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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

al-Muzakki, the chief Abu ʿAbd Allah al-Thaqafi, and others.

A transcript of one of his dictation sessions has reached us. He was counted among the notable figures of the city, and he held his majlis of dictation in his own residence. He was truthful and trustworthy.

He died suddenly in Shaʿban of the year 410 AH.

148 – Ibn al-Dabbagh, Khalaf ibn al-Qasim ibn Sahl al-Andalusi
The imam, meticulous ḥadith master, and expert, Abu al-Qasim Khalaf ibn al-Qasim ibn Sahl al-Andalusi, known as Ibn al-Dabbagh.

He was born in 325 AH.

He heard ḥadith from Muhammad ibn Muʿawiya ibn al-Ahmar; in Egypt from Abu Muhammad ibn al-Ward and Salama ibn al-Fadl; in Mecca from Bukayr al-Haddad and al-Ajurri; and in Damascus from ʿAli ibn Abi al-ʿAqab and Abu al-Maymun ibn Rashid.

He authored Hadith Mālik, Hadith Shuʿba, and a work on zuhd (1).

He also recited the seven canonical readings to a number of teachers.

Among those who narrated from him were Abu ʿAmru al-Dani and Abu ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Barr.

Ibn ʿAbd al-Barr held him in great esteem and did not place any of his other shaykhs before him (2).

He passed away in Rabiʿ al-Akhir of the year 393 AH.

(*) His biography was already given under no. 73, together with the relevant sources. (1) For a list of his works, see Jadwat al-Muqtabis, p. 210, and Bughyat al-Multamis, p. 288. (2) See Jadwat al-Muqtabis, p. 210; Bughyat al-Multamis, p. 288; Tadhkirat al-Huffaz, 3/1025; and Tahdhib Tarikh Dimashq, 5/173.

المُزَكِّي، وَالرَّئِيْسُ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الثَّقَفِيّ، وَآخَرُوْنَ. وَقع لَنَا مَجْلِسٌ مِنْ أَمَاليه، وَكَانَ مِنْ وُجُوهِ البَلَد، عقد مَجْلِسَ الإِملاَءِ فِي دَارِهِ، وَكَانَ صَادِقاً أَمِيناً. مَاتَ فَجْأَةً فِي شَعْبَانَ، سَنَةَ عَشْرٍ وَأَرْبَع مائَة. ١٤٨ - ابْنُ الدَّبَّاغِ خَلَفُ بنُ القَاسِمِ بنِ سَهْلٍ الأَنْدَلُسِيُّ * الإِمَامُ، الحَافِظُ، المُجَوِّدُ، أَبُو القَاسِمِ خَلَفُ بنُ القَاسِمِ بنِ سَهْل الأَنْدَلُسِيُّ، ابْنُ الدَّبَّاغ. وُلِدَ سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِيْنَ وَثَلاَثِ مائَةٍ. سَمِعَ: مُحَمَّدَ بن مُعَاوِيَةَ ابْنِ الأَحْمَر، وَبِمِصْرَ أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ بن الْورْد، وَسَلْمَ بن الفَضْلِ، وَبِمَكَّةَ بُكَيْراً الحَدَّاد، وَالآجُرِّيّ، وَبِدِمَشْقَ عَلِيَّ بنَ أَبِي العَقَب، وَأَبَا المَيْمُوْنِ بنَ رَاشِد. صَنّف (حَدِيْث مَالِك) ، وَ (حَدِيْث شُعبَة) ، وَكتَاباً فِي الزُّهْد (١) . وَتلاَ بِالسَّبْع عَلَى جَمَاعَة. رَوَى عَنْهُ: أَبُو عَمْرٍو الدَّانِيُّ، وَأَبُو عُمَرَ بنُ عَبْدِ البَرِّ. وَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبْدِ البَرِّ يُعَظِّمه وَلاَ يُقَدِّمُ عَلَيْهِ أَحداً مِنْ شُيُوخِهِ (٢) . تُوُفِّيَ فِي رَبِيْعٍ الآخِرِ سَنَةَ ثَلاَثٍ وَتِسْعِيْنَ وَثَلاَثِ مائَةٍ.

(*) تقدمت ترجمته برقم (٧٣) وذكرت هناك مصادر ترجمته. (١) انظر مصنفاته في " جذوة المقتبس " ٢١٠، و" بغية الملتمس " ٢٨٨. (٢) انظر " جذوة المقتبس " ٢١٠، و" بغية الملتمس " ٢٨٨، و" تذكرة الحفاظ " ٣ / ١٠٢٥، و" تهذيب تاريخ دمشق " ٥ / ١٧٣.