Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (2/410)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Khalifah mentioned that ʿAlī appointed Abū Ayyūb as governor of Medina. (1)

Al-Ḥākim said: Abū Ayyūb did not attend the battle of Ṣiffīn alongside ʿAlī.

Al-Aʿmash, on the authority of Abū Ẓabiyān:
Abū Ayyūb took part in a campaign during the rule of Muʿāwiyah, and when death came to him he said, “When you draw up your ranks against the enemy, bury me beneath your feet.” (2)

Ibn Fuḍayl narrated: Ibrāhīm al-Hajarī told us, from Abū Ṣādiq, who said:
Abū Ayyūb al-Anṣārī arrived in Iraq. The tribe of al-Azd presented him with several slaughtered camels, and I was with them. I greeted him and said, “O Abū Ayyūb, Allah has honored you with the companionship of His Prophet and with the Prophet’s lodging in your home; so why do I see you turning to face the people, fighting them with your sword?”

He replied, “The Messenger of Allah instructed us to fight alongside ʿAlī against the nākithīn (those who broke their pledge), and we have fought them; and against the qāsiṭīn (the unjust), and it is toward them we now advance”—meaning Muʿāwiyah—“and against the māriqīn (the renegades), and I have not yet met them.” (3)

This report is weak.

Isḥāq ibn Sulaymān al-Rāzī narrated: Abū Sinān, from Ḥabīb ibn Abī Thābit, that Abū Ayyūb came to Ibn ʿAbbās in Basra. Ibn ʿAbbās vacated a house for him and said, “I shall treat you as you treated the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. How much do you owe?”

He replied, “Twenty thousand.”

So Ibn ʿAbbās gave him forty thousand, twenty slaves, and the furnishings of the house. (4)

(1) Tahdhib Ibn Asakir, 5/44. (2) Al-Tabarani, 4/139 and 204; Tahdhib Ibn Asakir, 5/45. The verb “saffaftum” means “you formed your ranks opposite the enemy’s ranks.” (3) The chain is weak because of Ibrahim al-Hijri (Ibrahim ibn Muslim al-Abdi), one of the transmitters listed in Tahdhib; the report also appears in Tahdhib Ibn Asakir, 5/44. (4) Related by al-Tabarani, no. 3877, through Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Hadrami from Abu Kurayb with this chain. All its transmitters are reliable, except that Habib ibn Abi Thabit did not hear directly from Abu Ayyub. Al-Hakim (3/461–462) also recorded it and judged it sound, and al-Dhahabi agreed. See Majma al-Zawaid, 9/323, and Asad al-Ghaba, 2/96.

ذَكَرَ خَلِيْفَةُ: أَنَّ عَلِيّاً اسْتَعْمَلَ أَبَا أَيُّوْبَ عَلَى المَدِيْنَةِ (١) . وَقَالَ الحَاكِمُ: لَمْ يَشْهَدْ أَبُو أَيُّوْبَ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ صِفِّيْنَ. الأَعْمَشُ: عَنْ أَبِي ظَبْيَانَ: أَنَّ أَبَا أَيُّوْب غَزَا زَمَنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ، فَلَمَّا احْتُضِرَ، قَالَ: إِذَا صَافَفْتُمُ العَدُوَّ، فَادْفِنُونِي تَحْتَ أَقْدَامِكُمْ (٢) . ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيْمُ الهَجَرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي صَادِقٍ، قَالَ: قَدِمَ أَبُو أَيُّوْبَ الأَنْصَارِيُّ العِرَاقَ، فَأَهْدَتْ لَهُ الأَزْدُ جُزُراً مَعِي، فَسَلَّمْتُ، وَقُلْتُ: يَا أَبَا أَيُّوْبَ، قَدْ أَكْرَمَكَ اللهُ بِصُحْبَةِ نَبِيِّهِ، وَبِنُزُوْلِهِ عَلَيْكَ؛ فَمَا لِي أَرَاكَ تَسْتَقْبِلُ النَّاسَ تُقَاتِلُهُمْ بِسَيْفِكَ؟ قَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنَا أَنْ نُقَاتِلَ مَعَ عَلِيٍّ النَّاكِثِيْنَ، فَقَدْ قَاتَلْنَاهُمْ؛ وَالقَاسِطِيْنَ، فَهَذَا وَجْهُنَا إِلَيْهِمْ -يَعْنِي: مُعَاوِيَةَ- وَالمَارِقِيْنَ، فَلَمْ أَرَهُمْ بَعْدُ (٣) . هَذَا خَبَرٌ وَاهٍ. إِسْحَاقُ بنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الرَّازِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سِنَانٍ، عَنْ حَبِيْبِ بنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ: أَنَّ أَبَا أَيُّوْبَ قَدِمَ عَلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ البَصْرَةَ، فَفَرَّغَ لَهُ بَيْتَهُ، وَقَالَ: لأَصْنَعَنَّ بِكَ كَمَا صَنَعْتَ بِرَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ كَمْ عَلَيْكَ؟ قَالَ: عِشْرُوْنَ أَلْفاً. فَأَعْطَاهُ أَرْبَعِيْنَ أَلْفاً، وَعِشْرِيْنَ مَمْلُوْكاً، وَمَتَاعَ البَيْتِ (٤) .

(١) تهذيب ابن عساكر ٥ / ٤٤. (٢) الطبراني ٤ / ١٣٩ و٢٠٤، وتهذيب ابن عساكر ٥ / ٤٥ وقوله " صاففتم " أي: رتبتم صفوفكم في مقابل صفوف العدو. (٣) إسناده ضعيف لضعف إبراهيم الهجري، وهو إبراهيم بن مسلم العبدي من رجال " التهذيب "، والخبر في " تهذيب ابن عساكر " ٥ / ٤٤. (٤) أخرجه الطبراني برقم (٣٨٧٧) من طريق محمد بن عبد الله الحضرمي، عن أبي كريب بهذا الإسناد، ورجاله ثقات، إلا أن حبيب بن أبي ثابت لم يسمع من أبي أيوب، وأخرجه الحاكم ٣ / ٤٦١، ٤٦٢، وصححه، ووافقه الذهبي. وانظر " مجمع الزوائد " ٩ / ٣٢٣، و" أسد الغابة " ٢ / ٩٦.