Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (2/626)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

—al-Walid wrote to Muʿāwiyah informing him of Abu Hurayrah’s death, saying:

“See who he has left behind; give them ten thousand dirhams and treat them well, for he was among those who supported ʿUthmān and was with him in the house.” (1)

ʿUmayr ibn Hāniʾ al-ʿAnsī reported that Abu Hurayrah used to pray, “O Allah, do not let me live to see the year sixty.” (2)

He died in that very year, or a year before it.

Al-Wāqidī said: He used to reside at Dhū al-Ḥulayfah, and he owned a house in Medina that he donated in charity to his freedmen. He died in 59 AH at the age of seventy-eight, and he led the funeral prayer over ʿĀʾishah in Ramadan of 58 AH. He also led the funeral prayer over Umm Salamah in Shawwāl of 59 AH. (3)

I say: the correct view is otherwise.

Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah that ʿĀʾishah and Abu Hurayrah both died in 57 AH, two years before Muʿāwiyah. He was corroborated by Yaḥyā ibn Bukayr, Ibn al-Madīnī, Khalīfah, al-Madāʾinī, and al-Fallās. (4)

(1) Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat, 4:340; al-Mustadrak, 3:508. (2) All its transmitters are trustworthy. Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar cites the report in Fath al-Bari, 13:8, while commenting on the Prophetic hadith related by Abu Hurayrah: “The ruin of my community will come at the hands of a few youths from Quraysh.” He attributes it to Ibn Abi Shaybah in the wording: “Abu Hurayrah used to walk through the market saying, ‘O Allah, do not let me live to see the year sixty, nor the rule of boys.’” Ibn Hajar adds: “This points to the fact that the first of those young rulers appeared in the year 60, and so it was: Yazid ibn Muʿawiyah assumed the caliphate that year, remained in office until 64, then died; his son Muʿawiyah succeeded him and died a few months later.” (3) Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat, 4:340–341. (4) Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar, al-Isabah, 12:79: “This is the opinion to be relied upon.”

الوَلِيْدُ إِلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ بِمَوْتِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ: انْظُرْ مَنْ تَرَكَ، فَأَعْطِهِمْ عَشْرَةَ آلاَفِ دِرْهَمٍ، وَأَحْسِنْ جِوَارَهُمْ، فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ مِمَّنْ نَصْرَ عُثْمَانَ، وَكَانَ مَعَهُ فِي الدَّارِ (١) . قَالَ عُمَيْرُ بنُ هَانِئ العَنْسِيُّ: قَالَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ: اللَّهُمَّ لاَ تُدْرِكْنِي سَنَةُ سِتِّيْنَ (٢) . فَتُوُفِّيَ فِيْهَا، أَوْ قَبْلَهَا بِسَنَةٍ. قَالَ الوَاقِدِيُّ: كَانَ يَنْزِلُ ذَا الحُلَيْفَةِ، وَلَهُ بِالمَدِيْنَةِ دَارٌ تَصَدَّقَ بِهَا عَلَى مَوَالِيْهِ، وَمَاتَ سَنَةَ تِسْعٍ وَخَمْسِيْنَ، وَلَهُ ثَمَانٌ وَسَبْعُوْنَ سَنَةً، وَهُوَ صَلَّى عَلَى عَائِشَةَ فِي رَمَضَانَ، سَنَةَ ثَمَانٍ وَخَمْسِيْنَ. قَالَ: وَهُوَ صَلَّى عَلَى أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ فِي شَوَّالٍ، سَنَةَ تِسْعٍ وَخَمْسِيْنَ (٣) . قُلْتُ: الصَّحِيْحُ خِلاَفُ هَذَا. وَرَوَى: سُفْيَانُ بنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامِ بنِ عُرْوَةَ: أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ، وَأَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ مَاتَا سَنَةَ سَبْعٍ وَخَمْسِيْنَ، قَبْلَ مُعَاوِيَةَ بِسَنَتَيْنِ. تَابَعَهُ: يَحْيَى بنُ بُكَيْرٍ، وَابْنُ المَدِيْنِيِّ، وَخَلِيْفَةُ، وَالمَدَائِنِيُّ، وَالفَلاَّسُ (٤) .

(١) " طبقات ابن سعد " ٤ / ٣٤٠، و" المستدرك " ٣ / ٥٠٨. (٢) رجاله ثقات. وذكره الحافظ في " الفتح " ١٣ / ٨ في شرحه لحديث أبي هريرة المرفوع: " هلكة أمتي على يدي غلمة من قريش "، ونسبه لابن أبي شيبة بلفظ: " إن أبا هريرة كان يمشي في السوق، ويقول: اللهم لا تدركني سنة ستين ولا إمارة الصبيان " وقال: وفي هذا إشارة إلى أن أول الاغيلمة كان في سنة ستين، وهو كذلك، فإن يزيد بن معاوية استخلف فيها، وبقي إلى سنة ٦٤، فمات، ثم ولي ولده معاوية، ومات بعد أشهر. (٣) " طبقات ابن سعد " ٤ / ٣٤٠، ٣٤١. (٤) قال الحافظ في " الإصابة " ١٢ / ٧٩: وهو المعتمد.