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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

I say: He also narrated from ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb even though he never met him, so many of his reports are transmitted in mursal form.

Ayyūb al-Sakhtiyānī said: “Abū Qilābah saw me after I had bought some inferior dates and remarked, ‘Do you not know that Allah has removed all blessing from anything of poor quality?’ (1)

Abū Qilābah likewise said: ‘Nothing is purer than the spirit; whenever it is removed from something, that thing becomes putrid.’ (2)

Ishāq ibn Ṭāriq informed us; Ibn Khalīl reported to us; al-Labbān narrated to us; al-Ḥaddād reported to us; Abū Nuʿaym narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥasan reported to us; Bishr ibn Mūsā narrated to us; Sulaymān ibn Ḥarb narrated to us; Ḥammād ibn Zayd—on the authority of Ayyūb—said:

Abū Qilābah declared: ‘Do not sit with the people of desires, nor converse with them, for I do not feel secure that they may drown you in their misguidance or confound the truths you already know.’ (3)

Ayyūb also related from Abū Qilābah that he said: ‘If you relate the Sunnah to a man and he replies, “Leave that and give us the Book of Allah,” then know that he is misguided.’ (4)

I add: If you see a speculative theologian—an innovator—saying, ‘Put aside the Qur’an and the solitary reports and give me pure reason,’ know that he is a latter-day Abū Jahl. And if you see a self-styled mystical wayfarer saying, ‘Leave transmission and reason; bring me taste and ecstatic experience,’ realise that he is Iblīs appearing in human form—or that the Devil has taken possession of him. If you are too faint-hearted, flee; otherwise, throw him to the ground, pin him to the floor, recite the Verse of the Throne over him, and strangle him.

Aḥmad ibn Isḥāq informed us; al-Fatḥ ibn ʿAbd al-Salām reported to us; Muḥammad ibn ʿUmar the judge narrated to us; Abū Jaʿfar ibn al-Muslimah reported to us; ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān,

(1) See Abu Nuaym, Hilyat al-Awliya, vol. 2, p. 286; and Ibn Asakir, Tarikh Dimashq, vol. 9, p. 163a; the report is given in full in both sources. (2) Hilyat al-Awliya, vol. 2, p. 287. (3) Hilyat al-Awliya, vol. 2, p. 287; and Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat al-kubra, vol. 7, p. 184, which includes the wording: “Do not argue with them, for I fear they may drag you down.” (4) Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat al-kubra, vol. 7, p. 184.

قُلْتُ: قَدْ رَوَى عَنْ عُمَرَ بنِ الخَطَّابِ وَلَمْ يُدْرِكْهُ، فَكَانَ يُرْسِلُ كَثِيْراً. قَالَ أَيُّوْبُ السِّخْتِيَانِيُّ: رَآنِي أَبُو قِلاَبَةَ وَقَدِ اشْتَرَيْتُ تَمْراً رَدِيْئاً، فَقَالَ: أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ اللهَ قَدْ نَزَعَ مِنْ كُلِّ رَدِيْءٍ بَرَكَتَهُ (١) . وَقَالَ أَبُو قِلاَبَةَ: لَيْسَ شَيْءٌ أَطْيَبَ مِنَ الرُّوْحِ، مَا انْتُزِعَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلاَّ أَنْتَنَ (٢) . أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بنُ طَارِقٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ خَلِيْلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّبَّانُ، أَنْبَأَنَا الحَدَّادُ، أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ أَحْمَدَ بنِ الحَسَنِ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بنُ مُوْسَى، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بنُ زَيْدٍ، عَنْ أَيُّوْبَ، قَالَ: قَالَ أَبُو قِلاَبَةَ: لاَ تُجَالِسُوا أَهْلَ الأَهْوَاءِ، وَلاَ تُحَادِثُوْهُم، فَإِنِّي لاَ آمَنُ أَنْ يَغْمُرُوْكُم فِي ضَلاَلَتِهِم، أَوْ يُلْبِسُوا عَلَيْكُم مَا كُنْتُم تَعْرِفُوْنَ (٣) . وَعَنْ أَيُّوْبَ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، قَالَ: إِذَا حَدَّثْتَ الرَّجُلَ بِالسُّنَّةِ، فَقَالَ: دَعْنَا مِنْ هَذَا وَهَاتِ كِتَابَ اللهِ، فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ ضَالٌّ (٤) . قُلْتُ أَنَا: وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ المُتَكَلِّمَ المُبْتَدِعَ يَقُوْلُ: دَعْنَا مِنَ الكِتَابِ وَالأَحَادِيْثِ الآحَادِ وَهَاتِ العَقْلَ، فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ أَبُو جَهْلٍ، وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَ السَّالِكَ التَّوْحِيْدِيَّ يَقُوْلُ: دَعْنَا مِنَ النَّقْلِ وَمِنَ العَقْلِ وَهَاتِ الذَّوْقَ وَالوَجْدَ، فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّهُ إِبْلِيْسُ قَدْ ظَهَرَ بِصُوْرَةِ بَشَرٍ، أَوْ قَدْ حَلَّ فِيْهِ، فَإِنْ جَبُنْتَ مِنْهُ، فَاهْرُبْ، وَإِلاَّ فَاصْرَعْهُ، وَابْرُكْ عَلَى صَدْرِهِ، وَاقْرَأْ عَلَيْهِ آيَةَ الكُرْسِيِّ، وَاخْنُقْهُ. أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بنُ إِسْحَاقَ، أَنْبَأَنَا الفَتْحُ بنُ عَبْدِ السَّلاَمِ، أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عُمَرَ القَاضِي، أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ بنُ المُسْلِمَةِ، أَنْبَأَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ،

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