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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

then said,

“O people! Allah is our Lord, Islam is our religion, the Qur’an is our guide, the House (the Kaʿbah) is our qiblah, and this is our Prophet”—and he pointed to the Prophet ﷺ—“We accept whatever Allah and His Messenger have approved for us, and we loathe whatever Allah and His Messenger have loathed for us. Peace be upon you.”

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Ibn Umm ʿAbd has spoken correctly and truthfully. I am pleased with what Allah is pleased with for my community, and so is Ibn Umm ʿAbd; and I dislike what Allah dislikes for my community, and so does Ibn Umm ʿAbd.” ⦗1⦘

Its chain of transmission is broken.

It was recorded by al-Ṭabarānī in his Muʿjam.

I copied it from the manuscript of the ḥāfiẓ ʿAbd al-Ghanī with the name “Ibn Khuthaym” ⦗2⦘, but the correct version is Saʿīd ⦗3⦘ ibn Jubayr, from Abū al-Dardāʾ, and that is how it appears in Tārīkh Dimashq.

It was also narrated by Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar al-Warkānī from Abū Shihāb in similar wording.

Yet Saʿīd never met Abū al-Dardāʾ, and I do not know who Muḥtasib is.

Isrāʾīl, on the authority of Abū Isḥāq, reported:

I heard ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Yazīd say, “We said to Ḥudhayfah, ‘Tell us of a man whose bearing and deportment are closest to those of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ so that we may accompany him.’”

He replied, “I do not know anyone whose conduct, guidance, and demeanor more closely resemble those of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ—so long as the wall of his house does not hide him from view—than Ibn Umm ʿAbd.

“And the memorizers among Muhammad’s Companions know full well that Ibn Umm ʿAbd is among those of them nearest to Allah in rank.” ⦗4⦘

(1) Al-Haythami cites the report in Majmaʿ al-zawaʾid, 9/290, noting that it is transmitted by al-Tabarani with trustworthy narrators, except that Abd Allah ibn Uthman ibn Khuthaym never met Abu al-Darda. In the printed edition the name Khuthaym is mis-rendered as “Khaythama.” (2) The base manuscript reads “Ibn Khaythama,” whereas the correct form, as shown above, is Ibn Khuthaym. Al-Haythami also lists the hadith in Majmaʿ al-zawaʾid, 9/290, and declares its chain broken. What he missed, as the author points out, is that the narrator Muhtasib is unknown—assuming, of course, that al-Tabarani’s isnad is the same one the author has reproduced. (3) In the printed text the name has been wrongly altered to “Saʿd.” (4) Related by al-Tirmidhi (no. 3809) in the section “Merits of Abd Allah ibn Masud,” who judged it “good and sound,” and his assessment is accurate. It is also narrated by al-Bukhari in the virtues (no. 3762), chapter on the merits of Abd Allah ibn Masud; by Ahmad, 5/401-402; and by Ibn Saʿd, 3/1/109, all through the chain: Shubah → Abu Ishaq → Abd … (chain continues).

ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ! إِنَّ اللهَ ﷿ رَبُّنَا، وَإِنَّ الإِسْلاَم دِيْنُنَا، وَإِنَّ القُرْآنَ إِمَامُنَا، وَإِنَّ البَيْتَ قِبْلَتُنَا، وَإِنَّ هَذَا نَبِيُّنَا - وَأَوْمَأَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ رَضِيْنَا مَا رَضِيَ اللهُ لَنَا وَرَسُوْلُهُ، وَكَرِهْنَا مَا كَرِهَ اللهُ لَنَا وَرَسُوْلُهُ، وَالسَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُم. فَقَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ: (أَصَابَ ابْنُ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ وَصَدَقَ، رَضِيْتُ بِمَا رَضِيَ اللهُ لأُمَّتِي وَابْنُ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ، وَكَرِهْتُ مَا كَرِهَ اللهُ لأُمَّتِي وَابْنُ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ (١)) . إِسْنَادُهُ مُنْقَطِعٌ. رَوَاهُ: الطَّبَرَانِيُّ فِي (مُعْجَمِهِ) . وَنَقَلْتُهُ مِنْ خَطِّ الحَافِظِ عَبْدِ الغَنِيِّ هَكَذَا ابْنُ خُثَيْمٍ (٢) ، وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ سَعِيْدُ (٣) بنُ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، هَكَذَا هُوَ فِي (تَارِيْخ دِمَشْقَ) . وَرَوَاهُ: مُحَمَّدُ بنُ جَعْفَرٍ الوَرْكَانِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي شِهَابٍ نَحْوَهُ. وَسَعِيْدٌ لَمْ يُدْرِكْ أَبَا الدَّرْدَاءِ، وَلاَ أَدْرِي مَنْ هُوَ مُحْتَسِبٌ؟ إِسْرَائِيْلُ: عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بنَ يَزِيْدَ، قَالَ: قُلْنَا لِحُذَيْفَةَ: أَخْبِرْنَا بِرَجُلٍ قَرِيْبِ السَّمْتِ وَالدَّلِّ بِرَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى نَلْزَمَهُ. قَالَ: مَا أَعْلَمُ أَحَداً أَقْرَبَ سَمْتاً وَلاَ هَدْياً وَلاَ دَلاًّ مِنْ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى يُوَارِيَهُ جِدَارُ بَيْتِهِ مِنِ ابْنِ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ. وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَ المَحْفُوْظُوْنَ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَنَّ ابْنَ أُمِّ عَبْدٍ مِنْ أَقْرَبِهِم إِلَى اللهِ زُلْفَةً (٤) .

(١) ذكره الهيثمي في " المجمع " ٩ / ٢٩٠، وقال: رواه الطبراني ورجاله ثقات، إلا أن عبد الله ابن عثمان بن خيثم لم يسمع من أبي الدرداء، وقد تحرفت خثيم في المطبوع. إلى " خيثمة ". (٢) في الأصل " ابن خيثمة " والصواب ابن خثيم كما تقدم، وذكر الحديث الهيثمي في " المجمع " ٩ / ٢٩٠ وأعله بالانقطاع. وفاته أن محتسبا مجهول كما قال المؤلف. هذا إذا كان سند الطبراني هو الذي ساقه المؤلف. (٣) تحرفت في المطبوع إلى " سعد ". (٤) أخرجه الترمذي (٣٨٠٩) في المناقب: باب عبد الله بن مسعود، وقال: حديث حسن صحيح. وهو كما قال. وأخرجه البخاري في الفضائل (٣٧٦٢) : باب مناقب عبد الله بن مسعود، وأحمد ٥ / ٤٠١، ٤٠٢، وابن سعد ٣ / ١ / ١٠٩ كلهم من طريق: شعبة، عن أبي إسحاق، عن عبد =