Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (2/30)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Anas narrated:

Mālik—Anas’s father—said to his wife, “I believe this man is going to declare wine forbidden.” He then set out, travelled until he reached Syria, and there he died.

Afterwards Abū Ṭalḥah came seeking Umm Sulaym’s hand. She replied, “A man like you is not to be refused, but you are a disbeliever, and I want no bridal gift except Islam.” He asked, “Who can grant me that?” She answered, “The Prophet ﷺ.”

So he went to find him, and the Prophet ﷺ said, “Abū Ṭalḥah is coming to you with the radiance of Islam shining between his eyes.” He married her on that basis … The report continues at length, describing how their son died, how she concealed the news and adorned herself for him until he had been with her, then informed him, saying, “Allah had lent you a trust and has now taken it back; seek reward for your son.” (1)

Anas also related that Abū Ṭalḥah said, “My sword slipped from my hand on the Day of Badr because drowsiness had overtaken us.” (2)

Hammād ibn Salamah—on the authority of Thābit, from Anas—reported that Abū Ṭalḥah fasted for forty years after the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, breaking his fast only on the day of Fiṭr or the day of Adḥā. This narration is singular, yet its chain meets Muslim’s criteria. (3)

(1) The complete version is recorded by al-Tayalisi in his Musnad, 2/159–160; the final portion is also reported by al-Bukhari, 3/135, 137, and by Muslim, no. 2144. (2) Reported by Ahmad, 4/29, through Yunus ibn Muhammad al-Muʾaddib → Shayban ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman al-Nahawi → Qatada → Anas; this chain is sound. Al-Bukhari likewise transmits it in the Tafsir section, 8/171, through Ishaq ibn Ibrahim → Husayn ibn Muhammad → Shayban → Qatada, who said: “Anas narrated to us that Abu Talha said: ‘Drowsiness overtook us while we were drawn up in our ranks on the day of Uhud; my sword kept falling from my hand, I would drop it and pick it up again.’” Al-Tirmidhi (3007), al-Nasaʾi, and al-Hakim, 2/297, record it through Hammad ibn Salama → Thabit → Anas → Abu Talha, who said: “I raised my head on the day of Uhud and saw that every one of them was swaying beneath his shield from sleepiness.” Al-Tirmidhi graded it hasan sahih. See also al-Durr al-Manthur, 2/88. (3) It appears in al-Mustadrak, 3/353, where al-Hakim judged it to meet Muslim’s criteria and al-Dhahabi concurred, whereas in the present passage al-Dhahabi considered it anomalous (gharib).

أَنَسٍ: قَالَ مَالِكٌ - وَالِدُ أَنَسٍ - لامْرَأَتِهِ: أَرَى هَذَا الرَّجُلَ يُحَرِّمُ الخَمْرَ. فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى أَتَى الشَّامَ، فَهَلَكَ هُنَاكَ. فَجَاءَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ يَخْطُبُ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ، فَقَالَتْ: مَا مِثْلُكَ يُرَدُّ، وَلَكِنَّكَ امْرُؤٌ كَافِرٌ، وَلاَ أُرِيْدُ مَهْراً إِلاَّ الإِسْلاَمَ. قَالَ: فَمَنْ لِي بِذَلِكَ؟ قَالَتْ: النَّبِيُّ ﷺ. فَانْطَلَقَ يُرِيْدُهُ، فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ: (جَاءكُمْ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ وَغُرَّةُ الإِسْلاَمِ بَيْنَ عَيْنَيْهِ) . قَالَ: فَتَزَوَّجَهَا عَلَى ذَلِكَ ... ، الحَدِيْثَ بِطُوْلِهِ، وَكَيْفَ مَاتَ ابْنُهُ مِنْهَا، وَكَتَمَتْهُ وَتَصَنَّعَتْ لَهُ حَتَّى أَصَابَهَا، ثُمَّ أَخْبَرَتْهُ، وَقَالَتْ: إِنَّ اللهَ كَانَ أَعَارَكَ عَارِيَةً، فَقَبَضَهَا، فَاحْتَسِبِ ابْنَكَ (١) . قَالَ أَنَسٌ: قَالَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ: لَقَدْ سَقَطَ السَّيْفُ مِنِّي يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ، لِمَا غَشِيَنَا مِنَ النُّعَاسِ (٢) . حَمَّادُ بنُ سَلَمَةَ: عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ: أَنَّ أَبَا طَلْحَةَ صَامَ بَعْدَ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعِيْنَ سَنَةً، لاَ يُفْطِرُ إِلاَّ يَوْمَ فِطْرٍ أَوْ أَضْحَى. غَرِيْبٌ، عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ (٣) .

(١) أخرجه بطوله الطيالسي في مسنده، ٢ / ١٥٩، ١٦٠ والقسم الأخير منه أخرجه البخاري ٣ / ١٣٥، ١٣٧ ومسلم (٢١٤٤) . (٢) أخرجه أحمد ٤ / ٢٩ من طريق يونس بن محمد المؤدب عن شيبان بن عبد الرحمن النحوي، عن قتادة، عن أنس، وهذا إسناد صحيح. وأخرج البخاري ٨ / ١٧١ في التفسير من طريق إسحاق بن إبراهيم، عن حسين بن محمد، عن شيبان، عن قتادة، قال حدثنا أنس أن أبا طلحة قال: غشينا النعاس ونحن في مصافنا يوم احد، فجعل سيفي يسقط من يدي، ويسقط وآخذه، وأخرج الترمذي (٣٠٠٧) والنسائي والحاكم ٢ / ٢٩٧ من طريق حماد بن سلمة، عن ثابت، عن أنس عن أبي طلحة قال: رفعت رأسي يوم أحد وجعلت أنظر وما منهم يومئذ أحد إلا يميد تحت جحفته من النعاس. وقال الترمذي حسن صحيح. وانظر " الدر المنثور " ٢ / ٨٨. (٣) هو في " المستدرك " ٣ / ٣٥٣ وقال على شرط مسلم، ووافقه الذهبي هناك بينما هنا استغربه.