Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3408
The Year 253 AH
مَنْ تُوُفِّيَ فِي سنة ثلاث وخمسين ومائتين مِنَ الْأَكَابِرِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ صَخْرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ صَخْرِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ: وُلِدَ بِسَرْخَسَ، وَتَوَلَّى الْقَضَاءَ بِهَا، وَنَشَأَ بِنَيْسَابُورَ، وَبِهَا مَاتَ. رَحَلَ فِي سَمَاعِ الْحَدِيثِ، فَسَمِعَ خَلْقًا كَثِيرًا، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً حَافِظًا مُتْقِنًا، عَارِفًا بِالْحَدِيثِ وَالْفِقْهِ. رَوَى عَنْهُ: الْبُخَارِيُّ وَمُسْلِمٌ فِي الصَّحِيحَيْنِ، وَقَدِمَ عَلَى طَاهِرِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ مُتَعَرِّضًا لِنَائِلِهِ فَوَصَلَهُ بِأَرْبَعَةِ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ. إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ. سَمِعَ سُفْيَانَ بْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ، وَأَبَا مُعَاوِيَةَ الضَّرِيرَ، وَخَلْقًا كَثِيرًا. رَوَى عَنْهُ: أَبُو حَاتِمٍ الرَّازِيُّ، وَالنَّسَائِيُّ، وَابْنُ أَبِي الدُّنْيَا، وَغَيْرُهُمْ، وَكَانَ مُكْثِرًا ثِقَةً ثَبَتًا صَنَّفَ "الْمُسْنَدَ". وَكَانَ لِأَبِيهِ دُنْيَا وَاسِعَةٌ، وَأَفْضَالٌ عَلَى الْعُلَمَاءِ، فَلِذَلِكَ تَمَكَّنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنَ السَّمَاعِ، وَقَدَرَ عَلَى الْإِكْثَارِ. وعن عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ خَاقَانَ السُّلَمِيُّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ الْجَوْهَرِيَّ عَنْ حَدِيثٍ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ [ ؓ ] فَقَالَ لِجَارِيَتِهِ: أَخْرِجِي إِلَيَّ الْجُزْءَ الثَّالِثَ وَالْعِشْرِينَ مِنْ "مُسْنَدِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ". فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: لَا يَصِحُّ لِأَبِي بَكْرٍ خَمْسُونَ حَدِيثًا، فَمِنْ أَيْنَ ثَلَاثَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَ جُزْءًا؟ فَقَالَ: كُلُّ حَدِيثٍ لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدِي مِنْ مِائَةِ وَجْهٍ فَأَنَا فِيهِ يَتِيمٌ. وعن جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْهَرَوِيَّ يَقُولُ: حَجَّ سَعِيدٌ الْجَوْهَرِيُّ فَحَمَلَ مَعَهُ أَرْبَعَ مِائَةِ رَجُلٍ مِنَ الزُّوَّارِ سِوَى حَشَمِهِ يَحُجُّ بِهِمْ! وَكَانَ مِنْهُمْ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، وَهُشَيْمُ بْنُ بَشِيرٍ، وَكُنْتُ أَنَا مَعَهُمْ فِي إِمَارَةِ [هَارُونَ] الرَّشِيدِ. انْتَقَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَنْ بَغْدَادَ، فَسَكَنَ عَيْنَ زَرْبَةَ مُرَابِطًا بِهَا إِلَى أَنَّ تُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ حَنْبَلِ بْنِ هِلَالِ بْنِ أَسَدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ حَنْبَلِ بْنِ هِلَالِ بْنِ أَسَدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ وَهُوَ عَمُّ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ، وُلِدَ سَنَةَ إِحْدَى وَسِتِّينَ وَمِائَةٍ، وَسَمِعَ يَزِيدَ بْنَ هَارُونَ، وَرَوَى [عَنْهُ] ابْنُهُ حَنْبَلٌ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً. وَتُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ وَلَهُ اثْنَتَانِ وَتِسْعُونَ سَنَةً. سَعِيدُ بْنُ بَحْرٍ، أَبُو عُثْمَانَ، وَقِيلَ: أَبُو عُمَرَ، الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ سَعِيدُ بْنُ بَحْرٍ، أَبُو عُثْمَانَ، وَقِيلَ: أَبُو