Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3651
The conquest of Syria and Egypt by al-Muktafi and the end of the Tulunid dynasty
مَنْ تُوُفِّيَ فِي سنة اثتين وتسعين ومائتين مِنَ الْأَكَابِرِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبْدِ الْخَالِقِ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْعَتَكِيُّ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِالْبَزَّارِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ عَبْدِ الْخَالِقِ [أَبُو بَكْرٍ] الْعَتَكِيُّ [الْمَعْرُوفُ بِالْبَزَّارِ] : كَانَ حَافِظًا لِلْحَدِيثِ، وَتُوُفِّيَ بِالرَّمْلَةِ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِالْكَجِّيِّ وَالْكَشِّيِّ إِبْرَاهِيمُ [بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ] بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ، أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِالْكَجِّيِّ وَالْكَشِّيِّ: وُلِدَ سَنَةَ مِائَتَيْنِ، وَعَاشَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَتِسْعِينَ سَنَةً. سَمِعَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْأَنْصَارِيَّ، وَأَبَا عَاصِمٍ النَّبِيلَ، وَالْقَعْنَبِيَّ، وَغَيْرَهُمْ، وَرَوَى الْحَدِيثَ، وَكَانَ عَالِمًا ثِقَةً جَلِيلَ الْقَدْرِ، وَأَمْلَى عَلَى النَّاسِ، وَكَانَ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ سَبْعَةُ مُسْتَمْلِينَ، كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ يُبَلِّغُ صَاحِبَهُ الَّذِي يَلِيهِ، وَكَتَبَ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ قِيَامًا بِأَيْدِيهِمُ الْمَحَابِرُ، ثُمَّ مَسَحَ الْمَكَانَ [وَحَسَبَ مَنْ حَضَرَ بِمِحْبَرَةٍ] فَبَلَغُوا نَيِّفًا وَأَرْبَعِينَ أَلْفَ مِحْبَرَةٍ سِوَى النَّظَّارَةِ، وَكَانَ نَذَرَ أَنْ يَتَصَدَّقَ إِذَا حَدَّثَ بِعَشَرَةِ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ. وعن الْفَارُوقَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْكَبِيرِ، قال: لَمَّا فَرَغْنَا مِنْ قِرَاءَةِ كِتَابِ السُّنَنِ عَلَى أَبِي مُسْلِمٍ الْكَجِّيِّ، اتَّخَذَ لَنَا مَأْدُبَةً أَنْفَقَ فِيهَا أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ. وَقَالَ: شَهِدْتُ الْيَوْمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَبِلَ قَوْلِي وَحْدِي، وَلَوْ شَهِدْتُ عَلَى دَسْتَجَةٍ بِقُلٍّ لَاحْتَجْتُ إِلَى شَاهِدٍ آخَرَ يَشْهَدُ مَعِي أَفَلَا أَصْنَعُهُ شُكْرًا لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى. وَبَلَغَنِي عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْقَاضِي، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ بَعْضَ مَشَايِخِنَا، يَقُولُ: كَانَ أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ الْكَجِّيُّ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يُحَدِّثَ يُجَهِّزُ التَّمْرَ مِنَ الْبَصْرَةِ إِلَى بَغْدَادَ، وَكَانَ لَهُ هَاهُنَا وَكِيلٌ يَبِيعُهُ لَهُ، فَلَمَّا حَدَّثَ بَعَثَ إِلَى وَكِيلِهِ: إِنِّي قَدْ حَدَّثْتُ وَصَدَقْتُ فِي حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ. فَتَصَدَّقْ بِمَا عِنْدَكَ مِنَ التَّمْرِ أَوْ بِثَمَنِهِ إِنْ كُنْتَ بِعْتَهُ شُكْرًا لِلَّهِ تَعَالَى عَلَى ذَلِكَ. وعن أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَصْرِيُّ الْكَجِّيُّ، قَالَ: خَرَجْتُ يَوْمًا سِحَرًا فَغَرَّنِي الْقَمَرُ، وَكَانَ يَوْمًا بَارِدًا فَإِذَا الْحَمَّامُ قَدْ فُتِحَ، فَقُلْتُ أَدْخُلُ إِلَى الْحَمَّامِ قَبْلَ مُضِيِّي فِي حَاجَتِي، فَدَخَلْتُ، فَقُلْتُ لِلْحَمَّامِي: يَا حَمَّامِيُّ أَدَخَلَ حَمَّامَكَ أَحَدٌ؟ فَقَالَ: لَا، فَدَخَلْتُ الْحَمَّامَ فَسَاعَةَ فَتَحْتُ الْبَابَ، قَالَ لِي قَائِلٌ: أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ أَسْلِمْ تَسْلَمْ. ثُمَّ أَنْشَأَ يَقُولُ: لَكَ الْحَمْدُ إِمَّا عَلَى نِعْمَةٍ [وَإِمَّا عَلَى نِقْمَةٍ] تُدْفَعُ تَشَاءُ فَتَفْعَلُ مَا شِئْتَهُ وَتَسْمَعُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يُسْمَعُ قَالَ: فَبَادَرْتُ فَخَرَجْتُ وَأَنَا جَزِعٌ، فَقُلْتُ لِلْحَمَّامِيِّ: أَلَيْسَ زَعَمْتَ أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِي الْحَمَّامِ أَحَدٌ؟ فَقَالَ لِي: هَلْ سَمِعْتَ شَيْئًا؟ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا كَانَ، فَقَالَ: ذَاكَ جِنِّيٌّ يَتَرَاءَى لَنَا فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ وَيُنْشِدُ الشِّعْرَ، فَقُلْتُ: هَلْ عِنْدَكَ مَنْ شِعْرِهِ شَيْءٌ؟ قَالَ [لِي]: نَعَمْ، فَأَنْشَدَنِي: أَيُّهَا الْمُذْنِبُ الْمُفْرِطُ جَهْلًا كَمْ تَمَادَى وَتَرْكَبُ الذَّنْبَ جَهْلًا كَمْ وَكَمْ تُسْخِطُ الْجَلِيلَ بِفِعْلٍ سَمِجٍ وَهُوَ يَحْسُنُ الصُّنْعَ فِعْلَا كَيْفَ تَهْدَأُ جُفُونُ مَنْ لَيْسَ يَدْرِي أَرْضِيَ عَنْهُ مَنْ عَلَى الْعَرْشِ أَمْ لَا وعن ابْنُ رِزْقٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْخُطَبِيُّ، قَالَ: مَاتَ أَبُو مُسْلِمٍ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْكَجِّيُّ يَوْمَ الْأَحَدِ لِسَبْعٍ خَلَوْنَ مِنَ الْمُحَرَّمِ سَنَةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَتِسْعِينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ، وَأَحْدَرَ بِهِ إِلَى الْبَصْرَةِ فَدُفِنَ هُنَاكَ. إِدْرِيسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ، أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْحَدَّادُ إِدْرِيسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ، أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الْحَدَّادُ، الْمُقْرِئُ صَاحِبُ خَلَفِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ : وُلِدَ سَنَةَ تِسْعٍ وَتِسْعِينَ وَمِائَةٍ، وَسَمِعَ أَحْمَدَ، وَيَحْيَى، وَغَيْرَهُمَا. رَوَى عَنْهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْأَنْبَارِيُّ، وَالنَّجَّادُ، وَالْخُطَبِيُّ، وَأَبُو عَلِيِّ بْنُ الْوَصَّافِ. وَسُئِلَ عَنْهُ الدَّارَقُطْنِيُّ، فَقَالَ: ثِقَةٌ وَفَوْقَ الثِّقَةِ بِدَرَجَةٍ. وعن طَالِبُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ مِقْسَمٍ، قَالَ: كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ يَحْيَى إِذْ جَاءَ إِدْرِيسُ الْحَدَّادُ فَأَكْرَمَهُ وَحَادَثَهُ سَاعَةً، وَكَانَ إِدْرِيسُ قَدْ أَسَنَّ فَقَامَ مِنْ مَجْلِسِهِ وَهُوَ يَتَسَانَدُ، فَلَحِظَهُ أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ [بِعَيْنِهِ]، وَأَنْشَأَ يَقُولُ: أَرَى بَصَرِي فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ يَكِلُّ وَطَرَفِي عَنْ مَدَاهُ يَقْصُرُ وَمَنْ يَصْحَبُ الْأَيَّامَ تِسْعِينَ حُجَّةً يُغَيِّرْنَهُ وَالدَّهْرُ لَا يَتَغَيَّرُ لَعَمْرِي إِنْ أَصْبَحْتُ أَمْشِي مُقَيَّدًا لَمَا كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مُطْلَقَ الْقَيْدِ أَكْثَرُ تُوُفِّيَ إِدْرِيسُ يَوْمَ الْأَضْحَى مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ، أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الصَّفَّارُ الْمُقْرِئُ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ، أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الصَّفَّارُ الْمُقْرِئُ : مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَوْصِلِ، قَدِمَ بَغْدَادَ وَحَدَّثَ بِهَا عَنْ غَسَّانَ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ، وَمُعَلَّى بْنَ مَهْدِيٍّ وَغَيْرِهِمَا. رَوَى عَنْهُ ابْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ الشَّافِعِيُّ، وَكَانَ مُتَعَفِّفًا، وَتُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، أَبُو خَازِمٍ عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، أَبُو خَازِمٍ: الْقَاضِي الْحَنَفِيُّ، أَصْلُهُ مِنَ الْبَصْرَةِ وَسَكَنَ بَغْدَادَ، وَحَدَّثَ عَنْ بُنْدَارٍ، وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُثَنَّى وَغَيْرِهِمَا. وَلِيَ الْقَضَاءَ بِالشَّامِ وَالْكُوفَةِ وَبَغْدَادَ، وَكَانَ عَالِمًا وَرِعًا [ثِقَةً] قُدْوَةً فِي الْعُلُومِ غَزِيرَ الْعَقْلِ وَالدِّينِ. وعن أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْخَصِيبِيُّ، قَالَ: قَالَ [لِي] ابْنُ حَبِيبٍ الذَّارِعِ: كُنَّا وَنَحْنُ أَحْدَاثٌ مَعَ أَبِي خَازِمٍ وَكُنَّا نُقْعِدُهُ قَاضِيًا وَنَتَقَدَّمُ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْخُصُومَاتِ. قَالَ: فَمًا مَضَتِ الْأَيَّامُ وَاللَّيَالِي حَتَّى صَارَ قَاضِيًا. قَالَ أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ: وَبَلَغَ مِنْ شِدَّتِهِ فِي الْحُكْمِ أَنَّ الْمُعْتَضِدَ وَجَّهَ إِلَيْهِ بِطَرِيفٍ الْمَخْلَدِيِّ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: