Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (1/481)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

from ʿAlqamah, from ʿAbd Allah, who said:

The Prophet ﷺ had me recite Sūrat al-Nisāʾ to him while he was standing on the pulpit. I continued until I reached the verse, “Then how will it be when We bring from every community a witness, and We bring you as a witness against these?” (4:41). The Prophet’s eyes filled with tears and he said, “Whoever would like to recite the Quran fresh, just as it was revealed, let him recite according to the recitation of Ibn Umm ʿAbd.” (1)

Mifḍal was deemed unreliable by Abū Ḥātim, though others regarded him as acceptable. (2)

Al-Humaydī, in his Musnad, recorded: Sufyān (3) narrated to us; al-Masʿūdī narrated to us, from al-Qāsim—
The Prophet ﷺ said to Ibn Masʿūd, “Recite.” He replied, “Shall I recite when it was revealed to you?!” … and he related the remainder of the report. (4)

Sunqur al-Qaḍāʾī informed us; ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Yūsuf, ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ibn Muḥammad al-Qubbaīṭī, and a group [of scholars] said:
Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī narrated to us; Mālik ibn Aḥmad narrated to us; Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ṣalt narrated to us; Ibrāhīm ibn ʿAbd al-Ṣamad narrated to us; ʿUbayd ibn Asbāṭ narrated to us; my father narrated to me; Sufyān narrated to us, from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿUmayr, from Ribʿī, from Ḥudhayfah, who said:
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Follow the two who will come after me: Abū Bakr and ʿUmar; seek guidance through the example of ʿAmmār; and hold fast to the covenant of Ibn Umm ʿAbd.” (5)

(1) The chain of transmission is weak because of the unreliability of al-Mufaddal, as the author himself notes. Al-Tirmidhi also recorded the report (no. 3027) in his Tafsir section, chapter on Surat al-Nisa. (2) The word “mashah” has been misprinted in the edition as “mansha.” The narrator al-Mufaddal here is al-Mufaddal al-Dabbi, from Kufa, a Qurʾan reciter and compiler of al-Mufaddaliyyat. In al-Mizan the author cites the following assessments: al-Khatib said, “He was a historian, a learned scholar, and considered reliable.” Abu Hatim declared him “abandoned in Qurʾanic recitation and hadith,” while Abu Hatim al-Sijistani judged him “trustworthy in poetry but not trustworthy in Qurʾanic readings.” (3) In the printed text the word has been corrupted to “Shaʿban.” (4) Al-Humaydi also transmitted it, 1/55, no. 101, with the complete wording: “He said, ‘I like to hear it from someone else.’ I then recited Surat al-Nisa’, and when I reached, ‘How then when We bring from every nation a witness and We bring you as a witness against these,’ the Messenger of Allah wept, and ʿAbd Allah stopped reciting.” Al-Bukhari narrated it as well through the routes of ʿUbayda and Abu al-Dahha from Ibn Masʿud, in several places, including 9/78. (5) For the documentation, see p. 378, note (3).

عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: اسْتَقْرَأَنِي النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ عَلَى المِنْبَرِ سُوْرَةَ النِّسَاءِ، فَقَرَأْتُ حَتَّى بَلَغْتُ: ﴿فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيْدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ شَهِيْداً﴾ . فَاغْرَوْرَقَتْ عَيْنَا النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَقَالَ: (مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ القُرْآنَ غَضّاً كَمَا أُنْزِلَ، فَلْيَقْرَأْ عَلَى قِرَاءةِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ (١)) . مِفْضَلٌ تَرَكَهُ أَبُو حَاتِمٍ، وَمَشَّاهُ (٢) غَيْرُهُ. الحُمَيْدِيُّ فِي (مُسْنَدِهِ) : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ (٣) ، حَدَّثَنَا المَسْعُوْدِيُّ، عَنِ القَاسِمِ: قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لابْنِ مَسْعُوْدٍ: (اقْرَأْ) . فَقَالَ: أَقْرَأُ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ؟! ... الحَدِيْثَ (٤) . أَخْبَرَنَا سُنْقُرُ القَضَائِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّطِيْفِ بنُ يُوْسُفَ، وَعَبْدُ اللَّطِيْفِ بنُ مُحَمَّدٍ القُبَّيْطِيُّ، وَجَمَاعَةٌ، قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَبْدِ البَاقِي، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بنُ أَحْمَدَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بنُ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ الصَّلْتِ، حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيْمُ بنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ، حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ بنُ أَسْبَاطٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ المَلِكِ بنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ، عَنْ حُذَيْفَةَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ: (اقْتَدُوا بِاللَّذَيْنِ مِنْ بَعْدِي: أَبِي بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرَ، وَاهْتَدُوا بِهَدْيِ عَمَّارٍ، وَتَمَسَّكُوا بِعَهْدِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ) (٥) .

(١) إسناده ضعيف لضعف المفضل كما ذكر المصنف، وأخرجه الترمذي (٣٠٢٧) في التفسير: باب ومن سورة النساء. (٢) تحرفت " مشاه " في المطبوع إلى " منشأ ". والمفضل هذا، هو المفضل الضبي، الكوفي، المقرئ، صاحب المفضليات، ترجمه المؤلف في الميزان، فقال: قال الخطيب: كان أخباريا، علامة، موثقا. وأما أبو حاتم، فقال: متروك القراءة والحديث. وقال أبو حاتم السجستاني: هو ثقة في الاشعار غير ثقة في الحروف. (٣) تحرفت في المطبوع إلى " شعبان ". (٤) أخرجه الحميدي ١ / ٥٥ برقم (١٠١) ، وتمامه " قال: إني أحب أن أسمعه من غيري. قال: فقرأت سورة النساء حتى إذا بلغ: (فكيف إذا جئنا من كل أمة بشهيد وجئنا بك على هؤلاء شهيدا) استعبر رسول الله، ﷺ، فكف عبد الله ". وأخرجه البخاري من طريق عبيدة، وأبي الضحى عن ابن مسعود في مواضع منها ٩ / ٧٨. (٥) انظر تخريجه في الصفحة (٣٧٨) تعليق رقم (٣) .