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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

and Abū al-Fatḥ Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī al-Miṣrī; and Abū al-Waqt ʿAbd al-Awwal al-Sijzī; together with a large number of scholars from Herat. From these men al-Samʿānī and Ibn ʿAsākir received transmission. He lived to an advanced age.

Ibn Ṭāhir said: “I travelled to Abū ʿAbd Allah (1) Muḥammad ibn Abī Masʿūd. I was told that admission to him was refused, so I negotiated with the attendants until they agreed that I might enter, recite a single hadith, and then depart.

Permission was granted. When I entered, I recited the hadith from Muṣʿab’s manuscript—the one dealing with Khaybar—which al-Bukhārī (2) also narrated with a lower isnād, through al-Musnadi: ‘Muʿāwiyah ibn ʿAmr related to us; Abū Isḥāq al-Fazārī related to us; Mālik related to us.’

In the chain of this shaykh there are likewise three intermediaries between him and Mālik, the same number as in al-Bukhārī. He therefore asked me, ‘Why did you choose to read this particular hadith?’ I explained the loftiness of its chain, whereupon he said, ‘Read the rest of the fascicle.’

He then added, ‘I kept his company and transmitted a great deal from him.’

He died in Shawwāl of the year 472 AH.

In that same year there also died: Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Shāfiʿī in Mecca (3); Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Ḥassān al-Mulaqabādī (4); and Abū Manṣūr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad.

(1) An addition required by the sense of the text. (2) Listed as no. 4234 in the Book of Maghazi, Chapter “The Expedition of Khaybar.” After the words “Malik narrated to us…,” the report continues: “Thawr related from Salim, the freedman of Ibn Muti, that he heard Abu Hurayra say: ‘When we conquered Khaybar we took no gold or silver; rather, we took cattle, camels, goods and orchards. We then returned with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to Wadi al-Qura, and with him was a slave called Muzim, a gift from a man of Banu al-Dabab. While the slave was unloading the Prophet’s mount, a stray arrow struck and killed him. The people said, “Congratulations—he is a martyr!” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ replied: “No, by Him in whose hand is my soul! The cloak he took on the day of Khaybar, before the spoils had been distributed, is now burning upon him in the Fire.” A man who heard this from the Prophet ﷺ came with a sandal-strap—or two—and said, “Messenger of Allah, this is something I had taken.” The Prophet ﷺ said, “A sandal-strap, or two sandal-straps, of Fire.”’ (3) His biography will appear under no. 188. (4) His biography will appear under no. 191.

وَأَبُو الفَتْحِ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَلِيٍّ المِصْرِيّ، وَأَبُو الوَقْتِ عبدُ الأَوّل السِّجْزِيّ، وَخَلْقٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ هَرَاة، أَخَذَ عَنْهم السَّمْعَانِيّ، وَابْنُ عَسَاكِرَ. وَطَالَ عُمُرُهُ. قَالَ ابْنُ طَاهِر: ارْتحلتُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (١) مُحَمَّدِ بنِ أَبِي مَسْعُوْدٍ، فَذَكَر أَنَّهُ مُنِعَ مِنَ الدّخولِ إِلَيْهِ، فَتنَازَلَ مَعَهُم، إِلَى أَنْ يَدخل، فِيقرَأَ حَدِيْثاً وَاحِداً، وَيَخْرُج. فَأَذن لَهُ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ، وَقرَأَ الحَدِيْث الَّذِي مِنْ نُسخَة مُصْعَب؛ الَّذِي فِي ذكر خَيْبَر، وَقَدْ رَوَاهُ: البُخَارِيُّ (٢) نَازلاً عَنِ المُسْنَدي: حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بنُ عَمْرٍو، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ الفَزَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِك. وَكَذَلِكَ بَيْنَ هَذَا الشَّيْخ وَبَيْنَ مَالِك فِيْهِ ثَلاَثَة أَنْفُس، كَالبُخَارِيّ، فَقَالَ لابْنِ طَاهِر: وَلِمَ اخْترت قِرَاءةَ هَذَا الحَدِيْث؟ فَوصف لَهُ علُوَّهُ، فَقَالَ: اقرَأَ باقِي الْجُزْء. ثُمَّ قَالَ: لاَزمتُهُ، وَأَكْثَرتُ عَنْهُ. تُوُفِّيَ: فِي شَوَّال سَنَة اثْنَتَيْنِ وَسَبْعِيْنَ وَأَرْبَعِ مائَة. وَفِيْهَا تُوُفِّيَ: أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الحَسَنُ بنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الشَّافِعِيّ بِمَكَّةَ (٣) ، وَأَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ حَسَّانٍ المُلقَابَاذِي (٤) ، وَأَبُو مَنْصُوْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ أَحْمَدَ

(١) زيادة يقتضيها النص. (٢) برقم (٤٢٣٤) في المغازي: باب غزوة خيبر وتمامه بعد قوله: حدثنا مالك، قال: حدثني ثور، قال: حدثني سالم مولى ابن مطيع أنه سمع أبا هريرة ﵁ يقول: افتتحنا خيبر ولم نغنم ذهبا ولا فضة إنما غنمنا البقر والابل والمتاع والحوائط، ثم انصرفنا مع رسول الله ﷺ إلى وادي القرى ومعه عبد له يقال له مزعم أهداه له أحد بني الضباب، فبينما هو يحط رحل رسول الله ﷺ إذ جاءه سهم غائر حتى أصاب ذلك العبد، فقال الناس: هنيئا له الشهادة، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: " بلى والذي نفسي بيده إن الشملة التي أصابها يوم خيبر من المغانم لم تصبها المقاسم لتشتعل عليه نارا، فجاء رجل حين سمع ذلك من النبي ﷺ بشراك أو بشراكين، فقال: هذا شيء كنت أصبته، فقال رسول الله ﷺ: شراك أو شراكان من نار ". (٣) سترد ترجمته برقم (١٨٨) . (٤) سترد ترجمته برقم (١٩١) .