Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (4/142)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

ʿAbd al-Malik had always been devoted to Musʿab and was counted among his friends.

ʿAlī ibn Zayd ibn Judʿān related: “Some report concerning the ʿarīf (headman) of the Anṣār reached Musʿab, so he resolved to take action against him. Anas then came and said,

‘I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “Treat the Anṣār well; accept the good of those who do good among them and overlook those who do wrong.”’

Immediately Musʿab threw himself down from his couch, pressed his cheek to the carpet, and declared, ‘The command of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is upon my eyes and head!’ He thereupon dropped the matter.

It was recorded by Ahmad.(1)

Musʿab al-Zubayrī said: “A date-palm wrought of gold, its clusters fashioned from every kind of jewel and valued at two million dinars, was presented to Musʿab. It had belonged to the Persians, and he gave it to ʿAbd Allah ibn Abī Farwah.(2)

Abū ʿĀṣim al-Nabīl said: ‘Whenever Ibn al-Zubayr wrote an award of one thousand dirhams for someone,(3) Musʿab would make it one hundred thousand.’

Sālim was asked, ‘Which of al-Zubayr’s two sons was the more courageous?’ He replied, ‘Both—death came while each stared straight at it.’

It is related that when brave men were being compared, ʿAbd al-Malik said, ‘The bravest Arab is the man who governed the two Iraqs for five years, amassed three million, married the daughter of al-Ḥusayn, the daughter of Ṭalḥah, and the daughter of ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿĀmir, and whose mother was Rabāb bint Unayf al-Kalbiyy— the chief…(4)"

(1) In Ahmad’s Musnad 3/240–241 the chain runs through Hammad ibn Salama-–‘Ali ibn Zayd, and ‘Ali is a weak transmitter. Al-Bukhari, however, records the same episode in his Sahih 7/91–92 on the authority of Anas: “I urge you to care for the Ansar, for they are my stomach and my private chest (i.e. my closest kin and confidants). They have fulfilled what was required of them; therefore accept the good among them and overlook the faults of those who err.” (2) The report is also found in Ibn ‘Asakir 16/267 A. Ibn Abi Furwa was the scribe of Mus‘ab, as stated in al-Muwafaqiyyat, p. 531, and in al-Aghani 19/125 (Dar edition). (3) Cited from Tarikh al-Islam 3/109. (4) The manuscript reads “and the daughter of Rabab ibn Anif,” an obvious scribal error, because Rabab was his mother; we have corrected the text accordingly.

وَكَانَ عَبْدُ المَلِكِ وَدُوْداً لِمُصْعَبٍ، وَصَدِيْقاً. قَالَ عَلِيُّ بنُ زَيْدِ بنِ جُدْعَانَ: بَلَغَ مُصْعباً شَيْءٌ عَنْ عَرِيْفِ الأَنْصَارِ، فَهَمَّ بِهِ، فَأَتَاهُ أَنَسٌ فَقَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُوْلُ: (اسْتَوْصُوا بِالأَنْصَارِ خَيْراً، اقْبَلُوا مِنْ مُحْسِنِهِمْ، وَتَجَاوَزُوا عَنْ مُسِيْئِهِم) . فَأَلْقَى مُصْعَبٌ نَفْسَهُ عَنِ السَّرِيْرَ، وَأَلْزَقَ خَدَّهُ بِالبِسَاطِ، وَقَالَ: أَمْرُ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى العَيْنِ وَالرَّأْسِ؛ وَترَكَهُ. أَخْرَجَهُ: أَحْمَدُ (١) . قَالَ مُصْعَبٌ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ: أُهْدِيَتْ لِمُصْعَبٍ نَخْلَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، عَثَاكِلُهَا مِنْ صُنُوْفِ الجَوْهَرِ، قُوِّمَتْ بِأَلْفَيْ أَلْفِ دِيْنَارٍ، كَانَتْ لِلْفُرْسِ، فَدَفَعَهَا إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ أَبِي فَرْوَةَ (٢) . قَالَ أَبُو عَاصِمٍ النَّبِيْلُ: كَانَ ابْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ إِذَا كَتَبَ لأَحَدٍ بِجَائِزَةٍ أَلْفَ دِرْهَمٍ (٣) ، جَعَلَهَا مُصْعَبٌ مائَةَ أَلْفٍ. وَقَدْ سُئِلَ سَالِمٌ: أَيُّ ابْنَيِ الزُّبَيْرِ أَشْجَعُ؟ قَالَ: كِلاَهُمَا، جَاءَ المَوْتُ وَهُوَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ. وَقِيْلَ: تَذَاكَرُوا الشُّجْعَانَ، فَقَالَ عَبْدُ المَلِكِ: أَشَجَعُ العَرَبِ مَنْ وَلِيَ العِرَاقَيْنِ خَمْسَ سِنِيْنَ، فَأَصَابَ ثَلاَثَةَ آلاَفِ أَلْفٍ، وَتَزَوَّجَ بِنْتَ الحُسَيْنِ، وَبِنْتَ طَلْحَةَ، وَبِنْتَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ عَامِرٍ، وَأُمُّهُ رَبَابُ بِنْتُ أُنَيْفٍ (٤) الكَلْبِيُّ، سَيِّدُ

(١) في مسنده ٣ / ٢٤٠ و٢٤١ من حديث حماد بن سلمة، عن علي بن زيد، وعلي هذا ضعيف، لكن أخرج البخاري في صحيحه ٧ / ٩١، ٩٢ من حديث أنس أنه ﷺ قال: " أوصيكم بالانصار فإنهم كرشي وعيبتي، وقد قضوا الذي عليهم، فاقبلوا من محسنهم وتجاوزوا عن مسيئهم ". (٢) الخبر في " ابن عساكر " ١٦ / ٢٦٧ آ، وابن أبي فروة هو كاتب مصعب كما في " الموفقيات " ص ٥٣١ و" الاغاني " ١٩ / ١٢٥ ط الدار. (٣) من تاريخ الإسلام ٣ / ١٠٩. (٤) في الأصل (وبنت رباب بن أنيف) وهو تصحيف ظاهر لان الرباب أمه، وما أثبتناه من =