Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3190
The Year 205 AH
ذِكْرُ مَنْ تُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ مِنَ الْأَكَابِرِ 1127 - إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْخَفَّافُ مَوْلَى بَخِيتٍ . حَدَّثَ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْر. تُوُفِّيَ فِي جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. 1128 - إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْقَارِئُ . جُمِعَ لَهُ بِمِصْرَ الْقَضَاءُ وَالْقَصَصُ، وَكَانَ رَجُلًا صَالِحًا، حَدَّثَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عُفَيْرٍ. وَتُوُفِّيَ فِي جُمَادَى الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. 1129 - دَاوُدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَامِلُ السِّنْدِ. تُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. 1130 - رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ بْنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ حَسَّانَ، أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْقَيْسِيُّ. سَمِعَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ، وَسَعِيدَ بْنَ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، وَابْنَ جُرَيْجٍ، وَالْأَوْزَاعِيَّ، وَمَالِكَ بْنَ أَنَسٍ، وَالثَّوْرِيَّ، وَشُعْبَةَ، وَالْحَمَّادَيْنِ. كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ، ثُمَّ قَدِمَ بَغْدَادَ فَحَدَّثَ بِهَا، فَرَوَى عَنْهُ أَحْمَدُ، وَعَلِيٌّ، وَابْنُ رَاهُوَيْهِ، وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَرَفَةَ، وَغَيْرُهُمْ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ فَمَاتَ بِهَا فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. وَكَانَ كَثِيرَ الْحَدِيثِ، وَصَنَّفَ الْكُتُبَ فِي الْأَحْكَامِ وَالسُّنَنِ، وَجَمَعَ التَّفْسِيرَ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً . 1131 - السِّرِّيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ، عَامِلُ مِصْرَ: تُوُفِّيَ بِهَا فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. 1132 - شُجَاعُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ أَبُو الْفَضْلِ الْبَغَوِيُّ. وُلِدَ سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَمِائَةٍ سَكَنَ بَغْدَادَ وَحَدَّثَ بِهَا عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ، وَابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ، وَابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ، وَوَكِيعٍ، وَأَبِي عَاصِمٍ الْفَضْلِ. رَوَى عَنْهُ: إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْحَرْبِيُّ، وَالْبَغَوِيُّ، وَقَالَ يَحْيَى: هُوَ ثِقَةٌ . [تُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ، وَدُفِنَ فِي مَقْبَرَةِ بَابِ التِّينِ ]. 1133 - شُجَاعُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، أَبُو بَدْرٍ السَّكُونِيُّ الْكُوفِيُّ. سَكَنَ بَغْدَادَ، وَحَدَّثَ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ السَّائِبِ، وَالْأَعْمَشِ، وَغَيْرِهِمْ. رَوَى عَنْهُ: يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، وَابْنُ الْمَدِينِيِّ، وَغَيْرُهُمْ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً . وَقَالَ سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ: لَيْسَ بِالْكُوفَةِ أَعْبَدُ مِنْ شُجَاعِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ. تُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. وَقِيلَ: سَنَةَ أَرْبَعٍ. وَقِيلَ: [سَنَةَ] ثَلَاثٍ. 