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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

“If ʿAbd al-Razzaq were to renounce Islam, we would still not set aside his hadith. I asked him to stay on in Nishapur, and he replied, ‘For whose sake should I remain? By Allah, if I were able I would never leave your threshold. The people of Khurasan today are, as it is said:
Sorrow enough that nobility has been laid aside,
and men of intellect among the people are lost;
And that there are kings with whom none finds favour
except the one who sings—and then is slapped.’

I say: Those who transmitted from him include al-Daraqutni, al-Hakim, Ibn Razqawayh, Abu ʿAli ibn Duma, Abu al-Qasim al-Sarraj, and Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Sulami.

The emir of Saʿdah summoned him from Baghdad, but death overtook him at al-Juhfa (1).

Al-Hakim and Abu al-Fath ibn Abi al-Fawaris declared him trustworthy, whereas Abu Zurʿah al-Kashshi and Abu Nuʿaym judged him weak.

Al-Khatib said, ‘Our verdict is the opposite: he is trustworthy, firmly established, and the shaykhs among us who met him are unanimous on that’ (2).

He died in the year 357 AH.

Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Rahim and Bilal al-Wali informed us; they said:
Ibn Rawaj informed us, and Abu Nasr ibn Mamil and Sunqur al-Zayni informed us; they said:
ʿAli ibn Mahmud informed us; he said:
Abu Tahir al-Salafi informed us; al-Qasim ibn al-Fadl informed us; Abu ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Sulami dictated to us; Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Rumayh narrated to us; ʿUmar ibn

(1) Al-Juhfa—pronounced with a dumma, then a sukun, followed by fa—is a large village situated on the route from Mecca to Medina. It serves as the miqat (entry point for the state of ritual consecration) for pilgrims coming from Egypt and Greater Syria who do not pass through Medina. Its original name was Mihyaʿa, but it came to be called Al-Juhfa after a flood once swept through it and carried away its inhabitants. See: Yaqut, Muʿjam al-Buldan, vol. 2, p. 111. (2) Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 5, p. 8.

لَوِ ارتدَّ عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ مَا تَرَكْنَا حَدِيْثَهُ، وَقَدْ سأَلتُهُ المقَامَ بِنَيْسَابُورَ، فَقَالَ: عَلَى مَنْ أُقِيْمُ؟ فَوَ اللَّهِ لَوْ قَدِرْتُ لَمْ أُفَارقْ سُدَّتَكَ، مَا النَّاسُ اليَوْمَ بِخُرَاسَانَ إِلاَّ كَمَا قِيْلَ: كَفَى حَزَناً أَنَّ المُروءَةَ عُطِّلَتْ ... وَأَنَّ ذَوِي الأَلبَابِ فِي النَّاسِ ضُيَّعُ وَأَنَّ مُلوكاً لَيْسَ يَحْظَى لَدَيْهمُ ... مِنَ النَّاسِ إِلاَّ مَنْ يُغَنِّي وَيُصفَعُ قُلْتُ: رَوَى عَنْهُ: الدَّارَقُطْنِيُّ، وَالحَاكِمُ، وَابنُ رَزْقَوَيْه، وَأَبُو عَلِيٍّ بنُ دُومَا، وَأَبُو القَاسِمِ السَّرَّاجُ، وَأَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ. وَقَدْ طَلَبَهُ أَمِيْرُ صَعْدَةَ مِنْ بَغْدَادَ، فَأَدركَهُ المَوْتُ بِالجُحْفَةِ (١) . وَثَّقَهُ: الحَاكِمُ، وَأَبُو الفَتْحِ بنُ أَبِي الفَوَارِسِ، وضَعَّفَهُ أَبُو زُرْعَةَ الكشِّيُّ، وَأَبُو نُعَيْمٍ. قَالَ الخَطِيْبُ: الأَمْرُ عِنْدنَا بِخِلاَفِ ذَلِكَ، وَهُوَ ثِقَةٌ ثَبْتٌ، لَمْ يَخْتلفْ شيوخُنَا الَّذِيْنَ لَقُوهُ فِي ذَلِكَ (٢) . تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ سَبْعٍ وَخَمْسِيْنَ وَثَلاَثِ مائَةٍ. أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيْمِ، وَبِلاَلٌ الوَالِي، قَالاَ: أَخْبَرْنَا ابْنُ رَوَاجٍ، وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو نَصْرٍ بنُ ممِيلَ، وَسُنْقرُ الزَّيْنِيُّ، قَالاَ: أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بنُ مَحْمُوْدٍ، قَالاَ: أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ السِّلَفِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا القَاسِمُ بنُ الفَضْلِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عبدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ إِملاَءً، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بنُ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ رُمَيْحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بنُ

(١) الجحفة: بالضم ثم السكون والفاء: قرية كبيرة كانت على طريق المدينة من مكة، وهي ميقات أهل مصر والشام إن لم يمروا على المدينة، وكان اسمها مهيعة، وإنما سميت الجحفة لان السيل اجتحفها وحمل أهلها في بعض الاعوام. " معجم البلدان ": ٢ / ١١١. (٢) " تاريخ بغداد ": ٥ / ٨.