Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Al-Fasawī relates in his History: Muḥammad ibn Muṣaffā told us, Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd told us, from Mūsā ibn Wardān, from his father, from Jābir, who said:
“Muʿāwiyah arrived accompanied by the people of Syria. A depraved man from the Jordan district heard what Muḥammad ibn Maslamah had done—namely, that he was sitting apart from both ʿAlī and Muʿāwiyah—so he burst into his house and killed him.
Muʿāwiyah then sent word to Kaʿb ibn Mālik: ‘What is your opinion of Muḥammad ibn Maslamah?’ (1)”

Yaḥyā ibn Bukayr, Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mundhir, Ibn Numayr, Shabāb, and a number of others said: “Muḥammad ibn Maslamah died in Ṣafar, in the year 43 AH. (2)”

Yazīd ibn Hārūn reported: Hishām informed us, from al-Ḥasan, that the Prophet ﷺ gave Muḥammad ibn Maslamah a sword and said: “Fight the polytheists with it; but when you see the Muslims turning their swords against one another, strike it against a rock until it breaks, then remain in your house until either an errant hand reaches you or an appointed death overtakes you. (3)”

A similar wording is found in the mursal reports of Zayd ibn Aslam.

Muḥammad ibn Maslamah lived for seventy-seven years.

(1) All the narrators are reliable except for Wardan, Musa’s father; I found no biographical entry for him. Tahdhib and its related works state that Musa ibn Wardan reports directly from Jabir. This report is not found in the printed edition of Tarikh al-Fasawi, but the author quotes it in his own Tarikh, 2/246. (2) See Majma al-Zawaid, 9/319–320. (3) Al-Hafiz lists it in al-Isaba, 9/132, citing Ibn Shahin through the chain of Hisham from al-Hasan. Ahmad also records it, 4/225, through Zayd ibn al-Hubab from Sahl ibn Abi al-Salt from al-Hasan. The narrators are trustworthy, but al-Hasan never heard directly from Muhammad ibn Maslama, so the chain is interrupted (munqati).
الفَسَوِيُّ فِي (تَارِيْخِهِ) : حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ مُصَفَّى، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بنُ سَعِيْدٍ، عَنْ مُوْسَى بنِ وَرْدَانَ، عَنْ أَبِيْهِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ: قَدِمَ مُعَاوِيَةُ وَمَعَهُ أَهْلُ الشَّامِ، فَبَلَغَ رَجُلاً شَقِيّاً مِنْ أَهْلِ الأُرْدُنِّ صَنِيْعُ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ مَسْلَمَةَ - جُلُوْسُهُ عَنْ عَلِيٍّ وَمُعَاوِيَةَ - فَاقْتَحَمَ عَلَيْهِ المَنْزِلَ، فَقَتَلَهُ. فَأَرْسَلَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى كَعْبِ بنِ مَالِكٍ: مَا تَقُوْلُ فِي مُحَمَّدِ بنِ مَسْلَمَةَ (١) ؟ قَالَ يَحْيَى بنُ بُكَيْرٍ، وَإِبْرَاهِيْمُ بنُ المُنْذِرِ، وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ، وَشَبَابٌ، وَجَمَاعَةٌ: مَاتَ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ مَسْلَمَةَ فِي صَفَرٍ، سَنَةَ ثَلاَثٍ وَأَرْبَعِيْنَ (٢) . يَزِيْدُ بنُ هَارُوْنَ: أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنِ الحَسَنِ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ أَعْطَى مُحَمَّدَ بنَ مَسْلَمَةَ سَيْفاً، فَقَالَ: (قَاتِلْ بِهِ المُشْرِكِيْنَ، فَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ المُسْلِمِيْنَ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ، فَاضْرِبْ بِهِ أُحُداً حَتَّى تَقْطَعَهُ، ثُمَّ اجْلِسْ فِي بَيْتِكَ حَتَّى تَأْتَيَكَ يَدٌ خَاطِئَةٌ، أَوْ مَنِيَّةٌ قَاضِيَةٌ (٣)) . وَرُوِيَ نَحْوُهُ مِنْ مَرَاسِيْلِ زَيْدِ بنِ أَسْلَمَ. عَاشَ ابْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ سَبْعاً وَسَبْعِيْنَ سَنَةً.
(١) رجاله موثوقون خلا وردان والد موسى: فإني لم أجد له ترجمة، ففي " التهذيب " وفروعه أن موسى بن وردان يروي عن جابر بدون واسطة، وهذا الخبر لم يرد في المطبوع من " تاريخ الفسوي " وأورده المصنف في " تاريخه " ٢ / ٢٤٦. (٢) انظر " مجمع الزوائد " ٩ / ٣١٩، ٣٢٠. (٣) ذكره الحافظ في " الإصابة " ٩ / ١٣٢ عن ابن شاهين من طريق هشام، عن الحسن وأخرجه أحمد ٤ / ٢٢٥ من طريق زيد بن الحباب، عن سهل بن أبي الصلت، عن الحسن، ورجاله ثقات، إلا أن الحسن لم يسمع من محمد بن مسلمة، فهو منقطع.

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