Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (2/72)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

—I think he said they were from Kufa. They said, “Abu Dharr, this man has treated you so unjustly! Will you not raise a banner so that we may supply you with as many men as you wish?”

He replied, “People of Islam, do not propose that to me, and do not abase the ruler; for whoever abases the ruler, no repentance will avail him. By Allah, even if he were to crucify me upon the tallest beam or rope, I would listen and remain patient, and I regard that as better for me. (1)

Humayd ibn Hilal—on the authority of ʿAbd Allah ibn al-Samit—reported that Umm Dharr said, “By Allah, it was not Uthman who sent Abu Dharr—meaning to al-Rabadha; rather, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘When building reaches Salʿ, leave the city.’ ”

Ghalib al-Qattan asked al-Hasan, “Abu Saʿid, was it Uthman who expelled Abu Dharr?” He replied, “God forbid.”

Muhammad ibn ʿAmr—on the authority of ʿIraak ibn Malik—narrated that Abu Dharr said, “I shall be the one seated closest to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on the Day of Resurrection, for I heard him say: ‘The nearest of you to me in seating will be the one who departs this world in the same state in which I left him.’ By Allah, there is not one of you who has not fastened onto something of it. (2)

Al-Maʿrur ibn Suwayd said, “We camped at al-Rabadha and found a man wearing a cloak, and his servant wearing one like it. We said, ‘If only you combined the two into a single fine garment for yourself and bought your servant something else!’ He replied, ‘Let me tell you: there was a dispute between me and a companion of mine—his mother was non-Arab—and I reviled…’ ”

(1) Reported by Ahmad, Musnad, 5/165, and by Ibn Saʿd, Tabaqat, 4/227. The narrator as well as the two shaykhs from Banu Thalabah are unidentified, while the remaining transmitters are reliable. (2) Reported by Ahmad, Musnad, 5/165; al-Tabarani, al-Kabir, no. 1627; and Ibn Saʿd, Tabaqat, 4/228–229. Although its transmitters are trustworthy, the chain is interrupted, for ʿIrak ibn Malik, as stated in al-Majmaʿ, 9/327, never heard from Abu Dharr. Abu Yaʿla recorded a similar wording with a connected chain to Abu Dharr, yet that isnad is weak. The phrase appears in the Musnad as “ka-hay’atihi yawma” instead of “ka-hay’atihi bima.”

قَالَ: مِنْ أَهْلِ الكُوْفَةِ - فَقَالُوا: يَا أَبَا ذَرٍّ، فَعَلَ بِكَ هَذَا الرَّجُلُ وَفَعَلَ! فَهَلْ أَنْتَ نَاصِبٌ لَكَ رَايَةً فَنُكَمِّلَكَ بِرِجَاَلٍ مَا شِئْتَ؟ فَقَالَ: يَا أَهْلَ الإِسْلاَمِ، لاَ تَعْرِضُوا عَلَيَّ ذَاكُم، وَلاَ تُذِلُّوا السُّلْطَانَ؛ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ أَذَلَّ السُّلْطَانَ فَلاَ تَوْبَةَ لَهُ، وَاللهِ لَو صَلَبَنِي عَلَى أَطْوَلِ خَشَبَةٍ أَوْ حَبْلٍ لَسَمِعْتُ وَصَبَرْتُ، وَرَأَيْتُ أَنَّ ذَلِكَ خَيْرٌ لِي (١) . حُمَيْدُ بنُ هِلاَلٍ: عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ الصَّامِتِ: قَالَتْ أُمُّ ذَرٍّ: وَاللهِ مَا سَيَّرَ عُثْمَانُ أَبَا ذَرٍّ - تَعْنِي إِلَى الرَّبَذَةِ - وَلَكِنَّ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: (إِذَا بَلَغَ البِنَاءُ سَلْعاً، فَاخْرُجْ مِنْهَا) . قَالَ غَالِبٌ القَطَّانُ لِلحَسَنِ: يَا أَبَا سَعِيْدٍ، أَكَانَ عُثْمَانُ أَخْرَجَ أَبَا ذَرٍّ؟ قَالَ: مَعَاذَ اللهِ. مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَمْرٍو: عَنْ عِرَاكِ بنِ مَالِكٍ: قَالَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ: إِنِّي لأَقْرَبُكُم مَجْلِساً مِنْ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، إِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُوْلُ: (إِنَّ أَقْرَبَكُمْ مِنِّي مَجْلِساً: مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا كَهَيئَتِهِ بِمَا تَرَكْتُهُ عَلَيْهِ) ، وَإِنَّهُ -وَاللهِ- مَا مِنْكُم إِلاَّ مَنْ تَشَبَّثَ مِنْهَا بِشَيْءٍ (٢) . قَالَ المَعْرُوْرُ بنُ سُوَيْدٍ: نَزَلْنَا الرَّبَذَةَ، فَإِذَا بِرَجُلٍ عَلَيْهِ بُرْدٌ، وَعَلَى غُلاَمِهِ مِثْلُهُ، فَقُلْنَا: لَو عَمِلْتَهُمَا حُلَّةً لَكَ، وَاشْتَرَيْتَ لِغُلاَمِكَ غَيْرَهُ! فَقَالَ: سَأُحَدِّثُكُم: كَانَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ صَاحِبٍ لِي كَلاَمٌ، وَكَانَتْ أُمُّهُ أَعْجَمِيَّةً، فَنِلْتُ

(١) أخرجه أحمد ٥ / ١٦٥، وابن سعد ٤ / ٢٢٧، وفيه جهالة الرجل والشيخين من بني ثعلبة ، وباقي رجاله ثقات. (٢) أخرجه أحمد ٥ / ١٦٥، والطبراني في " الكبير " (١٦٢٧) ، وابن سعد ٤ / ٢٢٨، ٢٢٩، ورجاله ثقات، لكنه منقطع، لأن عراك بن مالك كما في " المجمع " ٩ / ٣٢٧: لم يسمع من أبي ذر، وقد أخرج أبو يعلى معناه من وجه آخر عن أبي ذر متصلا، إلا أن سنده ضعيف، وقوله: " كهيئته بما " في " المسند " كهيئته يوم ".