Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (4/619)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr said, “I heard Ibn Sīrīn state, ‘I offered a bukhtiyyah camel as my own ʿaqīqah (new-born sacrifice).’ (1)

Mahdī ibn Maymūn remarked, “I saw Ibn Sīrīn wearing a taylasan (cloak); in winter he would add a white mantle, a white turban, and a fur-lined coat. (2)

Sulaymān ibn al-Mughīrah said, “I saw Ibn Sīrīn dressed in fine garments—tayālis (cloaks) and turbans. (2)

Yahyā ibn Khulayf related from Abū Khaldah: “I saw Ibn Sīrīn wrapping a plain white turban round his head, its ends hanging down behind him, and I saw him dyeing his hair with a yellow tint. (2)

Abū al-Ashhab said, “I noticed him wearing linen clothes. (2)

Maʿn ibn ʿĪsā reported from Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr: “I saw Ibn Sīrīn dyeing his hair with henna and katam (a dark plant dye), and I observed that he did not trim his moustache down to the skin. (3)

Ḥumayd al-Ṭawīl said, “Ibn Sīrīn instructed Suwayd to prepare a ḥullah ḥibrah (a two-piece, striped Yemeni outfit) in which he wished to be shrouded. (4)

Hishām ibn Ḥassān narrated from Ḥafṣah bint Sīrīn: “Muḥammad’s mother was a woman from the Ḥijāz who was fond of coloured dyes. Whenever Muḥammad bought her a garment, he would choose the softest fabric he could find; and when a festival approached, he would dye clothes for her himself. I never saw him raise his voice at her—whenever he spoke to her, he behaved as though he were listening attentively.” (5)

(1) See Ibn Saʿd, 7/204. The verb ‘aqqaqtu (from ‘aqqa fulan ʿan ibnihi) means to slaughter a sheep for one’s child on the seventh day after birth. The term bakhtiyyah denotes a female of the bakht breed of camels, renowned for their long necks (Lisan al-ʿArab). (2) Ibn Saʿd, 7/204. (3) See Ibn Saʿd, 7/204–205. (4) Ibn Saʿd, 7/205. (5) Ibn Saʿd, 7/198; Ibn ʿAsakir, 15/223.

قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَمْرٍو: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ سِيْرِيْنَ يَقُوْلُ: عَقَقْتُ عَنْ نَفْسِي بُخْتِيَّةً (١) . وَقَالَ مَهْدِيُّ بنُ مَيْمُوْنٍ: رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ سِيْرِيْنَ يَلْبَسُ طَيْلَسَاناً، وَيَلْبَسُ كِسَاءً أَبْيَضَ فِي الشِّتَاءِ، وَعِمَامَةً بَيْضَاءَ وَفَرْوَةً (٢) . وَقَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بنُ المُغِيْرَةِ: رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ سِيْرِيْنَ يَلْبَسُ الثِّيَابَ الثَّمِيْنَةَ، وَالطَّيَالِسَ، وَالعَمَائِمَ (٢) . يَحْيَى بنُ خُلَيْفٍ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَلْدَةَ، قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ سِيْرِيْنَ يَتَعَمَّمُ بِعِمَامَةٍ بَيْضَاءَ لاَطِيَةٍ، قَدْ أَرْخَى ذَوَائِبَهَا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ، وَرَأَيْتُهُ يَخْضِبُ بِالصُّفْرَةِ (٢) . قَالَ أَبُو الأَشْهَبِ: رَأَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ ثِيَابَ كَتَّانٍ (٢) . مَعْنُ بنُ عِيْسَى: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَمْرٍو: رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ سِيْرِيْنَ يَخْضِبُ بِحِنَّاءٍ وَكَتَمٍ، وَرَأَيْتُهُ لاَ يُحْفِي شَارِبَهُ (٣) . قَالَ حُمَيْدٌ الطَّوِيْلُ: أَمَرَ ابْنُ سِيْرِيْنَ سُوَيْداً أَنْ يَجْعَلَ لَهُ حُلَّةً حِبَرَةً يُكَفَّنُ فِيْهَا (٤) . وَقَالَ هِشَامُ بنُ حَسَّانٍ: حَدَّثَتْنِي حَفْصَةُ بِنْتُ سِيْرِيْنَ، قَالَتْ: كَانَتْ وَالِدَةُ مُحَمَّدٍ حِجَازِيَّةً، وَكَانَ يُعْجِبُهَا الصِّبْغُ، وَكَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ إِذَا اشْتَرَى لَهَا ثَوْباً، اشْتَرَى أَلْيَنَ مَا يَجِدُ، فَإِذَا كَانَ عِيْدٌ، صَبَغَ لَهَا ثِيَاباً، وَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ رَافِعاً صَوْتَهُ عَلَيْهَا، كَانَ إِذَا كَلَّمَهَا كَالمُصْغِي إِلَيْهَا (٥) .

(١) انظر ابن سعد ٧ / ٢٠٤، وعققت: من عق فلان عن ابنه: إذا ذبح عنه شاة يوم أسبوعه. والبختية: الانثى من الجمال البخت (طوال الاعناق) . (لسان) . (٢) ابن سعد ٧ / ٢٠٤. (٣) انظر ابن سعد ٧ / ٢٠٤ و٢٠٥. (٤) ابن سعد ٧ / ٢٠٥. (٥) ابن سعد ٧ / ١٩٨ وابن عساكر ١٥ / ٢٢٣ آ.