Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (6/45)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

will never cease to be a surviving remnant among your people for as long as any of you remain.’

He (Hishām) said, “I do not recall that, O Commander of the Believers.”

Al-Manṣūr replied, “Then why do you hesitate about it?”

He answered, “Allah has never accustomed me, in telling the truth, to anything but good.”

Yūnus ibn Bukayr narrates from Hishām, who said: “I saw Ibn ʿUmar; his hair was a thick lock that reached the tips of his shoulders.”

ʿAlī ibn Mushir relates from Hishām: “I saw Ibn al-Zubayr: when he prayed ʿAṣr we lined up behind him and he led us in two rakʿahs. I also saw him ascend the pulpit with a staff in his hand; he greeted the people with salām, sat down, and the muʾadhdhins gave the call. When they had finished he stood, leaned on the staff, and delivered the sermon.”

ʿUmar ibn ʿAlī al-Muqaddamī reports from Hishām ibn ʿUrwah that he entered upon al-Manṣūr and said, “O Commander of the Believers! Settle my debt for me.”

He asked, “How much is your debt?”

He replied, “One hundred thousand.”

He said, “With all your learning in jurisprudence and your merit you incur a debt of one hundred thousand and have nothing with which to repay it?!”

He answered, “O Commander of the Believers! Some young men of our household have grown up and I wanted to establish them, so I acquired houses for them and hosted wedding banquets. I feared that rumours about them might circulate which I would dislike, so I did what I did trusting in Allah and in the Commander of the Believers. (1)”

He (al-Manṣūr) repeated, “One hundred thousand,” amazed at the sum, and then said, “We have ordered that you be given ten thousand.”

He (Hishām) said, “O Commander of the Believers! Then give me what you have decreed while you are content, for I heard my father relate from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ: ‘Whoever gives a gift while pleased to do so, it is blessed for both the giver and the recipient.’”

He replied, “Then I am content with it.”

This is a mursal report. (2)

(1) This wording departs from the Prophet’s practice, and we do not think that such a point was hidden from Hisham b. Urwa; the variation probably comes from some of his transmitters. What should be said in situations like this is: “Our trust is in Allah, then in the Commander of the Faithful.” Ahmad in al-Musnad 5:384, 394, 398 and Abu Dawud (4980) relate with a sound chain from Hudhayfa b. al-Yaman that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Do not say, ‘Whatever Allah wills and whatever so-and-so wills,’ but rather say, ‘Whatever Allah wills, then whatever so-and-so wills.’” Similar narrations are recorded from Ibn Abbas by Ahmad 1:214, 224, 283 and by al-Bukhari in al-Adab al-mufrad (783), and from al-Tufayl b. Sukhayrah by Ahmad 5:72. (2) Umar b. Ali is described as a severe mudallis (one who conceals his source). He would say, “I heard” or “So-and-so narrated to us,” pause, and then add, “Hisham b. Urwa.” Abu Hatim remarked: “He is essentially truthful.” Were it not for his tadlis, we would have accepted his additional material, but we fear that he may have taken it from an unreliable transmitter.