عُمَرَ، الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ. سَمِعَ حُسَيْنًا الْجُعْفِيَّ، وَأَبَا نُعَيْمٍ، رَوَى عَنْهُ: ابْنُ صَاعِدٍ، وَالْمَحَامِلِيُّ. وَكَانَ ثِقَةً. تُوُفِّيَ فِي رَمَضَانَ هَذِهِ السُّنَّةَ. السَّرِيُّ بْنُ الْمُغَلِّسِ، أَبُو الْحَسَنِ السَّقَطِيُّ السَّرِيُّ بْنُ الْمُغَلِّسِ، أَبُو الْحَسَنِ السَّقَطِيُّ. أَحَدُ كِبَارِ مَشَايِخِ أَئِمَّةِ الصُّوفِيَّةِ، وَهُوَ السَّرِيُّ بْنُ الْمُغَلِّسِ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ السَّقَطِيُّ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، تِلْمِيذُ مَعْرُوفٍ الْكَرْخِيِّ وَحَدَّثَ عَنْ هُشَيْمٍ، وَأَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَيَّاشٍ، وَعَلِيِّ بْنِ غُرَابٍ، وَيَحْيَى بْنِ يَمَانٍ، وَيَزِيدَ بْنِ هَارُونَ، وَغَيْرِهِمْ. وَعَنْهُ ابْنُ أُخْتِهِ الْجُنَيْدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَأَبُو الْحَسَنِ النُّورِيُّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ جَابِرٍ السَّقَطِيُّ، وَجَمَاعَةٌ. وَكَانَتْ لَهُ دُكَّانٌ يَتَّجِرُ فِيهَا، فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ جَارِيَةٌ قَدِ انْكَسَرَ إِنَاءٌ كَانَ مَعَهَا تَشْتَرِي فِيهِ شَيْئًا لِسَادَتِهَا، فَجَعَلَتْ تَبْكِي، فَأَعْطَاهَا سَرِيٌّ شَيْئًا تَشْتَرِي بِهِ بَدَلَهُ، فَنَظَرَ مَعْرُوفٌ إِلَيْهِ وَمَا صَنَعَ بِتِلْكَ الْجَارِيَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: بَغَّضَ اللَّهُ إِلَيْكَ الدُّنْيَا. وَقَالَ سَرِيٌّ: مَرَرْتُ فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ، فَإِذَا مَعْرُوفٌ وَمَعَهُ صَبِيٌّ صَغِيرٌ شَعِثُ الْحَالِ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا هَذَا ؟ فَقَالَ: هَذَا كَانَ وَاقِفًا وَالصِّبْيَانُ يَلْعَبُونَ وَهُوَ مُنْكَسِرٌ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: مَا لَكَ لَا تَلْعَبُ ؟ فَقَالَ: أَنَا يَتِيمٌ وَلَا شَيْءَ مَعِي أَشْتَرِي بِهِ جَوْزًا أَلْعَبُ بِهِ. فَأَخَذْتُهُ لِأَجْمَعَ لَهُ نَوًى يَشْتَرِي بِهِ جَوْزًا يَفْرَحُ بِهِ، فَقُلْتُ: أَلَا أَكْسُوهُ وَأُعْطِيهِ شَيْئًا يَشْتَرِي بِهِ جَوْزًا ؟ فَقَالَ: أَوَتَفْعَلُ ؟ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ. فَقَالَ: خُذْهُ، أَغْنَى اللَّهُ قَلْبَكَ. قَالَ: فَسَوِيَتِ الدُّنْيَا عِنْدِي أَقَلَّ شَيْءٍ. وَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ مَرَّةً لَوْزٌ، فَسَاوَمَهُ رَجُلٌ عَلَى الْكُرِّ بِثَلَاثَةٍ وَسِتِّينَ دِينَارًا، ثُمَّ ذَهَبَ الرَّجُلُ، فَإِذَا اللَّوْزُ يُسَاوِي الْكُرُّ مِنْهُ تِسْعِينَ دِينَارًا، فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنِّي أَشْتَرِي مِنْكَ الْكُرَّ بِتِسْعِينَ دِينَارًا. فَقَالَ: إِنِّي سَاوَمْتُكُ بِثَلَاثَةٍ وَسِتِّينَ، وَإِنِّي لَا أَبِيعُهُ إِلَّا بِذَلِكَ. فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: وَأَنَا أَشْتَرِي مِنْكَ بِتِسْعِينَ. فَقَالَ: لَا أَبِيعُهُ إِلَّا بِمَا سَاوَمْتُكَ عَلَيْهِ. فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ: إِنَّ مِنَ النُّصْحِ أَنْ لَا أَشْتَرِيَ مِنْكَ إِلَّا بِتِسْعِينَ دِينَارًا. وَذَهَبَ فَلَمْ يَشْتَرِ مِنْهُ. وَجَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ يَوْمًا إِلَى سَرِيٍّ فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ ابْنِي قَدْ أَخَذَهُ الْحَرَسُ، وَإِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَبْعَثَ إِلَى صَاحِبِ الشُّرْطَةِ لِئَلَّا يُضْرَبَ. فَقَامَ فَكَبَّرَ وَطَوَّلَ فِي الصَّلَاةِ وَجَلَعَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ تَحْتَرِقُ فِي نَفْسِهَا، فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ قَالَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ: اللَّهَ اللَّهَ فِي وَلَدِي. فَقَالَ: هَاأَنَذَا فِي حَاجَتِكِ. فَمَا قَامَ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ حَتَّى جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةٌ إِلَى تِلْكَ الْمَرْأَةِ فَقَالَتْ: أَبْشِرِي، فَقَدْ أَطْلَقَ الْمُتَوَلِّي وَلَدَكِ. فَانْصَرَفَتْ إِلَيْهِ. وَقَالَ سَرِيٌّ: أَشْتَهِي أَنْ آكُلَ أَكْلَةً لَيْسَ لِلَّهِ عَلَيَّ فِيهَا تَبِعَةٌ، وَلَا لِأَحَدٍ عَلَيَّ فِيهَا مِنَّةٌ، فَمَا أَجِدُ إِلَى ذَلِكَ سَبِيلًا. وَفِي رِوَايَةٍ قَالَ: إِنِّي لَأَشْتَهِي الْبَقْلَ مِنْ ثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً، فَمَا أَقْدِرُ عَلَيْهِ. وَعَنِ السَّرِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: احْتَرَقَ سُوقُنَا، فَقَصَدْتُ الْمَكَانَ الَّذِي فِيهِ دُكَّانِي، فَتَلَقَّانِي رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: أَبْشِرْ ; فَإِنَّ دُكَّانَكَ قَدْ سَلِمَتْ. فَقُلْتُ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ. ثُمَّ تَذَكَّرْتُ ذَلِكَ التَّحْمِيدَ، فَأَنَا أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللَّهَ مُنْذُ ثَلَاثِينَ سَنَةً. رَوَاهَا الْخَطِيبُ. وَقَالَ السَّرِيُّ: صَلَّيْتُ وِرْدِي ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ ثُمَّ مَدَدْتُ رِجْلِي فِي الْمِحْرَابِ، فَنُودِيتُ: يَا سَرِيُّ، كَذَا تُجَالِسُ الْمُلُوكَ ؟ قَالَ: فَضَمَمْتُ رِجْلِي ثُمَّ قُلْتُ: وَعِزَّتِكَ لَا مَدَدْتُ رِجْلِي أَبَدًا وَكَانَ مِنَ الْعُبَّادِ الْمُجْتَهِدِينَ. وعن مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ حَسَنًا الْمُسُوحِيَّ يَقُولُ: دَفَعَ إِلَيَّ السَّرِيُّ قِطْعَةً فَقَالَ: اشْتَرِ لِي بَاقِلَّاءَ [وَلَا تَشْتَرِ إِلَّا مِنْ] رَجُلٍ قِدْرُهُ دَاخِلَ الْبَابِ، فَطُفْتُ الْكَرْخَ كُلَّهُ، فَلَمْ أَجِدْ إِلَّا مَنْ قِدْرُهُ خَارِجَ الْبَابِ، فَرَجَعْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَقُلْتُ لَهُ: خُذْ قِطْعَتَكَ؛ فَإِنِّي لَا أَجِدُ إِلَّا مَنْ قِدْرُهُ خَارِجَ الْبَابِ. وعن عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الطُّفَيْلِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْفِرْجَانِيَّ يَقُولُ]: سَمِعْتُ الْجُنَيْدَ يَقُولُ: مَا رَأَيْتُ أَعْبَدَ مِنَ السَّرِيِّ السَّقَطِيِّ، أَتَتْ عَلَيْهِ ثَمَانِيَةٌ وَتِسْعُونَ سَنَةً مَا رُئِيَ مُضْطَجِعًا إِلَّا فِي عِلَّةِ الْمَوْتِ. وعن جَعْفَرٌ الْخَالِدِيُّ فِي كِتَابِهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الْجُنَيْدَ يَقُولُ: كُنْتُ يَوْمًا عِنْدَ السَّرِيِّ بْنِ الْمُغَلِّسِ وَكُنَّا خَالِيَيْنِ وَهُوَ مُؤْتَزِرٌ بِمِئْزَرٍ، فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى جَسَدِهِ كَأَنَّهُ جَسَدٌ سَقِيمٌ دَنَفٌ مَضْنِيٌّ، كَأَجْهَدِ مَا يَكُونُ، فَقَالَ: انْظُرْ إِلَى جَسَدِي هَذَا لَوْ شِئْتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ: إِنَّ مَا بِي مِنَ الْمَحَبَّةِ لَكَانَ كَمَا أَقُولُ، وَكَانَ وَجْهُهُ أَصْفَرَ، ثُمَّ أُشْرِبَ حُمْرَةً حَتَّى تَوَرَّدَ، ثُمَّ اعْتَلَّ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ أَعُودُهُ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: كَيْفَ تَجِدُكَ؟ فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ أَشْكُو إِلَى طَبِيبِي مَا بِي وَالَّذِي بِي أَصَابَنِي مِنْ طَبِيبِي؟ فَأَخَذْتُ الْمِرْوَحَةَ أُرَوِّحُهُ، فَقَالَ: كَيْفَ يَجِدُ رِيحَ الْمِرْوَحَةِ مَنْ جَوْفُهُ يَحْتَرِقُ مِنْ دَاخِلٍ، ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يَقُولُ: الْقَلْبُ مُحْتَرِقٌ وَالدَّمْعُ مُسْتَبِقٌ وَالْكَرْبُ مُجْتَمِعٌ وَالصَّبْرُ مُفْتَرِقْ كَيْفَ الْقَرَارُ عَلَى مَنْ لَا قَرَارَ لَهُ مِمَّا جَنَاهُ الْهَوَى وَالشَّوْقُ وَالْقَلَقْ يَا رَبِّ إِنْ كَانَ شَيْءٌ فِيهِ لِي فَرَجٌ فَامْنُنْ عَلَيَّ بِهِ مَا دَامَ لِي رَمَقْ وَقَدْ ذَكَرَ الْخَطِيبُ وَفَاتَهُ يَوْمَ الثُّلَاثَاءِ لِسِتٍّ خَلَوْنَ مِنْ رَمَضَانَ سَنَةَ ثَلَاثٍ وَخَمْسِينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ أَذَانِ الْفَجْرِ، وَدُفِنَ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ. قَالَ: وَدُفِنَ بِمَقْبَرَةِ الشُّونِيزِيَّةِ، وَقَبْرُهُ ظَاهِرٌ مَعْرُوفٌ، وَإِلَى جَنْبِهِ قَبْرُ الْجُنَيْدِ. وَرُوِيَ عَنِ الْقَاضِي، عَنْ أَبِي عَبُيْدِ بْنِ حَرْبَوَيْهِ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ سَرِيًّا فِي الْمَنَامِ، فَقُلْتُ: مَا فَعَلَ اللَّهُ بِكَ ؟ فَقَالَ: غَفَرَ لِي وَلِكُلِّ مَنْ شَهِدَ جِنَازَتِي. قُلْتُ: فَإِنِّي مِمَّنْ حَضَرَ جِنَازَتَكَ وَصَلَّى عَلَيْكَ. قَالَ: فَأَخْرَجَ دُرْجًا فَنَظَرَ فِيهِ، فَلَمْ يَرَ فِيهِ اسْمِي، فَقُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَدْ حَضَرْتُ، فَإِذَا اسْمِي فِي الْحَاشِيَةِ. وَحَكَى ابْنُ خِلِّكَانَ قَوْلًا ; أَنَّ سَرِيًّا تُوَفِّي سَنَةَ إِحْدَى وَخَمْسِينَ. وَقِيلَ: سَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَخَمْسِينَ. فَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ ابْنُ خِلِّكَانَ: وَمِمَّا كَانَ يُنْشِدُهُ السَّرِيُّ، رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ: إِذَا مَا شَكَوْتُ الْحُبَّ قَالَتْ كَذَبْتَنِي فَمَا لِي أَرَى الْأَعْضَاءَ مِنْكَ كَوَاسِيَا فَلَا حُبَّ حَتَى يَلْ?َقَ الْجِلْدُ بِالْحَشَا وَتَذْهَلَ حَتَى لَا تُجِيبَ الْمُنَادِيَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ عَدِيِّ بْنِ هَمَّامٍ، أَبُو الْحَسَنِ السِّمْسَارُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ شُعَيْبِ بْنِ عَدِيِّ بْنِ هَمَّامٍ، أَبُو الْحَسَنِ السِّمْسَارُ. طُوسِيُّ الْأَصْلِ، سَمِعَ هُشَيْمًا، وَابْنَ عُيَيْنَةَ، وَرَوَى عَنْهُ الْبَغَوِيُّ وَابْنُ صَاعِدٍ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً، تُوُفِّيَ فِي شَوَّالٍ هَذِهِ السُّنَّةَ. 1557 هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْهَيْثَمِ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ هَارُونُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْهَيْثَمِ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مَوْلًى لِبَنِي سَعْدِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ، وُلِدَ سَنَةَ سَبْعِينَ وَمِائَةٍ، وَحَدَّثَ عَنِ ابْنِ عُيَيْنَةَ، وَابْنِ وَهْبٍ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً، وَعَلَتْ سِنُّهُ فَضَعُفَ، فَلَزِمَ بَيْتَهُ، وَتُوُفِّيَ فِي رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ.
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✧ Those among the notables who died in the year two hundred and fifty-three AH Aḥmad b. Saʿīd b. Ṣakhr b. Sulaymān, Abū Jaʿfar al-Dārimī Aḥmad b. Saʿīd b. Ṣakhr b. Sulaymān, Abū Jaʿfar al-Dārimī: He was born in Sarakhs, and he assumed the judgeship there, and he grew up in Naysābūr, and there he died. He traveled to hear ḥadīth, and he heard from a great many people. He was trustworthy, a ḥāfiẓ, meticulous, and knowledgeable in ḥadīth and fiqh. Al-Bukhārī and Muslim