إِنَّ لِي عَلَى الضَّيِعِيِّ بَيْعًا وَكَانَ لِلْمُعْتَضِدِ وَلِغَيْرِهِ مَالٌ، وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ غُرَمَاءَهُ أَثْبَتُوا عِنْدَكَ، وَقَدْ قَسَطْتُ لَهُمْ مِنْ مَالِهِ، فَاجْعَلْنَا كَأَحَدِهِمْ. فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو خَازِمٍ: قُلْ لَهُ: أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ - أَطَالَ اللَّهُ بَقَاءَهُ - ذَاكِرٌ لِمَا قَالَ لِي وَقْتَ مَا قَلَّدَنِي [أَنَّهُ قَدْ] أَخْرَجَ الْأَمْرَ مِنْ عُنُقِهِ، وَجَعَلَهُ فِي عُنُقِي، وَلَا يَجُوزُ لِي أَنْ أَحْكُمَ فِي مَالِ رَجُلٍ لِمُدَّعٍ إِلَّا بِبَيِّنَةٍ. فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِ طَرِيفٌ فَأَخْبَرَهُ، فَقَالَ: قُلْ لَهُ فُلَانٌ وَفُلَانٌ يَشْهَدَانِ - يَعْنِي رَجُلَيْنِ جَلِيلَيْنِ كَانَا فِي ذَلِكَ الْوَقْتِ - فَقَالَ: يَشْهَدَانِ عِنْدِي وَأَسَالَ عَنْهُمَا، فَإِنْ زَكَّيَا قُبِلَتْ شَهَادَتُهُمَا، وَإِلَّا أَمْضَيْتُ مَا ثَبَتَ عِنْدِي، فَامْتَنَعَ أُولَئِكَ مِنَ الشَّهَادَةِ فَزِعًا وَلَمْ يَدْفَعْ إِلَيَّ الْمُعْتَضِدُ شَيْئًا. وعن وَكِيعٌ الْقَاضِي، قَالَ: كُنْتُ أَتَقَلَّدُ لِأَبِي خَازِمٍ وُقُوفًا فِي أَيَّامِ الْمُعْتَضِدِ مِنْهَا وُقُوفُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ، فَلَمَّا اسْتَكْثَرَ الْمُعْتَضِدُ مِنْ عِمَارَةِ الْقَصْرَ الْحُسَنِيَّ أَدْخَلَ إِلَيْهِ بَعْضَ وُقُوفِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ الَّتِي كَانَتْ مُجَاوِرَةً لِلْقَصْرِ، وَبَلَغَتِ السَّنَةُ [إِلَى آخِرِهَا] وَقَدْ جَبَيْتُ مَالَهَا إِلَّا مَا أَخَذَهُ الْمُعْتَضِدُ، فَجِئْتُ إِلَى أَبِي خَازِمٍ فَعَرَّفْتُهُ اجْتِمَاعَ مَالِ السَّنَةِ، وَاسْتَأْذَنْتُهُ فِي قِسْمَتِهِ فِي سَبِيلِهِ، فَقَالَ لِي: فَهَلْ جَبَيْتَ مَا عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: وَمَنْ يَجْسُرُ عَلَى مُطَالَبَةِ الْخَلِيفَةِ؟ فَقَالَ: وَاللَّهِ لَا قَسَمْتُ الِارْتِفَاعَ أَوْ تَأْخُذُ مَا عَلَيْهِ، وَاللَّهِ لَئِنْ لَمْ يُزِحِ الْعِلَّةَ لَا وَلَيْتَ لَهُ عَمَلًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: امْضِ إِلَيْهِ السَّاعَةَ فَطَالِبْهُ، فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ يُوَصِّلُنِي؟ فَقَالَ: امْضِ إِلَى صَافِي الْحَرَمِيِّ، وَقُلْ لَهُ إِنَّكَ رَسُولِي أَنْفَذْتُكَ فِي مُهِمٍّ، فَإِذَا مَا قُلْتُ لَكَ. فَجِئْتُ فَقُلْتُ لِصَافِي ذَلِكَ، فَأَوْصَلَنِي وَكَانَ آخِرَ النَّهَارِ، فَلَمَّا مَثُلَتْ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الْخَلِيفَةِ ظَنَّ أَنَّ أَمْرًا عَظِيمًا قَدْ حَدَثَ، وَقَالَ: هِيهِ قُلْ، كَأَنَّهُ مُتَشَوِّفٌ. فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: إِنَّى أَلِي لِعَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ قَاضِي أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وُقُوفَ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ، وَفِيهَا مَا [قَدْ] أَدْخَلَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِلَى قَصْرِهِ، وَلَمَّا جَبَيْتُ مَالَ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ امْتَنَعَ مِنْ تَفْرِقَتِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ أَجِيءَ بِمَا عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، وَأَنْفَذَنِي السَّاعَةَ قَاصِدًا لِهَذَا السَّبَبِ، وَأَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَقُولَ إِنِّي حَضَرْتُ فِي مُهِمٍّ لِأَصِلَ، قَالَ: فَسَكَتُّ سَاعَةً مُفَكِّرًا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَصَابَ عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ، يَا صَافِي هَاتِ الصُّنْدُوقَ، فَاحْضُرْ صُنْدُوقًا لَطِيفًا فَقَالَ: كَمْ يَجِبُ لَكَ؟ فَقُلْتُ: الَّذِي جَبَيْتُ عَامَ أَوَّلَ مِنِ ارْتِفَاعِ هَذِهِ الْعَقَارَاتِ أَرْبَعَمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ، فَقَالَ: فَكَيْفَ حِذْقُكَ بِالنَّقْدِ وَالْوَزْنِ؟ قُلْتُ: أَعْرِفُهُمَا، قَالَ: هَاتُوا مِيزَانًا، فَجِيءَ بِمِيزَانٍ، وَأَخْرَجَ مِنَ الصُّنْدُوقِ دَنَانِيرَ عَيْنًا، فَوَزَنَ لِي مِنْهَا أَرْبَعَمِائَةِ دِينَارٍ، فَقَبَضْتُهَا وَانْصَرَفْتُ إِلَى أَبِي خَازِمٍ بِالْخَبَرِ، فَقَالَ: أَضِفْهَا إِلَى مَا [قَدِ] اجْتَمَعَ [مِنْ مَالِ] الْوَقْفِ عِنْدَكَ وَفَرِّقْهُ فِي غَدٍ فِي سُبُلِهِ وَلَا تُؤَخِّرْ ذَلِكَ، فَفَعَلْتُ، وَكَثُرَ شُكْرُ النَّاسِ لِأَبِي خَازِمٍ بِهَذَا السَّبَبِ وَإِقْدَامُهُ عَلَى الْخَلِيفَةِ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ، وَشُكْرُهُمْ لِلْمُعْتَضِدِ فِي إِنْصَافِهِ. وعن الْقَاضِي أَبُو طَاهِرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نَصْرٍ، قَالَ: بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ أَبَا خَازِمٍ الْقَاضِيَ جَلَسَ فِي الشَّرْقِيَّةِ وَهُوَ قَاضِيهَا لِلْحُكْمِ، فَارْتَفَعَ إِلَيْهِ خَصْمَانِ، فَاجْتَرَأَ أَحَدُهُمَا بِحَضْرَتِهِ إِلَى مَا يُوجِبُ التَّأْدِيبَ، فَأَمَرَ بِتَأْدِيبِهِ، فَأُدِّبَ فَمَاتَ فِي الْحَالِ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَى الْمُعْتَضِدِ مِنَ الْمَجْلِسِ: أَعْلِمْ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَطَالَ اللَّهُ بَقَاءَهُ أَنَّ خَصْمَيْنِ حَضَرَانِي فَاجْتَرَأَ أَحَدُهُمَا إِلَى مَا وَجَبَ عَلَيْهِ مَعَهُ الْأَدَبُ عِنْدِي، فَأَمَرْتُ بِتَأْدِيبِهِ فَأُدِّبَ فَمَاتَ، فَإِذَا كَانَ الْمُرَادُ بِتَأْدِيبِهِ مَصْلَحَةَ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فَمَاتَ فِي الْأَدَبِ فَدِيَتُهُ وَاجِبَةٌ فِي بَيْتِ مَالِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ، فَإِنْ رَأَى أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ [أَطَالَ اللَّهُ بَقَاءَهُ] أَنْ يَأْمُرَ بِحَمْلِ الدِّيَةِ لِأَحْمِلَهَا إِلَى وَرَثَتِهِ فَعَلَ. فَعَادَ الْجَوَابُ إِلَيْهِ بِأَنَّا [قَدْ] أَمَرْنَا بِحَمْلِ الدِّيَةِ إِلَيْكَ، وَحَمَلَ إِلَيْهِ عَشَرَةَ آلَافِ دِرْهَمٍ، فَأَحْضَرَ وَرَثَةَ الْمُتَوَفَّى وَدَفَعَهَا إِلَيْهِمْ. وعن أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، قَالَ: ذَكَرَ لِي الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّيْمَرِيُّ، قَالَ: كَانَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَدْ خَاطَبَ أَبَا خَازِمٍ فِي بَيْعِ ضَيْعَةٍ لِيَتِيمٍ تُجَاوِرُ بَعْضَ ضِيَاعِهِ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ: إِنْ رَأَى الْوَزِيرُ أَعَزَّهُ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَجْعَلَنِي أَحَدَ رَجُلَيْنِ: إِمَّا رَجُلٌ صِينَ الْحُكْمُ بِهِ، أَوْ رَجُلٌ صِينَ الْحُكْمُ عَنْهُ. وعن أَبُو خَازِمٍ الْقَاضِي، قَالَ: كَانَ فِي حِجْرِي أَيْتَامٌ ذُكُورٌ وَإِنَاثٌ خَلْفَهُمْ بَعْضُ الْعُمَّالِ وَرَدَدْتُ أَمَانَتَهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضِ الشُّهُودِ، فَصَارَ إِلَى الْأَمِينِ يَوْمًا وَعَرَّفَنِي أَنَّ عَامِلَ الْمُسْتَغِلَّاتِ بِبَغْدَادَ الَّذِي يَتَوَلَّى مُسْتَغِلَّاتِ السُّلْطَانِ وَعَامِلُ بَادُورْيَا قَدْ أَدْخَلَا أَيْدِيَهُمَا فِي أَمْلَاكِ الْأَيْتَامِ، وَذَكَرَا أَنَّ الْوَزِيرَ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ أَمَرَهُمَا بِذَلِكَ عَنْ أَمْرِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْمُعْتَضِدِ، فَصِرْتُ إِلَى الْمُعْتَضِدِ فِي يَوْمِ مَوْكِبٍ، فَلَمَّا انْقَضَى الْمَوْكِبُ دَنَوْتُ مِنْهُ وَشَرَحْتُ لَهُ الصُّورَةَ، فَقَالَ [لِي]: يَا عَبْدَ الْحَمِيدِ هَذَا عَامِلٌ قَدْ خَانَنِي فِي مَالِي وَاقْتَطَعَهُ وَلِي عَلَيْهِ مَالٌ جَلِيلٌ مِنْ نَوَاحٍ كَانَ يَتَوَلَّاهَا مِنْ ضَيْعَتِي خَاصَّةً وَمَا لِي عَلَيْهِ يَضْعُفُ هَذِهِ الْأَمْلَاكُ الَّتِي خَلَّفَهَا، فَقُلْتُ: يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا تَدَّعِيهِ عَلَيْهِ يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى بَيِّنَةٍ، وَقَدْ صَحَّ عِنْدِي أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْأَمْلَاكَ أَمْلَاكُهُ يَوْمَ مَاتَ، وَلَا طَرِيقَ إِلَى انْتِزَاعِهَا مِنْ يَدِ وَارِثِهِ إِلَّا بِبَيِّنَةٍ، هَذَا حُكْمُ اللَّهِ فِي الْبَالِغِينَ، فَكَيْفَ فِي الْأَطْفَالِ؟ قَالَ: فَسَكَتَ سَاعَةً مُطْرِقًا، ثُمَّ دَعَا بَدَاوَةً، وَوَقَّعَ بِخَطِّهِ إِلَى عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ بِالْإِفْرَاجِ عَنِ الضِّيَاعِ. وعن الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ الْقَاضِي، عَمَّنْ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ يُسَايِرُ أَبَا خَازِمٍ الْقَاضِيَ فِي طَرِيقٍ فَمَرَّ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: أَحْسَنَ اللَّهُ جَزَاءَكَ أَيُّهَا الْقَاضِي فِي تَقْلِيدِكَ فُلَانًا الْقَضَاءَ بِبَلَدِنَا، فَإِنَّهُ عَفِيفٌ، فَصَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَبُو خَازِمٍ، وَقَالَ: اسْكُتْ عَافَاكَ اللَّهُ تَقُولُ فِي قَاضٍ إِنَّهُ عَفِيفٌ! هَذَا مِنْ صِفَاتِ أَصْحَابِ الشُّرْطَةِ، وَالْقُضَاةِ فَوْقَهَا. قَالَ: ثُمَّ سِرْنَا وَهُوَ وَاجِمٌ سَاعَةً، فَقُلْتُ: مَا لَكَ يَا أَيُّهَا الْقَاضِي؟ فَقَالَ: مَا ظَنَنْتُ أَنِّي أَعِيشُ حَتَّى أَسْمَعَ هَذَا، وَلَكِنْ [قَدْ] فَسَدَ الزَّمَانُ وَبَطَلَتْ هَذِهِ الصِّنَاعَةُ، وَلَعَمْرِي لَقَدْ دَخَلَ فِيهَا مَنْ يَحْتَاجُ الْفَاضِلُ مَعَهُ إِلَى التَّقْرِيظِ، وَمَا كَانَ النَّاسُ يَحْتَاجُونَ [إِلَى] أَنْ يَقُولُوا: فُلَانٌ الْقَاضِي عَفِيفٌ حَتَّى تَقَلَّدَ فُلَانٌ - وَذَكَرَ رَجُلًا، وَقَالَ: لَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أُسَمِّيَهُ - فَقُلْتُ: مَنْ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ؟ فَامْتَنَعَ فَأَلْحَحْتُ عَلَيْهِ، فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَى أَبِي عُمَرَ. تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو خَازِمٍ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ، وَذَكَرَ بَعْضُ عُلَمَاءِ النَّقْلِ أَنَّهُ دُفِنَ بِالْكُوفَةِ. الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٌ، أَبُو بَرْزَةَ الْحَاسِبُ الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٌ، أَبُو بَرْزَةَ الْحَاسِبُ : حَدَّثَ عَنْ يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيِّ رَوَى عَنْهُ عَبْدُ الْبَاقِي بْنُ قَانِعٍ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً جَلِيلَ الْقَدْرِ. تُوُفِّيَ فِي صَفَرِ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ.
Translation
✧ Those of the notables who died in the year two hundred and ninety-two: Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. ʿAbd al-Khāliq, Abū Bakr al-ʿAtakī, known as al-Bazzār: He was a ḥāfiẓ of ḥadīth, and he died at al-Ramlah in this year. Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Muslim, Abū Muslim al-Baṣrī, known as al-Kajjī and al-Kashshī: He was born in the year two hundred, and he lived ninety-two years. He heard Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Anṣārī, Abū ʿĀṣim al-Nabīl, al-Qaʿnabī, and others, and he transmitted ḥadīth. He was a learned, trustworthy man of great esteem, and he dictated to the people. In his assembly there were seven mustamlīs, each one conveying to the one next to him, and the people wrote from him standing with inkwells in their hands. Then the place was wiped, and those present with inkwells were counted, reaching more than forty thousand inkwells besides the onlookers. He had vowed to give ten thousand dirhams in charity when he related ḥadīth. From al-Fārūq b. ʿAbd al-Kabīr, who said: When we finished reading the Kitāb al-Sunan to Abū Muslim al-Kajjī, he prepared for us a banquet on which he spent a thousand dinars. And he said: Today I testified on behalf of the Messenger of God ﷺ, and my word alone was accepted; but if I testified about a basket of qull, I would need another witness to testify with me. Should I not do this in gratitude to God Almighty? It reached me from Ismāʿīl al-Qāḍī, who said: I heard one of our shaykhs say: Abū Muslim al-Kajjī, before he related ḥadīth, used to send dates from al-Baṣrah to Baghdad, and he had an agent here who sold them for him. When he began to relate ḥadīth, he sent to his agent: I have related ḥadīth and have been truthful in the ḥadīth of the Messenger of God ﷺ. Give in charity what you have of dates or their price if you have sold them, in gratitude to God Almighty for that. From Abū Muslim Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Baṣrī al-Kajjī, who said: I went out one day before dawn, and the moon deceived me. It was a cold day, and the bathhouse was already open, so I said: I will enter the bathhouse before going about my errand. I