Tarikh (al-Tabari) 3739
The Year 310 AH
ذِكْرُ مَنْ تُوُفِّيَ فِي سنة عشر وثلاثمائة مِنَ الْأَكَابِرِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ كَامِلٍ، أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مَوْلَى بَنِي فِهْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ كَامِلٍ، أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مَوْلَى بَنِي فِهْرٍ : كَانَ ثِقَةً. وَتُوُفِّيَ فِي جُمَادَى الْأُولَى مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ، وَلَهُ اثْنَتَانِ وَثَمَانُونَ سَنَةً. أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى، أَبُو عَلِيٍّ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى، أَبُو عَلِيٍّ : حَدَّثَ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً، وَتُوُفِّيَ فِي شَعْبَانِ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ السَّرَّاجُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ السَّرَّاجُ، [أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ]: حَدَّثَ عَنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى وَغَيْرِهِ، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً دَيِّنًا، تُوُفِّيَ فِي [شَهْرِ ] رَمَضَانِ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الطَّائِيُّ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الطَّائِيُّ : حِمَّصِيٌّ قَدِمَ مِصْرَ وَحَدَّثَ بِهَا، وَكَانَ ثِقَةً، تُوُفِّيَ بِمِصْرَ فِي رَجَبِ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. أَحْمَدُ [بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ] بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هِلَالِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْمُقْرِئُ مَوْلَى الْأَزْدِ أَحْمَدُ [بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ] بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هِلَالِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْمُقْرِئُ مَوْلَى الْأَزْدِ: حَدَّثَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَغَيْرِهِ، وَتُوُفِّيَ فِي ذِي الْقِعْدَةِ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الصَّوَّافُ الْمُقْرِئُ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الصَّوَّافُ الْمُقْرِئُ: سَمِعَ مِنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْأَشَجِّ، وَغَيْرِهِ. وَكَانَ ثِقَةً فَاضِلًا نَبِيلًا، سَكَنَ الْجَانِبَ الشَّرْقِيَّ، تُوُفِّيَ فِي رَمَضَانِ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ، وَدُفِنَ فِي مَقَابِرِ الْخَيْزُرَانِ. خَالِدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، [أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ الْخُتُلِّيُّ خَالِدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ، [أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّفَّارُ الْخُتُلِّيُّ: حَدَّثَ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ مَعِينٍ. رَوَى عَنْهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ السُّكَّرِيُّ، سُئِلَ عَنْهُ الدَّارَقُطْنِيُّ، فَقَالَ: صَالِحٌ، تُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مَسْلَمَةَ ]، أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْفَزَارِيُّ: حَدَّثَ عَنْ عَبَّادِ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ الْغُبَرِيِّ، رَوَى عَنْهُ ابْنُ الْمُظَفَّرِ وَكَانَ ثِقَةً. وَتُوُفِّيَ فِي ذِي الْحِجَّةِ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ، أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ الشَّامِيُّ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِأَبِي صَخْرَةَ الْكَاتِبُ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ، أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْقُرَشِيُّ الشَّامِيُّ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِأَبِي صَخْرَةَ الْكَاتِبُ: سَمِعَ عَلِيَّ بْنَ الْمَدِينِيِّ، وَلَيْثًا، وَيَحْيَى بْنَ أَكْثَمَ. رَوَى عَنْهُ ابْنُ الْمُظَفَّرِ. وَكَانَ ثِقَةً. وَتُوُفِّيَ بِبَغْدَادَ فِي شَوَّالِ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. عِيسَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْقُرَشِيُّ عِيسَى بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ، أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ الْقُرَشِيُّ: وَرَّاقُ دَاوُدَ بْنِ رَشِيدٍ، حَدَّثَ عَنْهُ، وَ [عَنْ ] غَيْرِهِ، رَوَى عَنْهُ ابْنُ الْمُظَفَّرِ - وَكَانَ ثِقَةً -. تُوُفِّيَ فِي شَعْبَانِ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، أَبُو بِشْرٍ الدُّولَابِيُّ الْوَرَّاقُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، أَبُو بِشْرٍ الدُّولَابِيُّ الْوَرَّاقُ: مَوْلَى الْأَنْصَارِ، وَكَانَتْ لَهُ مَعْرِفَةٌ بِالْحَدِيثِ، وَكَانَ حَسَنَ التَّصْنِيفِ، وَحَدَّثَ عَنْ أَشْيَاخٍ فِيهِمْ كَثْرَةٌ، قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ يُونُسَ: وَكَانَ يُضَعَّفُ، تُوُفِّيَ وَهُوَ قَاصِدٌ إِلَى الْحَجِّ بَيْنَ مَكَّةَ وَالْمَدِينَةِ بِالْعَرَجِ فِي ذِي الْقِعْدَةِ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِلَالٍ، أَبُو بَكْرٍ الشَّطَوِيُّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِلَالٍ، أَبُو بَكْرٍ الشَّطَوِيُّ: سَمِعَ أَبَا كُرَيْبٍ، وَأَحْمَدَ بْنَ مَنِيعٍ، وَغَيْرَهُمَا وَرَوَى عَنْهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُظَفَّرِ وَغَيْرُهُ، وَرُبَّمَا سَمَّاهُ بَعْضُ الرُّوَاةِ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ أَكْثَرُ. وَتُوُفِّيَ لِأَرْبَعٍ خَلَوْنَ مِنْ رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ آدَمَ بْنِ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الصَّالِحِيُّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ آدَمَ بْنِ أَبِي الرِّجَالِ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الصَّالِحِيُّ : سَكَنَ بَغْدَادَ وَحَدَّثَ بِهَا عَنْ بِشْرِ بْنِ هِلَالٍ الصَّوَّافِ، وَأَزْهَرَ بْنِ جَمِيلٍ، وَغَيْرِهِمَا. رَوَى عَنْهُ ابْنُ الْمُظَفَّرِ، وَغَيْرُهُ. وَكَانَ ثِقَةً. [تُوُفِّيَ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ ]. مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَنَانِ بْنِ مَعْنٍ، أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْخَلَّالُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَنَانِ بْنِ مَعْنٍ، أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الْخَلَّالُ: سَمِعَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الْمُثَنَّى، وَمُهَنَّأَ بْنَ يَحْيَى الشَّامِيَّ، وَغَيْرَهُمَا. رَوَى عَنْهُ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُمَرَ السُّكَّرِيُّ، وَأَبُو الْفَضْلِ الزُّهْرِيُّ، وعن عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْحَافِظُ، قَالَ: مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَنَانٍ بَغْدَادِيٌّ لَمْ يَكُنْ بِهِ بَأْسٌ. تُوُفِّيَ فِي شَعْبَانِ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْمَنْصُورُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْمَنْصُورُ، يُكَنَّى أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ: كَانَ خَطِيبَ الْجَامِعِ بِمَدِينَةِ الْمَنْصُورِ، فَلَمْ يَزَلْ يَتَوَلَّى ذَلِكَ حَتَّى تُوُفِّيَ فِي يَوْمِ السَّبْتِ لِثَمَانٍ بَقِينَ مِنْ ذِي الْحِجَّةِ مِنْ هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ. مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَرِيرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَثِيرِ بْنِ غَالِبٍ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الطَّبَرِيُّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَرِيرِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ بْنِ كَثِيرِ بْنِ غَالِبٍ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الطَّبَرِيُّ: وُلِدَ فِي آخِرِ سَنَةِ أَرْبَعٍ أَوْ أَوَّلِ سَنَةِ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ، وَكَانَ أَسْمَرَ إِلَى الْأَدَمَةِ أَعْيَنَ مُلْتَفَّ الْجِسْمِ، مَدِيدَ الْقَامَةِ، فَصِيحَ اللِّسَانِ، سَمِعَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَبِي الشَّوَارِبِ، وَإِسْحَاقَ بْنَ [أَبِي ] إِسْرَائِيلَ، وَأَحْمَدَ بْنَ مَنِيعٍ الْبَغَوِيَّ، وَأَبَا هَمَّامٍ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ شُجَاعٍ، وَأَبَا كُرَيْبٍ، وَيَعْقُوبَ الدَّوْرَقِيَّ، وَأَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْأَشَجَّ، وَمُحَمَّدَ بْنَ بَشَّارٍ، وَخَلْقًا كَثِيرًا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِرَاقِ، وَالشَّامِ، وَمِصْرَ. وَحَدَّثَ عَنْهُ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ كَامِلٍ الْقَاضِي وَغَيْرُهُ، اسْتَوْطَنَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ بَغْدَادَ إِلَى حِينِ وَفَاتِهِ، وَكَانَ قَدْ جَمَعَ مِنَ الْعُلُومِ مَا رَأَسَ بِهِ أَهْلَ عَصْرِهِ، وَكَانَ حَافِظًا لِلْقُرْآنِ، بَصِيرًا بِالْمَعَانِي، عَالِمًا بِالسُّنَنِ، فَقِيهًا فِي الْأَحْكَامِ، عَالِمًا بِاخْتِلَافِ الْعُلَمَاءِ، خَبِيرًا بِأَيَّامِ النَّاسِ وَأَخْبَارِهِمْ، وَتَصَانِيفُهُ كَثِيرَةٌ مِنْهَا: كِتَابُ "التَّارِيخِ "، وَكِتَابُ "التَّفْسِيرِ " وَ "تَهْذِيبُ الْآثَارِ " إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَمْ يُتَمِّمْ تَصْنِيفَهُ وَلَهُ فِي أُصُولِ الْفِقْهِ وَفُرُوعِهِ كُتُبٌ كَثِيرَةٌ. وعن أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ [عَلِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ ] الْخَطِيبُ، قَالَ: [سَمِعْتُ ] عَلِيَّ بْنَ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْغَفَّارِ اللُّغَوِيَّ يَحْكِي أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ جَرِيرٍ مَكَثَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً يَكْتُبُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ مِنْهَا أَرْبَعِينَ وَرَقَةً. وعن أَبُو عُمَرَ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ السِّمْسَارُ وَأَبُو الْقَاسِمِ بْنُ عَقِيلٍ الْوَرَّاقُ: أَنَّ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ الطَّبَرِيَّ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ أَتَنْشَطُونَ لِتَفْسِيرِ الْقُرْآنِ ؟ قَالُوا: كَمْ يَكُونُ قَدْرَهُ ؟ قَالَ: ثَلَاثُونَ أَلْفَ وَرَقَةٍ، فَقَالُوا: هَذَا مِمَّا تَفْنَى الْأَعْمَارُ قَبْلَ تَمَامِهِ، فَاخْتَصَرَهُ فِي نَحْوِ ثَلَاثَةِ آلَافِ وَرَقَةٍ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: هَلْ تَنْشَطُونَ لِتَارِيخِ الْعَالَمِ مِنْ آدَمَ إِلَى وَقْتِنَا هَذَا ؟ قَالُوا: كَمْ يَكُونُ قَدْرَهُ ؟ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوًا مِمَّا ذَكَرَ فِي التَّفْسِيرِ، فَأَجَابُوهُ بِمِثْلِ ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّا لِلَّهِ مَاتَتِ الْهِمَمُ، فَاخْتَصَرَهُ فِي نَحْوٍ مِمَّا اخْتَصَرَ التَّفْسِيرَ. وعن مَخْلَدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الدَّقَّاقُ، قَالَ: أَنْشَدَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ الطَّبَرِيُّ ]: إِذَا أَعْسَرْتُ لَمْ يَعْلَمْ رَفِيقِي وَأَسْتَغْنِي فَيَسْتَغْنِي صَدِيقِي حَيَائِي حَافِظٌ لِي مَاءَ وَجْهِي وَرِفْقِي فِي مُطَالَبَتِي رَفِيقِي وَلَوْ أَنِّي سَمَحْتُ بِبَذْلِ وَجْهِي لَكُنْتُ إِلَى الْغِنَى سَهْلَ الطَّرِيقِ قَالَ: وَأَنْشَدَنَا أَيْضًا: خُلُقَانِ لَا أَرْضَى طَرِيقَهُمَا بَطَرُ الْغِنَى وَمَذَلَّةُ الْفَقْرِ فَإِذَا غَنِيتَ فَلَا تَكُنْ بَطِرًا وَاذَا افْتَقَرْتَ فَتِهْ عَلَى الدَّهْرِ تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ [الطَّبَرِيُّ ] وَقْتَ الْمَغْرِبِ مِنْ عَشِيَّةِ الْأَحَدِ لِيَوْمَيْنِ بَقِيَا مِنْ شَوَّالِ سَنَةِ عَشْرٍ وَثَلَاثِمِائَةٍ، وَدُفِنَ وَقَدْ أَضْحَى النَّهَارُ يَوْمَ الِاثْنَيْنِ بِرَحْبَةِ يَعْقُوبَ فِي نَاحِيَةِ بَابِ خُرَاسَانَ فِي حُجْرَةٍ بِإِزَاءِ دَارِهِ، وَقِيلَ: بَلْ دُفِنَ لَيْلًا وَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ بِهِ أَحَدٌ، وَاجْتَمَعَ مَنْ لَا يُحْصِيهِمْ إِلَّا اللَّهُ، وَصُلِّيَ عَلَى قَبْرِهِ عِدَّةُ شُهُورٍ لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا. وَذَكَرَ ثَابِتُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ فِي تَارِيخِهِ: أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا أُخْفِيَتْ حَالُهُ لِأَنَّ الْعَامَّةَ اجْتَمَعُوا [وَمَنَعُوا ] مِنْ دَفْنِهِ بِالنَّهَارِ وَادَّعَوْا عَلَيْهِ الرَّفْضَ، ثُمَّ ادَّعَوْا عَلَيْهِ الْإِلْحَادَ. قَالَ ابن الجوزي: كَانَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ يَرَى [جَوَازَ ] الْمَسْحِ عَلَى الْقَدَمَيْنِ وَلَا يُوجِبُ غَسْلَهُمَا، فَلِهَذَا نُسِبَ إِلَى الرَّفْضِ، وَكَانَ قَدْ رَفَعَ فِي حَقِّهِ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي دَاوُدَ قِصَّةً إِلَى نَصْرٍ الْحَاجِبِ يَذْكُرُ عَنْهُ أَشْيَاءَ فَأَنْكَرَهَا، مِنْهَا: أَنَّهُ نَسَبَهُ إِلَى رَأْيِ جَهْمٍ، وَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ قَائِلٌ: بَلْ يَدَاهُ [مَبْسُوطَتَانِ ] أَيْ: نِعْمَتَاهُ، فَأَنْكَرَ هَذَا، وَقَالَ مَا قُلْتُهُ، وَمِنْهَا: أَنَّهُ رَوَى أَنَّ رُوحَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمَّا خَرَجَتْ سَالَتْ فِي كَفِّ عَلِيٍّ فَحَسَاهَا، فَقَالَ: إِنَّمَا الْحَدِيثُ مَسَحَ بِهَا عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَلَيْسَ فِيهِ حَسَاهَا. قَالَ ابن الجوزي [رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ ]: وَهَذَا أَيْضًا مُحَالٌ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ ابْنُ جَرِيرٍ فِي جَوَابِ هَذَا إِلَى نَصْرٍ الْحَاجِبِ: لَا عِصَابَةَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ كَهَذِهِ الْعِصَابَةِ الْخَسِيسَةِ، وَهَذَا قَبِيحٌ مِنْهُ، لِأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُخَاصِمَ مَنْ خَاصَمَهُ، وَأَمَّا أَنْ يَذُمَّ طَائِفَتَهُ جَمِيعًا وَهُوَ يَدْرِي إِلَى مَنْ يَنْتَسِبُ فَغَايَةٌ فِي الْقُبْحِ. وَكَانَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عِيسَى يَقُولُ: وَاللَّهِ لَوْ سُئِلَ هَؤُلَاءِ عَنْ مَعْنَى الرَّفْضِ وَالْإِلْحَادِ مَا عَرَفُوهُ، وَلَا فَهِمُوهُ، هَكَذَا ذَكَرَهُ ابْنُ مِسْكَوَيْهِ صَاحِبُ " تَجَارِبِ الْأُمَمِ "، وَحُوشِيَ ذَلِكَ الْإِمَامُ عَنْ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ الْأَشْيَاءِ. وَأَمَّا