1134 - عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ بَهْرَامٍ، أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ، السَّمَرْقَنْدِيُّ. وُلِدَ سَنَةَ إِحْدَى وَثَمَانِينَ وَمِائَةٍ. وَسَمِعَ بِخُرَاسَانَ مِنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ، وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلَامٍ، وَطَبَقَتِهِمَا. وَبِالْعِرَاقِ مِنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُوسَى، وَأَبِي نُعَيْمٍ، وَرَوْحٍ [وَعَبْدَانَ وَطَبَقَتِهِمْ]. وَبِمِصْرَ مِنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ، وَأَبِي صَالِحٍ، وَطَبَقَتِهِمَا. وَبِالْحِجَازِ مِنَ الْحُمَيْدِيِّ، وَابْنِ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ، وَطَبَقَتِهِمَا. وَبِالشَّامِ مِنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يُوسُفِ الْفِرْيَابِيِّ، وَأَبِي الْيَمَانِ، وَأَبِي مُسْهِرٍ، وَطَبَقَتِهِمْ. رَوَى عَنْهُ: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الذُّهْلِيُّ، وَأَبُو زُرْعَةَ الرَّازِيُّ، وَأَبُو حَاتِمٍ، وَمُسْلِمُ بْنُ حَجَّاجٍ فِي الصَّحِيحِ، وَكَانَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ يُثْنِي عَلَيْهِ وَيَقُولُ: ذَلِكَ السَّيِّدُ عُرِضَ عَلَى الْكُفْرِ فَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ، وَعُرِضَتْ عَلَيْهِ الدُّنْيَا - يَعْنِي الْقَضَاءَ فَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ، فَأَلَحَّ عَلَيْهِ السُّلْطَانُ فِي الْقَضَاءِ. فَجَلَسَ فَقَضَى قَضِيَّةً وَاحِدَةً ثُمَّ اسْتَعْفَى، وَكَانَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ عَلَى غَايَةٍ مِنَ الْفَضْلِ وَالدِّيَانَةِ، وَالرِّوَايَةِ، وَالزُّهْدِ، وَالْعَفَافِ. وَلَهُ مُصَنَّفَاتٌ كَثِيرَةٌ مِنَ التَّفْسِيرِ وَغَيْرِهِ، وَلَهُ الْمُسْنَدُ حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ أَبُو الْوَقْتِ. وَتُوُفِّيَ فِي يَوْمِ التَّرْوِيَةِ أَوْ يَوْمَ عَرَفَةَ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. 1135 - عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ، أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ الدَّارَانِيُّ مِنْ أَهْلِ دَارِيَا. وَهِيَ ضَيْعَةٌ إِلَى جَانِبِ دِمَشْقَ. جَالَسَ سُفْيَانَ الثَّوْرِيَّ، وَغَيْرَهُ، وَكَانَ مِنْ كِبَارِ الصَّالِحِينَ. عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي الْحَوَارِيِّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سُلَيْمَانَ [الدَّارَانِيَّ] يَقُولُ سُمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ يُبْكِي فِي خُطْبَتِهِ يَوْمَ الْجُمْعَةِ فَاسْتَقَلَّنِي الْغَضَبُ وَحَضَرَتْنِي نِيَّةُ أَنْ أَقْوَمَ فَأَعِظَهُ بِمَا أَعْرِفُ مِنْ فِعْلِهِ إِذَا نَزَلَ. قَالَ: فَتَفَكَّرْتُ أَنْ أَقْوَمَ إِلَى خَلَفِهِ فَأَعِظَهُ وَالنَّاسُ جُلُوسٌ يَرْمُقُونِي بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ فَيَعْرِضُ لِي فَيَأْمُرُ بِي فَأُقْتَلُ عَلَى غَيْرِ تَصْحِيحٍ، فَجَلَسْتُ وَسَكَتُّ. عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي الْحَوَارِيِّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا سُلَيْمَانَ يَقُولُ: لَوْلَا اللَّيْلُ مَا أَحْبَبْتُ الْبَقَاءَ فِي الدُّنْيَا [وَلَا أُحِبُّ الْبَقَاءَ فِي الدُّنْيَا] لِتَشْقِيقِ الْأَنْهَارِ وَلَا لِغَرْسِ الْأَشْجَارِ. مَاتَ أَبُو سُلَيْمَانَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ وَقِيلَ: فِي سَنَةِ خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ، وَلَا يَصِحُّ. 1136 - نُمَيْرٌ الْكُوفِيُّ الْمَجْنُونُ. عَنِ ابْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ: كَانَ لِي ابْنُ أُخْتٍ سَمَّتْهُ أُخْتِي بَاسِمِ أَبِي نُمَيْرٍ، وَكَانَ مِنْ فُتَّاكِ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ، وَكَانَ قَدْ سَمِعَ سَمَاعًا حَسَنًا، وَكَانَ حَسَنَ الطُّهُورِ، حَسَنَ الصَّلَاةِ، يُرَاعِي الشَّمْسَ لِلزَّوَالِ، فَعُرِضَ لَهُ فَذَهَبَ عَقْلُهُ، وَكَانَ لَا يَأْوِيهِ سَقْفُ بَيْتٍ، إِذَا كَانَ النَّهَارُ فَهُوَ فِي الْجَبَّانَةِ، وَإِذَا كَانَ اللَّيْلُ فَفِي السَّطْحِ قَائِمًا عَلَى رِجْلَيْهِ فِي الْبَرْدِ وَالْمَطَرِ وَالرِّيحِ، فَنَزَلَ يَوْمًا يُرِيدُ الْمَقَابِرَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا نُمَيْرُ، تَنَامُ؟ قَالَ: لَا. قُلْتُ: أَيُّ [شَيْءٍ] الْعِلَّةُ الَّتِي تَمْنَعُكَ [مِنَ] النَّوْمِ؟ قَالَ: هَذَا الْبَلَاءُ الَّذِي تَرَاهُ قُلْتُ: يَا نُمَيْرُ، أَمَا تَخَافُ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ؟ قَالَ: بَلَى. وَقَالَ: أَلَيْسَ أَشَدَّ النَّاسِ بَلَاءً الْأَنْبِيَاءُ ثُمَّ الْأَمْثَلُ فَالْأَمْثَلُ!؟ قَالَ: قُلْتُ [لَهُ]: أَنْتَ أَعْلَمُ مِنِّي، قَالَ: كَلَامٌ مَضَى. قَالَ: وَصَعِدْتُ إِلَيْهِ لَيْلَةً بَارِدَةً وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ عَلَى السَّطْحِ، وَأُمُّهُ قَائِمَةٌ تَبْكِي. فَقُلْتُ يَا نُمَيْرُ بَقِيَ مِنْكَ شَيْءٌ لَمْ نُنْكِرْهُ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قُلْتُ: مَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ: حُبُّ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، وَحُبُّ رَسُولِهِ ﷺ. قَالَ: وَصَعِدْتُ [إِلَيْهِ] لَيْلَةً فِي رَمَضَانَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: يَا نُمَيْرُ، لَمْ أُفْطِرْ. قَالَ: وَلِمَ؟. قُلْتُ: أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَرَاكَ أُخْتِي تَأْكُلُ مَعِي قَالَ: أَفْعَلُ. قَالَ: فَأُصْعِدَ إِلَيْنَا السَّطْحَ طَعَامٌ. فَجَعَلَ يَأْكُلُ مَعِي حَتَّى فَرَغْتُ وَفَرَغَ، فَلَمَّا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَقُومَ رَحِمْتُهُ مِنْ أَنْ يَرَانِي مُوَلِّيًا وَهُوَ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ [وَالرِّيحِ. فَبَكَيْتُ فَقَالَ: وَيْحَكَ رَحِمَكَ اللَّهُ. قُلْتُ لَهُ: كَيْفَ أَنْزِلُ إِلَى الْكِنِّ وَالضَّوْءِ وَأَدَعُكَ فِي الظُّلْمَةِ وَالْبَرْدِ فَغَضِبَ وَقَالَ: إِنَّ لِي رَبًّا هُوَ أَرْحَمُ بِي مِنْكَ وَأَعْلَمُ بِمَا يُصْلِحُنِي، فَدَعْهُ يَصْرِفْنِي كَيْفَ شَاءَ فَإِنِّي لَا أَتَّهِمُهُ فِي قَضَائِهِ. فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: لَئِنْ كُنْتَ فِي ظُلْمَةِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنَّ جَدَّكَ فِي ظُلْمَةِ اللَّحْدِ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُعَزِّيَهُ وَأُطَيِّبَ نَفْسَهُ. فَقَالَ لِي: أَجْعَلُ رُوحَ رَجُلٍ صَالِحٍ مِثْلَ رُوحِ رَجُلٍ مُتَلَوِّنٍ. ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: أَتَانِي الْبَارِحَةَ أَبِي وَأَبُوكَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، فَوَقَفَ، ثُمَّ أَشَارَ إِلَى مَوْضِعٍ كَانَ أَبِي يُصَلِّي فِيهِ فَقَالَ لِي: يَا نُمَيْرُ أَمَا إِنَّكَ سَتَأْتِينَا يَوْمَ الْجُمْعَةِ شَهِيدًا. قَالَ: فَدَعَوْتُ أُمَّهُ فَصَعِدَتْ إِلَيَّ فَأَخْبَرْتُهَا، بِمَا قَالَ: فَقَالَتْ: وَاللَّهِ مَا جَرَّبْتُ عَلَيْهِ كَذِبًا وَلَا هَذَا مِمَّا يَتَحَدَّثُ بِهِ، وَلَا قَالَ إِلَّا حَقًّا، وَقَالَ هَذِهِ الْمَقَالَةَ عَشِيَّةَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ فَجَعَلْنَا نَتَعَجَّبُ وَنَقُولُ غَدًا الْخَمِيسُ وَبَعْدَ غَدٍ الْجُمْعَةُ فَهَبْهُ مَرِضَ غَدًا وَمَاتَ بَعْدَ غَدٍ، فَأَيْنَ الشَّهَادَةُ؟ فَلَمَّا كَانَ لَيْلَةَ الْجُمْعَةِ فِي وَسَطِ اللَّيْلِ سَمِعْنَا هَذِهِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ قَدْ هَاجَ بِهِ مَا كَانَ يُهَيَّجُ فَبَادَرَ الدَّرَجَةَ فَزَلَّتْ قَدَمُهُ، فَسَقَطَ مِنْهَا، فَانْدَقَّتْ عُنُقُهُ فَحَفَرْتُ لَهُ إِلَى جَنْبِ أَبِي وَدَفَنْتُهُ وَانْكَبَبْتُ عَلَى قَبْرِ أَبِي فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبِي قَدْ أَتَاكَ نُمَيْرٌ وَجَاوَرَكَ، فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا قُلْتُ هَذِهِ الْمَقَالَةَ إِلَّا لِمَا كَانَ فِي قَلْبِي مِنَ الْغَمِّ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفْتُ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ اللَّيْلُ رَأَيْتُ أَبِي فِي النَّوْمِ كَأَنَّهُ قَدْ دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ بَابِ الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ لِي: يَا بُنَيَّ، جَزَاكَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا الَّذِي جَاوَرَتْنِي بِنُمَيْرٍ، اعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ مُنْذُ أَتَيْتِنَا بِهِ إِلَى أَنْ جِئْتُكَ تَزَوَّجَ بِالْحَوَرِ.