entered and said to the bath attendant: O bath attendant, has anyone entered your bathhouse? He said: No. I entered the bathhouse, and the moment I opened the door, a speaker said to me: Abū Muslim, submit and you will be safe. Then he began to recite: To You be praise, whether for a blessing or for a calamity averted; You will and You do what You will, And You hear where no hearing is. He said: I hurried out, trembling, and said to the bath attendant: Did you not claim that there was no one in the bathhouse? He said to me: Did you hear something? I told him what had happened, and he said: That is a jinnī who appears to us from time to time and recites poetry. I said: Do you have any of his poetry? He said: Yes, and he recited to me: O sinner, excessive in ignorance, how long will you persist and commit sin out of ignorance? How often do you anger the Majestic with ugly deeds, while He makes His work beautiful in deed? How can the eyelids of one rest who does not know whether the One on the Throne is pleased with him or not? From Ibn Rizq, who said: Ismāʿīl b. ʿAlī al-Khuṭabī informed us, saying: Abū Muslim Ibrāhīm b. ʿAbd Allāh al-Kajjī died on Sunday, seven days into Muḥarram, in the year two hundred and ninety-two, and he was taken down to al-Baṣrah and buried there. Idrīs b. ʿAbd al-Karīm, Abū al-Ḥasan al-Ḥaddād, the Qurʾān reciter, companion of Khalaf b. Hishām: He was born in the year one hundred and ninety-nine, and he heard Aḥmad, Yaḥyā, and others. Abū Bakr al-Anbārī, al-Najjād, al-Khuṭabī, and Abū ʿAlī b. al-Waṣṣāf transmitted from him. Al-Dāraquṭnī was asked about him and said: Trustworthy, and a degree above trustworthy. From Ṭālib b. ʿUthmān, who said: I heard Ibn Miqsam say: I was with Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad b. Yaḥyā when Idrīs al-Ḥaddād came, and he honored him and conversed with him for a while. Idrīs had grown old, and he rose from his seat leaning on support. Abū al-ʿAbbās glanced at him and began to recite: I see my sight, every day and night, grows weary, and my gaze falls short of its range. Whoever keeps company with the days for ninety years, they change him, while time does not change. By my life, if I have begun to walk shackled, the time I walked unshackled was longer. Idrīs died on the Day of Sacrifice of this year. Al-Ḥasan b. Saʿīd b. Mihrān, Abū ʿAlī al-Ṣaffār the Qurʾān reciter: He was from the people of al-Mawṣil. He came to Baghdad and related ḥadīth there from Ghassān b. al-Rabīʿ, Muʿallā b. Mahdī, and others. Ibn Makhlad and Abū Bakr al-Shāfiʿī transmitted from him, and he was abstemious. He died in this year. ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, Abū Khāzim: The Ḥanafī judge. His origin was from al-Baṣrah, and he settled in Baghdad. He related ḥadīth from Bundār, Muḥammad b. al-Muthannā, and others. He held the judgeship of Syria, al-Kūfah, and Baghdad. He was learned, pious, trustworthy, a model in the sciences, abundant in intellect and religion. From Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Muḥammad al-Khaṣībī, who said: Ibn Ḥabīb al-Dhāriʿ said to me: When we were youths, we used to seat Abū Khāzim as a judge and bring disputes before him. He said: The days and nights did not pass until he became a judge. Abū al-Ḥusayn said: His severity in judgment reached the point that al-Muʿtaḍid sent Ṭarīf al-Makhalladī to him, and he said to him: I have a claim against al-Ḍayʿī concerning a sale, and al-Muʿtaḍid and others had money with him. It has reached me that his creditors have established their claims before you, and you have allotted them from his wealth. Make us like one of them. Abū Khāzim said to him: Tell him: The Commander of the Faithful—may God prolong his life—remembers what he said to me when he appointed me, that he had removed the matter from his own neck and placed it on