَرَى، قَالَ: وَذَلِكَ لَكَ. قَالَ: فَوَلِيَ الْمَدِينَةَ، وَكَانَ يَأْمُرُ بِمَالِ الصَّدَقَاتِ يَصِيرُ إِلَى عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الدَّرَاوَرْدِيِّ، وَإِلَى آخَرَ مَعَهُ وَهُوَ يَحْيَى بْنُ أَبِي غَسَّانَ، فَكَانَا يَقْسِمَانِهِ، ثُمَّ وَلَّاهُ الرَّشِيدُ الْيَمَنَ، وَزَادَهُ مَعَهَا وِلَايَةُ عَكٍّ، وَكَانَتْ عَكٌّ إِلَى وَالِي مَكَّةَ، وَرَزَقَهُ أَلْفَيْ دِينَارٍ فِي كُلِّ شَهْرٍ. فَقَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ خَالِدٍ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، كَانَ رِزْقُ وَالِي الْيَمَنِ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ، فَجَعَلْتَ رِزْقَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُصْعَبٍ أَلْفَيْ دِينَارٍ، وَأَخَافُ أَنْ لَا يَرْضَى أَحَدٌ تُوَلِّيهِ الْيَمَنَ مِنَ الرِّزْقِ مِنْ ?َوْمِكَ بِأَقَلَّ مَا أَعْطَيْتَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مُصْعَبٍ، فَلَوْ جَعَلْتَ رِزْقَهُ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ كَمَا كَانَ [يَكُونُ ] وَأَعَضَّتْهُ مِنَ الْأَلْفِ الْأُخْرَى مَالًا تُجِيزُهُ بِهِ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْكَ حُجَّةٌ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْ قَوْمِكَ فِي الْجَائِزَةِ فَصَيَّرَ رِزْقَهُ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ، وَأَجَازَهُ بِعِشْرِينَ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ، وَاسْتَخْلَفَ عَلَى الْيَمَنِ الضَّحَّاكَ بْنَ عُثْمَانَ. قَالَ ابن الجوزي رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ: ثُمَّ وَلِيَ الْمَدِينَةَ ابْنُهُ بَكَّارُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، وَشَخَصَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ إِلَى بَغْدَادَ، ثُمَّ رَحَلَ إِلَى الرِّقَّةِ فِي صُحْبَةِ الرَّشِيدِ، فَتُوُفِّيَ بِهَا فِي رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ سَبْعِينَ سَنَةً، فَتَلَهَّفَ عَلَيْهِ الرَّشِيدُ، وَبَعَثَ ابْنَهُ الْمَأْمُونَ فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ. وعن عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نَافِعٍ قَالَ: قَالَ لِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ: أُرِيتُ فِيمَا يَرَى النَّائِمُ كَأَنَّ رَجُلًا يَقُولُ: يُولَدُ لَكَ ابْنٌ مِنْ أُمِّ وَلَدِكَ وَلَا تَرَاهُ، فَلَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْءٌ أَثْقَلَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ [حَمْلِ ] أُمِّ وَلَدِهِ أُمِّ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، فَوَلَدَتْ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُصْعَبٍ يَوْمَ مَاتَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، فَلَمْ يَرَهُ. عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَمْرِيُّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَمْرِيُّ، أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ. أَدْرَكَ أَبَا طُوَالَةَ، وَرَوَى عَنْ أَبِيهِ، وَعَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، وَكَانَ عَابِدًا مُجْتَهِدًا، وَوَعَظَ الرَّشِيدَ فَبَالَغَ. وعن مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْبَغَوِيُّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ سَعِيدَ بْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ يَقُولُ: كُنْتُ بِمَكَّةَ فِي رِوَاقِ الشَّطَوِيِّ وَإِلَى جَنْبِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ [الْعَمْرِيُّ ] وَقَدْ حَجَّ هَارُونُ الرَّشِيدُ، فَقَالَ لِي إِنْسَانٌ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، هُوَ ذَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَسْعَى، قَدْ أُخْلِيَ لَهُ الْمَسْعَى. قَالَ الْعَمْرِيُّ لِلرَّجُلِ: لَا جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ عَنِّي خَيْرًا، كَلَّفْتَنِي أَمْرًا كُنْتُ عَنْهُ غَنِيًّا. ثُمَّ تَعَلَّقَ نَعْلَيْهِ وَقَامَ، فَتَبِعْتُهُ، فَأَقْبَلَ هَارُونُ [الرَّشِيدُ ] مِنَ الْمَرْوَةِ يُرِيدُ الصَّفَا، فَصَاحَ بِهِ: يَا هَارُونُ قَالَ: فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ: لَبَّيْكَ يَا عَمُّ. قَالَ: ارْقَ الصَّفَا. فَلَمَّا رَقِيَهُ قَالَ: ارْمِ بِطَرْفِكَ [إِلَى الْبَيْتِ ] قَالَ: قَدْ فَعَلْتُ. قَالَ: كَمْ هُمْ ؟ قَالَ: وَمَنْ يُحْصِيهِمْ ؟ قَالَ: فَكَمْ فِي النَّاسِ مِثْلُهُمْ ؟ قَالَ: خَلْقٌ لَا يُحْصِيهِمْ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، قَالَ: اعْلَمْ أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ أَنَّ كُلَّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْهُمْ يُسْأَلُ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ نَفْسُهُ، وَأَنْتَ تُسْأَلُ وَحْدَكَ عَنْهُمْ كُلِّهِمْ، فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ تَكُونُ. قَالَ: فَبَكَى هَارُونُ، وَجَلَسَ وَجَعَلُوا يُعْطُونَهُ مَنْدِيلًا مَنْدِيلًا لِلدُّمُوعِ. قَالَ الْعَمْرِيُّ: وَأُخْرَى أَقُولُهَا [لَكَ ] قَالَ: قُلْ يَا عَمُّ. قَالَ: وَاللَّهِ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيُسْرِعُ فِي مَالِهِ فَيَسْتَحِقُّ الْحَجْرَ عَلَيْهِ، فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ أَسْرَعَ فِي مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ ؟ ثُمَّ مَضَى وَهَارُونُ يَبْكِي. قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ: سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ يَقُولُ: بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ هَارُونَ الرَّشِيدَ قَالَ: إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ أَنْ أَحُجَّ كُلَّ سَنَةٍ مَا يَمْنَعُنِي إِلَّا رَجُلٌ مِنْ وَلَدِ عُمَرَ، ثَمَّ يُسْمِعُنِي مَا أَكْرَهُ. وَقَدْ رُوِيَ لَنَا مِنْ طَرِيقٍ آخَرَ أَنَّهُ لَقِيَهُ بِالْمَسْعَى، فَأَخَذَ بِلِجَامِ دَابَّتِهِ فَأَهْوَى الْأَجْنَادُ إِلَيْهِ، فَكَفَّهُمْ عَنْهُ الرَّشِيدُ، فَكَلَّمَهُ، فَإِذَا دُمُوعُ الرَّشِيدِ تَسِيلُ عَلَى مَعْرَقَةِ دَابَّتِهِ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ. وَإِنَّهُ لَقِيَهُ مَرَّةً فَقَالَ: يَا هَارُونُ، فَعَلْتَ وَفَعَلْتَ. فَجَعَلَ يَسْمَعُ مِنْهُ وَيَقُولُ: مَقْبُولٌ مِنْكَ يَا عَمُّ، عَلَى الرَّأْسِ وَالْعَيْنِ. فَقَالَ لَهُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، حَالُ النَّاسِ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ. فَقَالَ: عَنْ غَيْرِ عِلْمِي وَأَمْرِي. وَخَرَجَ الْعَمْرِيُّ إِلَى الرَّشِيدِ مَرَّةً لِيَعِظَهُ، فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ الْكُوفَةَ زَحَفَ الْعَسْكَرُ، حَتَّى لَوْ [كَانَ ] نَزَلَ بِهِمْ مِائَةُ أَلْفٍ مِنَ الْعَدُوِّ وَمَا زَادُوا عَلَى هَيْئَتِهِ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ وَلَمْ يَصِلْ إِلَيْهِ. تُوُفِّيَ الْعَمْرِيُّ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ سِتٍّ وَسِتِّينَ سَنَةً. 1005 مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ، أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَصْفَهَانِيُّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ، أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَصْفَهَانِيُّ. أَدْرَكَ التَّابِعِينَ، وَتَشَاغَلَ بِالتَّعَبُّدِ، وَكَانَ ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ يُسَمِّيهِ عَرُوسَ الزُّهَّادِ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ الْمَهْدِيِّ: مَا رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَهُ. وَقَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْقَطَّانُ: مَا رَأَيْتُ أَفْضَلَ مِنْهُ، وَكَانَ كَأَنَّهُ قَدْ عَايَنَ. وعن يُوسُفُ بْنُ زَكَرِيَّا قَالَ: كَانَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ لَا يَشْتَرِي زَادَهُ مِنْ خَبَّازٍ وَاحِدٍ وَلَا مِنْ بَقَّالٍ وَاحِدٍ، قَالَ: لَعَلَّهُمْ يَعْرِفُونِي فَيُحَابُونِي، فَأَكُونُ مِمَّنْ يَعِيشُ بِدِينِهِ. وعن عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قَالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ بَايَنْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ يُوسُفَ فِي الشِّتَاءِ وَالصَّيْفِ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَضَعُ جَنْبَهُ. تُوُفِّيَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، وَلَمْ تَكْتَمِلْ لَهُ أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً. الْمُعَافَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ، أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ الْمُعَافَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ، أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ الْأَزْدِيُّ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ. رَحَلَ فِي طَلَبِ الْحَدِيثِ إِلَى الْبِلَادِ الْبَعِيدَةِ، وَجَالَسَ الْعُلَمَاءَ، وَلَازَمَ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيَّ فَتَفَقَّهَ بِهِ وَتَأَدَّبَ بِآدَابِهِ، حَدَّثَ عَنْهُ وَعَنْ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، وَمَالِكٍ، وَابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ، وَغَيْرِهِمْ. وَكَانَ سُفْيَانُ يَقُولُ: أَنْتَ مُعَافَى كَاسْمِكَ. وَكَانَ يُسَمِّيهِ الْيَاقُوتَةَ، فَيَقُولُ: يَا يَاقُوتَةَ الْعُلَمَاءِ. وَصَنَّفَ كُتُبًا، وَرَوَى عَنْهُ: ابْنُ الْمُبَارَكِ، وَبِشْرُ الْحَافِي، وَكَانَ زَاهِدًا عَابِدًا، فَاضِلًا عَاقِلًا، صَاحِبَ سُنَّةٍ ثِقَةً. وعن إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ الضَّيْفِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ بِشْرَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ يَقُولُ: قُتِلَ لِلْمُعَافَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ ابْنَانِ فِي وَقْعَةِ الْمَوْصِلِ، فَجَاءَ إِخْوَانُهُ يُعَزُّونَهُ مِنَ الْغَدِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ: إِنْ كُنْتُمْ جِئْتُمْ لِتُعَزُّونِي فَلَا تُعَزُّونِي، وَلَكِنْ هَنِّئُونِي، قَالَ: فَهَنَّوْهُ، فَمَا بَرِحُوا حَتَّى غَدَّاهُمْ وَغَلَّفَهُمْ بِالْغَالِيَةِ. تُوُفِّيَ الْمُعَافَى فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ بِالْمَوْصِلِ. وَقِيلَ: فِي سَنَةِ خَمْسٍ. وَقِيلَ: سِتٍّ. يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ. حَاجِبُ الْمَنْصُورِ يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ. حَاجِبُ الْمَنْصُورِ. وَهُوَ أَخُو الْفَضْلِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ، كَانَ أَدِيبًا شَاعِرًا، حَسَنَ الِافْتِنَانِ فِي الْعُلُومِ، وَكَانَ لَهُ جَارِيَةٌ طَلَبَهَا سَبْعَ سِنِينَ يَبْذُلُ فِيهَا مَالَهُ وَجَاهَهُ حَتَّى مَلَكَهَا، وَأُعْطِي بِهَا [مِائَةَ ] أَلْفِ دِينَارٍ فَلَمْ يَبِعْهَا، وَلَمْ تَمْكُثْ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا سِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ حَتَّى مَاتَتْ، فَرَثَاهَا بِمَرَاثٍ كَثِيرَةٍ. وعن التَّنُوخِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِمْرَانَ الْمَرْزُبَانِيُّ قَالَ: أَنْشَدَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَخْفَشُ لِيَعْقُوبَ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ: أَضْحَوْا يَصِيدُونَ الظِّبَاءَ وَإِنَّنِي لَأَرَى تَصَيُّدَهَا عَلَيَّ حَرَامَا أَشْبَهْنَ مِنْكِ سَوَالِفًا وَمَدَامِعًا فَأَرَى بِذَاكَ لَهَا عَلَيَّ ذِمَامَا أَعْزِزْ عَلَيَّ بِأَنْ أُوَدِّعَ شِبْهَهَا أَوْ أَنْ تَذُوقَ عَلَى يَدَيَّ حِمَامَا وَلَهُ أَيْضًا فِي جَارِيَتِهِ: لَئِنْ كَانَ قُرْبُكِ لِي نَافِعًا لَبُعْدُكِ أَصْبَحَ لِي أَنْفَعَا لِأَنِّي أَمِنْتُ رَزَايَا الدُّهُورِ وَإِنْ جَلَّ خَطْبٌ بِأَنْ أَجْرَعَا زَيْنُ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ كُرَيْبٍ، أَبُو عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْمَعَافِرِيُّ زَيْنُ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ كُرَيْبٍ، أَبُو عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ الْمَعَافِرِيُّ . رَوَى عَنْهُ: ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، وَغَيْرُهُ، وَآخِرُ مَنْ حَدَّثَ عَنْهُ: مُرَّةُ التَّرَسُّلِيُّ. وَكَانَتْ لَهُ عِبَادَةٌ وَفَضْلٌ، كَانَ يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ يَقُولُ: حَدَّثَنِي زَيْنُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ وَكَانَ وَاللَّهِ زَيْنًا. تُوُفِّيَ بِالْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةِ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. وَفِيهَا تُوُفِّيَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ الَّذِي يُقَالُ لَهُ الْعَابِدُ. وَعَبْدُ السَّلَامِ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ الْحَبْحَابِ الْأَزْدِيُّ. وَعَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى [ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى ] بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّامِيُّ الْبَصْرِيُّ مِنْ بَنِي شَامَةَ بْنِ لُؤَيٍّ. وَعَبْدُ الْوَهَّابِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَجِيدِ الثَّقَفِيُّ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ.