narrated from him in the two Ṣaḥīḥs. He came before Ṭāhir b. al-Ḥusayn seeking his bounty, and he gave him four thousand dirhams. Ibrāhīm b. Saʿīd, Abū Isḥāq al-Jawharī Ibrāhīm b. Saʿīd, Abū Isḥāq al-Jawharī. He heard Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah, Abū Muʿāwiyah al-Ḍarīr, and a great many others. Abū Ḥātim al-Rāzī, al-Nasāʾī, Ibn Abī al-Dunyā, and others narrated from him. He was prolific, trustworthy, firmly established, and he compiled the "Musnad." His father had vast wealth and bestowed favors upon the scholars, and for that reason Ibrāhīm was able to hear much and capable of profusion. It is related from ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaʿfar b. Khāqān al-Sulamī, who said: I asked Ibrāhīm b. Saʿīd al-Jawharī about a ḥadīth of Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq [ ؓ ], and he said to his slave-girl: Bring out to me the twenty-third part of the "Musnad of Abū Bakr." I said to him: Not even fifty ḥadīths are sound from Abū Bakr, so from where come twenty-three parts? He said: Every ḥadīth for which I do not have a hundred chains—in it I am an orphan. It is related from Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad al-Firyābī, who said: I heard Ibrāhīm al-Harawī say: Saʿīd al-Jawharī performed the pilgrimage, and he took with him four hundred men of the visitors, besides his retinue, performing the pilgrimage with them! Among them were Ismāʿīl b. ʿAyyāsh and Hushaym b. Bashīr, and I was with them during the reign of [Hārūn] al-Rashīd. Ibrāhīm moved from Baghdad, and he resided at ʿAyn Zarbah, manning the frontier there until he died in this year. Isḥāq b. Ḥanbal b. Hilāl b. Asad b. Yaʿqūb al-Shaybānī Isḥāq b. Ḥanbal b. Hilāl b. Asad b. Yaʿqūb al-Shaybānī He was the paternal uncle of Abū ʿAbd Allāh Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal. He was born in the year one hundred and sixty-one, and he heard Yazīd b. Hārūn. His son Ḥanbal narrated [from him]. He was trustworthy. He died in this year at the age of ninety-two. Saʿīd b. Baḥr, Abū ʿUthmān—or it is said Abū ʿUmar—al-Qarāṭīsī Saʿīd b. Baḥr, Abū ʿUthmān—or it is said Abū ʿUmar—al-Qarāṭīsī. He heard Ḥusayn al-Juʿfī and Abū Nuʿaym. Ibn Ṣāʿid and al-Maḥāmilī narrated from him. He was trustworthy. He died in Ramaḍān of this year. Al-Sarī b. al-Mughallis, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Saqaṭī al-Sarī b. al-Mughallis, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Saqaṭī. One of the major shaykhs of the imams of the Sufis, and he is al-Sarī b. al-Mughallis Abū al-Ḥasan al-Saqaṭī al-Baghdādī, the disciple of Maʿrūf al-Karkhī. He reported ḥadīth from Hushaym, Abū Bakr b. ʿAyyāsh, ʿAlī b. Ghurāb, Yaḥyā b. Yamān, Yazīd b. Hārūn, and others. From him narrated his nephew al-Junayd b. Muḥammad, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Nūrī, Muḥammad b. al-Faḍl b. Jābir al-Saqaṭī, and a group. He had a shop in which he traded. A slave-girl passed by him whose vessel, in which she was buying something for her masters, had broken, and she began to weep. So Sarī gave her something with which to buy a replacement. Maʿrūf looked at him and at what he had done for that slave-girl, and said to him: May God make the world