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✧ Mention of the notables who died in this year 1127 - Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd Allāh, Abū Isḥāq al-Khaffāf, client of Bakhīt. He narrated from ʿImrān b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Bukayr. He died in Jumādā al-Ākhirah of this year. 1128 - Ibrāhīm b. Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm b. Isḥāq b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Abū Isḥāq al-Qāriʾ. Judgeship and religious storytelling were combined for him in Egypt, and he was a righteous man. He narrated from Saʿīd b. ʿUfayr. He died in Jumādā al-Ākhirah of this year. 1129 - Dāwūd b. Yazīd, governor of al-Sind. He died in this year. 1130 - Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah b. al-ʿAlāʾ b. Ḥassān, Abū Muḥammad al-Qaysī. He heard ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAwf, Saʿīd b. Abī ʿArūbah, Ibn Jurayj, al-Awzāʿī, Mālik b. Anas, al-Thawrī, Shuʿbah, and the two Ḥammāds. He was from the people of al-Baṣrah, then he came to Baghdād and narrated there. Aḥmad, ʿAlī, Ibn Rāhwayh, al-Ḥasan b. ʿArafah, and others narrated from him. Then he returned to al-Baṣrah and died there in this year. He was prolific in ḥadīth, composed books on legal rulings and sunan, compiled a tafsīr, and was trustworthy. 1131 - al-Sirrī b. al-Ḥakam, governor of Egypt: He died there in this year. 1132 - Shujāʿ b. Makhlad, Abū al-Faḍl al-Baghawī. He was born in the year 105. He resided in Baghdād and narrated there from Hushaym, Ibn ʿUlayyah, Ibn ʿUyaynah, Wakīʿ, and Abū ʿĀṣim al-Faḍl. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥarbī and al-Baghawī narrated from him. Yaḥyā said: He is trustworthy. [He died in this year and was buried in the cemetery of Bāb al-Tīn]. 1133 - Shujāʿ b. al-Walīd b. Qays, Abū Badr al-Sakūnī al-Kūfī. He resided in Baghdād and narrated from ʿAṭāʾ b. al-Sāʾib, al-Aʿmash, and others. Yaḥyā b. Maʿīn, Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal, Ibn al-Madīnī, and others narrated from him, and he was trustworthy. Sufyān al-Thawrī said: There is no one in al-Kūfah more devoted to worship than Shujāʿ b. al-Walīd. He died in this year. It was said: In the year 204. And it was said: [in the year] 203. 1134 - ʿAbd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. al-Faḍl b. Bahrām, Abū Muḥammad al-Dārimī, al-Samarqandī. He was born in the year 181. He heard in Khurāsān from ʿUthmān b. Jabalah, Muḥammad b. Sallām, and their generation. In al-ʿIrāq from ʿUbayd Allāh b. Mūsā, Abū Nuʿaym, Rawḥ, [ʿAbdān, and their generation]. In Egypt from Saʿīd b. Abī Maryam, Abū Ṣāliḥ, and their generation. In al-Ḥijāz from al-Ḥumaydī, Ibn Abī Uways, and their generation. In al-Shām from Muḥammad b. Yūsuf al-Firyābī, Abū al-Yamān, Abū Mushir, and their generation. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā al-Dhuhlī, Abū Zurʿah al-Rāzī, Abū Ḥātim, and Muslim b. Ḥajjāj in his Ṣaḥīḥ narrated from him. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal praised him and said: That is the master. Disbelief was offered to him, and he did not accept. The world—meaning judgeship—was offered to him, and he did not accept. The ruler insisted on him regarding the judgeship, so he sat and judged a single case, then sought to be excused. He was, may God have mercy on him, at the utmost of excellence, piety, transmission, asceticism, and chastity. He has many works, including a tafsīr and others, and he has a musnad, which Abū al-Waqt narrated to us from him. He died on the Day of Tarwiyah or the Day of ʿArafah of this year. 1135 - ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Aḥmad b. ʿAṭiyyah, Abū Sulaymān al-Dārānī, from the people of Dāriyā. It is a village beside Damascus. He sat with Sufyān al-Thawrī and others, and he was among the foremost of the righteous. From Aḥmad b. Abī al-Ḥawārī, who said: I heard Abū Sulaymān [al-Dārānī] say: I heard Abū Jaʿfar weeping in his Friday sermon. Anger overwhelmed me, and I was seized with the intention to stand up and admonish him about what I knew of his conduct when he descended. He said: But I reflected that if I stood before his successor and admonished him while the people were seated, staring at me, he would take notice of me and order me to be killed without proper verification. So I sat and remained silent. From Aḥmad b. Abī al-Ḥawārī, who said: I heard Abū Sulaymān say: Were it not for the night, I would not love to remain in the world, [nor would I love to remain in the world] for the digging of rivers or the planting of trees. Abū Sulaymān died in this year. It was said: In the year 215, but that is not sound. 