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✧ Those of the notables who died in this year Aḥmad, son of the Commander of the Faithful Hārūn al-Rashīd Aḥmad, son of the Commander of the Faithful al-Rashīd He was an ascetic, devoted worshipper; he had become devout. He used to eat nothing except from the work of his own hands, working in clay, and he possessed nothing but a shovel (mirr) and a basket (zinbīl)—that is, a mattock and a pannier. His wage for each day he worked, from one Friday to the next, was a dirham and a dāniq, and he worked only on Saturday, then devoted himself to worship the rest of the days until Friday. Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Thaqafī said: I heard ʿAlī b. al-Muwaffaq say: I heard ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Futūḥ say: One day I went out looking for a man to repair something for me in the house. I went and was directed to a man of handsome face, before whom lay a provision sack (mizwad) and a basket. I said: 'Will you work for me?' He said: 'Yes, for a dirham and a dāniq.' I said: 'Get up.' He got up and did the work for me for a dirham and a dāniq [and a dirham and a dāniq, and a dirham and a dāniq]. Then I came another day and asked about him, and was told: 'That is a man who is seen only one day a week, on such-and-such a day.' He said: So I came on that day and said: 'Will you work for me?' He said: 'Yes, for a dirham and a dāniq.' I said: 'For a dirham.' He said: 'For a dirham and a dāniq.' I did not have the dāniq, but I wanted to test what he had. When evening came I weighed out a dirham for him. He said to me: 'What is this?' I said: 'A dirham.' He said: 'Did I not say to you: a dirham and a dāniq?! You have spoiled it for me.' I said: 'And did I not say to you: for a dirham?' He said: 'I will not take anything from it.' He said: So I weighed out a dirham and a dāniq for him and said: 'Take it.' He refused [to take it] and said: 'Glory be to God! I say to you I will not take it, and you keep insisting?!' He refused to take it and left. He said: Then my family turned on me and said: 'May God do to you what you intended! You had a man who worked for you for a dirham, and you spoiled it for him.' He said: One day I came asking about him and was told: 'He is ill.' I found out where his house was and went to him. I asked permission to enter, and entered while he was suffering from a stomach ailment. There was nothing in his house except that provision sack and the basket. I greeted him and said: 'I have a need of you. You know the merit of bringing joy to a believer; I would like you to come to my house so that I may nurse you.' He said: 'Would you like that?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'On three conditions.' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'That you do not offer me food until I ask you; and when I die, that you bury me in this cloak of mine and this jubba.' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'The third is harder than the two of them, and it is severe.' I said: 'Even if it is.' So I carried him to my house at noon. The next day he called me: 'O ʿAbd Allāh!' [I said: 'What is the matter with you?' He said:] 'I am dying. Open the purse on the sleeve of my jubba.' He said: I opened it and found in it a ring with a red stone. He said: 'When I die and you have buried me, take this ring and deliver it to Hārūn [al-Rashīd], the Commander of the Faithful, and say to him: the owner of this ring says to you: Woe to you! Do not die in this drunkenness of yours, for if you die in this drunkenness you will regret it.' He said: When I had buried him, I asked about the day of Hārūn al-Rashīd's procession, the Commander of