Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (16/542)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

He travelled in pursuit of ḥadith and became distinguished.

Among those who transmitted from him were: his son ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz; Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī ibn Hāshim, the Qur’an reciter; Rashāʾ ibn Naẓīf al-Dimashqī; and al-Dāraqutnī—who was older than he.

His birth: in the year 313 AH.

His death: in Rabīʿ al-Ākhir of 392 AH, in Egypt.

He is the transmitter of al-Dīnawarī’s book al-Mujālasah.

Full details about him have not reached us as we would wish, yet his outward condition indicates that he was reliable, devoted to ḥadith, and of moderate learning.

I read to Abū al-Faḍl Aḥmad ibn Hibat Allāh, who reported to us; Abū al-Barakāt al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad reported to us; ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān reported to us; ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Ḥusaynī reported to us; Rashāʾ ibn Naẓīf reported to us; al-Ḥasan ibn Ismāʿīl reported to us; ʿUthmān ibn Muḥammad al-Baghdādī narrated to us; al-Ḥārith ibn Usāmah narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā told me, from Sahl ibn Ḥammād; Muḥammad ibn al-Furāt (1) narrated to us; Saʿīd ibn Luqmān narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Anṣārī, from Abū Hurayrah, who said:

“I heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say: ‘Eating in the marketplace is a mark of baseness.’” (2)

Reports on this subject have been transmitted, yet none of them is sound.

(1) Muhammad ibn al-Furat was branded a liar. As for Sa id ibn Luqman, al-Azdi says that his hadith is not admissible, and Abd al-Rahman al-Ansari is unknown; therefore the report is invalid. (2) It is also recorded in Tarikh Baghdad, 3/163 and 7/283, through the chain containing Muhammad ibn al-Furat. A second route there (10/125) includes Haytham ibn Sahl, who is weak. The narration appears as well in al-Matalib al-Aliya, 2/327, attributed to Abd ibn Humayd; al-Busiri labels its chain weak. Al-Haythami cites it in Majma , 5/24, from Abu Umamah, assigning it to al-Tabarani, and notes that the chain contains Umar ibn Musa ibn Wajih, who is weak.

وَارْتَحَلَ فِي الحَدِيْثِ وَتَمَيَّزَ. حَدَّثَ عَنْهُ: ابْنُهُ عَبْدُ العَزِيْزِ، وَأَحْمَدُ بنُ عَلِيِّ بنِ هَاشِمٍ المُقْرِئُ، وَرَشَأُ بنُ نظيفٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، وَالدَّارَقُطْنِيُّ - وَهُوَ أَكبرُ مِنْهُ -. مَوْلِدُهُ: فِي سَنَةِ ثَلاَثَ عَشْرَةَ وَثَلاَثِ مائَةٍ. وَمَاتَ: فِي رَبِيْعٍ الآخِرِ، سَنَةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَتِسْعِيْنَ وَثَلاَثِ مائَةٍ، بِمِصْرَ. وَهُوَ رَاوِي كِتَابِ (المُجَالَسَةِ) للدِّيْنَوَرِيِّ. وَلَمْ تبلُغْنَا أَخبارُهُ كَمَا فِي النَّفْسِ، وَالظَّاهِرُ مِنْ حَالِهِ أَنَّهُ ثِقَةٌ، صَاحِبُ حَدِيْثٍ، وَمَعْرِفَتُهُ مُتَوسِّطَةٌ. قَرَأْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الفَضْلِ أَحْمَدَ بنِ هِبَةَ اللهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو البَرَكَاتِ الحَسَنُ بنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بنُ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ الحُسَيْنِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا رَشَأُ بنُ نَظيفٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا الحَسَنُ بنُ إِسْمَاعِيْلَ، حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بنُ مُحَمَّدٍ البَغْدَادِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا الحَارِثُ بنُ أُسَامَةَ، حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بنُ يَحْيَى، عَنْ سَهْلِ بنِ حَمَّادٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ الفُرَاتِ (١) ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيْدُ بنُ لُقْمَانَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الأَنْصَارِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُوْلُ: (الأَكْلُ فِي السُّوقِ دَنَاءةٌ (٢)) . رُوِيَ فِي ذَلِكَ آثَارٌ وَلاَ يثبتُ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ.

(١) محمد بن الفرات كذبوه. وسعيد بن لقمان قال الأزدي: لا يحتج بحديثه، وعبد الرحمن الأنصاري لا يعرف، فالخبر باطل. (٢) وهو في " تاريخ بغداد ": ٣ / ١٦٣ و٧ / ٢٨٣ من طريق محمد بن الفرات بهذا الإسناد، وله طريق آخر عنده ١٠ / ١٢٥، وفيه الهيثم بن سهل وهو ضعيف وأورده في " المطالب العالية " ٢ / ٣٢٧، ونسبه لعبد بن حميد، قال البوصيري: بسند ضعيف، وذكره الهيثمي في " المجمع " ٥ / ٢٤ من حديث أبي أمامة، ونسبه للطبراني، وقال: وفيه عمر بن موسى بن وجيه وهو ضعيف.