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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

under Ibn Mujāhid, and he became the son-in-law of the judge Abū ʿUmar.

Al-Barqānī and others narrated from him.

He enjoyed great prestige and was regarded as an imam.

Talḥa ibn Jaʿfar said: “He was of lofty rank, encyclopedic in knowledge, tireless in seeking it, and gifted in authorship. He consulted every branch of learning and literature. Within the Mālikī school he took a balanced position. I know of no other Hāshimī who ever held the judgeship of Baghdad besides him. Along with it he was also granted the judicature of Egypt and parts of Syria—that is, he dispatched deputies to preside there. A certain lawsuit was referred to him, and in it he stood firm for Allah’s sake. He drew no stipend for the judiciary, nor did he don the ceremonial robe. Instead he asked that his court scribe and chamberlain be given a fixed allowance, as well as the treasurers and assistants; each received a monthly salary of 1,150 dirhams. (1)”

Ibn Abī al-Fawāris said: “He was noble and virtuous; we have never seen his equal in his field, and in truthfulness he reached the utmost degree.” (2)

He died suddenly in Jumādā al-Ūlā of the year 369 AH, at the age of seventy-six.

161 – Al-Rūdhbārī, Abū ʿAbd Allāh Aḥmad ibn ʿAṭāʾ**

The gnostic, the ascetic, and shaykh of the Sufis: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Aḥmad ibn ʿAṭāʾ.

(1) The report appears in a shorter form in Tarikh Baghdad, 5/364; the material placed between brackets is taken from that source. (2) Ibid. (* *) Tabaqat al-Sufiyya, 497–500; Hilyat al-Awliya, 10/383–384; Tarikh Baghdad, 4/336–337; al-Risala al-Qushayriyya, 30; al-Muntazam, 7/101; Muʿjam al-Buldan, 3/77; al-Ibar, 2/350; al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya, 11/296; al-Nujum al-Zahira, 4/135; Tabaqat al-Shaʿrani:

عَلَى ابْنِ مُجَاهدٍ، وَصَاهَرَ أَبَا عُمَرَ القَاضِي. رَوَى عَنْهُ: البَرْقَانِيُّ وَغَيْرُهُ. وَكَانَ كَبِيْرَ القَدْرِ إِمَاماً. قَالَ طَلْحَةُ بنُ جَعْفَرٍ: هُوَ عَظِيْمُ القَدْرِ، وَاسِعُ العِلْمِ، كَثِيْرُ الطَّلَبِ، حَسَنُ التَّصنِيْفِ، ينظرُ فِي فُنُوْنِ العِلْمِ وَالآدَابِ متوسطٌ فِي مَذْهبِ مَالِكٍ، لاَ أَعلمُ هَاشمِيّاً وَلِيَ قَضَاءَ بَغْدَادَ غَيْرَهُ، وَجُمِعَ لَهُ مَعَهَا قَضَاءُ مِصْرَ وَبَعْضِ الشَّامِ - يَعْنِي: فَبَعَثَ نُوَّابَهُ إِلَيْهَا -، وَقَدْ صُرفَ لِحكومَةٍ صمَّمَ فِيْهَا للهِ، وَلَمْ يَأْخُذْ رِزْقاً عَلَى القَضَاءِ، وَلاَ لَبِسَ خِلْعَةً، وَطَلَبَ لِكَاتبِ حُكمِهِ وَلِحَاجِبِهِ معلوماً، وَكذَلِكَ للأُمنَاءِ وَالأَعْوَانِ، فَقُرِّرَ لِلْكُلِّ فِي الشَّهْرِ أَلفُ دِرْهَمٍ وَمائَةٌ وَخمسُوْنَ دِرْهَماً (١) . وَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي الفَوَارِسِ: كَانَ نَبِيْلاً فَاضِلاً، مَا رَأَينَا فِي مَعْنَاهُ مثلَهُ، وَفِي الصِّدْقِ نهَايَةً (٢) . مَاتَ فَجْأَةً فِي جُمَادَى الأُولَى سَنَةَ تِسْعٍ وَسِتِّيْنَ وَثَلاَثِ مائَةٍ، وَلَهُ سِتٌّ وَسَبْعُوْنَ سَنَةً. ١٦١ - الرُّوْذْبَارِيُّ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ أَحْمَدُ بنُ عَطَاءٍ ** العَارِفُ، الزَّاهِدُ، شَيْخُ الصُّوْفِيَّةِ، أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ أَحْمَدُ بنُ عَطَاءٍ

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