Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (3/441)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

He was said to resemble the Prophet ﷺ, yet he transmitted only a few reports.

Ibn ʿAbbās related: “Qutham was the last person to emerge from the grave-shaft of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.”

When ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib became caliph, he appointed Qutham as governor of Mecca, and he remained in that position until ʿAlī was killed; so stated Khalīfa ibn Khayyāt (1). Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār, however, said that ʿAlī had put him in charge of Medina. It is also reported that he left no descendants.

Ibn Saʿd recounts that Qutham took part in the Khurasan campaign under Saʿīd ibn ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān. Saʿīd offered him, “Shall I assign you a thousand shares of the booty?” Qutham replied, “No. First set aside the statutory one-fifth, then give the people their due; after that, give me whatever you wish.”

Qutham—may Allah be pleased with him—was noble, devout, and virtuous (2). Al-Zubayr adds that during the reign of Muʿāwiyah he set out with Saʿīd ibn ʿUthmān for Samarkand, where he was martyred.

I (the author) say: He has no narrations in the Six Canonical Books.

Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥākim mentions him in his History of Naysabur, saying: “He resembled the Prophet ﷺ and was the last person to see him.” The report of Umm al-Faḍl confirms this through numerous chains of transmission.

She nursed him until he began to move—or until she had weaned him—then brought him to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. She seated the child in his lap, and he urinated. She tapped him between the shoulders, whereupon the Prophet said, “Be gentle with my son; may Allah have mercy on you—or set you right—you have hurt my son.” She went on: “Messenger of Allah, take off your waist-wrapper and put on another garment so I can wash it.” He replied, “The urine of a girl must be washed, whereas the urine of a boy is merely sprinkled with water.” The chain of transmission is rated hasan (sound). (1) Al-Tarikh, p. 201. (2) Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat al-kubra, vol. 7, p. 367.

وَكَانَ يُشَبَّهُ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ قَلِيْلُ الرِّوَايَةِ. وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ آخِرَ مَنْ خَرَجَ مِنْ لَحْدِ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ قُثَمُ. وَلَمَّا اسْتُخْلِفَ عَلِيُّ بنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ، اسْتَعْمَلَ قُثَمَ عَلَى مَكَّةَ، فَمَا زَالَ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى قُتِلَ عَلِيٌّ. قَالَهُ: خَلِيْفَةُ بنُ خَيَّاطٍ (١) . وَقَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ بنُ بَكَّارٍ: اسْتَعْمَلَهُ عَلِيٌّ عَلَى المَدِيْنَةِ. وَقِيْلَ: إِنَّهُ لَمْ يُعْقِبْ. قَالَ ابْنُ سَعْدٍ: غَزَا قُثَمُ خُرَاسَانَ وَعَلَيْهَا سَعِيْدُ بنُ عُثْمَانَ بنِ عَفَّانَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ: أَضْرِبُ لَكَ بِأَلْفِ سَهْمٍ؟ فَقَالَ: لاَ، بَلْ خَمِّسْ، ثُمَّ أَعْطِ النَّاسَ حُقُوقَهُم؛ ثُمَّ أَعْطِنِي بَعْدُ مَا شِئْتَ. وَكَانَ قُثَمُ ﵁ سَيِّداً، وَرِعاً، فَاضِلاً (٢) . قَالَ الزُّبَيْرُ: سَارَ قُثَمُ أَيَّامَ مُعَاوِيَةَ مَعَ سَعِيْدِ بنِ عُثْمَانَ إِلَى سَمَرْقَنْدَ، فَاسْتُشْهِدَ بِهَا. قُلْتُ: لاَ شَيْءَ لَهُ فِي الكُتُبِ السِّتَّةِ. وَقَدْ ذَكَرَهُ: أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الحَاكِمُ فِي (تَارِيْخِ نَيْسَابُوْرَ) ، فَقَالَ: كَانَ شَبِيْهَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَآخِرَ النَّاسِ بِهِ عَهْداً. وَحَدِيثُ أُمِّ الفَضْلِ نَاطِقٌ بِذَلِكَ بِأَسَانِيْدَ كَثِيْرَةٍ.

= فأرضعته حتى تحرك، أو فطمته، ثم جئت به إلى رسول الله ﷺ، فأجلسته في، حجره، فبال، فضربت بين كتفيه، فقال: " ارفقي بابني رحمك الله، أو أصلحك الله، أوجعت ابني " قالت: قلت يا رسول الله: اخلع إزارك، والبس ثوبا غيره، حتى أغسله، قال: " إنما يغسل بول الجارية، وينضح بول الغلام ". وسنده حسن. (١) في " تاريخه ": ٢٠١. (٢) " طبقات ابن سعد " ٧ / ٣٦٧.