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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Abū Bakr al-Hudhalī said:

Al-Shuʿbī once said to me, “Shall I relate to you a report that you can commit to memory in a single sitting—provided you can memorize as I did? When I was brought before al-Ḥajjāj, shackled in irons, Yazīd ibn Abī Muslim came out to me and exclaimed, ‘Indeed we belong to Allah…,’ and he went on to recount something to that effect (1).

ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd transmitted to us: Shuʿbah informed us, from Salamah ibn Kuhayl and Mujālid, on the authority of al-Shuʿbī, who said: “I was present when ʿAlī (may Allah be pleased with him) whipped Shurāḥah on Thursday and then stoned her on Friday. The people seemed to find this strange—or he perceived that they did—so he declared, ‘I lashed her in accordance with the Book of Allah and stoned her in accordance with the Sunnah of Allah’s Messenger (may Allah bless him and grant him peace).’ ”
A number of transmitters narrated this from al-Shuʿbī, and some added that she had confessed to fornication.

Ismāʿīl ibn Mujālid, Khalīfah, and several others said: al-Shuʿbī died in 104 AH.
Ibn Mujālid added: he had reached eighty-two years of age (3).
Al-Wāqidī said: he died in 105 AH at the age of seventy-seven (4).
Both dates were recorded by Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdillāh ibn Numayr.
Al-Fallās said: at the beginning of 106 AH.
Yaḥyā said: 103 AH.
The first opinion is the most widely accepted.

Among his aphorisms: Ibn ʿUyaynah, from Ibn Shubrumah, from al-Shuʿbī, reported that he said, “It is called hawā (whim) only because it drags its followers down” (5).

Abū ʿAwānah, from Mughīrah, from al-Shuʿbī, reported that he said, “ ‘I do not know’ is half of knowledge” (6).

(1) Abu Nuaym, Hilyat al-Awliya, 4:327; see also Ibn Asakir, Tarikh Dimashq, entry “Asim Aaidh,” p. 215 ff. (2) Abu Nuaym, Hilyat al-Awliya, 4:329. The isnad is sound; Ahmad likewise transmits it in his Musnad, 1:107, 140, 141, 143 and 153, through several chains from al-Shaʿbi. (3) See Khalifa, Tabaqat, 1:363; al-Bukhari, Tarikh, 6:450; and Ibn Asakir, entry “Asim Aaidh,” p. 241 ff. (4) See Ibn Saʿd, 6:255. (5) See Abu Nuaym, Hilyat al-Awliya, 4:320. (6) See Ibn Saʿd, 6:250.

الهُذَلِيُّ، قَالَ: قَالَ لِي الشَّعْبِيُّ: أَلاَ أُحَدِّثُكَ حَدِيْثاً تَحْفَظُهُ فِي مَجْلِسٍ وَاحِدٍ إِنْ كُنْتُ حَافِظاً كَمَا حَفِظتُ: إِنَّهُ لَمَّا أُتِيَ بِيَ الحَجَّاجُ وَأَنَا مُقَيَّدٌ، فَخَرَجَ إِلَيَّ يَزِيْدُ بنُ أَبِي مُسْلِمٍ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّا للهِ ... ، فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ (١) . عَلِيُّ بنُ الجَعْدِ: أَنْبَأَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بنِ كُهَيْلٍ، وَمُجَالِدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، قَالَ: شَهِدْتُ عَلِيّاً جَلَدَ شُرَاحَةَ يَوْمَ الخَمِيْسِ، وَرَجَمَهَا يَوْمَ الجُمُعَةِ، فَكَأَنَّهُم أَنْكَرُوا، أَوْ رَأَى أَنَّهُم أَنْكَرُوا، فَقَالَ: جَلَدْتُهَا بِكِتَابِ اللهِ، وَرَجَمْتُهَا بِسُنَّةِ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ (٢) ﷺ. رَوَاهُ: جَمَاعَةٌ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، وَزَادَ بَعْضُهُم: إِنَّهَا اعْتَرَفَتْ بِالزِّنَى. قَالَ إِسْمَاعِيْلُ بنُ مُجَالِدٍ، وَخَلِيْفَةُ، وَطَائِفَةٌ: مَاتَ الشَّعْبِيُّ سَنَة أَرْبَعٍ وَمائَةٍ. زَادَ ابْنُ مُجَالِدٍ: وَقَدْ بَلَغَ ثِنْتَيْنِ وَثَمَانِيْنَ سَنَةً (٣) . وَقَالَ الوَاقِدِيُّ: مَاتَ سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَمائَةٍ، عَنْ سَبْعٍ وَسَبْعِيْنَ سَنَةً (٤) . وَفِيْهِمَا أَرَّخَهُ: مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ نُمَيْرٍ. وَقَالَ الفَلاَّسُ: فِي أَوَّلِ سَنَةِ سِتٍّ وَمائَةٍ. وَقَالَ يَحْيَى: سَنَةَ ثَلاَثٍ وَمائَةٍ. وَالأَوَّلُ أَشْهَرُ. وَمِنْ كَلاَمِهِ: ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ شُبْرُمَةَ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، قَالَ: إِنَّمَا سُمِّيَ هَوَىً؛ لأَنَّهُ يَهْوِي بِأَصْحَابِهِ (٥) . أَبُو عَوَانَةَ: عَنْ مُغِيْرَةَ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، قَالَ: لاَ أَدْرِي: نِصْفُ العِلْمِ (٦) .

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