مَا ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ تَعَصُّبِ الْعَامَّةِ، فَلَيْسَ الْأَمْرُ كَذَلِكَ، وَإِنَّمَا بَعْضُ الْحَنَابِلَةِ تَعَصَّبُوا عَلَيْهِ، وَوَقَعُوا فِيهِ، فَتَبِعَهُمْ غَيْرُهُمْ، وَلِذَلِكَ سَبَبٌ، ( وَهُوَ أَنَّ الطَّبَرِيَّ جَمَعَ كِتَابًا ذَكَرَ فِيهِ اخْتِلَافَ الْفُقَهَاءِ، لَمْ يُصَنَّفْ مِثْلُهُ، وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ أَحْمَدَ بْنَ حَنْبَلٍ، فَقِيلَ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ، فَقَالَ: لَمْ يَكُنْ فَقِيهًا، وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ مُحَدِّثًا، فَاشْتَدَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَى الْحَنَابِلَةِ، وَكَانُوا لَا يُحْصُونَ كَثْرَةً بِبَغْدَاذَ، فَشَغِبُوا عَلَيْهِ، وَقَالُوا مَا أَرَادُوا ): حَسَدُوا الْفَتَى إِذْ لَمْ يَنَالُوا سَعْيَهُ فَالنَّاسُ أَعْدَاءٌ لَهُ وَخُصُومُ كَضَرَائِرِ الْحَسْنَاءِ قُلْنَ لِوَجْهِهَا حَسَدًا وَبَغْيًا إِنَّهُ لِدَمِيمُ وَقَدْ ذَكَرْتُ شَيْئًا مِنْ كَلَامِ الْأَئِمَّةِ فِي أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ يُعْلَمُ [ مِنْهُ ] مَحَلُّهُ فِي الْعِلْمِ، وَالثِّقَةِ، وَحُسْنِ الِاعْتِقَادِ. فَمِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا قَالَهُ الْإِمَامُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْخَطِيبُ، بَعْدَ أَنْ ذَكَرَ مَنْ رَوَى الطَّبَرِيُّ عَنْهُ، وَمَنْ رَوَى عَنِ الطَّبَرِيِّ، فَقَالَ: " وَكَانَ أَحَدَ أَئِمَّةِ الْعُلَمَاءِ يُحْكَمُ بِقَوْلِهِ، وَيُرْجَعُ إِلَى رَأْيِهِ لِمَعْرِفَتِهِ وَفَضْلِهِ، وَكَانَ قَدْ جَمَعَ مِنَ الْعُلُومِ مَا لَمْ يُشَارِكْهُ فِيهِ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ عَصْرِهِ، وَكَانَ حَافِظًا لِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ، عَارِفًا بِالْقِرَاءَاتِ، بَصِيرًا بِالْمَعَانِي، فَقِيهًا فِي أَحْكَامِ الْقُرْآنِ، عَالِمًا بِالسُّنَنِ وَطُرُقِهَا، صَحِيحِهَا وَسَقِيمِهَا، نَاسِخِهَا وَمَنْسُوخِهَا، عَارِفًا بِأَقَاوِيلِ الصَّحَابَةِ وَالتَّابِعِينَ، وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ فِي الْأَحْكَامِ، وَمَسَائِلِ الْحَلَالِ وَالْحَرَامِ، خَبِيرًا بِأَيَّامِ النَّاسِ وَأَخْبَارِهِمْ، وَلَهُ الْكِتَابُ الْمَشْهُورُ فِي تَارِيخِ الْأُمَمِ وَالْمُلُوكِ، وَالْكِتَابُ الَّذِي فِي التَّفْسِيرِ لَمْ يُصَنَّفْ مِثْلُهُ، وَلَهُ فِي أُصُولِ الْفِقْهِ وَفُرُوعِهِ كُتُبٌ كَثِيرَةٌ، وَأَخْبَارٌ مِنْ أَقَاوِيلِ الْفُقَهَاءِ، وَتَفَرَّدَ بِمَسَائِلَ حُفِظَتْ عَنْهُ ". وَقَالَ أَبُو أَحْمَدَ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الرَّازِيُّ: أَوَّلُ مَا سَأَلَنِي الْإِمَامُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ قَالَ لِي: كَتَبْتَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ الطَّبَرِيِّ ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا ! قَالَ: لِمَ ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا يَظْهَرُ، وَكَانَتِ الْحَنَابِلَةُ تَمْنَعُ مِنَ الدُّخُولِ عَلَيْهِ. فَقَالَ بِئْسَ مَا فَعَلْتَ ! لَيْتَكَ لَمْ تَكْتُبْ عَنْ كُلِّ مَنْ كَتَبْتَ عَنْهُ، وَسَمِعْتَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ. وَقَالَ حُسَيْنُكَ، وَاسْمُهُ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ التَّمِيمِيُّ، عَنِ ابْنِ خُزَيْمَةَ نَحْوَ مَا تَقَدَّمَ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ خُزَيْمَةَ حِينَ طَالَعَ كِتَابَ التَّفْسِيرِ لِلطَّبَرِيِّ: مَا أَعْلَمُ عَلَى أَدِيمِ الْأَرْضِ أَعْلَمَ مِنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ، وَلَقَدْ ظَلَمَتْهُ الْحَنَابِلَةُ. قَالَ الْخَطِيبُ: وَبَلَغَنِي عَنِ الشَّيْخِ أَبِي حَامِدٍ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي طَاهِرٍ الْفَقِيهِ الْإِسْفَرَايِينِيِّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: لَوْ سَافَرَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى الصِّينِ حَتَّى يَحْصُلَ لَهُ كِتَابُ تَفْسِيرِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ الطَّبَرِيِّ لَمْ يَكُنْ ذَلِكَ كَثِيرًا أَوْ كَلَامًا هَذَا مَعْنَاهُ. وَقَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْفَرْغَانِيُّ، بَعْدَ أَنْ ذَكَرَ تَصَانِيفَهُ: وَكَانَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مِمَّنْ لَا يَأْخُذُهُ فِي اللَّهِ لَوْمَةُ لَائِمٍ، وَلَا يَعْدِلُ، فِي عِلْمِهِ وَتِبْيَانِهِ، عَنْ حَقٍّ يَلْزَمُهُ لِرَبِّهِ وَلِلْمُسْلِمِينَ، إِلَى بَاطِلٍ لِرَغْبَةٍ وَلَا رَهْبَةٍ، مَعَ عَظِيمِ مَا كَانَ يَلْحَقُهُ مِنَ الْأَذَى وَالشَّنَاعَاتِ مِنْ جَاهِلٍ، وَحَاسِدٍ، وَمُلْحِدٍ. وَأَمَّا أَهْلُ الدِّينِ وَالْوَرَعِ فَغَيْرُ مُنْكِرِينَ عِلْمَهُ، وَفَضْلَهُ، وَزُهْدَهُ، وَتَرْكَهُ الدُّنْيَا