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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Abī ʿAqrab; Abū al-Walīd al-Basrī; Abū Yaʿfūr al-ʿAbdī; and Ruqayyah bint ʿAmr ibn Saʿīd.

He travelled to Syria, Iraq, Basra, and Fars as part of the military expeditions.

Hajjāj ibn Arṭāt narrated from Nāfiʿ that Ibn ʿUmar challenged a man to single combat during the fighting against the people of Iraq, killed him, and kept his spoils (1).

ʿUbayd (2) Allāh ibn ʿUmar reported from Nāfiʿ that Ibn ʿUmar used to dye his beard yellow (3).

Sulaymān ibn Bilāl narrated from Zayd ibn Aslam that Ibn ʿUmar would apply the yellow dye so profusely that it coloured his clothes.

He was asked, “Do you dye with yellow?” He replied, “I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dye with it” (4).

Shurayk narrated from Muḥammad ibn Zayd that he saw Ibn ʿUmar colouring his beard with khalūq (a scented yellow dye) and saffron (5).

Ibn ʿAjlān narrated from Nāfiʿ that Ibn ʿUmar would let his beard grow, except when he was performing ḥajj or ʿumrah (6).

Hishām ibn ʿUrwah said: I saw Ibn ʿUmar’s hair reaching his shoulders; I was brought to him, and he kissed me (7).

(1) Reported by Ibn Saad, al-Tabaqat, 4/170, through Ahmad b. Abd Allah b. Yunus from Abu Shihab al-Hannat with the same chain; this version adds: “so he handed it over to him, then went to his father and handed it over to him.” (2) In the printed edition the name is mistakenly given as “Abd.” (3) The chain is sound; Ibn Saad also cites it, 4/179, through Abd Allah b. Numayr with the same chain. (4) Reported by Ibn Saad, 4/179, with a sound chain. (5) Also transmitted by Ibn Saad, 4/180, via Abd Allah b. Maslama al-Qanabi—related by Abd al-Aziz b. Muhammad from Muhammad b. Zayd…; the chain is judged hasan (reliable). (6) Recorded by Ibn Saad, 4/181; the chain is hasan. (7) Cited by Ibn Saad, 4/181, through two routes from Hisham b. Urwah, and likewise preserved in Tarikh Dimashq (History of Damascus).

أَبِي عَقْرَبٍ، وَأَبُو الوَلِيْدِ البَصْرِيُّ، وَأَبُو يَعْفُوْرٍ العَبْدِيُّ، وَرُقَيَّةُ بِنْتُ عَمْرِو بنِ سَعِيْدٍ. قَدِمَ الشَّامَ، وَالعِرَاقَ، وَالبَصْرَةَ، وَفَارِسَ غَازِياً. رَوَى: حَجَّاجُ بنُ أَرْطَاةَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ: أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ بَارَزَ رَجُلاً فِي قِتَالِ أَهْلِ العِرَاقِ، فَقَتَلَهُ، وَأَخَذَ سَلَبَهُ (١) . وَرَوَى: عُبَيْدُ (٢) اللهِ بنُ عُمَرَ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ: أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يُصَفِّرُ لِحْيَتَهُ (٣) . سُلَيْمَانُ بنُ بِلاَلٍ: عَنْ زَيْدِ بنِ أَسْلَمَ: أَنَّ ابْنَ عُمَرَ كَانَ يُصَفِّرُ حَتَّى يَمْلأَ ثِيَابَهُ مِنْهَا. فَقِيْلَ لَهُ: تَصْبِغُ بِالصُّفْرَةِ؟ فَقَالَ: إِنِّيْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْبِغُ بِهَا (٤) . شَرِيْكٌ: عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ زَيْدٍ: رَأَى ابْنَ عُمَرَ يُصَفِّرُ لِحْيَتَهُ بِالخَلُوْقِ وَالزَّعْفَرَانِ (٥) . ابْنُ عَجْلاَنَ: عَنْ نَافِعٍ: كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يُعْفِي لِحْيَتَهُ إِلاَّ فِي حَجٍّ أَوْ عُمْرَةٍ (٦) . وَقَالَ هِشَامُ بنُ عُرْوَةَ: رَأَيْتُ شَعْرَ ابْنِ عُمَرَ يَضْرِبُ مَنْكِبَيْهِ، وَأُتِيَ بِي إِلَيْهِ، فَقَبَّلَنِي (٧) .

(١) أخرجه ابن سعد في " الطبقات " ٤ / ١٧٠ من طريق أحمد بن عبد الله بن يونس عن أبي شهاب الحناط بهذا الإسناد، وفيه زيادة: فسلم ذلك له، ثم أتى أباه، فسلمه له. (٢) تحرف في المطبوع إلى " عبد ". (٣) إسناده صحيح، أخرجه ابن سعد ٤ / ١٧٩ عن عبد الله بن نمير بهذا الإسناد. (٤) أخرجه ابن سعد ٤ / ١٧٩، وسنده صحيح. (٥) وأخرجه ابن سعد ٤ / ١٨٠ من طريق عبد الله بن مسلمة القعنبي، حدثنا عبد العزيز ابن محمد، عن محمد بن زيد ... وسنده حسن. (٦) أخرجه ابن سعد ٤ / ١٨١. وسنده حسن. (٧) أخرجه ابن سعد ٤ / ١٨١ من طريقين، عن هشام بن عروة، وهو في " تاريخ دمشق " =