al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 5012
✧ Basra and Kufa
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قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ فِي زِيَادَاتِ الزُّهْدِ: حَدَّثَنِي عُمَرُ بْنُ شَبَّةَ، حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ بِسْطَامٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أُنَيْسُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ، عَنِ الْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ، قَالَ:
أَتَيْتُ الْمَدِينَةَ فِي إِمَارَةِ عُثْمَانَ ؓ، فَإِذَا رَجُلٌ كَثُّ اللِّحْيَةِ قَعَدَ لَهُمْ وَأَغْلَظَ، فَتَفَرَّقُوا، فَقُلْتُ: يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ، مَا أَرَاكَ إِلَّا قَدْ أَسَأْتَ، قَالَ: إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ مُدَاهِنُونَ، أَتَعْرِفُنِي ؟ قُلْتُ: لَا قَالَ: أَنَا أَبُو ذَرٍّ، فَمَنْ أَنْتَ ؟ قُلْتُ: مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَصْرَةِ، فَقَالَ: أَلَا أُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، يَقُولُ: بَلَايَا بِالْعِرَاقِ وَذَلِكَ بِالْكُوفَةِ، فَأَمَّا أَهْلُ الْبَصْرَةِ فَأَقْوَمُ الْأَمْصَارِ قِبْلَةً، وَأَكْثَرُهُ مُؤَذِّنًا، يَدْفَعُ اللهُ عَنْهُمْ مَا يَكْرَهُونَ
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Chain of narrators
- ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad Fī Ziyādāt al-Zuhd
- ʿUmar b. Shabbah
- Yaḥyá b. Bisṭām
- Unays b. Sawwār
- Mālik b. Dīnār
- al-Aḥnaf b. Qays
✧ I came to Madinah during the governorship of 'Uthman ؓ, and there was a man with a thick beard who sat for them and spoke harshly, so they dispersed. I said: 'O 'Abd Allah, I think you have done wrong.' He said: 'These are flatterers. Do you know me?' I said: 'No.' He said: 'I am Abu Dharr. Who are you?' I said: 'From the people of Basra.' He said: 'Shall I not tell you a hadith I heard from the Messenger of God ﷺ? He said: "Calamities are in Iraq, and that is in Kufa. As for the people of Basra, they are the most correct of the cities in qiblah and the most abundant in muezzins. God will avert from them what they dislike."'
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- Companion (ṣaḥābī)d. 31 AH, or: 32 AHأَبُو ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيُّالصحابيأحدثك
- a mukhaḍram, trustworthy (thiqah)d. it is said: 67 AH, or: 68 AH, also said: 71 AH, also said: 72 AHالْأَحْنَفِ بْنِ قَيْسٍمخضرم ثقةعن
- truthful (ṣadūq), devout (ʿābid)d. 123 AH, or 127 AH, or 129 AH, or 130 AHمَالِكُ بْنُ دِينَارٍصدوق عابدحدثنا
- أُنَيْسُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍحدثني
- d. between 211 AH and 220 AHيَحْيَى بْنُ بِسْطَامٍحدثني
- truthful (ṣadūq)d. 262 AH, also said 263 AHعُمَرُ بْنُ شَبَّةَصدوقحدثني
- trustworthy (thiqah)d. 290 AH, or 297عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَثقة
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