مَعَ إِقْبَالِهَا عَلَيْهِ، وَقَنَاعَتِهِ بِمَا كَانَ يَرِدُ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ قَرْيَةٍ خَلَّفَهَا لَهُ أَبُوهُ بِطَبَرِسْتَانَ يَسِيرَةٍ، وَمَنَاقِبُهُ كَثِيرَةٌ لَا يُحْتَمَلُ هَاهُنَا أَكْثَرُ مِنْ هَذَا. وَقَدْ رَثَاهُ جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ، مِنْهُمُ ابْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ حَيْثُ يَقُولُ: حَدَثٌ مُفْظِعٌ وَخَطْبٌ جَلِيلٌ دَقَّ عَنِ مِثْلِهِ اصْطِبَارُ الصَّبُورِ قَامَ نَاعِي الْعُلُومِ أَجْمَعِ لَمَّا قَامَ نَاعِي مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَرِيرِ فَهَوَتْ أَنْجُمٌ لَهَا زَاهِرَاتٌ مُؤْذِنَاتٌ رُسُومُهَا بِالدُّثُورِ وَتَغَشَّى ضَيَاءَهَا النَّيِّرَ الْإِشْ رَاقِ ثَوْبُ الدُّجُنَّةِ الدَّيْجُورِ وَغَدَا رَوْضُهَا الْأَنِيقُ هَشِيمًا ثُمَّ عَادَتْ سُهُولُهَا كَالْوُعُورِ يَا أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ مَضَيْتَ حَمِيدًا غَيْرَ وَانٍ فِي الْجِدِّ وَالتَّشْمِيرِ بَيْنَ أَجْرٍ عَلَى اجْتِهَادِكَ مَوْفُو رٍ وَسَعْيٍ إِلَى التُّقَى مَشْكُورِ مُسْتَحِقًّا بِهِ الْخُلُودَ لَدَى جَنَّ ةِ عَدْنٍ فِي غِبْطَةٍ وَسُرُورِ وَلِأَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ دُرَيْدٍ - رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ - فِيهِ مَرْثَاةٌ طَوِيلَةٌ طَنَّانَةٌ، أَوْرَدَهَا الْخَطِيبُ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ بِتَمَامِهَا، وَاللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ أَعْلَمُ. أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْيَزِيدِيُّ الْأَدِيبُ ( وَفِيهَا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْيَزِيدِيُّ الْأَدِيبُ، أَخَذَ الْعِلْمَ عَنْ ثَعْلَبٍ وَالرِّيَاشِيِّ ).
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✧ Mention of the notables who died in the year three hundred and ten Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm b. Kāmil, Abū al-Ḥasan, client of Banū Fihr Aḥmad b. Ibrāhīm b. Kāmil, Abū al-Ḥasan, client of Banū Fihr: He was trustworthy (thiqa). He died in Jumādā al-Ūlā of this year, and he was eighty-two years old. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā, Abū ʿAlī Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. Yaḥyā, Abū ʿAlī: He related from al-Ḥārith b. Miskīn, and he was trustworthy, and he died in Shaʿbān of this year. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Sahl al-Sarrāj Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Sahl al-Sarrāj, [Abū al-Ḥasan]: He related from Yūnus b. ʿAbd al-Aʿlā and others, and he was trustworthy and devout. He died in [the month of] Ramaḍān of this year. Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Yazīd b. Maymūn, Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṭāʾī Aḥmad b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid b. Yazīd b. Maymūn, Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṭāʾī: A man from Ḥimṣ who came to Egypt and related there; he was trustworthy. He died in Egypt in Rajab of this year. Aḥmad [b. ʿAbd Allāh] b. Muḥammad b. Hilāl b. Nāfiʿ, Abū Jaʿfar al-Muqrī, client of al-Azd Aḥmad [b. ʿAbd Allāh] b. Muḥammad b. Hilāl b. Nāfiʿ, Abū Jaʿfar al-Muqrī, client of al-Azd: He related from his father and others, and he died in Dhū al-Qaʿdah of this year. Al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaʿfar, Abū ʿAlī al-Ṣawwāf al-Muqrī al-Ḥasan b. al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī b. ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaʿfar, Abū ʿAlī al-Ṣawwāf al-Muqrī: He heard from Abū Saʿīd al-Ashajj and others. He was trustworthy, virtuous, and noble. He lived in the eastern side [of Baghdad]. He died in Ramaḍān of this year and was buried in the cemetery of al-Khayzurān. Khālid b. Muḥammad b. Khālid, [Abū Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār al-Khutullī Khālid b. Muḥammad b. Khālid, [Abū Muḥammad al-Ṣaffār al-Khutullī: He related from Yaḥyā b. Maʿīn. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Sukkarī narrated from him. Al-Dāraquṭnī was asked about him and said: "Righteous (ṣāliḥ)." He died in this year. ʿAbd Allāh b. Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Maslamah ʿAbd Allāh b. Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Maslamah], Abū Muḥammad al-Fazārī: He related from ʿAbbād b. al-Walīd al-Ghubarī. Ibn al-Muẓaffar narrated from him, and he was trustworthy. He died in Dhū al-Ḥijjah of this year. