Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3498
The Year 264 AH
ذِكْرُ مَنْ تُوُفِّيَ فِي سنة أربع وستين ومائتين مِنَ الْأَكَابِرِ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ رَاشِدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْآدَمِيُّ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ رَاشِدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ، أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ [الْآدَمِيُّ] . سَمِعَ خَلْقًا كَثِيرًا، وَرَوَى [ عَنْهُ ]: ابْنُ أَبِي الدُّنْيَا، وَغَيْرُهُ. وَكَانَ ثِقَةً . وَتُوُفِّيَ فِي رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ، وَكَانَ قَدْ بَلَغَ الثَّمَانِينَ. إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ بَهْبُوذَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْبَزَّازُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَالِكِ بْنِ بَهْبُوذَ أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْبَزَّازُ. سَمِعَ حَمَّادَ بْنَ أُسَامَةَ، وَزَيْدَ بْنَ الْحُبَابِ، وَيَزِيدَ بْنَ هَارُونَ فِي آخَرِينَ. رَوَى عَنْهُ: ابْنُ أَبِي الدُّنْيَا، وَابْنُ صَاعِدٍ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً مِنْ خِيَارِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ. وَتُوُفِّيَ فِي رَجَبِ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ وَقَدْ بَلَغَ الثَّمَانِينَ. إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ وَهُوَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْمُزَنِيُّ إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ وَهُوَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ الْمُزَنِيُّ. صَاحِبُ الشَّافِعِيِّ [ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ ] وَكَانَ فَقِيهًا حَاذِقًا، ثِقَةً فِي الْحَدِيثِ ، وَلَهُ عِبَادَةٌ وَفَضْلٌ، وَكَانَ مِنْ خِيَارِ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مُلَازِمًا لِلرِّبَاطِ. تُوُفِّيَ يَوْمَ الْأَرْبِعَاءِ لِأَرْبَعٍ وَعِشْرِينَ لَيْلَةً خَلَتْ مِنْ رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ، وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ. بَنَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ زِيَادِ، أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْمُغَازِلِيُّ بَنَانُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ زِيَادِ، أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْمُغَازِلِيُّ. حَدَّثَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، وَيَحْيَى بْنِ مَعِينٍ، وَغَيْرِهِمَا. رَوَى عَنْهُ: ابْنُ مَسْرُوقٍ، وَابْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً ، وَتُوُفِّيَ فِي رَجَبِ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُكْرِمِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَبُو الْفَضْلِ الدُّورِيُّ التَّاجِرُ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُكْرِمِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أَبُو الْفَضْلِ الدُّورِيُّ التَّاجِرُ. سَمِعَ أَبَا عَامِرٍ الْعَقَدِيَّ، وَرَوْحَ بْنَ عُبَادَةَ، وَأَبَا دَاوُدَ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ فِي خَلْقٍ كَثِيرٍ. رَوَى عَنْهُ: ابْنُ صَاعِدٍ، وَغَيْرُهُ، وَهُوَ ثِقَةٌ صَدُوقٌ . وَتُوُفِّيَ فِي جُمَادَى الْأُولَى مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. حَمَّادُ بْنُ الْمُؤَمِّلِ بْنِ مَطَرٍ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْكَلْبِيُّ حَمَّادُ بْنُ الْمُؤَمِّلِ بْنِ مَطَرٍ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْكَلْبِيُّ. حَدَّثَ عَنْ كَامِلِ بْنِ طَلْحَةَ، رَوَى عَنْهُ: ابْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً . تُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنَ فَرُّوخٍ، أَبُو زُرْعَةَ الرَّازِيُّ، مَوْلَى عَيَّاشِ بْنِ مُطَرِّفٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنَ فَرُّوخٍ، أَبُو زُرْعَةَ الرَّازِيُّ، مَوْلَى عَيَّاشِ بْنِ مُطَرِّفٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ . وُلِدَ سَنَةَ مِائَتَيْنِ، وَسَمِعَ أَبَا نُعَيْمٍ، وَقَبِيصَةَ، وَالْقَعْنَبِيَّ، وَخَلْقًا كَثِيرًا. وَكَانَ إِمَامًا حَافِظًا مُتْقِنًا مُكْثِرًا صَدُوقًا . وَجَالَسَ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ وَذَاكَرَهُ، وَكَانَ أَحْمَدُ يَقُولُ: اعْتَضْتُ بِمُذَاكَرَتِهِ عَنْ نَوَافِلِي، وَمَا جَاوَزَ الْجِسْرَ أَحْفَظُ مِنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ. وعن أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ وَارَةَ قال: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بِنَيْسَابُورَ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ: سَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ يَقُولُ: صَحَّ مِنَ الْحَدِيثِ سَبْعُ مِائَةِ أَلْفِ حَدِيثٍ وَكِسَرُ، و هَذَا الْفَتَى – يَعْنِي أَبَا زُرْعَةَ - قَدْ حَفِظَ سِتَّمِائَةِ أَلْفٍ. قَالَ الْمُصَنِّفُ: وَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحْفَظَ مِنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ رَاهُوَيْهِ: كُلُّ حَدِيثٍ لَا يَعْرِفُهُ أَبُو زُرْعَةَ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ أَصْلٌ. وَقَالَ أَبُو يَعْلَى الْمُوصِلِيُّ: مَا سَمِعْنَا يَذْكُرُ أَحْمَدَ فِي الْحِفْظِ إِلَّا كَانَ اسْمُهُ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ رُؤْيَتِهِ إِلَّا أَبَا زُرْعَةَ، فَإِنَّ مُشَاهَدَتَهُ كَانَتْ أَعْظَمَ مِنِ اسْمِهِ. وعن أَبَا الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ حَمْكَوَيْهِ الرَّازِيَّ قال: سُئِلَ أَبُو زُرْعَةَ [ الرَّازِيُّ ] عَنْ رَجُلٍ حَلَفَ بِالطَّلَاقِ أَنَّ أَبَا زُرْعَةَ يَحْفَظُ مِائَتَيْ أَلْفِ حَدِيثٍ هَلْ حَنِثَ؟ قَالَ: لَا. ثُمَّ قَالَ أَبُو زُرْعَةَ: أَحْفَظُ مِائَتَيْ أَلْفِ حَدِيثٍ كَمَا يَحْفَظُ الْإِنْسَانُ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَفِي الْمُذَاكَرَةِ ثَلَاثَمِائَةِ أَلْفِ حَدِيثٍ. وعن أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ: كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَامُوشٍ الْوَاعِظُ بِخَطِّهِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَطَّارَ يَذْكُرُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا زُرْعَةَ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ فِي بَيْتِي مَا كَتَبْتُهُ مُنْذُ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً، وَلَمْ أُطَالِعْهُ مُنْذُ كَتَبْتُهُ، وَإِنِّي أَعْلَمُ فِي أَيِّ كِتَابٍ هُوَ، وَفِي أَيِّ وَرَقَةٍ هُوَ، فِي أَيِّ صَفْحَةٍ هُوَ، فِي أَيِّ سَطْرٍ هُوَ، وَمَا سَمِعَتْ أُذُنِي شَيْئًا مِنَ الْعِلْمِ إِلَّا وَعَاهُ قَلْبِي، وَإِنِّي أَمْشِي فِي سُوقِ بَغْدَادَ فَأَسْمَعُ مِنَ الْغُرَفِ صَوْتَ الْمُغَنِّيَاتِ فَأَضَعُ أُصْبُعِي فِي أُذُنِي مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَعِيَهُ قَلْبِي. وعن أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ التُّسْتَرِيَّ قال: حَضَرْنَا أَبَا زُرْعَةَ وَكَانَ فِي السُّوقِ، وَعِنْدَهُ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، وَالْمُنْذِرُ بْنُ شَاذَانَ، وَجَمَاعَةٌ مِنَ الْعُلَمَاءِ، فَذَكَرُوا حَدِيثَ التَّلْقِينِ، وَقَوْلَهُ ﷺ "لَقِنُّوا مَوْتَاكُمْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ". قَالَ: فَاسْتَحْيَوْا مِنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ، وَهَابُوا أَنْ يُلَقِّنُوهُ، فَقَالُوا: تَعَالَوْا نَذْكُرُ الْحَدِيثَ. فَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ: حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ صَالِحٍ. وَلَمْ يُجَاوِزْ، وَالْبَاقُونَ سَكَتُوا. فَقَالَ أَبُو زُرْعَةَ وَهُوَ فِي السُّوقِ: حَدَّثَنَا بُنْدَارٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ أَبِي غَرِيبٍ، عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ، عَنْ مُعَاذِ بْنِ جَبَلٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ "مَنْ كَانَ آخِرُ كَلَامِهِ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ" وَتُوُفِّيَ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ. [ تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو زُرْعَةَ بِالرَّيِّ فِي آخِرِ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ ]. وعن أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُرَادِيُّ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ أَبَا زُرْعَةَ فِي الْمَنَامِ فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا زُرْعَةَ، مَا فَعَلَ اللَّهُ بِكَ؟ قَالَ: لَقِيتُ رَبِّي تَعَالَى فَقَالَ لِي: يَا أَبَا زُرْعَةَ، إِنِّي أُوتَى بِالطِّفْلِ فَآمُرُ بِهِ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ، فَكَيْفَ مَنْ حَفِظَ السُّنَنَ عَلَى عِبَادِي، تَبَوَّأْ مِنَ الْجَنَّةِ حَيْثُ شِئْتَ. مُوسَى بْنُ بَغَا مُوسَى بْنُ بَغَا. تُوُفِّيَ فِي مُحَرَّمِ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ وَدُفِنَ بِسَامُرَّاءَ. مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ دَاوُدَ، أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، وَيُعْرَفُ: بِابْنِ أُخْتِ غَزَالٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ دَاوُدَ، أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، وَيُعْرَفُ: بِابْنِ أُخْتِ غَزَالٍ. كَانَ يَحْفَظُ وَيَفْهَمُ، وَحَدَّثَ كَثِيرًا وَكَانَ ثِقَةً . وَتُوُفِّيَ بِقَرْيَةٍ مِنْ قُرَى مِصْرَ فِي رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هِلَالِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَبُو الْفَضْلِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هِلَالِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَبُو الْفَضْلِ. عَامِلُ خَرَاجِ مِصْرَ، كَانَ صَدُوقًا فِي الْحَدِيثِ ، كَرِيمًا، وَلَهُ آثَارٌ فِي الْخَيْرِ. تُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ، أَبُو مُوسَى الصَّدَفِيُّ يُونُسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ، أَبُو مُوسَى الصَّدَفِيُّ. وُلِدَ سَنَةَ إِحْدَى وَسَبْعِينَ وَمِائَةٍ، وَكَانَ لَهُ عِلْمٌ وَافِرٌ، وَعَقْلٌ رَزِينٌ، حَتَّى قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ [ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ ]: مَا دَخَلَ مِنْ هَذَا الْبَابِ - يَعْنِي بَابَ الْجَامِعِ - أَحَدٌ أَعْقَلُ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى، وَتُوُفِّيَ بِمِصْرَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ ثَلَاثٍ وَتِسْعِينَ سَنَةً. يَزِيدُ بْنُ سِنَانِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الذَّيَّالِ، أَبُو خَالِدٍ، مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ يَزِيدُ بْنُ سِنَانِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الذَّيَّالِ، أَبُو خَالِدٍ، مَوْلَى عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَفَّانَ. مِصْرِيٌّ قَدِمَ مِصْرَ تَاجِرًا، فَوَطَنَهَا وَكَتَبَ بِهَا الْحَدِيثَ، وَحَدَّثَ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً نَبِيلًا . وَخَرَّجَ مُسْنَدَ حَدِيثِهِ، وَكَانَ كَثِيرَ الْفَائِدَةِ. وَتُوُفِّيَ بِمِصْرَ فِي [ أَوَّلِ يَوْمٍ مِنْ ] جُمَادَى الْأُولَى مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. وَمِمَّنْ تُوُفِّيَ فِيهَا مِنَ الْأَعْيَانِ: أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ. وَإِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْمُزَنِيُّ، أَحَدُ رُوَاةِ الْحَدِيثِ عَنِ الشَّافِعِيِّ مِنْ أَهْلِ مِصْرَ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ قَاضِي دِمَشْقَ. قَبِيحَةُ أُمُّ الْمُعْتَزِّ وَقَبِيحَةُ أَمُّ الْمُعْتَزِّ، إِحْدَى حَظَايَا الْمُتَوَكِّلِ عَلَى اللَّهِ، جَمَعَتْ مِنَ الْجَوَاهِرِ وَاللَّآلِئِ وَالذَّهَبِ وَالْمَصَاغِ مَا لَمْ يُعْهَدْ لِمِثْلِهَا، ثُمَّ سُلِبَتْ ذَلِكَ كُلَّهُ، وَقُتِلَ وَلَدُهَا الْمُعْتَزُّ لِأَجْلِ نَفَقَاتِ الْجُنْدِ، وَشَحَّتْ عَلَيْهِ بِخَمْسِينَ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ تُدَارِئُ بِهَا عَنْهُ. وَكَانَتْ وَفَاتُهَا فِي رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. وَفِيهَا مات وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ حَرْبٍ الطَّائِيُّ، وَكَانَ إِمَامًا فِي الْحَدِيثِ.
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✧ Mention of the prominent figures who died in the year two hundred sixty-four AH Ibrāhīm b. Rāshid b. Sulaymān, Abū Isḥāq al-Ādamī Ibrāhīm b. Rāshid b. Sulaymān, Abū Isḥāq [al-Ādamī]. He heard from a great many people, and [from him] narrated: Ibn Abī al-Dunyā and others. He was trustworthy (thiqah). He died in Rabīʿ al-Awwal of this year, having reached the age of eighty. Ibrāhīm b. Mālik b. Bahbūdh, Abū Isḥāq al-Bazzāz Ibrāhīm b. Mālik b. Bahbūdh, Abū Isḥāq al-Bazzāz. He heard Ḥammād b. Usāmah, Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb, and Yazīd b. Hārūn, among others. From him narrated: Ibn Abī al-Dunyā and Ibn Ṣāʿid. He was trustworthy (thiqah), among the best of the Muslims. He died in Rajab of this year, having reached the age of eighty. Ismāʿīl b. Yaḥyā b. Ismāʿīl b. ʿUmar b. Muslim, who is Ibrāhīm al-Muzanī Ismāʿīl b. Yaḥyā b. Ismāʿīl b. ʿUmar b. Muslim, who is Ibrāhīm al-Muzanī. Companion of al-Shāfiʿī (may God have mercy on him). He was a skilled jurist (faqīh ḥādhiq), trustworthy in ḥadīth, and possessed worship and virtue. He was among the best of God's creation, mighty and majestic, constantly engaged in ribāṭ (frontier garrison duty). He died on Wednesday, when twenty-four nights had passed of Rabīʿ al-Awwal of this year, and al-Rabīʿ b. Sulaymān prayed over him. Banān b. Yaḥyā b. Ziyād, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Mughāzilī Banān b. Yaḥyā b. Ziyād, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Mughāzilī. He related from ʿĀṣim b. ʿAlī, Yaḥyā b. Maʿīn, and others. From him narrated: Ibn Masrūq and Ibn Makhlad. He was trustworthy (thiqah). He died in Rajab of this year. Jaʿfar b. Mukrim b. Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm, Abū al-Faḍl al-Dūrī al-Tājir Jaʿfar b. Mukrim b. Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm, Abū al-Faḍl al-Dūrī al-Tājir. He heard Abū ʿĀmir al-ʿAqadī, Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah, and Abū Dāwūd al-Ṭayālisī, among a great many others. From him narrated: Ibn Ṣāʿid and others. He was trustworthy (thiqah), truthful (ṣadūq). He died in Jumādā al-Ūlā of this year. Ḥammād b. al-Muʾammil b. Maṭar, Abū Jaʿfar al-Kalbī Ḥammād b. al-Muʾammil b. Maṭar, Abū Jaʿfar al-Kalbī. He related from Kāmil b. Ṭalḥah. From him narrated: Ibn Makhlad. He was trustworthy (thiqah). He died in this year. ʿUbayd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-Karīm b. Yazīd b. Farrūkh, Abū Zurʿah al-Rāzī, client of ʿAyyāsh b. Muṭarrif al-Qurashī ʿUbayd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-Karīm b. Yazīd b. Farrūkh, Abū Zurʿah al-Rāzī, client of ʿAyyāsh b. Muṭarrif