hateful to you. Sarī said: I passed by on a feast day, and behold, Maʿrūf was with a small boy in disheveled condition. I said: What is this? He said: This boy was standing while the children were playing, and he was broken-hearted. I said to him: What is the matter with you that you do not play? He said: I am an orphan, and I have nothing with which to buy nuts to play with. So I took him to collect date-stones for him with which he could buy nuts and be happy. I said: Shall I clothe him and give him something with which to buy nuts? He said: Will you do it? I said: Yes. He said: Take him; may God enrich your heart. He said: Then the world became in my sight the least of things. Once he had almonds, and a man bargained with him over a kurr for sixty-three dinars. Then the man went away, and behold, a kurr of almonds was worth ninety dinars. So he said to him: I will buy the kurr from you for ninety dinars. He said: I bargained with you for sixty-three, and I will not sell it except for that. The man said: And I will buy from you for ninety. He said: I will not sell it except for what I bargained with you. The man said: It is part of sincere counsel that I should not buy from you except for ninety dinars. And he went away and did not buy from him. One day a woman came to Sarī and said: My son has been taken by the guards, and I would like you to send to the chief of police so that he not be beaten. So he stood up, said the takbīr, and prolonged the prayer, while the woman burned within herself. When he finished the prayer, the woman said: God, God, for my child! He said: Here I am, for your need. He had not risen from his seat before a woman came to that woman and said: Rejoice, for the governor has released your son. So she went back to him. Sarī said: I desire to eat a meal in which there is no liability owed to God upon me and no favor owed to anyone upon me, but I find no way to that. In another narration he said: For thirty years I have desired greens, but I have not been able to obtain them. From al-Sarī it is related that he said: Our market burned, and I headed to the place where my shop was. A man met me and said: Rejoice, for your shop has been saved. I said: Praise be to God. Then I remembered that praise, and I have been seeking God's forgiveness for thirty years. Al-Khaṭīb related it. Al-Sarī said: One night I prayed my portion of litanies, then I stretched out my leg in the miḥrāb. It was called out: O Sarī, is this how you sit in the company of kings? He said: I drew in my leg, then I said: By Your might, I shall never stretch out my leg again. He was one of the devoted worshipers. It is related from Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. ʿĀmir, who said: I heard Ḥasan al-Musūḥī say: Al-Sarī handed me a coin and said: Buy me fava beans [and do not buy except from] a man whose pot is inside the door. So I went around all of al-Karkh, and I found none but those whose pot was outside the door. I returned to him and said: Take your coin; I find none but those whose pot is outside the door. It is related from ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭufaylī, who said: I heard al-Firjānī say]: I heard al-Junayd say: I have never seen anyone