the Faithful, wrote a petition, and presented myself to him, and was severely harmed. When he entered his palace and read the petition, he said: 'Bring me the owner of this petition.' He said: I was brought in while he was angry, saying: 'They keep accosting us and doing such things.' When I saw his anger, I took out the ring. When he looked at the ring, he said: 'Where did you get this [ring] from?' I said: 'A plasterer gave it to me.' He said to me: 'A plasterer? A plasterer?' and drew me near to him. I said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, he gave me a testament.' He said to me: 'Woe to you! Speak.' I said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, he instructed me, when I delivered this ring to you, to say to you: the owner of this ring sends you greetings of peace and says to you: Woe to you! Do not die in this drunkenness of yours, for if you die in it you will regret it.' He stood up on his feet, threw himself on the carpet, and began rolling on it, saying: 'O my son, you have counseled your father.' I said to myself: 'It is as if he is his son.' Then he sat down, they brought water, wiped his face, and he said: 'How did you know him?' He said: I told him his story. He said: He wept and said: 'This was my firstborn. My father al-Mahdī had mentioned Zubaydah to me, that he would marry me to her. But I caught sight of this woman and she fell into my heart, and she was of lowly origin, so I married her secretly from my father. She bore me this child, and I sent her down to al-Baṣrah, [and gave her] this ring and some other things, and said to her: keep yourself hidden; when you hear that I have assumed the caliphate, come to me. When I assumed the caliphate, I asked about them and was told [that they] had died, and I did not know that he was still alive. Where did you bury him?' I said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, I buried him in the cemetery of ʿAbd Allāh b. Mālik.' He said: 'I have a need of you. After sunset, stand at the gate for me so that I may come down to you [and go out] in disguise to his grave.' So I stood for him, and he went out in disguise with servants around him until he placed his hands in mine, and he shouted at the servants, so they withdrew. I brought him to his grave, and he spent the whole night weeping until morning, his hands, head, and beard on the grave, saying: 'O my son, you have counseled your father.' He said: I wept at his weeping, out of compassion for him. Then he heard voices and said: 'It is as if I hear people talking.' I said: 'Yes, O Commander of the Faithful, morning has come; dawn has broken.' He said to me: 'I have ordered ten thousand dirhams for you, and enroll your dependents with my dependents, for you have a right over me for burying my son. And if I die, I will bequeath that whoever comes after me shall provide for you as long as your descendants remain.' Then he took my hand until we were near the palace, [his hand in mine; when he reached the palace] he said: 'See what I enjoin upon you: when the sun rises, stand for me so that I may look at you, and I will call for you and you will tell me his story.' I said: 'God willing.' But I did not return to him. [The compiler said:] The story of al-Sabtī has also been narrated by another route, and in it are things that differ from this one. This route that we have cited is sounder, and its chain consists of trustworthy narrators. The storytellers have added to the story of al-Sabtī, going back and forth and mentioning that he was from Zubaydah, and that he went out hunting and Ṣāliḥ al-Murrī admonished him, and he fell from his horse, and other things, all of which are impossible. ʿAbd Allāh b. Muṣʿab b. Thābit b. ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām ʿAbd Allāh b. Muṣʿab b. Thābit b. ʿAbd Allāh b. al-Zubayr b. al-ʿAwwām, Abū Bakr al-Asadī. He narrated from Abū Ḥāzim, Hishām b. ʿUrwah, Mūsā b. ʿUqbah, and others. When al-Mahdī came to al-Madīnah, he attached himself to him and became one of his special companions. Al-Mahdī used to say: 'By God, there was no one among his ancestors except he was more perfect than him, and there is no one among people equal to him in his perfection.' Abū ʿUbayd Allāh sent him two thousand dinars, but he returned them and wrote to him: 'I do not accept a gift except from a caliph or an heir apparent.' When al-Mahdī gave the oath of allegiance to Mūsā, ʿAbd Allāh b. Muṣʿab said to him: Fasten with Hārūn the bonds of the covenant, and appoint him after the heir apparent. So he gave allegiance to him after Mūsā. Then ʿAbd Allāh b. Muṣʿab said to him: They did not fall short of it, nor did they reach them, until your hands extend to me at their fullest length. When al-Rashīd became caliph, he offered ʿAbd Allāh b. Muṣʿab governorship, [but he refused]; so he compelled him. His conduct was excellent. From al-Zubayr, who said: My uncle Muṣʿab told me: My father disliked office. Al-Rashīd offered him the governorship of al-Madīnah, but he refused, and he insisted. He remained thus for three nights, with al-Rashīd insisting and he refusing. On the third night, he said to him: 'Come to me in the morning, God willing.' So he came to him in the morning. The Commander of the Faithful called for a spear and a turban, and tied the banner with his own hand, then said: 'Will you obey?' He said: 'Yes, O Commander of the Faithful.' He said: 'Then take this banner.' He took it. He said to him: 'Since you have afflicted me, O Commander of the Faithful, after well-being, I must stipulate conditions for myself.' He said to him: 'Stipulate.' He stipulated certain things, among them: 'The wealth of the alms is wealth that God Himself apportioned, and He did not entrust it to any of His creatures. I do not deem it lawful to receive provision from it. I must provide for the stipendiaries, so send with me my provision and the provision of the stipendiaries from the land-tax revenue.' He said: 'I have granted you that.' He said: 'And I will carry out from your letters what I deem right, and refrain from what I do not deem right.' He said: 'That is yours.' He said: So he governed al-Madīnah. He used to order that the alms wealth go to ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad al-Darāwardī and another with him, Yaḥyā b. Abī Ghassān, and they would distribute it. Then al-Rashīd appointed him over al-Yaman, and added to it the governorship of ʿAkk. ʿAkk had previously belonged to the governor of Makkah. He gave him a salary of two thousand dinars each month. Yaḥyā b. Khālid said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, the salary of the governor of al-Yaman used to be one thousand dinars, and you have made ʿAbd Allāh b. Muṣʿab's salary two thousand dinars. I fear that no one you appoint over al-Yaman will be satisfied with less than what you gave ʿAbd Allāh b. Muṣʿab. If you made his salary one thousand dinars as it was, and gave him the other thousand as a gift (jāʾizah), no one would have an argument against you regarding the gift.' So he made his salary one thousand dinars, and gave him a gift of twenty thousand dinars, and appointed al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. ʿUthmān as his deputy over al-Yaman. Ibn al-Jawzī, may God have mercy on him, said: Then his son Bakkār b. ʿAbd Allāh governed al-Madīnah, and ʿAbd Allāh b. Muṣʿab traveled to Baghdād, then went to al-Raqqah in the company of al-Rashīd, and died there in Rabīʿ al-Awwal of this year, at the age of seventy. Al-Rashīd grieved deeply for him and sent his son al-Maʾmūn, who prayed over him. From ʿAbd Allāh b. Nāfiʿ, who said: ʿAbd Allāh b. Muṣʿab said to me: I saw in a dream, as a sleeper sees, a man saying: 'A son will be born to you from your umm walad, and you will not see him.' Nothing was more distressing to him than [the pregnancy of] his umm walad, Umm ʿAbd Allāh. She gave birth to ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Muṣʿab on the day ʿAbd Allāh died, and he did not see him. ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-ʿUmarī ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-ʿUmarī, Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān. He met Abū Ṭuwālah, and narrated from his father and from Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd. He was a devoted worshipper, diligent in worship, and he admonished al-Rashīd forcefully. From Muḥammad b. Isḥāq b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Baghawī, who said: I heard Saʿīd b. Sulaymān say: I was in Makkah in the portico of al-Shaṭawī, and ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz [al-ʿUmarī] was beside me. Hārūn al-Rashīd had made the pilgrimage. A man said to me: 'O Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, there is the Commander of the Faithful performing the saʿy; the course has been cleared for him.' Al-ʿUmarī said to the man: 'May God not reward you well on my behalf. You have burdened me with something I could have done without.' Then he put on his sandals and stood up. I followed him. Hārūn [al-Rashīd] came from al-Marwah heading to al-Ṣafā. He shouted at him: 'O Hārūn!' He said: When he saw him, he said: 'At your service, O uncle.' He said: 'Climb al-Ṣafā.' When he climbed it, he said: 'Cast your gaze [toward the House].' He said: 'I have done so.' He said: 'How many are they?' He said: 'Who can count them?' He said: 'How many among people are like them?' He said: 'Creatures whom none can count but God.' He said: 'Know, O man, that each one of them will be asked about his own need, but you alone will be asked about all of them. Consider how you will be.' He said: Hārūn wept, sat down, and they kept handing him handkerchief after handkerchief for his tears. Al-ʿUmarī said: 'And another thing I will say [to you].' He said: 'Speak, O uncle.' He said: 'By God, if a man acts extravagantly with his own wealth, he deserves to be placed under interdiction; then how about one who acts extravagantly with the wealth of the Muslims?' Then he left, and Hārūn was weeping. Muḥammad b. Khalaf said: I heard Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān say: I was told that Hārūn al-Rashīd said: 'I would love to make the pilgrimage every year; nothing prevents me except a man from the descendants of ʿUmar who makes me hear what I dislike.' It has also been narrated to us by another route that he met him at the saʿy, and he seized the bridle of his mount. The soldiers lunged at him, but al-Rashīd restrained them from him, and spoke with him until al-Rashīd's tears flowed onto the cheekstrap of his mount, then he departed. And he met him once and said: 'O Hārūn, you have done such and such.' He listened to him and said: 'It is accepted from you, O uncle, upon my head and eyes.' Then he said to him: 'O Commander of the Faithful, the condition of the people is such and such.' He said: 'Not with my knowledge or command.' Al-ʿUmarī went out to al-Rashīd once to admonish him. When he reached al-Kūfah, the army marched as if a hundred thousand of the enemy had descended upon them, and did not add to their formation. Then he returned without reaching him. Al-ʿUmarī died in al-Madīnah in this year, at the age of sixty-six. 1005 Muḥammad b. Yūsuf b. Maʿdān, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Aṣfahānī Muḥammad b. Yūsuf b. Maʿdān, Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Aṣfahānī. He met the Successors, occupied himself with worship, and Ibn al-Mubārak used to call him 'the bridegroom of the ascetics.' Ibn al-Mahdī said: 'I have never seen the like of him.' Yaḥyā b. Saʿīd al-Qaṭṭān said: 'I have never seen anyone more