al-Qurashī. He was born in the year two hundred. He heard Abū Nuʿaym, Qabīṣah, al-Qaʿnabī, and a great many others. He was an imam, a ḥāfiẓ (had memorized vast numbers of ḥadīth), precise (mutqin), prolific (mukthir), and truthful (ṣadūq). He sat with Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal and engaged in ḥadīth discussions with him. Aḥmad used to say: "Through discussing ḥadīth with him I have been compensated for my supererogatory prayers. No one more retentive than Abū Zurʿah has crossed the bridge." And from Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad b. Muslim b. Wārah, who said: I was with Isḥāq b. Ibrāhīm in Naysābūr when a man from the people of Iraq said: I heard Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal say: "Seven hundred thousand ḥadīth and a fraction have been authenticated, and this young man—meaning Abū Zurʿah—has memorized six hundred thousand." The author said: And Abū Bakr b. Abī Shaybah said: "I have never seen anyone with a better memory than Abū Zurʿah." And Ibn Rāhawayh said: "Every ḥadīth that Abū Zurʿah does not know has no basis." And Abū Yaʿlā al-Mawṣilī said: "We never heard Aḥmad mentioned for memory but that his reputation exceeded his actual appearance—except for Abū Zurʿah, whose actual appearance was greater than his reputation." And from Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. Ḥamkawayh al-Rāzī, who said: Abū Zurʿah [al-Rāzī] was asked about a man who swore by divorce that Abū Zurʿah had memorized two hundred thousand ḥadīth—had he broken his oath? He said: "No." Then Abū Zurʿah said: "I have memorized two hundred thousand ḥadīth as a person memorizes 'Say: He is God, One,' and in discussions (mudhākarah) three hundred thousand ḥadīth." And from Aḥmad b. ʿAlī, who said: Abū Ḥātim Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad b. Khāmūsh al-Wāʿiẓ wrote to me in his own handwriting, saying: I heard Aḥmad b. al-Ḥasan b. Muḥammad al-ʿAṭṭār mention from Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Jaʿfar al-Ṣayrafī, who said: Abū Jaʿfar Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Sulaymān al-Tustarī related to us, saying: I heard Abū Zurʿah say: "In my house is what I wrote down fifty years ago, and I have not looked at it since I wrote it. Yet I know in which book it is, in which leaf, in which page, in which line. And my ear has never heard anything of knowledge but that my heart retained it. I walk in the market of Baghdad, and I hear the voices of singing girls from the upper rooms, so I put my finger in my ears for fear that my heart would retain it." And from Abū Jaʿfar al-Tustarī, who said: We were present with Abū Zurʿah while he was in the market, and with him were Abū Ḥātim, Muḥammad b. Muslim, al-Mundhir b. Shādhān, and a group of scholars. They mentioned the ḥadīth of talqīn (instructing the dying) and the saying of the Prophet ﷺ: "Instruct your dying ones to say: There is no god but God." He said: They felt shy before Abū Zurʿah and were in awe of prompting him, so they said: "Come, let us mention the ḥadīth." Muḥammad b. Muslim said: "Al-Ḍaḥḥāk b. Makhlad related to us, from ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar, from Ṣāliḥ"—and he did not go beyond that, while the rest remained silent. Then Abū Zurʿah, while still in the market, said: "Bundār related to us, Abū ʿĀṣim related to us, ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar related to us, from Ṣāliḥ b. Abī Gharīb, from Kathīr b. Murrah al-Ḥaḍramī, from Muʿādh b. Jabal, who said: The Messenger of God ﷺ said: 'Whoever's last words are: There is no god but God, enters Paradise.'" And then he died, may God have mercy on him. [Abū Zurʿah died in al-Rayy at the end of Dhū al-Ḥijjah of this year.] And from Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Murādī, who said: I saw Abū Zurʿah in a dream and said: "O Abū Zurʿah, what has God done with you?" He said: "I met my Lord, exalted is He, and He said to me: 'O Abū Zurʿah, I bring the infant child and command him to Paradise, so how about one who preserved the Sunnahs among My servants? Take your abode in Paradise wherever you wish.'" Mūsā b. Bughā Mūsā b. Bughā. He died in Muḥarram of this year and was buried in Sāmarrāʾ. Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Dāwūd, Abū Bakr al-Baghdādī, known as Ibn Ukht Ghazāl Muḥammad b. ʿAlī b. Dāwūd, Abū Bakr al-Baghdādī, known as Ibn Ukht Ghazāl. He had a retentive memory and understanding, narrated a great deal, and was trustworthy (thiqah). He died in a village of the villages of Egypt in Rabīʿ al-Awwal of this year. Muḥammad b. Hilāl b. Jaʿfar b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Abū al-Faḍl Muḥammad b. Hilāl b. Jaʿfar b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, Abū al-Faḍl. He was the collector of the land tax (kharāj) of Egypt. He was truthful (ṣadūq) in ḥadīth, generous, and had notable works of goodness. He died in this year. Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlā b. Mūsā b. Maysarah, Abū Mūsā al-Ṣadafī Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlā b. Mūsā b. Maysarah, Abū Mūsā al-Ṣadafī. He was born in the year one hundred seventy-one. He had abundant knowledge and a composed intellect, to the extent that al-Shāfiʿī (may God have mercy on him) said: "No one more intelligent than Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlā has entered through this gate"—meaning the gate of the mosque. He died in Egypt in this year at the age of ninety-three. Yazīd b. Sinān b. Yazīd b. al-Dhayyāl, Abū Khālid, client of ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān Yazīd b. Sinān b. Yazīd b. al-Dhayyāl, Abū Khālid, client of ʿUthmān b. ʿAffān. An Egyptian who came to Egypt as a merchant, settled there, wrote down ḥadīth, and narrated. He was trustworthy (thiqah), noble (nabīl). He produced a musnad of his ḥadīth, and he was of great benefit. He died in Egypt on the first day of Jumādā al-Ūlā of this year. And among the notable persons who died in it: Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Wahb, and Ismāʿīl b. Yaḥyā al-Muzanī, one of the transmitters of ḥadīth from al-Shāfiʿī among the people of Egypt, and Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. ʿUlayyah, the judge of Damascus. Qabīḥah, the mother of al-Muʿtazz And Qabīḥah, the mother of al-Muʿtazz, one of the concubines of al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh. She gathered jewels, pearls, gold, and ornaments such as had never been known for her like. Then she was stripped of all that, and her son al-Muʿtazz was killed for the sake of the soldiers' stipends, while she grudged fifty thousand dinars with which she might have ransomed him. Her death took place in Rabīʿ al-Awwal of this year. And in it died ʿAlī b. Ḥarb al-Ṭāʾī, who was an imam in ḥadīth.
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