mine, and it is not permissible for me to judge in favor of a claimant against a man's wealth except with clear proof. Ṭarīf returned to him and informed him, and he said: Tell him that so-and-so and so-and-so will testify—meaning two eminent men of that time. He said: They may testify before me, and I will inquire about them. If they are found upright, their testimony will be accepted; otherwise, I will enforce what has been established before me. Those men refrained from testifying out of fear, and al-Muʿtaḍid did not pay me anything. From Wakīʿ the judge, who said: I used to administer endowments for Abū Khāzim during the days of al-Muʿtaḍid, among them the endowments of al-Ḥasan b. Sahl. When al-Muʿtaḍid expanded the construction of the Ḥasanī palace, he incorporated into it some of the endowments of al-Ḥasan b. Sahl that were adjacent to the palace. The year came to an end, and I had collected its revenue except what al-Muʿtaḍid had taken. I came to Abū Khāzim and informed him of the collection of the year's revenue, and I asked his permission to distribute it in its proper channels. He said to me: Have you collected what is due from the Commander of the Faithful? I said to him: Who would dare demand from the caliph? He said: By God, I will not distribute the revenue until you take what is due from him. By God, if he does not remove the obstruction, I will not administer any work for him. Then he said: Go to him this very hour and demand it. I said: Who will grant me access? He said: Go to Ṣāfī al-Ḥaramī and tell him that you are my messenger, sent on an important matter, and tell him what I have told you. I went and told Ṣāfī that, and he granted me access. It was the end of the day. When I stood before the caliph, he thought that a great matter had occurred, and he said: Come, speak, as if eager. I said to him: I administer for ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd, the judge of the Commander of the Faithful, the endowments of al-Ḥasan b. Sahl. Among them is what the Commander of the Faithful has incorporated into his palace. When I collected the revenue of this year, he refused to distribute it unless I brought what is due from the Commander of the Faithful. He sent me this hour for this reason, and he ordered me to say that I came on an important matter so that I might gain access. He said: I fell silent for a while, thinking, then he said: ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd is right. O Ṣāfī, bring the chest. He brought a small chest and said: How much is due to you? I said: What I collected last year from the revenue of these properties was four hundred dinars. He said: How skilled are you in counting and weighing? I said: I know both. He said: Bring a scale. A scale was brought, and he took out dinars in cash from the chest and weighed for me four hundred dinars. I took them and returned to Abū Khāzim with the news. He said: Add them to what has been collected of the endowment's funds with you, and distribute it tomorrow in its proper channels, and do not delay it. I did so, and the people's gratitude to Abū Khāzim increased because of this and his boldness before the caliph in such a matter, as did their gratitude to al-Muʿtaḍid for his fairness. From the judge Abū Ṭāhir Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Naṣr, who said: It reached me that Abū Khāzim the judge sat in al-Sharqiyyah, while he was its judge, to adjudicate. Two litigants came before him, and one of them, in his presence, dared to do something that warranted discipline. He ordered him to be disciplined, and he was disciplined and died on the spot. He wrote to al-Muʿtaḍid from the assembly: I inform the Commander of the Faithful—may God prolong his life—that two litigants came before me, and one of them dared to do something for which discipline was due