excellent than him; it was as if he had witnessed the unseen.' From Yūsuf b. Zakariyyā, who said: Muḥammad b. Yūsuf would not buy his provisions from a single baker or a single greengrocer. He said: 'Perhaps they will recognize me and show me favor, and I would be among those who live by their religion.' From ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. ʿUmar, who said: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Mahdī said: 'I kept company with Muḥammad b. Yūsuf in winter and summer, and he never lay down on his side.' Muḥammad b. Yūsuf died before completing forty years. Al-Muʿāfā b. ʿImrān, Abū Masʿūd al-Azdī al-Mawṣilī Al-Muʿāfā b. ʿImrān, Abū Masʿūd al-Azdī al-Mawṣilī. He traveled to distant lands in search of ḥadīth, sat with scholars, and kept the company of Sufyān al-Thawrī, gaining understanding of jurisprudence from him and adopting his manners. He narrated from him and from Abū Dhiʾb, Mālik, Ibn Jurayj, and others. Sufyān used to say to him: 'You are muʿāfā (sound) as your name suggests.' He used to call him 'the ruby,' saying: 'O ruby of the scholars.' He compiled books, and those who narrated from him included Ibn al-Mubārak and Bishr al-Ḥāfī. He was an ascetic, devout worshipper, virtuous, intelligent, a follower of the Sunnah, and trustworthy. And on the authority of Isḥāq b. al-Ḍayf who said: I heard Bishr b. al-Ḥārith say: Two sons of al-Muʿāfā b. ʿImrān were killed in the battle of al-Mawṣil, and his brethren came to console him the next day. He said to them: If you have come to console me, then do not console me, but rather congratulate me. He said: So they congratulated him, and they did not leave until he fed them breakfast and perfumed them with ghāliyah. Al-Muʿāfā died in this year at al-Mawṣil. It was said: in the year five [185 AH], and it was said: six [186 AH]. Yaʿqūb b. al-Rabīʿ, the chamberlain of al-Manṣūr. Yaʿqūb b. al-Rabīʿ, the chamberlain of al-Manṣūr. He was the brother of al-Faḍl b. al-Rabīʿ. He was a man of letters and a poet, skilled in various branches of knowledge. He had a slave girl whom he sought for seven years, spending his wealth and influence until he possessed her. He was offered a hundred thousand dinars for her but did not sell her. She did not remain with him except for six months until she died, and he mourned her with many elegies. And on the authority of al-Tanūkhī who said: Muḥammad b. ʿImrān al-Marzubānī narrated to us, saying: ʿAlī b. Sulaymān al-Akhfash recited to us for Yaʿqūb b. al-Rabīʿ: They went out hunting gazelles, and I indeed consider hunting them forbidden to me. They resembled you in necks and tears, and I see thereby that they have a claim of protection upon me. It grieves me that I should bid farewell to her likeness, or that it should taste death at my hands. He also composed about his slave girl: If your nearness is beneficial to me, then your distance has become more beneficial to me, Because I have been spared the calamities of time, even if a great affliction should make me swallow it. Zayn b. Shuʿayb b. Kurayb, Abū ʿAbd al-Malik al-Maʿāfirī. Zayn b. Shuʿayb b. Kurayb, Abū ʿAbd al-Malik al-Maʿāfirī. Those who narrated from him include Ibn Wahb and others, and the last to narrate from him was Murrah al-Tarassulī. He was a man of worship and merit. Yaḥyā b. Bukayr used to say: Zayn b. Shuʿayb narrated to me, and by God he was indeed a Zayn (an ornament). He died in Alexandria in this year. In it also died ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb, who was called al-ʿĀbid (the worshipper), and ʿAbd al-Salām b. Shuʿayb b. al-Ḥabḥāb al-Azdī, and ʿAbd al-Aʿlā b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlā b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Sāmī al-Baṣrī from Banū Shāmah b. Luʾayy, and ʿAbd al-Wahhāb b. ʿAbd al-Majīd al-Thaqafī, Abū Muḥammad.

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