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Hilāl, Abū Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Shāmī, known as Abū Ṣakhrat al-Kātib ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥmān b. Hilāl, Abū Muḥammad al-Qurashī al-Shāmī, known as Abū Ṣakhrat al-Kātib: He heard ʿAlī b. al-Madīnī, Layth, and Yaḥyā b. Aktham. Ibn al-Muẓaffar narrated from him. He was trustworthy. He died in Baghdad in Shawwāl of this year. ʿĪsā b. Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Malik, Abū al-Qāsim al-Qurashī ʿĪsā b. Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Malik, Abū al-Qāsim al-Qurashī: The copyist (warrāq) of Dāwūd b. Rashīd. He related from him and [from] others. Ibn al-Muẓaffar narrated from him—and he was trustworthy. He died in Shaʿbān of this year. Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Ḥammād b. Saʿd, Abū Bishr al-Dūlābī al-Warrāq Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Ḥammād b. Saʿd, Abū Bishr al-Dūlābī al-Warrāq: Client of al-Anṣār. He had knowledge of hadith and was a fine compiler. He related from numerous shaykhs. Abū Saʿīd b. Yūnus said: "He was considered weak (yuḍaʿʿaf)." He died while heading for the pilgrimage, between Makkah and Madinah, at al-ʿAraj, in Dhū al-Qaʿdah of this year. Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Hilāl, Abū Bakr al-Shaṭawī Muḥammad b. Aḥmad b. Hilāl, Abū Bakr al-Shaṭawī: He heard Abū Kurayb, Aḥmad b. Manīʿ, and others. Muḥammad b. al-Muẓaffar and others narrated from him. Some transmitters sometimes named him Aḥmad b. Muḥammad, but Muḥammad b. Aḥmad is more common. He died on the fourth of Rabīʿ al-Awwal of this year. Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. Ādam b. Abī al-Rijāl, Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṣāliḥī Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm b. Ādam b. Abī al-Rijāl, Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṣāliḥī: He settled in Baghdad and related there from Bishr b. Hilāl al-Ṣawwāf, Azhar b. Jamīl, and others. Ibn al-Muẓaffar and others narrated from him. He was trustworthy. [He died in this year.] Muḥammad b. Banān b. Maʿn, Abū Isḥāq al-Khallāl Muḥammad b. Banān b. Maʿn, Abū Isḥāq al-Khallāl: He heard Muḥammad b. al-Muthannā, Muhannā b. Yaḥyā al-Shāmī, and others. ʿAlī b. ʿUmar al-Sukkarī and Abū al-Faḍl al-Zuhrī narrated from him, and ʿAlī b. ʿUmar al-Ḥāfiẓ said: "Muḥammad b. Banān is a Baghdadi with no harm in him (lam yakun bihi baʾs)." He died in Shaʿbān of this year. Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-ʿAbbās b. ʿĪsā b. Abī Jaʿfar al-Manṣūr Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar b. al-ʿAbbās b. ʿĪsā b. Abī Jaʿfar al-Manṣūr, known by the kunyah Abū Jaʿfar: He was the preacher (khaṭīb) of the congregational mosque in the city of al-Manṣūr. He continued to hold that post until he died on Saturday, eight days remaining in Dhū al-Ḥijjah of this year. Muḥammad b. Jarīr b. Yazīd b. Kathīr b. Ghālib, Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṭabarī Muḥammad b. Jarīr b. Yazīd b. Kathīr b. Ghālib, Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṭabarī: He was born at the end of the year 224 or the beginning of 225. He was brownish-dark (asmar ilā al-adamah), with large eyes, of medium build, tall, and eloquent of tongue. He heard Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Malik b. Abī al-Shawārib, Isḥāq b. [Abī] Isrāʾīl, Aḥmad b. Manīʿ al-Baghawī, Abū Hammām al-Walīd b. Shujāʿ, Abū Kurayb, Yaʿqūb al-Dawraqī, Abū Saʿīd al-Ashajj, Muḥammad b. Bashshār, and a great many people of Iraq, Syria, and Egypt. Aḥmad b. Kāmil al-Qāḍī and others narrated from him. Ibn Jarīr settled in Baghdad until his death. He had gathered such knowledge that he was the foremost scholar of his time. He had memorized the Qurʾān, was insightful in its meanings, learned in the Sunnah, a jurist in legal rulings, knowledgeable about the disagreements of scholars, and expert in the chronicles and reports of people. His works are numerous, among them the book "al-Tārīkh" (the History), the book "al-Tafsīr" (the Commentary), and "Tahdhīb al-Āthār," though he did not complete that work. He also has many books on the principles and branches of jurisprudence. From Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. [ʿAlī b. Thābit] al-Khaṭīb, who said: [I heard] ʿAlī b. ʿUbayd Allāh b. ʿAbd al-Ghaffār al-Lughawī relate that Muḥammad b. Jarīr spent forty years writing forty pages every day. From Abū ʿUmar ʿUbayd Allāh b. Aḥmad al-Simsār and Abū al-Qāsim b. ʿAqīl al-Warrāq: Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṭabarī said to his companions, "Would you be willing to undertake a commentary on the Qurʾān?" They said, "How large would it be?" He said, "Thirty thousand pages." They said, "That is something that would consume lifetimes before its completion." So he abridged it to about three thousand pages. Then he said, "Would you be willing to undertake a history of the world from Adam to our time?" They said, "How large would it be?" He mentioned something similar to what he had mentioned for the commentary, and they responded likewise. He said, "Indeed, to God we belong—ambitions have died." So he abridged it to about the same extent as the abridged commentary. From Makhlad b. Jaʿfar al-Daqqāq, who said: Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-Ṭabarī recited to us: If I am in hardship, my companion does not know, and I remain self-sufficient, so my friend stays at ease; My modesty preserves the water of my face, And my gentleness in seeking is my companion; If I were to surrender my face, The path to wealth would be easy for me. He said: He also recited to us: Two traits whose path I do not approve: The arrogance of wealth and the abasement of poverty. If you are rich, do not be arrogant; And if you are poor, be proud before fate. Abū Jaʿfar [al-Ṭabarī] died at sunset on Sunday evening, two nights remaining in Shawwāl of the year 310. He was buried in the forenoon of Monday in the Raḥbat Yaʿqūb, near the Khurasan Gate, in a room opposite his house. It is also said that he was buried at night without anyone being informed. A crowd whose number only God knows gathered, and prayers were said over his grave for several months, night and day. Thābit b. Sinān mentioned in his history that the concealment of his affair occurred only because the common people gathered and [prevented] his burial by day, claiming he was a Rāfiḍī, and even claiming he was a heretic (ilḥād). Ibn al-Jawzī said: Ibn Jarīr held the view of [the permissibility of] wiping over the feet without requiring their washing, and for this reason he was accused of Rāfiḍism. Abū Bakr b. Abī Dāwūd had submitted a complaint about him to Naṣr al-Ḥājib, mentioning things he denied, including attributing to him the view of Jahm and saying that in "nay, His hands are outspread" (Q 5:64) he interpreted "hands" as "bounties." Ibn Jarīr denied this, saying, "I did not say that." Another item was that he allegedly narrated that when the soul of the Messenger of God ﷺ departed, it flowed into ʿAlī's palm and he swallowed it (ḥasāhā). Ibn Jarīr said, "The hadith only says he wiped it over his face; it does not say he swallowed it." Ibn al-Jawzī [may God have mercy on him] said: This too is impossible. However, Ibn Jarīr wrote in response to this to Naṣr al-Ḥājib: "There is no faction in Islam like this vile faction." This is ugly of him, because it would have been appropriate for him to argue against those who argued with him; but to disparage an entire group while knowing to which group they belong is the height of ugliness. ʿAlī b. ʿĪsā used to say: "By God, if these people were asked about the meaning of Rāfiḍism and heresy, they would not know or understand it." Thus did Ibn Miskawayh, author of "Tajārib al-Umam," mention it; but that imam is far above such things. As for what was mentioned about the fanaticism of the common people, the matter is not so; rather, some of the Ḥanbalīs showed fanaticism against him and attacked him, and others followed them. There was a reason for this, namely that al-Ṭabarī compiled a book in which he mentioned the disagreements of the jurists, a work without equal, but did not mention Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal in it. He was asked about that, and he said, "He was not a jurist; he was only a hadith scholar." This was hard on the Ḥanbalīs, who were beyond count in Baghdad, and they rose up against him and said what they wanted: They envied the young man when they could not attain his effort, So the people are enemies and adversaries to him, Like co-wives of a