Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (2/440)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

with Ibn ʿAbbās in the shade, and he said, “Such is the passing of the scholars; today a great deal of knowledge has been buried.” ⦗1⦘

Al-Wāqidī narrated: Ibn Abī al-Zinād told us, from his father, who said:
“When Zayd ibn Thābit died, Marwān led the funeral prayer over him, and the women of al-ʿAwālī ⦗2⦘ came down, together with the women of the Anṣār. Khārijah kept adjuring them by Allah, saying, ‘Do not weep over him.’

They replied, ‘We will not listen to you; indeed, we shall weep for him for three days,’ and they prevailed over him ⦗3⦘.

Al-Wāqidī added: Marwān sent some camels; they were slaughtered and the people were fed.

Concerning him Ḥassān ibn Thābit composed:

Who will craft the odes after Ḥassān and his son?
Who will guard the oft-repeated verses after Zayd ibn Thābit? ⦗4⦘

Jarīr ibn Ḥāzim reported: Qays ibn Saʿd narrated to us, from Makḥūl:
“ʿUbādah ibn al-Ṣāmit once asked a Nabataean man to hold his mount at Bayt al-Maqdis. When the man refused, ʿUbādah struck him, splitting his head open. The man brought a complaint before ʿUmar, who asked, ‘What made you do this to him?’

He replied, ‘I ordered him, but he refused, and I was in a fit of anger, so I hit him.’

ʿUmar said, ‘Sit so that retribution may be carried out.’

Zayd ibn Thābit interjected, ‘Would you exact retaliation from your brother on behalf of your servant?’

So ʿUmar waived the retaliation and instead ruled that he pay the blood-money ⦗5⦘."

(1) Reported by Ibn Saʿd, 2:361-62; al-Hakim, 3:428; al-Tabarani, no. 4749; and al-Fasawi, 2:485, all through several chains going back to Hammad b. Salama with identical wording. The transmitters are trustworthy. (2) al-Awali is a locality situated about four miles from Medina; its farthest point toward Najd is eight miles away. (3) Tahdhib Ibn ʿAsakir, 5:453. (4) Tahdhib Ibn ʿAsakir, 5:453. al-Mathani is another name for the Quran because its narratives are repeated within it. (5) The transmitters are trustworthy. Also reported by al-Bayhaqi, 8:32, through the isnad of ʿAbd Allah b. Wahb from Jarir.

إِلَى ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي ظِلٍّ، فَقَالَ: هَكَذَا ذَهَابُ العُلَمَاءِ، دُفِنَ اليَوْمَ عِلْمٌ كَثِيْرٌ (١) . الوَاقِدِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ، عَنْ أَبِيْهِ، قَالَ: لَمَّا مَاتَ زَيْدُ بنُ ثَابِتٍ، وَصَلَّى عَلَيْهِ مَرْوَانُ، وَنَزَلَ نِسَاءُ العَوَالِي (٢) ، وَجَاءَ نِسَاءُ الأَنْصَارِ، فَجَعَلَ خَارِجَةُ يُذَكِّرُهُنَّ اللهَ: لاَ تَبْكِيْنَ عَلَيْهِ. فَقُلْنَ: لاَ نَسْمَعُ مِنْكَ، وَلَنَبْكِيَنَّ عَلَيْهِ ثَلاَثاً، وَغَلَبْنَهُ (٣) . قَالَ الوَاقِدِيُّ: وَأَرْسَلَ مَرْوَانُ بِجُزُرٍ، فَنُحِرَتْ، وَأَطْعَمُوا النَّاسَ. وَفِيْهِ يَقُوْلُ حَسَّانُ بنُ ثَابِتٍ: فَمَنْ لِلْقَوَافِي بَعْدَ حَسَّانَ وَابْنِهُ ... وَمَنْ لِلْمَثَانِي بَعْدَ زَيْدِ بنِ ثَابِتِ (٤) وَقَالَ جَرِيْرُ بنُ حَازِمٍ: حَدَّثَنَا قَيْسُ بنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ مَكْحُوْلٍ: أَنَّ عُبَادَةَ بنَ الصَّامِتِ دَعَا نَبَطِيّاً يُمْسِكُ دَابَّتَهُ عِنْدَ بَيْتِ المَقْدِسِ، فَأَبَى، فَضَرَبَهُ، فَشَجَّهُ، فَاسْتَعْدَى عَلَيْهِ عُمَرَ، فَقَالَ: مَا دَعَاكَ إِلَى مَا صَنَعْتَ بِهَذَا؟ قَالَ: أَمَرْتُهُ، فَأَبَى، وَأَنَا فِي حِدَّةٍ، فَضَرَبْتُهُ. فَقَالَ: اجْلِسْ لِلْقِصَاصِ. فَقَالَ زَيْدُ بنُ ثَابِتٍ: أَتُقِيْدُ لِعَبْدِكَ مِنْ أَخِيْكَ؟! فَتَرَكَ عُمَرُ القَوَدَ، وَقَضَى عَلَيْهِ بِالدِّيَةِ (٥) .

(١) أخرجه ابن سعد ٢ / ٣٦١، ٣٦٢، والحاكم ٣ / ٤٢٨، والطبراني برقم (٤٧٤٩) والفسوي ٢ / ٤٨٥ من طرق عن حماد بن سلمة به. ورجاله ثقات. (٢) العوالي: موضع بينه وبين المدينة أربعة أميال، وأبعدها من جهة نجد ثمانيه. (٣) " تهذيب ابن عساكر " ٥ / ٤٥٣. (٤) " تهذيب ابن عساكر " ٥ / ٤٥٣. والمثاني: القرآن، وسمي بذلك، لان القصص تثنى فيه. (٥) رجاله ثقات، وأخرجه البيهقي ٨ / ٣٢ من طريق عبد الله بن وهب، عن جرير، به.