more devoted to worship than al-Sarī al-Saqaṭī. He reached ninety-eight years, and he was never seen lying down except in his fatal illness. It is related from Jaʿfar al-Khālidī in his book, who said: I heard al-Junayd say: One day I was with al-Sarī b. al-Mughallis, and we were alone, and he was wrapped in a waist-cloth. I looked at his body, and it was like the body of an ailing, wasted, emaciated man, as exhausted as could be. He said: Look at this body of mine; if I wished to say that what is in me is from love, it would be as I say. His face was yellow, then it became suffused with redness until it flushed rose, then he fell ill. I entered upon him to visit him and said: How do you find yourself? He said: How can I complain to my physician of what is in me, when what is in me came upon me from my physician? So I took the fan to fan him, and he said: How can he who is burning from within feel the breeze of the fan? Then he began to recite: The heart is burning, and tears are racing; and grief is gathered, and patience is scattered. How can there be rest for one who has no rest, from what passion, longing, and agitation have wrought? O Lord, if there is anything in which I have relief, then bestow it upon me as long as I have breath. Al-Khaṭīb mentioned that he died on Tuesday, six nights remaining in Ramaḍān of the year two hundred and fifty-three, after the call to dawn prayer, and he was buried after the afternoon prayer. He said: He was buried in the cemetery of al-Shūnīzīyyah, and his grave is visible and known, and beside it is the grave of al-Junayd. It is related from al-Qāḍī, from Abū ʿUbayd b. Ḥarbawayh, who said: I saw Sarī in a dream, and I said: What did God do with you? He said: He forgave me and everyone who attended my funeral. I said: I was among those who attended your funeral and prayed over you. He said: Then he brought out a scroll and looked in it, and he did not see my name in it. I said: Yes, I attended. And there was my name in the margin. Ibn Khillikān related a saying that Sarī died in the year two hundred and fifty-one. And it is said: in the year two hundred and fifty-six. But God knows best. Ibn Khillikān said: Among what al-Sarī used to recite, may God have mercy on him, is: When I complain of love, she says: You have lied to me; so why do I see your limbs still clothed? There is no love until the skin clings to the entrails, and you become so bewildered that you do not answer the caller. ʿAlī b. Shuʿayb b. ʿAdī b. Hammām, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Simsār ʿAlī b. Shuʿayb b. ʿAdī b. Hammām, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Simsār. Of Ṭūsī origin, he heard Hushaym and Ibn ʿUyaynah. Al-Baghawī and Ibn Ṣāʿid narrated from him. He was trustworthy. He died in Shawwāl of this year. 1557 Hārūn b. Saʿīd b. al-Haytham, Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn b. Saʿīd b. al-Haytham, Abū Jaʿfar A client of the Banū Saʿd b. Bakr, he was born in the year one hundred and seventy, and he reported from Ibn ʿUyaynah and Ibn Wahb. He was trustworthy. He grew very old and became weak, so he kept to his house, and he died in Rabīʿ al-Awwal of this year.
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