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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Khalid ibn Abi ʿImran al-Tujibi (Muslim, Abu Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasaʾi)

A freedman of ʿAmr ibn Harithah, he was an imam, an exemplar, and the chief judge of Ifriqiyah. His kunya was Abū ʿUmar—though some said Abū Muhammad—and he was known as “the Tunisian.”

He transmitted hadith from ʿUrwah ibn al-Zubayr, Sulayman ibn Yasar, Hanash al-Sanʿani, al-Qasim ibn Muhammad, Wahb ibn Munabbih, Salim ibn ʿAbd Allah, and others.

Among those who narrated from him were Saʿid ibn Yazid, Yahya ibn Saʿid al-Ansari—one of his peers—Talhah ibn Abi Saʿid, ʿUbayd Allah ibn Zahr, al-Layth, Haywah ibn Shurayh, ʿAbd Allah ibn Lahiʿah, and many more.

He was the jurist of the Maghrib—trustworthy, firmly grounded, righteous, and godly. It was said that his supplications were answered.

Ruwayn ibn Khalid al-Sadafi recounted: “The Sufriyya rose in revolt in Ifriqiyah on the Day of al-Qarn. Khalid ibn Abi ʿImran went out to fight them; the leader of the rebels, a Zanati tribesman, confronted him, and Khalid killed him.”

ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Abi Karimah said: “I accompanied Khalid ibn Abi ʿImran and was walking behind him. He turned to me and said, ‘My son, companionship entails loyalty, but it can also entail betrayal. I am remembering Allah, so remember Him.’”

Haywah ibn Shurayh related: “Khalid ibn Abi ʿImran made a supplication and we answered āmīn behind him. He then recited a verse of prostration and led us in sajdah, saying, ‘O Allah, if You have answered us, then show us a sign.’ A man then raised his head and, behold, a brilliant light appeared—it was said that the man was Haywah.”

Khalid died in 125 AH; others said in 127 AH.

(*) Ibn Saʿd, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kubra, vol. 7, p. 521; Khalifa Ibn Khayyat, al-Tabaqat, p. 295; al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh al-Kabir, vol. 3, p. 163; Ibn Abi Hatim, al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil, vol. 3, p. 345; al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-Kamal, p. 365; al-Dhahabi, Tadhhib al-Tahdhib, vol. 1, p. 191; al-Dhahabi, Tarikh al-Islam, vol. 5, p. 66; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, vol. 3, p. 110; al-Khazraji, Khulasat Tadhhib al-Kamal, p. 102; Ibn al-ʿImad, Shadharat al-Dhahab, vol. 1, p. 176.

١٧٢ - خَالِدُ بنُ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ التُّجِيْبِيُّ * (م، د، ت، س) مَوْلَى عَمْرِو بنِ حَارِثَةَ، الإِمَامُ، القُدْوَةُ، قَاضِي أَفْرِيْقِيَةَ، أَبُو عُمَرَ - وَقِيْلَ: أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ - التُّوْنُسِيُّ. حَدَّثَ عَنْ: عُرْوَةَ بنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، وَسُلَيْمَانَ بنِ يَسَارٍ، وَحَنَشٍ الصَّنْعَانِيِّ، وَالقَاسِمِ بنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَوَهْبِ بنِ مُنَبِّهٍ، وَسَالِمِ بنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، وَعِدَّةٍ. رَوَى عَنْهُ: سَعِيْدُ بنُ يَزِيْدَ، وَيَحْيَى بنُ سَعِيْدٍ الأَنْصَارِيُّ - وَهُوَ مِنْ أَقْرَانِهِ - وَطَلْحَةُ بنُ أَبِي سَعِيْدٍ، وَعُبَيْدُ اللهِ بنُ زَحْرٍ، وَاللَّيْثُ، وَحَيْوَةُ بنُ شُرَيْحٍ، وَعَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ لَهِيْعَةَ، وَآخَرُوْنَ. وَكَانَ فَقِيْهَ أَهْلِ المَغْرِبِ، ثِقَةً، ثَبْتاً، صَالِحاً، رَبَّانِيّاً. يُقَالُ: كَانَ مُجَابَ الدَّعْوَةِ. قَالَ رُوَيْنُ بنُ خَالِدٍ الصَّدَفِيُّ: خَرَجَتِ الصُّفَّرِيَّةُ بِإِفْرِيْقِيَةَ يَوْمَ القَرْنِ، فَبَرَزَ خَالِدُ بنُ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ لِلْقِتَالِ، فَبَرَزَ إِلَيْهِ رَئِيْسُ القَوْمِ فُلاَنٌ الزَّنَاتِيُّ، فَقَتَلَه خَالِدٌ. وَعَنْ عَبْدِ المَلِكِ بنِ أَبِي كَرِيْمَةَ، قَالَ: صَحِبتُ خَالِدَ بنَ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ، وَمَشَيْتُ خَلْفَهُ، فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ، وَقَالَ لِي: يَا بُنَيَّ، إِنَّ لِلصُّحبَةِ أَمَانَةً، وَإِنَّ لَهَا خِيَانَةً، وَإِنِّي أَذْكُرُ اللهَ -تَعَالَى- فَاذْكُرْهُ. وَعَنْ حَيْوَةَ بنِ شُرَيْحٍ، قَالَ: دَعَا خَالِدُ بنُ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ، وَأَمَّنَا، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ سَجدَةً، وَسَجَدَ بِنَا، فَقَالَ: اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتَ اسْتَجَبْتَ لَنَا، فَأَرِنَا عَلاَمَةً. فَرَفَعَ رَجُلٌ رَأْسَه فَإِذَا بِنُورٍ سَاطِعٍ، فَقِيْلَ: إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ حَيْوَةُ. تُوُفِّيَ خَالِدٌ: سَنَةَ خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِيْنَ. وَقِيْلَ: سَنَةَ سَبْعٍ وَعِشْرِيْنَ وَمائَةٍ.

(*) طبقات ابن سعد ٧ / ٥٢١، طبقات خليفة ٢٩٥، التاريخ الكبير ٣ / ١٦٣، الجرح والتعديل ٣ / ٣٤٥، تهذيب الكمال ٣٦٥، تذهيب التهذيب ١ / ١٩١ / ٢، تاريخ الإسلام ٥ / ٦٦، تهذيب التهذيب ٣ / ١١٠، خلاصة تذهيب الكمال ١٠٢، شذرات الذهب ١ / ١٧٦.