Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (3/93)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

ʿAbd al-Malik: declared weak.

ʿAffān said: Ḥammām narrated to us; he said: Qatādah, from Ibn Buraydah, from Sulaymān ibn al-Rabīʿ (1), reported:
“I set out with a group of ascetics from Basra on our way to Mecca, and we said, ‘If only we could meet one of the Companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.’ We were guided to ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr, so we went to his lodgings and found nearly three hundred riding animals. We asked, ‘Did ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAmr make the pilgrimage with all of these?’ They replied, ‘Yes—he, along with his clients and friends.’

We then proceeded to the Sacred House and came upon a man whose hair and beard were white, wrapped in two Qatari cloaks, wearing a turban and no shirt. (2)

This was also narrated by Ḥusayn al-Muʿallim from Ibn Buraydah, who said:
‘From Sulaymān ibn Rabīʿah al-Ghanawī (3): He performed the pilgrimage during the era of Muʿāwiyah with a company of Qur'an-reciters. We were told that ʿAbd Allah was in the lower part of Mecca, so we made our way to him. There we saw a vast caravan—three hundred beasts: one hundred riding animals and two hundred pack camels. (4) We had heard that he was the most humble of people.

We asked, “What is all this?” They answered, “He provides mounts for his brethren and for anyone who stays with him.”

We were astonished, and they said, “He is a wealthy man.”

They then directed us to him in the Sacred Mosque. We reached him and found a man of short stature, with rheumy eyes (5), dressed in two mantles and a turban, his sandals (6) slung over his left arm.”

(1) Listed in Tarikh al-Bukhari, 4/12, and in al-Jarh wa-l-Ta‘dil, 4/117; the printed edition mistakenly gives the name as “Salman ibn Rabi‘a.” (2) Ibn Sa‘d records it with the same chain of transmission, 4/267; the report continues—see the remainder there. (3) The printed edition of Tarikh al-Islam, 3/39, reads: “Sulayman ibn Rabi‘a.” (4) A rahila is a choice, sturdy camel—male or female—suited for long journeys and heavy loads, the type a man selects for riding. The final feminine ‑a is an emphatic form, like saying “a crafty (dahiyya) or learned (‘allama) man.” A zamila is a camel kept as a pack-animal to carry one’s baggage and provisions. (5) Ramas: the rheum that collects at the corner of the eye. (6) The base manuscript reads na‘l (sandal), but we have followed the reading preserved by Ibn ‘Asakir.

عَبْدُ المَلِكِ: ضُعِّفَ. عَفَّانُ: حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ، حَدَّثَنَا قَتَادَةُ، عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بنِ الرَّبِيْعِ (١) ، قَالَ: انْطَلَقْتُ فِي رَهْطٍ مِنْ نُسَّاكِ أَهْلِ البَصْرَةِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ، فَقُلْنَا: لَوْ نَظَرْنَا رَجُلاً مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ. فَدُلِلْنَا عَلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ عَمْرٍو، فَأَتَيْنَا مَنْزِلَهُ، فَإِذَا قَرِيْبٌ مِنْ ثَلاَثِ مائَةِ رَاحِلَةٍ، فَقُلْنَا: عَلَى كُلِّ هَؤُلاَءِ حَجَّ عَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ عَمْرٍو؟ قَالُوا: نَعَمْ، هُوَ وَمَوَالِيْهِ وَأَحِبَّاؤُهُ. قَالَ: فَانْطَلَقْنَا إِلَى البَيْتِ، فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِرَجُلٍ أَبْيَضَ الرَّأْسِ وَاللِّحْيَةِ، بَيْنَ بُرْدَيْنِ قِطْرِيَّيْنِ، عَلَيْهِ عِمَامَةٌ، وَلَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ قَمِيْصٌ (٢) . رَوَاهُ: حُسَيْنٌ المُعَلِّمُ، عَنِ ابْنِ بُرَيْدَةَ، فَقَالَ: عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بنِ رَبِيْعَةَ الغَنَوِيِّ (٣) : أَنَّهُ حَجَّ زَمَنَ مُعَاوِيَةَ فِي عِصَابَةٍ مِنَ القُرَّاءِ، فَحُدِّثْنَا أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ فِي أَسْفَلِ مَكَّةَ. فَعَمِدْنَا إِلَيْهِ، فَإِذَا نَحْنُ بِثِقْلٍ عَظِيْمٍ يَرْتَحِلُوْنَ ثَلاَثَ مائَةِ رَاحِلَةٍ، مِنْهَا مائَةُ رَاحِلَةٍ وَمائَتَا زَامِلَةٍ (٤) ، وَكُنَّا نُحَدَّثُ أَنَّهُ أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ تَوَاضُعاً. فَقُلْنَا: مَا هَذَا؟ قَالُوا: لإِخْوَانِهِ يَحْمِلُهُم عَلَيْهَا، وَلِمَنْ يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ. فَعَجِبْنَا، فَقَالُوا: إِنَّهُ رَجُلٌ غَنِيٌّ. وَدَلُّوْنَا عَلَيْهِ أَنَّهُ فِي المَسْجَدِ الحَرَامِ، فَأَتَيْنَاهُ، فَإِذَا هُوَ رَجُلٌ قَصِيْرٌ، أَرْمَصُ (٥) ، بَيْنَ بُرْدَيْنِ وَعِمَامَةٍ، قَدْ عَلَّقَ نَعْلَيْهِ (٦) فِي شِمَالِهِ.

(١) مترجم في " تاريخ البخاري " ٤ / ١٢، " الجرح والتعديل ": ٤ / ١١٧، وقد حرف في المطبوع إلى " سلمان بن ربيعة ". (٢) هو عند ابن سعد: ٤ / ٢٦٧ بهذا الإسناد، وله تتمة انظرها فيه. (٣) في المطبوع من " تاريخ الإسلام ": ٣ / ٣٩: سليمان بن ربيعة. (٤) الراحلة من الابل: البعير النجيب القوي على الاسفاروالاحمال، الذكر والانثى فيه سواء، وهي التي يختارها الرجل لمركبه، والهاء فيه للمبالغة في الصفة كما يقال: رجل داهية وباقعة وعلامة، الزاملة: بعيريستظهر به الرجل، يحمل عليه متاعه وطعامه. (٥) الرمص: قذى يجتمع في الموق. (٦) في الأصل: " نعل " وما أثبتناه من ابن عساكر.