beautiful woman who say of her face, Out of envy and spite, "It is ugly." I have mentioned something of the statements of the imams about Abū Jaʿfar from which his standing in knowledge, trustworthiness, and sound belief may be known. Among them is what Imam Abū Bakr al-Khaṭīb said after mentioning those from whom al-Ṭabarī narrated and those who narrated from al-Ṭabarī: "He was one of the imams of the scholars whose word was authoritative and whose opinion was relied upon for his knowledge and excellence. He had gathered such knowledge as no one of his time shared with him. He had memorized the Book of God, was knowledgeable in the readings, insightful in meanings, a jurist in the rulings of the Qurʾān, learned in the Sunnah and its paths, its sound and unsound, its abrogating and abrogated, knowledgeable in the sayings of the Companions and the Successors and those after them in rulings and questions of lawful and unlawful, expert in the chronicles and reports of people. He has the famous book on the history of nations and kings, and the book on commentary, the like of which has not been compiled. He has many books on the principles and branches of jurisprudence and reports from the statements of jurists. He was unique in certain questions that were preserved from him." Abū Aḥmad al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī b. Muḥammad al-Rāzī said: The first thing Imam Abū Bakr b. Khuzaymah asked me was: "Have you written from Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-Ṭabarī?" I said, "No." He said, "Why?" I said, "He does not appear; the Ḥanbalīs prevent entry to him." He said, "What a bad thing you have done! Would that you had not written from everyone you wrote from, but had heard from Abū Jaʿfar." Ḥusaynuka, whose name is al-Ḥusayn b. ʿAlī al-Tamīmī, reported from Ibn Khuzaymah something similar to the above. Ibn Khuzaymah said, when he examined the book of commentary by al-Ṭabarī: "I know no one on the face of the earth more learned than Abū Jaʿfar. The Ḥanbalīs wronged him." Al-Khaṭīb said: It reached me from Shaykh Abū Ḥāmid Aḥmad b. Abī Ṭāhir al-Fiqhī al-Isfarāyinī that he said: "If a man traveled to China to obtain the book of commentary by Muḥammad b. Jarīr al-Ṭabarī, that would not be too much"—or words to that effect. Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh b. Aḥmad al-Farghānī said, after mentioning his works: "Abū Jaʿfar was one of those who are not deterred by any blame in the cause of God, and who do not turn from truth, in his knowledge and exposition, which is incumbent upon him toward his Lord and the Muslims, to falsehood for any desire or fear, despite the great harm and slanders he suffered from the ignorant, the envious, and the heretics. As for the people of religion and piety, they do not deny his knowledge, his excellence, his asceticism, and his renunciation of the world even as it came to him, and his contentment with what came to him from a small village his father left him in Ṭabaristān. His virtues are many; this place cannot contain more than this. A number of scholars elegized him, among them Ibn al-Aʿrābī, who said: A shocking event and a grave calamity Too great for the endurance of the patient; The announcer of the death of all knowledge arose when The announcer of the death of Muḥammad b. Jarīr arose. Then shining stars fell, Whose traces announced their own obliteration; And their brilliant, radiant light was covered By the cloak of pitch-black darkness. And their lovely meadow became withered, And its plains turned into rough terrain. O Abū Jaʿfar, you passed away praiseworthy, Not negligent in striving and diligence, Between a reward full for your effort And a praiseworthy endeavor toward piety, Deserving thereby eternity in the Garden of Eden In felicity and joy. Abū Bakr b. Durayd—may God have mercy on him—also composed a long, resounding elegy for him, which al-Khaṭīb al-Baghdādī transmitted in full. God, glorified be He, knows best. Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad b. Abī Muḥammad al-Yazīdī al-Adīb (In this year also died Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad b. al-ʿAbbās b. Muḥammad b. Abī Muḥammad al-Yazīdī al-Adīb, who took knowledge from Thaʿlab and al-Riyāshī).
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