Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3320
The Year 226 AH
ذِكْرُ مَنْ تُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ مِنَ الْأَكَابِرِ الْأَفْشِينُ الْأَفْشِينُ الْأَمِيرُ الْكَبِيرُ، وَاسْمُهُ حَيْدَرُ بْنُ سَاوُوسَ. وَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ أَخْبَارُهُ، وَأَنَّهُ اتُّهِمَ بِدِينِ الْمَجُوسِيَّةِ، وَاتُّهِمَ بِأَنَّهُ أَرَادَ قَتْلَ الْمُعْتَصِمِ، وَأَنْ يَنْقُلَ الْمُلْكَ إِلَى الْأَعَاجِمِ، وَأَنَّ الْمُعْتَصِمَ غَضِبَ عَلَيْهِ، وَحَبَسَهُ وَقَيَّدَهُ، فَبَقِيَ مُدَّةً ثُمَّ مَاتَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. وَقِيلَ: بَلْ قَتَلَهُ وَصَلَبَهُ بِإِزَاءِ بَابِكَ، وَذَلِكَ فِي شَوَّالَ هَذِهِ السَّنَةَ. وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصُّولِيُّ: مَاتَ فِي الْحَبْسِ، وَصُلِبَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ بِبَابِ الْعَامَّةِ فِي شَعْبَانَ، وَأُحْضِرَتْ أَصْنَامٌ كَانَتْ حُمِلَتْ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَشْرُوسَنَّةَ، فَضُرِبَتْ بِالنَّارِ، وَطُرِحَ الْأَفْشِينُ فِيهَا، فَأُحْرِقَ وَذُرِّيَ [وَذَلِكَ فِي شَعْبَانَ]. عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ نَوْفَلِ بْنِ مَاحِقٍ عَبْدُ الْجَبَّارِ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ نَوْفَلِ بْنِ مَاحِقٍ. وَلِيَ إِمْرَةَ الْمَدِينَةِ مَرَّةً بَعْدَ مَرَّةٍ، وَوَلِيَ قَضَاءَهَا لِلْمَأْمُونِ، وَكَانَ أَجْمَلَ قُرَشِيٍّ وَأَحْسَنَهُ وَجْهًا، وَأَجْوَدَهُ لِسَانًا، وَتُوُفِّيَ وَهُوَ شَيْخُ قُرَيْشٍ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. وَكَانَ قَدْ بَلَغَ ثَلَاثًا وَثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً، وَكَانَ آخِرَ وَلَدِ سَعِيدٍ لِأَنَّهُمُ انْقَرَضُوا. عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْمَرْوَزِيُّ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَكَمِ [أَبُو الْحَسَنِ] الْمَرْوَزِيُّ. سَمِعَ أَبَا عَوَانَةَ، وَابْنَ الْمُبَارَكِ، وَالْمُبَارَكَ بْنَ فَضَالَةَ، وَغَيْرَهُمْ، رَوَى عَنْهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، وَالْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ. عَنَانٌ وَتُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. عَنَانٌ. مُوَلَّدَةٌ مِنْ مُوَلَّدَاتِ الْيَمَامَةِ، وَبِهَا نَشَأَتْ وَتَأَدَّبَتْ، وَاشْتَرَاهَا النَّطَّافُ وَرَبَّاهَا، وَكَانَتْ صَفْرَاءَ جَمِيلَةَ الْوَجْهِ شَكْلَةً، سَرِيعَةَ الْبَدِيهَةِ فِي الشِّعْرِ، تُجَاوِبُ فُحُولَ الشُّعَرَاءِ، جَاءَهَا رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: أَجِيزِي: وَمَا زَالَ يَشْكُو الْحُبَّ حَتَّى حَسِبْتُهُ تَنَفَّسَ مِنْ أَحْشَائِهِ أَوْ تَكَلَّمَا فَقَالَتْ: وَيَبْكِي فَأَبْكِي رَحْمَةً لِبُكَائِهِ إِذَا مَا بَكَى دَمْعًا بَكَيْتُ لَهُ دَمَا وَكَانَ الرَّشِيدُ قَدْ طَلَبَهَا مِنْ مَوْلَاهَا، فَقَالَ: لَا أَبِيعُهَا بِأَقَلَّ مِنْ مِائَةِ أَلْفٍ، فَبَعَثَ الرَّشِيدُ فَأَحْضَرَهَا، ثُمَّ رَدَّهَا، فَتَصَدَّقَ النَّاطِفِيُّ لَمَّا رَجَعَتْ بِثَلَاثِينَ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ، فَلَمَّا مَاتَ مَوْلَاهَا أُخْرِجَتْ إِلَى السُّوقِ، فَبَلَغَ بِهَا مَسْرُورٌ مِائَتَيْ أَلْفِ دِرْهَمٍ، فَزَادَ رَجُلٌ وَاشْتَرَاهَا، وَأَخْرَجَهَا إِلَى خُرَاسَانَ، فَمَاتَتْ هُنَاكَ. أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْغَسَّانِيُّ الْأَزْدِيُّ غَسَّانُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ، أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْغَسَّانِيُّ الْأَزْدِيُّ. مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَوْصِلِ، سَمِعَ حَمَّادَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ، رَوَى عَنْهُ أَبُو يَعْلَى الْمَوْصِلِيُّ. وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، وَيَحْيَى بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْحَرْبِيُّ، وَكَانَ نَبِيلًا فَاضِلًا وَرِعًا. تُوُفِّيَ بِالْمَوْصِلِ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا التَّمِيمِيُّ الْمِنْقَرِيُّ يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ بُكَيْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا التَّمِيمِيُّ الْمِنْقَرِيُّ. مِنْ وَلَدِ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ الْمِنْقَرِيِّ. وَقَالَ الْبُخَارِيُّ: وَيُقَالُ: هُوَ مَوْلَى بَنِي مِنْقَرٍ مِنْ بَنِي سَعْدٍ. سَمِعَ مِنْ مَالِكٍ، وَاللَّيْثِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، وَابْنِ لَهِيعَةَ وَغَيْرِهِمْ، وَكَانَ عَالِمًا خَيِّرًا وَرِعًا، وَكَانَ ابْنُ رَاهَوَيْهِ يَقُولُ: مَا رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى، وَمَا رَأَى مِثْلَ نَفْسِهِ. أَنْبَأَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ يُوسُفُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ التَّفَكُّرِيُّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَلِيٍّ الْحَسَنَ بْنَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بُنْدَارٍ الرَّيْحَانِيَّ يَقُولُ: كَانَ يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى يَحْضُرُ مَجْلِسَ مَالِكٍ، فَانْكَسَرَ قَلَمُهُ، فَنَاوَلَهُ الْمَأْمُونُ قَلَمًا مِنْ ذَهَبٍ - أَوْ مِقْلَمَةً مِنْ ذَهَبٍ - فَلَمْ يَقْبَلْ، فَقَالَ لَهُ الْمَأْمُونُ: مَا اسْمُكَ؟ قَالَ: يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ قَالَ: تَعْرِفُنِي؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، أَنْتَ الْمَأْمُونُ ابْنُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، قَالَ: فَكَتَبَ الْمَأْمُونُ عَلَى ظَهْرِ جَزْوَةٍ: نَاوَلْتُ يَحْيَى بْنَ يَحْيَى النَّيْسَابُورِيَّ قَلَمًا فِي مَجْلِسِ مَالِكٍ فَلَمْ يَقْبَلْهُ، فَلَمَّا أَفْضَتِ الْخِلَافَةُ إِلَيْهِ بَعَثَ إِلَى عَامِلِهِ بِنَيْسَابُورَ يَأْمُرُهُ أَنْ يُوَلِّيَ يَحْيَى بْنَ يَحْيَى الْقَضَاءَ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ يَسْتَدْعِيهِ، فَقَالَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ لَهُ: تَمْتَنِعُ مِنَ الْحُضُورِ، وَلَيْتَهُ أَذِنَ لِلرَّسُولِ، فَأَنْفَذَ إِلَيْهِ كِتَابَ الْمَأْمُونِ، فَقُرِئَ عَلَيْهِ، فَامْتَنَعَ مِنَ الْقَضَاءِ، فَرُدَّ إِلَيْهِ ثَانِيًا، وَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَأْمُرُكَ بِشَيْءٍ وَأَنْتَ مِنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ، وَتَأْبَى عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: قُلْ لِأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ: نَاوَلْتَنِي قَلَمًا وَأَنَا شَابٌّ فَلَمْ أَقْبَلْهُ، أَفَتَجْبُرُنِي [الْآنَ] عَلَى الْقَضَاءِ وَأَنَا شَيْخٌ. فَرُفِعَ الْخَبَرُ إِلَى الْمَأْمُونِ، فَقَالَ: قَدْ عَلِمْتَ امْتِنَاعَهُ، وَلَكِنْ وَلِّ الْقَضَاءَ رَجُلًا يَخْتَارُهُ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ الْعَامِلَ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَاخْتَارَ رَجُلًا فَوَلِيَ الْقَضَاءَ، وَدَخَلَ عَلَى يَحْيَى وَعَلَيْهِ سَوَادٌ، فَضَمَّ يَحْيَى فَرْشًا كَانَ جَالِسًا عَلَيْهِ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يَجْمَعَهُ وَإِيَّاهُ، فَقَالَ: أَيُّهَا الشَّيْخُ، أَلَمْ تَخْتَرْنِي ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا قُلْتُ اخْتَارُوهُ، وَمَا قُلْتُ لَكَ تَقَلَّدِ الْقَضَاءَ. يَقُولُ أَبَا سَعِيدِ بْنَ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ أَبِي عُثْمَانَ: سَمِعْتُ فَاطِمَةَ بِنْتَ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّعْدِيَّةَ تَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ فَاطِمَةَ امْرَأَةَ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى تَقُولُ: قَامَ يَحْيَى مَرَّةً لِوِرْدِهِ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْهُ قَعَدَ يَقْرَأُ، إِذْ سَمِعْتُ جَلَبَةً فَقَالَ لِي: تَعْرِفُوا مَا هَذِهِ الْجَلَبَةُ؟ فَنَظَرْنَا فَإِذَا الْعَسْكَرُ وَالْمَشَاعِلُ وَهُمْ يَقُولُونَ: الْأَمِيرُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ طَاهِرٍ يَزُورُ أَبَا زَكَرِيَّا. فَعَرَّفْنَاهُ الْخَبَرَ، وَكَانَ ابْنُ طَاهِرٍ يَشْتَهِي أَنْ يَرَاهُ، فَمَا كَانَ بِأَسْرَعَ مِنْ أَنِ اسْتَأْذَنُوا عَلَيْهِ فَفَتَحْنَا، فَدَخَلَ الْأَمِيرُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ طَاهِرٍ وَحْدَهُ، فَلَمَّا قَرُبَ مِنْ أَبِي زَكَرِيَّا وَسَلَّمَ، قَامَ إِلَيْهِ وَالْمُصْحَفُ فِي يَدِهِ، ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى قِرَاءَتِهِ حَتَّى خَتَمَ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي كَانَ افْتَتَحَهَا، ثُمَّ وَضَعَ الْمُصْحَفَ، وَاعْتَذَرَ إِلَى الْأَمِيرِ وَقَالَ: لَمْ أَشْتَغِلْ [عَنْهُ] تَهَاوُنًا بِحَقِّهِ، إِنَّمَا كُنْتُ افْتَتَحْتُ سُورَةً فَخَتَمْتُهَا، فَقَعَدَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ سَاعَةً يُحَدِّثُهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ: ارْفَعْ إِلَيْنَا حَوَائِجَكَ، فَقَالَ: قَدْ [وَاللَّهِ] وَقَعَتْ لِي حَاجَةٌ فِي الْوَقْتِ، فَقَالَ: مَقْضِيَّةٌ مَا كَانَتْ؟ فَقَالَ: قَدْ كُنْتُ أَسْمَعُ مَحَاسِنَ وَجْهِ الْأَمِيرِ وَلَا أُعَايِنُهَا إِلَّا سَاعَتِي هَذِهِ، وَحَاجَتِي إِلَيْكَ أَنْ لَا تَرْتَكِبَ مَا يَحْرِقُ هَذِهِ الْمَحَاسِنَ بِالنَّارِ. فَأَخَذَ الْأَمِيرُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ طَاهِرٍ فِي الْبُكَاءِ حَتَّى قَامَ وَهُوَ يَبْكِي. تُوُفِّيَ يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى فِي [صَفَرَ] هَذِهِ السَّنَةَ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعٍ وَثَمَانِينَ سَنَةً. قَالَ: أَبَا الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الْحَسَنِ السَّرَّاجَ الزَّاهِدَ - وَكَانَ شَدِيدَ الْعِبَادَةِ - قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي الْمَنَامِ كَأَنَّهُ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ، إِلَى أَنْ وَقَفَ عَلَى قَبْرِ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى وَتَقَدَّمَ، وَصَفَّ خَلْفَهُ جَمَاعَةً مِنْ أَصْحَابِهِ، فَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ، ثُمَّ الْتَفَتَ إِلَى أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ: هَذَا الْقَبْرُ لَأَمَانٌ لِأَهْلِ هَذِهِ الْمَدِينَةِ. وَقَدْ رَوَى عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ يَحْيَى خَمْسُ طَبَقَاتٍ مِنْ كِبَارِ الْعُلَمَاءِ. فَالطَّبَقَةُ الْأُولَى: إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ رَاهَوَيْهِ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ رَافِعٍ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ غَنَّامٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الذُّهْلِيُّ، وَنُظَرَاؤُهُمْ. وَالطَّبَقَةُ الثَّانِيَةُ: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْأَزْهَرِ الْعَبْدِيُّ، وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ السَّعْدِيُّ، وَيَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الذُّهْلِيُّ وَنُظَرَاؤُهُمْ. وَالطَّبَقَةُ الثَّالِثَةُ: مُسْلِمُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ، وَسُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ، وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ السُّلَمِيُّ، وَنُظَرَاؤُهُمْ. وَالطَّبَقَةُ الرَّابِعَةُ: زَكَرِيَّا بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْخَفَّافُ، وَعِصْمَةُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الزَّاهِدُ، وَإِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الذُّهْلِيُّ، وَنُظَرَاؤُهُمْ. وَالطَّبَقَةُ الْخَامِسَةُ: إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ الْحَجَّاجِ الْمَيْدَانِيُّ، وَيَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، وَالْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، وَنُظَرَاؤُهُمْ. وَقَدْ رَوَى عَنْهُ أَئِمَّةُ الْبُلْدَانِ، مِنْهُمْ: إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ إِمَامُ عَصْرِهِ بِطَرْسُوسَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مِشْكَانَ إِمَامُ عَصْرِهِ بِسَرْخَسَ، وَعَبْدُ الْمَجِيدِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْقَاضِي إِمَامُ عَصْرِهِ بِبُوشَنْجَ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ إِمَامُ عَصْرِهِ بِهَرَاةَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْبَلْخِيُّ إِمَامُ عَصْرِهِ بِبَلْخَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ الْمَرْوَرُّوذِيُّ إِمَامُ عَصْرِهِ بِسَمَرْقَنْدَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْبُخَارِيُّ إِمَامُ عَصْرِهِ بِبُخَارَى، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي عُرَابَةَ إِمَامُ عَصْرِهِ بِالشَّاشِ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الشَّافِعِيُّ إِمَامُ عَصْرِهِ بِأَبْيُورْدَ، وَحُمَيْدُ بْنُ زَنْجَوَيْهِ إِمَامُ عَصْرِهِ بِنَسَا. وَفِيهَا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو الْهُذَيلِ ( مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْهُذَيْلِ بْنِ ) عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْعَلَّافِ الْبَصْرِيُّ ، شَيْخُ الْمُعْتَزِلَةِ فِي زَمَانِهِ، وَزَادَ عُمْرُهُ عَلَى مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ، وَلَهُ مَسَائِلُ فِي الْأُصُولِ قَبِيحَةٌ تَفَرَّدَ بِهَا. ( وَأَبُو هَيْثَمَ الرَّازِيُّ النَّحْوِيُّ، وَكَانَ عَالِمًا بِنَحْوِ الْكُوفِيِّينَ ).
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✧ Mention of the notables who died in this year Al-Afshīn Al-Afshīn, the great commander, whose name was Ḥaydar b. Sāwūs. His reports have already passed: that he was accused of the religion of the Magians, and accused of intending to kill al-Muʿtaṣim and to transfer the kingdom to the Persians, and that al-Muʿtaṣim became angry with him, imprisoned him, and put him in fetters. He remained for a period, then died in this year. It was said: rather he killed him and crucified him opposite Bābak, and that was in Shawwāl of this year. Abū Bakr al-Ṣūlī said: He died in prison, and was crucified after that at Bāb al-ʿĀmma in Shaʿbān, and idols that had been brought to him from Ushrūsana were produced and struck with fire, and al-Afshīn was thrown into it, so he was burned and his ashes scattered [and that was in Shaʿbān]. ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Saʿīd b. Sulaymān b. Nawfal b. Māḥiq ʿAbd al-Jabbār b. Saʿīd b. Sulaymān b. Nawfal b. Māḥiq. He held the governorship of Madinah time after time, and he held its judiciary for al-Maʾmūn. He was the handsomest Qurayshī and the finest of face, and the most eloquent of tongue. He died while he was the elder of Quraysh in this year. He had reached eighty-three years, and he was the last of the descendants of Saʿīd, for they became extinct. ʿAlī b. al-Ḥakam Abū al-Ḥasan al-Marwazī ʿAlī b. al-Ḥakam [Abū al-Ḥasan] al-Marwazī. He heard Abū ʿAwāna, Ibn al-Mubārak, al-Mubārak b. Faḍāla, and others. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal and al-Bukhārī in the Ṣaḥīḥ narrated from him. ʿAnān She died in this year. ʿAnān. A slave-girl born among the slave-girls of al-Yamāma, where she grew up and was educated. Al-Naṭṭāf bought her and raised her. She was fair-complexioned, beautiful of face, with a mole, quick-witted in poetry, answering the master poets. A man came to her and said: "Complete: He kept complaining of love until I thought he Breathed from his entrails or spoke" She said: "And he weeps, so I weep out of mercy for his weeping; When he weeps tears, I weep blood for him" Al-Rashīd had sought her from her master, who said: "I will not sell her for less than a hundred thousand." Al-Rashīd sent and had her brought, then