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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Abū Khaldah said: I heard Abū al-ʿĀliyah say, “Learn the Qur’an five verses at a time, five verses at a time; that will help you preserve it. Gabriel used to bring it down in portions of five verses at a time.” (1)

Qutaybah narrated: Jarīr related to us, from Mughīrah, who said, “The first person to give the adhān in Transoxiana was Abū al-ʿĀliyah al-Riyāḥī.” (2)

Abū Khaldah also said: Whenever visitors entered upon Abū al-ʿĀliyah, he would greet them warmly and recite, “When those who believe in Our revelations come to you, say: ‘Peace be upon you.’” (al-Anʿām 6:54). (3)

Muḥammad ibn Muṣʿab transmitted from Abū Jaʿfar al-Rāzī, from al-Rabīʿ, from Abū al-ʿĀliyah, who said: “Allah has taken it upon Himself that:
• Whoever believes in Him, He will guide him—proof of this is in the Book of Allah: ‘Whoever believes in Allah, He guides his heart’ (al-Taghābun 64:11).
• Whoever puts his trust in Him, He will suffice him—‘Whoever relies upon Allah, He will suffice him’ (al-Ṭalāq 65:3).
• Whoever lends to Him, He will repay him—‘Who is it that will lend Allah a goodly loan so He may multiply it for him many times over?’ (al-Baqarah 2:245).
• Whoever seeks refuge from His punishment, He will grant him refuge—‘Hold fast, all of you, to the rope of Allah’ (Āl ʿImrān 3:103); holding fast means placing one’s trust in Allah.
• Whoever calls upon Him, He will answer him—‘When My servants ask you about Me, I am indeed near; I answer the call of the caller when he calls upon Me’ (al-Baqarah 2:186).” (4)

(1) Al-Hilya, vol. 2, pp. 219-220. (2) Al-Hilya, vol. 2, p. 221. The term *ma waraa al-nahr* (literally “Beyond the River”) was used by the early Muslim Arabs for the territories they conquered beyond the Jayhun (Amu-Darya); the most prominent of these were Sogd, Bukhara, Samarkand, Khwarazm, and Tashkent. See: Bilad al-Khilafa al-Sharqiyya, p. 476. (3) Al-Hilya, vol. 2, p. 221. (4) The report is recorded in Al-Hilya, vol. 2, pp. 221-222; the passage enclosed in brackets is missing from the base manuscript and has been restored from that source.

وَقَالَ أَبُو خَلْدَةَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا العَالِيَةِ يَقُوْلُ: تَعَلَّمُوا القُرْآنَ خَمْسَ آيَاتٍ، خَمْسَ آيَاتٍ، فَإِنَّهُ أَحْفَظُ عَلَيْكُم، وَجِبْرِيْلُ كَانَ يَنْزِلُ بِهِ خَمْسَ آيَاتٍ، خَمْسَ آيَاتٍ (١) . قُتَيْبَةُ: حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيْرٌ، عَنْ مُغِيْرَةَ، قَالَ: أَوَّلُ مَنْ أَذَّنَ بِمَا وَرَاءَ النَّهْرِ: أَبُو العَالِيَةِ الرِّيَاحِيُّ (٢) . أَبُو خَلْدَةَ، قَالَ: كَانَ أَبُو العَالِيَةِ إِذَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ أَصْحَابٌ، يُرَحِّبُ بِهِم، وَيَقْرَأُ: ﴿وَإِذَا جَاءكَ الَّذِيْنَ يُؤْمِنُوْنَ بِآيَاتِنَا، فَقُلْ: سَلاَمٌ عَلَيْكُم﴾ ، الآيَةَ [الأَنْعَامُ (٣) : ٥٤] . مُحَمَّدُ بنُ مُصْعَبٍ: عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الرَّازِيِّ، عَنِ الرَّبِيْعِ، عَنْ أَبِي العَالِيَةِ، قَالَ: إِنَّ اللهَ قَضَى عَلَى نَفْسِهِ أَنَّ: مَنْ آمَنَ بِهِ هَدَاهُ، وَتَصْدِيْقُ ذَلِكَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ: ﴿وَمَنْ يُؤْمِنْ بِاللهِ يَهْدِ قَلْبَهُ﴾ [التَّغَابُنُ: ١١] . وَمَنْ تَوَكَّلَ عَلَيْهِ كَفَاهُ، وَتَصْدِيْقُ ذَلِكَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ: ﴿وَمَنْ يَتَوَكَّلْ عَلَى اللهِ فَهُوَ حَسْبُهُ﴾ [الطَّلاَقُ: ٣] . وَمَنْ أَقْرَضَهُ جَازَاهُ، وَتَصْدِيْقُ ذَلِكَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ: ﴿مَنْ ذَا الَّذِي يُقْرِضُ اللهَ قَرْضاً حَسَناً، فَيُضَاعِفَهُ لَهُ أَضْعَافاً كَثِيْرَةً﴾ [البَقَرَةُ: ٢٤٥] . وَمَنِ اسْتَجَارَ مِنْ عَذَابِهِ أَجَارَهُ، وَتَصْدِيْقُ ذَلِكَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ: ﴿وَاعْتَصِمُوا بَحْبِلِ اللهِ جَمِيْعاً﴾ [آلُ عِمْرَانَ: ١٠٣] ، وَالاعْتِصَامُ: الثِّقَةُ بِاللهِ. وَمَنْ دَعَاهُ أَجَابَهُ، وَتَصْدِيْقُ ذَلِكَ فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ: ﴿وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي، فَإِنِّي قَرِيْبٌ، أُجِيْبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ﴾ [البَقَرَةُ: ١٨٦] (٤) .

(١) الحلية ٢ / ٢١٩، ٢٢٠. (٢) الحلية ٢ / ٢٢١، وما وراء النهر: أطلقه المسلمون العرب على البلدان التي افتتحوها وراء نهر جيحون، من هذه البلدان وأجلها شأنا: الصغد وبخاري وسمرقند وخوارزم وطشقند انظر بلدان الخلافة الشرقية ص ٤٧٦. (٣) الحلية ٢ / ٢٢١. (٤) الخبر في الحلية ٢ / ٢٢١، ٢٢٢ وما بين الحاصرتين ساقط من الأصل استدركناه منه.