Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (3/219)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Its chain of transmission is sound.

Ayub narrated from Nafiʿ, who said: “Muʿawiyah sent Ibn ʿUmar one hundred thousand, and the year had not elapsed before not a single dirham of it remained with him.” (1)

Maʿmar narrated from al-Zuhri, from Hamzah ibn ʿAbd Allah, who said: “Had a great quantity of food been with my father, he would never have eaten his fill so long as he could find someone else to feed. Ibn Mutiʿ visited him and, seeing how thin he had become, spoke to him. He replied, ‘Eight full years have passed over me in which I have not eaten to satiety even once’—or he said, ‘except once.’ ‘And now you want me to eat my fill when nothing is left of my life but the thirst of a donkey.’” (2)

Ismaʿil ibn ʿAyyash reported: Mutʿim ibn al-Miqdam told me that al-Hajjaj wrote to Ibn ʿUmar: “News has reached me that you seek the caliphate; yet the caliphate is unfit for one who is dull-witted, miserly, or given to jealousy.”

Ibn ʿUmar wrote back: “As for the caliphate you mentioned, I have not sought it, nor does it concern me. As for dullness: whoever has gathered the Book of Allah is no dullard. Whoever pays his zakah is no miser. And the matter over which my protective jealousy is most intense is my own child—that another should share him with me.” (3)

Hushaym narrated from Yaʿla ibn ʿAṭāʾ, from Mujahid:
“Ibn ʿUmar said to me, ‘For Nafiʿ to retain knowledge with your precision is dearer to me than owning a single counterfeit dirham.’ So I said…"

(1) Al-Hilya, 1/296, transmitted through Abu al-Abbas al-Sarraj, from Amr b. Zurara, from Ismail b. Ulayya with this same chain; the isnad is sound. (2) I.e., a small quantity. The donkey is mentioned specifically because it is the least able of domestic animals to endure thirst. The report appears in al-Musannaf, no. 20630; through that path it was also recorded by Abu Nuaym, 1/298, from Maʿmar, from al-Zuhri, from Hamza b. Abd Allah b. Umar. The chain is authentic. (3) Abu Nuaym, 1/293, cites it via Sulayman b. Ahmad, who reported from Abd Allah b. Ahmad b. Hanbal, from al-Hakam b. Musa with this isnad. Al-Haythami, Majmaʿ, 9/347, attributes it to al-Tabarani and notes: its narrators are reliable, but it is mursal because al-Mutim did not hear directly from Ibn Umar. Al-Fasawi, in his Tarikh, 1/492, transmits a similar wording through Said b. Asad, from Damra, from Ibn Shawdhab, stating that Muawiya said to Abd Allah b. Jaʿfar: “I have heard that Ibn Umar seeks this matter …,” with wording close to what is cited here.

إِسْنَادُهَا صَحِيْحٌ. أَيُّوْبُ: عَنْ نَافِعٍ، قَالَ: بَعثَ مُعَاوِيَةُ إِلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ بِمائَةِ أَلْفٍ، فَمَا حَالَ عَلَيْهِ الحَوْلُ وَعِنْدَهُ مِنْهَا شَيْءٌ (١) . مَعْمَرُ: عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ حَمْزَةَ بنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: لَوْ أَنَّ طَعَاماً كَثِيْراً كَانَ عِنْدَ أَبِي، مَا شَبعَ مِنْهُ بَعْدَ أَنْ يَجِدَ لَهُ آكلاً، فَعَادَهُ ابْنُ مُطِيْعٍ، فَرَآهُ قَدْ نَحَلَ جِسْمُهُ، فَكَلَّمَهُ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّهُ لَيَأْتِي عَلَيَّ ثَمَانُ سِنِيْنَ، مَا أَشْبَعُ فِيْهَا شَبْعَةً وَاحِدَةً. أَو قَالَ: إِلاَّ شَبْعَةً، فَالآنَ تُرِيْدُ أَنْ أَشبَعَ حِيْنَ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْ عُمُرِي إِلاَّ ظِمْءُ حِمَارٍ (٢) . إِسْمَاعِيْلُ بنُ عَيَّاشٍ: حَدَّثَنِي مُطْعِمُ بنُ المِقْدَامِ، قَالَ: كَتَبَ الحَجَّاجُ إِلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ: بَلغنِي أَنَّكَ طَلبتَ الخِلاَفَةَ، وَإِنَّهَا لاَ تَصْلُحُ لِعَييٍّ وَلاَ بَخِيلٍ وَلاَ غَيُورٍ. فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ: أَمَّا مَا ذَكَرْتَ مِنَ الخِلاَفَةِ فَمَا طَلبتُهَا، وَمَا هِيَ مِنْ بِالِي، وَأَمَّا مَا ذكَرْتَ مِنَ العَيِّ، فَمَنْ جَمعَ كِتَابَ اللهِ، فَلَيْسَ بِعَييٍّ، وَمَنْ أَدَّى زَكَاتَهُ، فَلَيْسَ بِبَخيلٍ، وَإِنَّ أَحقَّ مَا غِرْتُ فِيْهِ وَلَدِي أَنْ يَشْرَكَنِي فِيْهِ غَيْرِي (٣) . هُشَيمٌ: عَنْ يَعْلَى بنِ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ: قَالَ لِي ابْنُ عُمَرَ: لأَنْ يَكُوْنَ نَافِعٌ يَحفَظُ حِفْظَكَ، أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَنْ يَكُوْنَ لِي دِرْهَمُ زَيْفٍ. فَقُلْتُ:

(١) " الحلية " ١ / ٢٩٦ من طريق أبي العباس السراج، عن عمرو بن زرارة، عن إسماعيل ابن علية بهذا الإسناد، وهو صحيح. (٢) أي: شيء يسير، وخص الحمار بذلك، لأنه أقل الدواب صبرا عن الماء، والخبر في " المصنف " (٢٠٦٣٠) ، ومن طريقه أخرجه أبو نعيم ١ / ٢٩٨، عن معمر، عن الزهري، عن حمزة بن عبد الله بن عمر. وسنده صحيح. (٣) أخرجه أبو نعيم ١ / ٢٩٣ من طريق سليمان بن أحمد، حدثنا عبد الله بن أحمد بن حنبل، حدثنا الحكم بن موسى بهذا الإسناد، وذكر الهيثمي في " المجمع " ٩ / ٣٤٧، ونسبه للطبراني، وقال: ورجاله ثقات إلا أنه مرسل: المطعم لم يسمع من ابن عمر، وأخرج الفسوي في " تاريخه " ١ / ٤٩٢ من طريق سعيد بن أسد، حدثنا ضمرة، عن ابن شوذب، قال: قال معاوية لعبد الله بن جعفر: بلغني أن ابن عمر يريد هذا الامر وفيه ثلاث خصال..بنحو مما هنا.