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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Al-Aʿmash relates—through Masʿūd ibn Mālik—who said: ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn once asked me, “Can you arrange a meeting between me and Saʿīd ibn Jubayr?” I replied, “What need do you have of him?” He said, “There are certain matters I wish to ask him about; people come to us with things we do not possess.” ⦗1⦘

Ibn ʿUyaynah reports from al-Zuhrī: “I used to sit with ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn very often, and I never saw anyone more knowledgeable in jurisprudence than he was, yet he was sparing in hadith transmission.” ⦗2⦘

Shuʿayb transmits from al-Zuhrī: “ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn was among the most virtuous of his household, the most obedient, and the dearest to Marwān and to ʿAbd al-Malik.” ⦗3⦘

Maʿmar narrates from al-Zuhrī: “Of the Prophet’s Household I did not meet anyone superior to ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn.” ⦗4⦘

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Zayd ibn Aslam reports from his father: “I never saw among them the like of ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn.” Ibn Wahb conveys from Mālik: “There was no one comparable to him in the Prophet’s Household, even though he was the son of a slave woman.” ⦗5⦘

Ḥammād ibn Zayd—on the authority of Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd—said: “I heard ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn, who was the most outstanding Hāshimite I ever met, proclaim: ‘O people, love us with the love that belongs to Islam; your love has continued with us until it has become a reproach to us.’” ⦗6⦘

Abū Muʿāwiyah transmits from Yaḥyā ibn Saʿīd, from ʿAlī: “O people of Iraq, love us …”

(1) Ibn Asakir, vol. 12, p. 18a; see also Ibn Saʿd, vol. 5, p. 516. (2) See Ibn Asakir, vol. 12, p. 19b. (3) Ibn Saʿd, vol. 5, p. 215, with the wording: “min aqṣad ahli baytihi” (“one of the most upright members of his household”); and Ibn Asakir, vol. 12, pp. 18a–b. (4) Al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil, part 1 of vol. 3, p. 179. (5) Ibn Asakir, vol. 12, p. 19a. (6) Ibn Saʿd, vol. 5, p. 214; Ibn Asakir, vol. 12, p. 19a; see also Al-Hilya, vol. 3, p. 136.

الأَعْمَشُ: عَنْ مَسْعُوْدِ بنِ مَالِكٍ: قَالَ لِي عَلِيُّ بنُ الحُسَيْنِ: تَسْتَطِيْعُ أَنْ تَجْمَعَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ سَعِيْدِ بنِ جُبَيْرٍ؟ قُلْتُ: مَا حَاجَتُكَ إِلَيْهِ؟ قَالَ: أَشْيَاءُ أُرِيْدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنْهَا، إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَأْتُوْنَنَا بِمَا لَيْسَ عِنْدَنَا (١) . ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ: عَنِ الزُهْرِيِّ، قَالَ: مَا كَانَ أَكْثَرَ مُجَالَسَتِي مَعَ عَلِيِّ بنِ الحُسَيْنِ، وَمَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَداً كَانَ أَفْقَهَ مِنْهُ، وَلَكِنَّهُ كَانَ قَلِيْلَ الحَدِيْثِ (٢) . وَرَوَى: شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُهْرِيِّ، قَالَ: كَانَ عَلِيُّ بنُ الحُسَيْنِ مِنْ أَفَضْلِ أَهْلِ بَيْتِهِ، وَأَحْسَنِهِم طَاعَةً، وَأَحَبِّهِم إِلَى مَرْوَانَ، وَإِلَى عَبْدِ المَلِكِ (٣) . مَعْمَرٌ: عَنِ الزُهْرِيِّ: لَمْ أُدْرِكْ مِنْ أَهْلِ البَيْتِ أَفَضْلَ مِنْ عَلِيِّ بنِ الحُسَيْنِ (٤) . وَرَوَى: عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بنُ زَيْدِ بنِ أَسْلَمَ، عَنْ أَبِيْهِ، قَالَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ فِيْهِم مِثْلَ عَلِيِّ بنِ الحُسَيْنِ. ابْنُ وَهْبٍ: عَنْ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي أَهْلِ البَيْتِ مِثْلُهُ، وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَمَةٍ (٥) . حَمَّادُ بنُ زَيْدٍ: عَنْ يَحْيَى بنِ سَعِيْدٍ، سَمِعْتُ عَلِيَّ بنَ الحُسَيْنِ - وَكَانَ أَفَضْلَ هَاشِمِيٍّ أَدْرَكْتُهُ - يَقُوْلُ: يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ، أَحِبُّوْنَا حُبَّ الإِسْلاَمِ، فَمَا بَرِحَ بِنَا حُبُّكُم حَتَّى صَارَ عَلَيْنَا عَاراً (٦) . أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ: عَنْ يَحْيَى بنِ سَعِيْدٍ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ: يَا أَهْلَ العِرَاقِ، أَحِبُّوْنَا

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