1136 - Numayr al-Kūfī, the madman. From Ibn Numayr, who said: I had a nephew whom my sister named after my father, Numayr. He was one of the daring rogues of the people of al-Kūfah. He had heard ḥadīth well, performed ablution well, and prayed well, watching the sun for its decline. Then something happened to him, and his reason departed. No roof of a house sheltered him. During the day he was in the cemetery, and at night he was on the rooftop, standing on his feet in cold, rain, and wind. One day he came down wanting to go to the graveyards. I said: O Numayr, do you sleep? He said: No. I said: What is the ailment that prevents you from sleeping? He said: This affliction that you see. I said: O Numayr, do you not fear God, Mighty and Majestic? He said: Yes, I do. And he said: Are not the most severely afflicted of people the prophets, then the next best, then the next best? He said: I said [to him]: You are more learned than I. He said: That is a statement that has passed. He said: I climbed up to him on a cold night while he was standing on the rooftop, and his mother was standing weeping. I said: O Numayr, is there anything left of you that we have not found objectionable? He said: Yes. I said: What is it? He said: Love of God, Mighty and Majestic, and love of His Messenger ﷺ. He said: I climbed up [to him] on a night in Ramaḍān and said to him: O Numayr, I have not broken my fast. He said: And why? I said: I want my sister to see you eating with me. He said: I will do it. He said: Food was brought up to us on the rooftop. He began eating with me until I finished and he finished. When I wanted to get up, I felt compassion for him, that he should see me leaving while he was in the darkness [and wind]. I wept, and he said: Woe to you, may God have mercy on you. I said to him: How can I go down to shelter and light and leave you in darkness and cold? He became angry and said: I have a Lord who is more merciful to me than you and more knowing of what benefits me. Let Him turn me however He wills, for I do not suspect Him in His decree. I said to him: If you are in the darkness of the night, then your grandfather is in the darkness of the grave. I wanted to console him and soothe his soul. He said to me: Would you make the soul of a righteous man like the soul of a fickle man? Then he said to me: Last night my father and your father, ʿAbd Allāh b. Numayr, came to me. He stood, then pointed to a spot where my father used to pray, and said to me: O Numayr, indeed you will come to us on Friday as a martyr. He said: So I called his mother. She climbed up to me, and I told her what he had said. She said: By God, I have never known him to lie, nor is this something he would speak of lightly. He speaks only truth. He made this statement on Wednesday evening. We marveled and said: Tomorrow is Thursday, and the day after is Friday. Suppose he falls ill tomorrow and dies the day after—then where is martyrdom? When Friday night came, in the middle of the night, we heard a sound, and there he was, seized by what used to stir him. He hurried to the stairs, his foot slipped, and he fell from them. His neck was broken. I dug for him beside my father and buried him. I threw myself upon my father's grave and said: O my father, Numayr has come to you and become your neighbor. By God, I said this only because of the grief in my heart, then I left. When night came, I saw my father in a dream, as if he had entered upon me through the door of the house. He said: O my son, may God reward you well for making Numayr my neighbor. Know that from the time you brought him to us until I came to you, he married the ḥūr.
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