يَزَالُ فِي قَوْمِكُم بَقِيَّةٌ مَا بَقِيَ؟ قَالَ: لاَ أَذْكُرُ ذَلِكَ يَا أَمِيْرَ المُؤْمِنِيْنَ. قَالَ: فَلِيْمَ فِي ذَلِكَ. فَقَالَ: لَمْ يُعَوِّدْنِي اللهُ فِي الصِّدْقِ إِلاَّ خَيْراً. يُوْنُسُ بنُ بُكَيْرٍ: عَنْ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ عُمَرَ لَهُ جُمَّةٌ تَضرِبُ أَطرَافَ مَنْكِبَيْهِ. عَلِيُّ بنُ مُسْهِرٍ: عَنْ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ ابْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ إِذَا صَلَّى العَصْرَ، صَفَّنَا خَلْفَهُ، فَصَلَّى بِنَا رَكْعَتَيْنِ، وَرَأَيْتُهُ يَصعَدُ المِنْبَرَ وَفِي يَدِهِ عَصَا، فَيُسَلِّمُ، ثُمَّ يَجْلِسُ، وَيُؤَذِّنُ المُؤَذِّنُوْنَ، فَإِذَا فَرَغُوا، قَامَ فَتَوَكَّأَ عَلَى العَصَا، فَخَطَبَ. عُمَرُ بنُ عَلِيٍّ المُقَدَّمِيُّ: عَنْ هِشَامِ بنِ عُرْوَةَ: أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَى المَنْصُوْرِ، فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيْرَ المُؤْمِنِيْنَ! اقْضِ عَنِّي دَيْنِي. قَالَ: وَكَمْ دَيْنُكَ؟ قَالَ: مائَةُ أَلْفٍ. قَالَ: وَأَنْتَ فِي فِقْهِكَ وَفَضْلِكَ تَأخُذُ مائَةَ أَلْفٍ، لَيْسَ عِنْدَكَ قَضَاؤُهَا؟! قَالَ: يَا أَمِيْرَ المُؤْمِنِيْنَ! شَبَّ فِتْيَانٌ مِنْ فِتْيَانِنَا، فَأَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أُبَوِّئَهُم، وَاتَّخَذْتُ لَهُم مَنَازِلَ، وَأَوْلَمْتُ عَنْهُم، خَشِيْتُ أَنْ يَنتَشِرَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ أَمرِهِم مَا أَكْرَهُ، فَفَعَلتُ ثِقَةً بِاللهِ وَبأَمِيْرِ المُؤْمِنِيْنَ (١) . قَالَ: فَرَدَدَ عَلَيْهِ مائَةَ أَلْفٍ، اسْتِعظَاماً لَهَا، ثُمَّ قَالَ: قَدْ أَمَرْنَا لَكَ بِعَشْرَةِ آلاَفٍ. فَقَالَ: يَا أَمِيْرَ المُؤْمِنِيْنَ! فَأَعْطِنِي مَا أَعْطَيْتَ، وَأَنْتَ طَيِّبُ النَّفسِ، فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ: عَنْ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ: (مَنْ أَعْطَى عَطِيَّةً، وَهُوَ بِهَا طَيِّبُ النَّفْسِ، بُوْرِكَ لِلْمُعْطِي وَالآخِذِ) . قَالَ: فَإِنِّي طَيِّبُ النَّفْسِ بِهَا. هَذَا حَدِيْثٌ مُرْسَلٌ (٢) .

(١) في هذا التعبير مباينة لهدي النبي صلى الله عليه وآله، ولا نحسب أن ذلك يخفى على هشام بن عروة، وربما يكون ذلك من الرواة عنه، والذي ينبغي أن يقال في هذا وأمثاله: ثقة بالله ثم بأمير المؤمنين، فقد أخرج أحمد في " المسند " ٥ / ٣٨٤ و٣٩٤ و٣٩٨، وأبو داود (٤٩٨٠) بسند صحيح، عن حذيفة بن اليمان عن النبي صلى الله عليه وآله، قال: " لا تقولوا ما شاء الله وشاء فلان، ولكن قولوا: ما شاء الله ثم شاء فلان " وفي الباب عن ابن عباس عند أحمد ١ / ٢١٤ و٢٢٤ و٢٨٣، والبخاري في " الأدب المفرد " (٧٨٣) ، وعن الطفيل بن سخبرة عند أحمد ٥ / ٧٢. (٢) وعمر بن علي موصوف بالتدليس الشديد. كان يقول: سمعت وحدثنا، ثم يسكت. فيقول، هشام بن عروة. وقال أبو حاتم: محله الصدق. ولولا تدليسه، لحكمنا له إذا جاء بزيادة، غير أنا نخاف أن يكون أخذه عن غير ثقة.