before me. I ordered him to be disciplined, and he was disciplined and died. If the purpose of disciplining him was the welfare of the Muslims, and he died during the discipline, then his blood money is obligatory from the treasury of the Muslims. If the Commander of the Faithful—may God prolong his life—sees fit to order the blood money to be sent so that I may convey it to his heirs, let him do so. The reply came back to him: We have ordered the blood money to be sent to you, and ten thousand dirhams were sent to him. He summoned the heirs of the deceased and gave it to them. From Aḥmad b. ʿAlī, who said: Al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaymarī mentioned to me, saying: ʿUbayd Allāh b. Sulaymān had written to Abū Khāzim concerning the sale of an estate belonging to an orphan that adjoined some of his own estates. He wrote to him: If the vizier—may God honor him—sees fit to make me one of two men: either a man by whom judgment is protected, or a man from whom judgment is protected. From Abū Khāzim the judge, who said: I had in my care orphans, male and female, left behind by one of the governors, and I had returned their trust to some of the witnesses. The trustee came to me one day and informed me that the administrator of properties in Baghdad who oversees the sultan's properties and the administrator of Bādūrayā had laid their hands on the orphans' properties, claiming that the vizier ʿUbayd Allāh b. Sulaymān had ordered them to do so by command of the Commander of the Faithful al-Muʿtaḍid. I went to al-Muʿtaḍid on a day of audience. When the audience ended, I approached him and explained the situation. He said to me: O ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd, this is a governor who betrayed me concerning my wealth and appropriated it. I have a large sum due from him from districts he administered from my private estates, and what I have against him is twice these properties he left. I said: O Commander of the Faithful, what you claim against him requires proof. It has been established before me that these properties were his on the day he died, and there is no way to seize them from the hand of his heir except with clear proof. This is God's ruling for adults, so how much more for children? He said: He fell silent for a while, looking down, then he called for an inkwell and wrote in his own hand to ʿUbayd Allāh b. Sulaymān ordering the release of the estates. From al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAyyāsh the judge, from someone who told him that he was riding alongside Abū Khāzim the judge on a road when a man passed by him and said: May God reward you well, O judge, for appointing so-and-so to the judgeship of our town, for he is upright. Abū Khāzim shouted at him and said: Be silent, may God keep you well! You say of a judge that he is upright? That is among the attributes of the police; judges are above that. He said: Then we rode on while he was silent for a while. I said: What is the matter, O judge? He said: I never thought I would live to hear this. But the age has become corrupt, and this craft has become void. By my life, those have entered it with whom the virtuous man needs praise. People did not need to say: So-and-so the judge is upright, until so-and-so was appointed—and he mentioned a man, and said: I do not like to name him. I said: Who is this man? He refused, but I insisted, and he gestured toward Abū ʿUmar. Abū Khāzim died in this year, and some scholars of transmission mentioned that he was buried in al-Kūfah. Al-Faḍl b. Muḥammad, Abū Barzah al-Ḥāsib: He related ḥadīth from Yaḥyā al-Ḥimmānī. ʿAbd al-Bāqī b. Qāniʿ transmitted from him, and he was trustworthy and of great esteem. He died in Ṣafar of this year.
Grades by grader
No grade is recorded for this wording. Ask what scholars say about its grade