Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (1/59)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

and Ṭalḥah; so what makes you fight your own cousin ʿAlī?

Narrators other than Abū Shihāb add: Al-Zubayr then turned back, whereupon Ibn Jurmuz met him and killed him. (1)

Qutaybah reports: al-Layth told us, from Ibn Abī Farwah, the brother of Isḥāq, who said:

Alī said, “Five people have fought against me. The most obedient of people to other people is ʿĀʾishah; the bravest of people is al-Zubayr; the most cunning of people is Ṭalḥah—his stratagem has never failed; the most generous of people is Yaʿlā ibn Munyah (2); and the most devout of people is Muḥammad ibn Ṭalḥah—he was praiseworthy until his father caused him to slip. Yaʿlā used to give a single man thirty dinars, together with weapons and a horse, on condition that he would fight me. (3)”

ʿAbdullāh ibn Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Malik al-Raqāshī narrated from his grandfather, from Abū Jarw al-Māzinī, who said: “I witnessed Alī and al-Zubayr when they halted face to face. Alī said, ‘Zubayr! I adjure you by Allah—did you hear the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “You will fight me while you are in the wrong”?’

He replied, ‘Yes, and I have not remembered it except at this very moment.’ He then withdrew. (4)

(1) All its transmitters are trustworthy. Ibn Saʿd also reported it (3/1/77) with a similar wording, and Ibn Ḥajar states in al-Isaba 4/9 that its chain is sound. (2) The name is pronounced with a ḍamma on the mim, a silent nun, then an open ya; it is his mother’s name. The person meant is Yaʿla ibn Umayya ibn Abi ʿUbayda ibn Hammam al-Taymi, an ally of Quraysh, a well-known Companion who died in the mid-forties (AH). All six canonical collections transmit his hadith. (3) The report is not authentic. Ibn Abi Furwa, the alleged brother of Ishaq, is unknown, and the word “brother” may be an interpolation in the text. Ishaq is narrated from by al-Layth, but he himself is abandoned and unanimously considered weak. (4) Both ʿAbd Allah and his grandfather are weak narrators. Ibn Ḥajar cites the report in al-Matalib al-ʿAliya (no. 4476) and attributes it to Abu Yaʿla.

طَلْحَةَ، فَأَنْتَ عَلاَمَ تُقَاتِلُ قَرِيْبَكَ عَلِيّاً؟ زَادَ فِيْهِ غَيْرُ أَبِي شِهَابٍ: فَرَجَعَ الزُّبَيْرُ، فَلَقِيَهُ ابْنُ جُرْمُوْزٍ، فَقَتَلَهُ (١) . قُتَيْبَةُ: حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ، أَخِي إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ: قَالَ عَلِيٌّ: حَارَبَنِي خَمْسَةٌ: أَطْوَعُ النَّاسِ فِي النَّاسِ: عَائِشَةُ، وَأَشْجَعُ النَّاسِ: الزُّبَيْرُ، وَأَمْكَرُ النَّاسِ: طَلْحَةُ، لَمْ يُدْرِكْهُ مَكْرٌ قَطُّ، وَأَعْطَى النَّاسِ: يَعْلَى بنُ مُنْيَةَ (٢) ، وَأَعَبَدُ النَّاسِ: مُحَمَّدُ بنُ طَلْحَةَ، كَانَ مَحْمُوداً حَتَّى اسْتَزَلَّهُ أَبُوْهُ، وَكَانَ يَعْلَى يُعطِي الرَّجُلَ الوَاحِدَ ثَلاَثِيْنَ دِيْنَاراً وَالسِّلاَحَ وَالفَرَسَ عَلَى أَنْ يُحَارِبَنِي (٣) . قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ عَبْدِ المَلِكِ الرَّقَاشِيُّ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي جَرْوٍ المَازِنِيِّ قَالَ: شَهِدْتُ عَلِيّاً وَالزُّبَيْرَ حِيْنَ تَوَاقَفَا، فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ: يَا زُبَيْرُ! أَنْشُدُكَ اللهَ، أَسَمِعْتَ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُوْلُ: (إِنَّكَ تُقَاتِلُنِي وَأَنْتَ لِي ظَالِمٌ) . قَالَ: نَعَمْ، وَلَمْ أَذْكُرْهُ إِلاَّ فِي مَوْقِفِي هَذَا، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ (٤) .

(١) رجاله ثقات، وأخرجه ابن سعد ٣ / ١ / ٧٧ بنحوه، وقال الحافظ في " الإصابة " ٤ / ٩: وسنده صحيح. (٢) بضم الميم. وسكون النون، بعدها ياء مفتوحة، وهي أمه. وهو يعلى بن أمية بن أبي عبيدة ابن همام التيمي، حليف قريش. صحابي مشهور. مات سنة بضع وأربعين. وأخرج حديثه الجماعة. (٣) خبر لا يصح. ابن أبي فروة أخو إسحاق لا يعرف، ويخشى أن تكون لفظة " أخي " مقحمة في النص، وإسحاق يروي عنه الليث، وهو متروك، متفق على ضعفه. (٤) عبد الله، وجده ضعيفان. وذكره الحافظ في " المطالب العالية " (٤٤٧٦) ونسبه إلى أبي يعلى.