Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (2/42)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

—“So, everyone who performs the dawn prayer in our mosque, place a purse and a pair of shoes before him.”

Abū Isrāʾīl also transmitted it from Abū Isḥāq, but he said, “a cloak and two sandals.” (1)

Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal reported: ʿAlī ibn Thābit related to us; Abū al-Muhājir related to us, from Maymūn ibn Mihrān, who said:
“The first man for whom other men walked on foot while he was riding was al-Ashʿath ibn Qays.”

A similar report was narrated by Abū al-Malīḥ from Maymūn. (2)

Ismāʿīl ibn Abī Khālid related, from Ḥakīm ibn Jābir:
“When al-Ashʿath ibn Qays died, al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī came and instructed them to wash him with camphor water as an ablution, and al-Ashʿath’s daughter was married to al-Ḥasan. (3)

They said he died in the year 40 AH. Others added: forty nights after ʿAlī, may Allah be pleased with him. He was buried in his own house. It is also said that he lived sixty-three years.

Muḥammad ibn Saʿd said: “He died in Kūfah while al-Ḥasan was there, at the time he made peace with Muʿāwiyah, and it was al-Ḥasan who led the funeral prayer over him.”

I (the author) say: After him, his son Muḥammad ibn al-Ashʿath became one of the leading governors and notables,

(1) Reported by al-Tabarani in al-Kabir, no. 650. Al-Haythami cites it in Majmaʿ al-Zawaʾid 9/415, noting: in the chain is Abu Israʾil al-Malaʾi, while the remaining transmitters are those found in the Sahih collections. (2) Tahdhib al-Kamal, p. 120. (3) Transmitted by al-Fasawi in his Tarikh 1/226, through Abu Nuʿaym and Abu Qabisa, both from Sufyan, from Ismaʿil ibn Abi Khalid. It is also recorded by Ibn Saʿd 6/23 via Wakiʿ ibn al-Jarrah, from Ismaʿil ibn Abi Khalid, from Hakim ibn Jabir; and by al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak 3/522 via ʿAbdah ibn Humayd, who said: “Ismaʿil ibn Abi Khalid narrated to me from Hakim ibn Jabir.” In al-Hakim’s copy, the name Hakim appears mistakenly as Hafs.

فَكُلُّ مَنْ صَلَّى الغَدَاةَ فِي مَسْجِدِنَا، فَاجْعَلُوا بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ كِيْساً وَحِذَاءً. رَوَاهُ: أَبُوْ إِسْرَائِيْلَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ قَالَ: حُلَّةً وَنَعْلَيْنِ (١) . أَحْمَدُ بنُ حَنْبَلٍ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بنُ ثَابِتٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو المُهَاجِرِ، عَنْ مَيْمُوْنِ بنِ مِهْرَانَ، قَالَ: أَوَّلُ مَنْ مَشَتْ مَعَهُ الرِّجَالُ وَهُوَ رَاكِبٌ: الأَشْعَثُ بنُ قَيْسٍ. رَوَى نَحْوَهُ: أَبُو المَلِيْحِ، عَنْ مَيْمُوْنٍ (٢) . قَالَ إِسْمَاعِيْلُ بنُ أَبِي خَالِدٍ: عَنْ حَكِيْمِ بنِ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ: لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ الأَشْعَثُ بنُ قَيْسٍ، أَتَاهُمُ الحَسَنُ بنُ عَلِيٍّ، فَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يُوَضِّئُوْهُ بِالكَافُوْرِ وَضُوْءاً، وَكَانَتْ بِنْتُهُ تَحْتَ الحَسَنِ (٣) . قَالُوا: تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ أَرْبَعِيْنَ. وَزَادَ بَعْضُهُمْ: بَعْدَ عَلِيٍّ ﵁ بِأَرْبَعِيْنَ لَيْلَةً. وَدُفِنَ فِي دَارِهِ. وَقِيْلَ: عَاشَ ثَلاَثاً وَسِتِّيْنَ سَنَةً. وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ سَعْدٍ: مَاتَ بِالكُوْفَةِ، وَالحَسَنُ بِهَا حِيْنَ صَالَحَ مُعَاوِيَةَ، وَهُوَ الَّذِي صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ. قُلْتُ: وَكَانَ ابْنُهُ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ الأَشْعَثِ بَعْدَهُ مِنْ كِبَارِ الأُمَرَاءِ وَأَشْرَافِهِمْ،

(١) أخرجه الطبراني في " الكبير " (٦٥٠) ، وذكره الهيثمي في " المجمع " ٩ / ٤١٥ وقال: وفيه أبو إسرائيل الملائي وبقية رجاله رجال الصحيح. (٢) " تهذيب الكمال " ١٢٠. (٣) أخرجه الفسوي في تاريخه ١ / ٢٢٦ من طريق أبي نعيم وأبي قبيصة كلاهما عن سفيان عن إسماعيل بن أبي خالد. وأخرجه ابن سعد ٦ / ٢٣ من طريق وكيع بن الجراح، عن إسماعيل بن أبي خالد، عن حكيم ابن جابر، وأخرجه الحاكم في " المستدرك " ٣ / ٥٢٢ من طريق عبدة بن حميد، حدثني إسماعيل ابن أبي خالد، عن حكيم بن جابر، وقد تحرف حكيم عنده إلى حفص.