Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

to ʿUbayd Allah ibn ʿAbd Allah, who was himself a scholar. Ibn Shihāb would relate hadith to him and would fetch water for him from the well. ʿUbayd Allah habitually prolonged the prayer and would not cut it short for anyone.

He said: I was told that ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn once came to him while he was praying. ʿAlī sat down to wait, but ʿUbayd Allah lengthened the prayer. People reproached him, saying, “The grandson of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ comes to you, yet you keep him waiting like this!” He replied, “O Allah, pardon (me); whoever seeks this discipline must be ready to bear hardship.” (1)

ʿAbd al-Muʾmin ibn Khalaf the ḥāfiẓ informed us; Yūsuf ibn ʿAbd al-Muʿṭī informed us; Abū Ṭāhir al-Silafī informed us; Naṣr ibn Aḥmad said: Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar ibn Aḥmad al-Bazzār informed us; Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿAlī ibn Ḥarb told me; ʿAlī ibn Ḥarb narrated to us; Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated, from al-Zuhrī—who was told by ʿUbayd Allah ibn ʿAbd Allah, who heard Ibn ʿAbbās say:

“I and al-Faḍl came riding on a donkey on the Day of ʿArafah while the Prophet ﷺ was leading the people in prayer. We passed part of the row, dismounted, and left the animal to graze, and the Prophet ﷺ said nothing to us.” (2)

By this same chain, from al-Zuhrī, from ʿUbayd Allah ibn ʿAbd Allah, reaching the Prophet ﷺ, who said: “Whoever goes to bed with grease on his hand and then something afflicts him, let him blame no one but himself.”

This is a mursal report, yet its chain is strong. (3) It contains an exhortation to wash one’s hands of greasy residue.

Al-Wāqidī, Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allah ibn Numayr, and al-Tirmidhī said: ʿUbayd Allah died in the year 98 AH.

(1) For a similar account, see the biography of ʿAli b. al-Husayn, p. 388 of this volume. (2) Also transmitted by Malik in the Muwattaʾ 1/155–156 through Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri → ʿUbayd Allah b. ʿAbd Allah → Ibn ʿAbbas; it is likewise found in al-Bukhari 1/472 and Muslim no. 504. (3) This is an authentic hadith. Abu Dawud (3852), al-Darimi 2/104, Ahmad 2/263, 341, 537, and Ibn Majah (3297) report it with a continuous chain from Suhayl b. Abi Salih, from his father, from Abu Hurayra. The Prophet said: “Whoever goes to sleep while his hand still carries ghamr (grease—the fatty residue and odor of meat) and something harms him, has only himself to blame.”
عُبَيْدَ اللهِ بنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ، وَكَانَ مِنَ العُلَمَاءِ، فَكَانَ يُحَدِّثُهُ وَيَسْتَسْقِي هَوَ لَهُ المَاءَ مِنَ البِئْرِ، وَكَانَ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ يُطَوِّلُ الصَّلاَةَ، وَلاَ يَعْجَلُ عَنْهَا لأَحَدٍ. قَالَ: فَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بنَ الحُسَيْنِ جَاءهُ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي، فَجَلَسَ يَنْتَظِرُهُ، وَطَوَّلَ عَلَيْهِ، فَعُوْتِبَ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ فِي ذَلِكَ، وَقِيْلَ: يَأْتِيْكَ ابْنُ بِنْتِ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ فَتَحْبِسُهُ هَذَا الحَبْسَ! فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ غَفْراً، لاَ بُدَّ لِمَنْ طَلَبَ هَذَا الشَّأْنَ أَنْ يُعَنَّى (١) . أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ المُؤْمِنِ بنُ خَلَفٍ الحَافِظُ، أَنْبَأَنَا يُوْسُفُ بنُ عَبْدِ المُعْطِي، أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ السِّلَفِيُّ، أَنْبَأَنَا نَصْرُ بنُ أَحْمَدَ، قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو حَفْصٍ عُمَرُ بنُ أَحْمَدَ البَزَّارُ، أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ يَحْيَى بنِ عُمَرَ بنِ عَلِيِّ بنِ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُهْرِيِّ، حَدَّثَهُ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ بنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُوْلُ: جِئْتُ أَنَا وَالفَضْلُ عَلَى أَتَانٍ يَوْمَ عَرَفَةَ، وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يُصَلِّي بِالنَّاسِ، فَمَرَرْنَا عَلَى بَعْضِ الصَّفِّ، فَنَزَلْنَا عَنْهَا، وَتَرَكْنَاهَا تَرْتَعُ، وَلَمْ يَقُلْ لَنَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ شَيْئاً (٢) . وَبِهِ: عَنِ الزُهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، يَبْلُغُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: (مَنْ بَاتَ وَفِي يَدِهِ غَمَرٌ فَأَصَابَهُ شَيْءٌ، فَلاَ يَلُوْمَنَّ إِلاَّ نَفْسَهُ) . هَذَا مُرْسَلٌ، قَوِيُّ الإِسْنَادِ (٣) ، فِيْهِ الحَضُّ عَلَى غَسْلِ اليَدِ مِنَ الزَّفَرِ. قَالَ الوَاقِدِيُّ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ نُمَيْرٍ، وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ: مَاتَ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ سَنَةَ ثَمَانٍ وَتِسْعِيْنَ.
(١) انظر الخبر بنحوه في ترجمة علي بن الحسين ص ٣٨٨ من هذا الجزء. (٢) وأخرجه مالك في " الموطأ " ١ / ١٥٥، ١٥٦ من طريق ابن شهاب الزهري عن عبيد الله ابن عبد الله عن ابن عباس، وهو في البخاري ١ / ٤٧٢ ومسلم (٥٠٤) . (٣) وهو حديث صحيح أخرجه موصولا أبو داود (٣٨٥٢) والدارمي ٢ / ١٠٤، وأحمد ٢ / ٢٦٣، ٣٤١، ٥٣٧، وابن ماجه (٣٢٩٧) من طرق عن سهيل بن أبي صالح عن أبيه عن أبي هريرة، قال: قال رسول الله ﷺ: " من نام وفي يده غمر ولم يغسله فأصابه شيء، فلا يلومن إلا نفسه " والغمر: الدسم والزهومة من ريح اللحم.

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