returned her. Al-Nāṭifī, when she returned, gave thirty thousand dirhams in charity. When her master died, she was brought to the market, and Masrūr bid two hundred thousand dirhams for her, but a man outbid and bought her, and took her to Khurāsān, where she died. Abū Muḥammad al-Ghassānī al-Azdī Ghassān b. al-Rabīʿ b. Manṣūr, Abū Muḥammad al-Ghassānī al-Azdī. From the people of al-Mawṣil. He heard Ḥammād b. Salama. Abū Yaʿlā al-Mawṣilī, Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal, and Yaḥyā b. Ibrāhīm al-Ḥarbī narrated from him. He was noble, virtuous, and pious. He died in al-Mawṣil in this year. Abū Zakariyyā al-Tamīmī al-Minqarī Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā b. Bukayr b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Abū Zakariyyā al-Tamīmī al-Minqarī. From the descendants of Qays b. ʿĀṣim al-Minqarī. Al-Bukhārī said: It is said he was a client of Banū Minqar of Banū Saʿd. He heard from Mālik, al-Layth b. Saʿd, Ibn Lahīʿa, and others. He was a learned, good, and pious man. Ibn Rāhawayh used to say: "I have not seen the like of Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā, and he has not seen the like of himself." Ismāʿīl b. Aḥmad informed us, saying: Abū al-Qāsim Yūsuf b. al-Ḥasan al-Tafakkurī informed us, saying: I heard Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Bundār al-Rayḥānī say: Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā used to attend Mālik's session, and his pen broke, so al-Maʾmūn handed him a pen of gold—or a pen-case of gold— but he did not accept it. Al-Maʾmūn said to him: "What is your name?" He said: "Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā al-Naysābūrī." He said: "Do you know me?" He said: "Yes, you are al-Maʾmūn, son of the Commander of the Faithful." He said: So al-Maʾmūn wrote on the back of a piece of paper: "I handed Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā al-Naysābūrī a pen in Mālik's session, and he did not accept it." When the caliphate came to him, he sent to his governor in Naysābūr, ordering him to appoint Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā to the judiciary. He sent for him, summoning him. Some people said to him: "You refuse to attend, but if only he had given permission to the messenger." So he sent him al-Maʾmūn's letter, and it was read to him, and he refused the judiciary. It was sent back to him a second time, saying: "The Commander of the Faithful commands you something, and you are one of his subjects, and you refuse him?" He said: "Say to the Commander of the Faithful: You handed me a pen when I was a young man, and I did not accept it; will you compel me [now] to the judiciary when I am an old man?" The news was conveyed to al-Maʾmūn, and he said: "You knew he would refuse, but appoint to the judiciary a man he chooses." So the governor sent to him about that, and he chose a man, who took the judiciary. He entered upon Yaḥyā wearing black, and Yaḥyā folded up the cushion he was sitting on, disliking to bring him and himself together on it. He said: "O old man, did you not choose me?" He said: "I only said 'choose him,' and I did not tell you to take up the judiciary." Abū Saʿīd b. Abī Bakr b. Abī ʿUthmān says: I heard Fāṭima bt. Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Saʿdiyya say: I heard Fāṭima, the wife of Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā, say: Yaḥyā once rose for his nightly recitation, and when he finished it, he sat reading. Suddenly I heard a clamor, and he said to me: "Do you know what this clamor is?" We looked, and behold, there were soldiers and torches, and they were saying: "The amīr ʿAbd Allāh b. Ṭāhir is visiting Abū Zakariyyā." We told him the news. Ibn Ṭāhir had desired to see him, and no sooner had they asked permission to enter than we opened, and the amīr ʿAbd Allāh b. Ṭāhir entered alone. When he drew near to Abū Zakariyyā and greeted, he rose to him with the muṣḥaf in his hand, then returned to his recitation until he completed the sūra he had begun. Then he put down the muṣḥaf, apologized to the amīr, and said: "I did not turn away from him out of disregard for his right; I had only begun a sūra, so I completed it." ʿAbd Allāh sat for a while conversing with him, then said to him: "Present your needs to us." He said: "[By God,] a need has occurred to me just now." He said: "It is granted, whatever it is." He said: "I used to hear of the beauties of the amīr's face and never saw them except this hour of mine. My need of you is that you not commit what would burn these beauties with fire." The amīr ʿAbd Allāh b. Ṭāhir began to weep until he rose while weeping. Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā died in [Ṣafar] of this year, and he was eighty-four years old. He said: Abū al-Ḥasan Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Sarrāj the ascetic—and he was intense in worship—said: I saw the Messenger of God ﷺ in a dream as if he had approached, until he stood over the grave of Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā and stepped forward, and a group of his companions lined up behind him, and he prayed over him. Then he turned to his companions and said: "This grave is a safeguard for the people of this city." Five generations of major scholars narrated from Yaḥyā b. Yaḥyā. The first generation: Isḥāq b. Rāhawayh, Muḥammad b. Rāfiʿ, ʿAlī b. Ghannām, Muḥammad b. Aslam, Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā al-Dhuhlī, and their peers. The second generation: Aḥmad b. al-Azhar al-ʿAbdī, Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Saʿdī, Yaḥyā b. Muḥammad al-Dhuhlī, and their peers. The third generation: Muslim b. al-Ḥajjāj, Sulaymān b. Dāwūd, Ismāʿīl b. Qutayba al-Sulamī, and their peers. The fourth generation: Zakariyyā b. Dāwūd al-Khaffāf, ʿIṣma b. Ibrāhīm al-Zāhid, Ibrāhīm b. ʿAlī al-Dhuhlī, and their peers. The fifth generation: Ismāʿīl b. al-Ḥajjāj al-Maydānī, Yaḥyā b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Sulaymān, al-Ḥasan b. Muʿādh, and their peers. Imams of the lands narrated from him, among them: Ibrāhīm b. Ismāʿīl al-ʿAnbarī, the imam of his age in Ṭarsūs; Muḥammad b. Mishkān, the imam of his age in Sarakhs; ʿAbd al-Majīd b. Ibrāhīm the judge, the imam of his age in Būshanj; ʿUthmān b. Saʿīd al-Dārimī, the imam of his age in Herat; Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl al-Balkhī, the imam of his age in Balkh; Muḥammad b. Naṣr al-Marwarūdhī, the imam of his age in Samarqand; Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl al-Bukhārī, the imam of his age in Bukhārā; Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Abī ʿUrāba, the imam of his age in al-Shāsh; Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Shāfiʿī, the imam of his age in Abīward; and Ḥumayd b. Zanjawayh, the imam of his age in Nasā. In this year also died Abū al-Hudhayl (Muḥammad b. al-Hudhayl b.) ʿAbd Allāh b. al-ʿAllāf al-Baṣrī, the shaykh of the Muʿtazila in his time. His age exceeded a hundred years, and he had ugly questions in the principles of religion that he alone held. (And Abū Haytham al-Rāzī the grammarian, and he was learned in the grammar of the Kufans).
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