Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (5/357)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

I went to him and said, “May I come in?”
He answered, “Come in.”
I found him shaping wooden goblets on a lathe. I greeted him: “How are you this morning? May Allah set your affairs right.”
He regarded that as unwanted publicity and thought it excessive coming from me. When I noticed this I said, “Brother, I heard you adjuring Allah last night. Would you allow me to provide for your upkeep so that you can leave this work and devote yourself entirely to what you seek of the Hereafter?”
He replied, “No; but I ask something else of you: do not mention me to anyone, do not speak of this incident to anyone until I die, and do not visit me, Ibn al-Munkadir, for if you come you will make me known to the people.”
I said, “I long to meet you.”
He said, “Then meet me in the mosque.”
(He was of Persian origin.) Ibn al-Munkadir never spoke of the matter to anyone until the man died.

Ibn Wahb said, “I have been informed that he moved away from that house; he was never seen again, and no one knew where he went.”

The people of that house said, “May Allah judge between us and Ibn al-Munkadir; he has driven the righteous man away from us.” ⦗1⦘

Muhammad ibn al-Fayḍ al-Ghassānī said: ʿAbdullāh ibn Yazīd al-Dimashqī narrated to us; Ṣadaqah ibn ʿAbdullāh narrated to us, saying:

“I came to Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir while I was angry and said, ‘Have you made Umm Salama lawful for al-Walīd?’

He replied, ‘Me? No. But the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—Jābir related to me that he said: “There is no divorce for what you do not possess, and no manumission for what you do not possess.”’ ⦗2⦘

Ahmad ibn Khalīd al-Kindī also transmitted the report from ʿAbdullāh ibn Yazīd.

Al-Walīd ibn Yazīd had in fact summoned Muhammad ibn al-Munkadir along with several jurists, and they issued him a legal opinion concerning the divorce of his wife Umm Salama.

Muhammad ibn Saʿd said: Aḥmad ibn Abī Isḥāq al-ʿAbdī narrated to us; Ḥajjāj ibn Muhammad narrated to us, from Abū Maʿshar, that al-Munkadir came to the Mother of the Believers ʿĀʾishah and complained to her

(1) Hilyat al-Awliyaʾ, vol. 3, pp. 151-152; his comment, “when I performed tasbih,” means that he prayed the duha (mid-morning) prayer. (2) Related by al-Hakim in al-Mustadrak, 2/419-420, through the isnad of ʿAbd Allah b. Yazid al-Dimashqi → Sadaqa b. ʿAbd Allah → Muhammad b. al-Munkadir → Jabir; also via Wakiʿ → Ibn Abi Dhiʾb → ʿAtaʾ and Muhammad b. al-Munkadir → Jabir. Ibn Abi Shayba transmits it in his Musannaf (“Wakiʿ narrated to us …”), and this chain is sound. A parallel report from ʿAmr b. Shuʿayb, from his father, from his grandfather, states: “No vow made by the son of Adam concerns what he does not own,” recorded by Abu Dawud (2190) and al-Tirmidhi (1181) with a reliable sanad.

أَتَيْتُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: أَدخُلُ؟ قَالَ: ادْخُلْ. فَإِذَا هُوَ يُنَجِّرُ أَقْدَاحاً، فَقُلْتُ: كَيْفَ أَصْبَحتَ؟ أَصْلَحَكَ اللهُ. قَالَ: فَاسْتَشهَرَهَا، وَأَعْظَمَهَا مِنِّي، فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُ ذَلِكَ، قُلْتُ: إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ إِقسَامَكَ البَارِحَةَ عَلَى اللهِ، يَا أَخِي، هَلْ لَكَ فِي نَفَقَةٍ تُغنِيكَ عَنْ هَذَا، وَتُفَرِّغُكَ لِمَا تُرِيْدُ مِنَ الآخِرَةِ؟ قَالَ: لاَ، وَلَكِنْ غَيْرُ ذَلِكَ، لاَ تَذْكُرُنِي لأَحَدٍ، وَلاَ تَذْكُرُ هَذَا لأَحَدٍ حَتَّى أَمُوْتَ، وَلاَ تَأْتِنِي يَا ابْنَ المُنْكَدِرِ، فَإِنَّكَ إِنْ تَأْتِنِي شَهَرتَنِي لِلنَّاسِ. فَقُلْتُ: إِنِّي أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَلقَاكَ. قَالَ: الْقَنِي فِي المَسْجِدِ. قَالَ: وَكَانَ فَارِسِيّاً، فَمَا ذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ ابْنُ المُنْكَدِرِ لأَحَدٍ حَتَّى مَاتَ الرَّجُلُ. قَالَ ابْنُ وَهْبٍ: بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ انْتقَلَ مِنْ تِلْكَ الدَّارِ، فَلَمْ يُرَ، وَلَمْ يُدرَ أَيْنَ ذَهَبَ. فَقَالَ أَهْلُ تِلْكَ الدَّارِ: اللهُ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَ ابْنِ المُنْكَدِرِ، أَخْرَجَ عَنَّا الرَّجُلَ الصَّالِحَ (١) . قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ الفَيْضِ الغَسَّانِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ يَزِيْدَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ بنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: جِئْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بنَ المُنْكَدِرِ وَأَنَا مُغْضَبٌ، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ: أَحْلَلْتَ لِلْوَلِيْدِ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ؟ قَالَ: أَنَا! وَلَكِنْ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ حَدَّثَنِي جَابِرٌ، أَنَّهُ ﷺ قَالَ: (لاَ طَلاَقَ لِمَا لاَ تَمْلِكُ، وَلاَ عِتْقَ لِمَا لاَ تَمْلِكُ) (٢) . وَرَوَاهُ: أَحْمَدُ بنُ خُلَيْدٍ الكِنْدِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ يَزِيْدَ. وَقَدْ كَانَ الوَلِيْدُ بنُ يَزِيْدَ اسْتَقدَمَ مُحَمَّدَ بنَ المُنْكَدِرِ فِي عِدَّةٍ مِنَ الفُقَهَاءِ أَفْتَوْهُ فِي طَلاَقِ زَوْجَتِه أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ. مُحَمَّدُ بنُ سَعْدٍ: حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ العَبْدِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ: أَنَّ المُنْكَدِرَ جَاءَ إِلَى أُمِّ المُؤْمِنِيْنَ عَائِشَةَ، فَشَكَى إِلَيْهَا

(١) حلية الأولياء ٣ / ١٥١، ١٥٢ وقوله: فلما سبحت، أي: صليت الضحى. (٢) أخرجه الحاكم في " المستدرك " ٢ / ٤١٩ و٤٢٠ من طريق عبد الله بن يزيد الدمشقي، عن صدقة بن عبد الله، عن محمد بن المنكدر، عن جابر، وأخرجه أيضا من طريق وكيع، عن ابن أبي ذئب، عن عطاء ومحمد بن المنكدر، عن جابر..ورواه ابن أبي شيبة في " مصنفه ": حدثنا وكيع بن وهذا سند قوي، وفي الباب عن عمرو بن شعيب عن أبيه عن جده بلفظ " لا نذر لابن آدم فيما لا يملك " أخرجه أبو داود (٢١٩٠) والترمذي (١١٨١) وسنده حسن.