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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Ṣaffār, Mūsā ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Gharnāṭī, Abū al-Khaṭṭāb ibn Dihyah, his brother Abū ʿAmr the philologist, and many others.

Among those who narrated from him solely by ijāzah were Abū al-Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn ʿAlī al-Hamdānī and Abū al-Qāsim Sibt al-Silafī, though he himself never left al-Andalus.

His writings include: Ṣilat Tārīkh Abī al-Walīd Ibn al-Faraḍī (Supplement to the History of Abū al-Walīd Ibn al-Faraḍī) in two volumes; Ghawāmiḍ al-Asmāʾ al-Mubhamah (Obscurities in Unidentified Names) in a single volume, a work that attests to his scholarly rank; Maʿrifat al-ʿUlamāʾ al-Afāḍil (Knowledge of the Distinguished Scholars) in two volumes; Ṭuruq Ḥadīth al-Mighfar (The Chains of Transmission of the Ḥadīth of the Helmet) in three parts; al-Ḥikāyāt al-Mustaghrabah (Remarkable Anecdotes) in one volume; al-Qurbah ilā Allāh bi-ṣ-Ṣalāh ʿalā Nabiyyih (Drawing Near to Allah by Sending Blessings upon His Prophet); al-Mustaghīthīn bi-Allāh (Those Who Seek Refuge in Allah); Dhikr man Rawā al-Muwaṭṭaʾ ʿan Mālik (Those Who Transmitted the Muwaṭṭaʾ from Mālik) in two parts; Akhbār al-Aʿmash (Reports on al-Aʿmash) in three parts; Tarjamat al-Nasāʾī (1) (Biography of al-Nasāʾī) one part; Tarjamat al-Muḥāsibī (2) (Biography of al-Muḥāsibī) one part; Tarjamat Ismāʿīl al-Qāḍī (Biography of Ismāʿīl the Judge) one part; Akhbār Ibn Wahb (Reports on Ibn Wahb) one part; Akhbār Abī al-Muṭarrif al-Qanāziʿī (Reports on Abū al-Muṭarrif al-Qanāziʿī) one part; Quḍāt Qurṭubah (The Judges of Córdoba) in a single volume; al-Musalsalāt (Serial Chains) one part; Ṭuruq Ḥadīth Man Kadhaba ʿAlayya (The Isnads of the Ḥadīth “Whoever lies about me…”) one part; Akhbār Ibn al-Mubārak (Reports on Ibn al-Mubārak) in two parts; and Akhbār Ibn ʿUyaynah (3) (Reports on Ibn ʿUyaynah) in one substantial part.

The ḥāfiẓ Abū Jaʿfar ibn al-Zubayr recorded a full biography for him, in which he said:

“He—may Allah have mercy on him—preferred obscurity and was content with the barest means of livelihood. He never tainted himself with any post that would detract from his standing and give anyone a pretext to speak ill of him… until”

(1) Tadhkirat al-Huffaz records the term akhbar (reports). (2) Tadhkirat al-Huffaz likewise has: akhbar (reports). (3) The wording in Tadhkirat al-Huffaz is: “wa-ghayru dhalik” (and other material). (4) In Andalusi parlance, the word khitta refers to an administrative jurisdiction; hence one speaks of the khittat al-barid (postal district), the khittat al-shurt (security district), and similar usages.

وَمُحَمَّد بن عَبْدِ اللهِ ابْن الصَّفَّار، وَمُوْسَى بن عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَانِ الغَرْنَاطِيّ، وَأَبُو الخَطَّابِ بن دِحْيَة، وَأَخُوْهُ أَبُو عَمْرٍو اللُّغَوِيّ، وَعَدَد كَثِيْر. وَمِمَّنْ رَوَى عَنْهُ بِالإِجَازَةِ: أَبُو الفَضْلِ جَعْفَر بن عَلِيٍّ الهَمْدَانِيُّ، وَأَبُو القَاسِمِ سِبْط السِّلَفِيّ، وَلَمْ يَخْرُج مِنَ الأَنْدَلُس. وَمِنْ تَصَانِيْفه كِتَاب (صلَة تَارِيخ أَبِي الوَلِيْدِ ابْنِ الفَرَضِيّ) فِي مُجَلَّدتين، وَكِتَاب (غوَامض الأَسْمَاء المبهمَة) فِي مُجَلَّدٍ يُنْبِئُ عَنْ إِمَامته، وَكِتَاب (مَعْرِفَة العُلَمَاء الأَفَاضِل) مُجَلَّدَان، (طرق حَدِيْث الْمِغْفَر) ثَلاَثَة أَجزَاء، كِتَاب (الحِكَايَات المُسْتغربَة) مُجَلَّد، كِتَاب (القربَة إِلَى اللهِ بِالصَّلاَة عَلَى نَبِيِّهِ) ، كِتَاب (المُسْتَغِيْثين بِاللهِ) ، كِتاب (ذكر مَنْ رَوَى المُوَطَّأ عَنْ مَالِكٍ) جُزْآنِ، كِتَاب (أَخْبَار الأَعْمَش) ثَلاَثَة أَجزَاء، (تَرْجَمَة النَّسَائِيّ) جُزْء، (تَرْجَمَة (١) المحَاسِبِي) جُزْء، (تَرْجَمَة (٢) إِسْمَاعِيْل القَاضِي) جُزْء، (أَخْبَار ابْن وَهْبٍ) جُزْء، (أَخْبَار أَبِي المَطَرف القنَازعِي) جُزْء، (قُضَاة قُرْطُبَة) مُجَلَّد، (المُسَلْسَلاَت) جُزْء، (طرق حَدِيْث مَنْ كذب عليّ) جُزْء، (أَخْبَار ابْن المُبَارَكِ) جُزْآنِ، (أَخْبَار ابْن عُيَيْنَةَ) جُزْء ضَخْم (٣) . وَقَدْ ذَكَرَهُ: الحَافِظُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ بنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، فَاستوفَى تَرْجَمَته، فَمِنْ ذَلِكَ قَالَ: كَانَ ﵀ يُؤثر الخمُوْل وَالقنوع بِالدّوْنِ مِنَ الْعَيْش، لَمْ يَتدنّس بخُطة (٤) تحطّ مِنْ قدره، حَتَّى يَجد أَحَد إِلَى الكَلاَم فِيْهِ مِنْ سَبِيْل ... ، إِلَى أَنْ

(١) في (تذكرة الحفاظ) : أخبار. (٢) في (تذكرة الحفاظ) : أخبار (٣) قال في (تذكرة الحفاظ) : (وغير ذلك) . (٤) الخطة في الأندلس تعني الولاية، فيقال: خطة البريد، وخطة الشرط ونحو ذلك، =