Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (17/413)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

his followers multiplied, and even the disciples of Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī (1) joined his circle.

Al-Khaṭīb said: Abū al-Faḍl ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn al-Mahdī narrated to us about him, saying, “He was an ascetic who never laid his side on the ground; he would sleep only while sitting with his knees drawn up.”

He taught from Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī (2) in Mecca. He was thoroughly versed in the names of narrators and was a regular attendee of scholarly audition sessions.

Al-Dānī mentioned him in Tabaqāt al-Muqriʾīn, saying, “He was reliable; he copied material with us in Mecca from Aḥmad ibn Matt al-Bukhārī and others. He died in Mecca in 407 AH.”

Another authority (3) reported: “When ʿAṭiyyah moved from Baghdad to Mecca he had accumulated books enough to load onto many bukhatī camels (4), yet he himself possessed nothing but a small water-skin and a sleeping rug. He traveled to the Hajj in the same condition, and each day a member of the caravan would insist on hosting him. One of those who accompanied him (5) said, ‘I never saw him carry any provisions.’”

ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Bundār al-Shīrāzī said: “I met him in Baghdad and accompanied him. His selflessness and generosity were extraordinary. He contented himself with a simple waist-wrap (fūṭah) and a patched cloak (muraqqaʿah), while his books were carried on camels. I traveled with him, and together we set out for al-Yāsiriyyah stripped of all excess; I was amazed at…"

(1) See Jadhwat al-Muqtabis, p. 319, which adds: “until Abu Abd al-Rahman became exasperated with him, whereupon he returned to Baghdad.” (2) This refers to his transmission from Ismail ibn Hajib al-Kushani in Transoxiana; cf. Jadhwat al-Muqtabis, p. 320; Bughyat al-Multamis, p. 434; Tadhkirat al-Huffaz, 3/1088. (3) I.e. al-Humaydi, as recorded in Jadhwat al-Muqtabis, p. 320. (4) The plural bukhati (sg. bakhti) denotes dromedaries with exceptionally long necks; see Lisan al-Arab. (5) That person is Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Aziz ibn Bandar al-Shirazi, as stated in Jadhwat al-Muqtabis; the author will shortly reproduce his remarks.

أَتْبَاعُهُ وَانْضَمَّ إِلَيْهِ أَصْحَابُ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيّ (١) . قَالَ الخَطِيْبُ: حَدَّثَنَا عَنْهُ أَبُو الفَضْلِ عَبْدُ العَزِيْزِ بنُ المَهْدِيّ قَالَ: وَكَانَ زَاهِداً لاَ يَضَعُ جَنْبَهُ إِلَى الأَرْضِ، إِنَّمَا يَنَامُ مُحْتَبِياً. حَدَّثَ بـ (صَحِيْح البُخَارِيِّ (٢)) بِمَكَّةَ، وَكَانَ عَارِفاً بِأَسْمَاءِ الرِّجَال، وَكَانَ يَحْضُرُ السَّمَاع. وَذَكَرَهُ الدَّانِي فِي طَبَقَات المُقْرِئين، وَقَالَ: كَانَ ثِقَةً، كتب مَعَنَا بِمَكَّةَ، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بنِ مَتّ البُخَارِيِّ، وَغَيْره. قَالَ: وَبِمَكَّةَ تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ سَبْعٍ وَأَرْبَعِ مائَةٍ. وَقَالَ غَيْرُهُ (٣) :لَمَّا نزح عطيَّةُ إِلَى مَكَّةَ مِنْ بَغْدَادَ كَانَ قَدْ جمع كتباً حَمَلَهَا عَلَى بَخَاتِي (٤) كَثِيْرَةٍ، وَلَيْسَ لَهُ إِلاَّ ركوَةٌ وَوِطَاءٌ، وَكَذَلِكَ سَارَ إِلَى الحَجِّ، وَكَانَ كُلّ يَوْم يَعْزِمُ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْوَفْد، قَالَ منْ رَافقه (٥) :مَا رَأَيْتُهُ يَحْمِلُ زَاداً. قَالَ عَبْدُ العَزِيْزِ بنُ بُنْدَار الشِّيْرَازِيُّ: لَقِيْتُهُ بِبَغْدَادَ وَصَحِبْتُهُ، وَكَانَ مِنَ الإِيثَار وَالسَّخَاء عَلَى أَمرٍ عَظِيْمٍ، وَيَقْتَصِرُ عَلَى فوطَةٍ وَمُرَقَّعَةٍ، وَلَهُ كتبٌ تُحْمَلُ عَلَى جمَال، رَافقتُهُ وَخرجنَا جَمِيْعاً إِلَى اليَاسريَّة عَلَى التَّجْرِيد، فَعَجِبْتُ مِنْ

(١) انظر " جذوة المقتبس " ٣١٩ وفيه: حتى ضاق صدر أبي عبد الرحمن به، ثم عاد إلى بغداد. (٢) بروايته عن إسماعيل بن حاجب الكشاني بما وراء النهر. انظر " جذوة المقتبس " ٣٢٠، و" بغية الملتمس " ٤٣٤، و" تذكرة الحفاظ " ٣ / ١٠٨٨. (٣) وهو الحميدي في " جذوة المقتبس " ٣٢٠. (٤) البخاتي جمع، واحده بختي، وهي جمال طوال الاعناق. انظر " لسان العرب ". (٥) وهو أبو القاسم عبد العزيز بن بندار الشيرازي، كما في " الجذوة "، وسينقل المؤلف كلامه.