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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

ʿAbd al-Muʾmin al-Nasafī said, “I asked Ṣāliḥ ibn Muḥammad Jazara about Sufyān and Mālik, and he replied:

‘No one, in my estimation, surpasses Sufyān. He possessed the strongest memory and narrated the greatest number of hadith. Mālik, however, was extremely selective about the men from whom he took narrations. Sufyān’s retention is superior to that of Shuʿbah, and he transmitted more traditions: his narrations reach about thirty thousand, whereas those of Shuʿbah are roughly ten thousand.’

Aḥmad ibn Hibat Allāh related to us—ʿAbd al-Muʿizz ibn Muḥammad informed us—Zāhir ibn Ṭāhir informed us—Abū Saʿd al-Kanjarūdhī informed us—Abū Saʿīd ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad informed us—Muḥammad ibn Ayyūb informed us—Muḥammad ibn Kathīr informed us—Sufyān al-Thawrī informed us; he said: “Mughīrah ibn al-Nuʿmān narrated to me; Saʿīd ibn Jubayr narrated to me, from Ibn ʿAbbās, who said:

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, ‘You will be resurrected barefoot, naked and uncircumcised.’ Then he recited, ‘As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it—a promise binding upon Us; We shall certainly do it’ (Al-Anbiyāʾ 104). He added, ‘Indeed, the first to be clothed on the Day of Resurrection will be Abraham, peace be upon him. And some people from among my Companions will be led off to the left, and I will say, “My Companions, my Companions!” It will be said, “They kept turning back on their heels after you departed from them.” I will then say what the righteous servant Jesus said: “I was a witness over them while I remained among them”… up to His words: “the Almighty, the All-Wise” (1).’

It was recorded by al-Bukhārī (2) on the authority of Ibn Kathīr.

(1) The two verses 121–122 of Surah al-Maida read: “I said to them only what You commanded me: ‘Worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord.’ I was a witness over them as long as I remained among them; but when You took me unto Yourself, You alone watched over them, and You are witness over all things. If You punish them, they are Your servants; and if You forgive them, You alone are the Mighty, the Wise.” (2) Sahih al-Bukhari, vol. 6, p. 275: Book of the Prophets, chapter on Allah’s words, “And Allah took Ibrahim as a khalil” (4:125); chapter on Allah’s words, “And mention in the Book Mary when she withdrew…” (19:16); in the tafsir of Surah al-Maida, chapter on “I was a witness over them while I remained among them” (5:117); in the tafsir of Surah al-Anbiya, chapter on “As We began the first creation We shall repeat it” (21:104); and in the Book of al-Riqaq, chapter on the Gathering. Ibn Hajar provides an extended discussion in his commentary; see Fath al-Bari. Ghral (pl. aghral): the uncircumcised—one whose foreskin, the piece of skin normally removed in circumcision, is still present.

قَالَ عَبْدُ المُؤْمِنِ النَّسَفِيُّ: سَأَلْتُ صَالِحَ بنَ مُحَمَّدٍ جَزَرَةَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، وَمَالِكٍ، فَقَالَ: سُفْيَانُ لَيْسَ يَتَقَدَّمُهُ عِنْدِي أَحَدٌ، وَهُوَ أَحْفَظُ وَأَكْثَرُ حَدِيْثاً، وَلَكِنْ كَانَ مَالِكٌ يَنتَقِي الرِّجَالَ، وَسُفْيَانُ أَحْفَظُ مِنْ شُعْبَةَ، وَأَكْثَرُ حَدِيْثاً، يَبلُغُ حَدِيْثُه ثَلاَثِيْنَ أَلْفاً، وَشُعْبَةُ نَحْوُ عَشْرَةِ آلاَفٍ. أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بنُ هِبَةِ اللهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ المُعِزِّ بنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا زَاهِرُ بنُ طَاهِرٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو سَعْدٍ الكَنْجَرُوْذِيُّ، أَنْبَأَنَا أَبُو سَعِيْدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ أَيُّوْبَ، أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ كَثِيْرٍ، أَنْبَأَنَا سُفْيَانُ الثَّوْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنِي المُغِيْرَةُ بنُ النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنِي سَعِيْدُ بنُ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُوْلُ اللهِ ﷺ: (إِنَّكُم مَحْشُوْرُوْنَ حُفَاةً عُرَاةً غُرْلاً، ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: ﴿كَمَا بَدَأْنَا أَوَّلَ خَلْقٍ نُعِيْدُهُ، وَعْداً عَلَيْنَا، إِنَّا كُنَّا فَاعِلِيْنَ﴾ [الأَنْبِيَاءُ: ١٠٤] ، أَلاَ وَإِنَّ أَوَّلَ مَنْ يُكْسَى إِبْرَاهِيْمُ ﵇ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ، أَلاَ وَإِنَّ نَاساً مِنْ أَصْحَابِي يُؤْخَذُ بِهِم ذَاتَ الشِّمَالِ، فَأَقُوْلُ: أَصْحَابِي أَصْحَابِي، فَيُقَالُ: إِنَّهُم لَمْ يَزَالُوا مُرْتَدِّيْنَ عَلَى أَعْقَابِهِم مُنْذُ فَارَقْتَهُم، فَأَقُوْلُ كَمَا قَالَ العَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ عِيْسَى: ﴿وَكُنْتُ عَلَيْهِم شَهِيْداً مَا دُمْتُ فِيْهِم﴾ ، إِلَى قَوْله: ﴿العَزِيْزُ الحَكِيْمُ (١) ﴾ ) . أَخْرَجَهُ: البُخَارِيُّ (٢) ، عَنِ ابْنِ كَثِيْرٍ.

(١) الآيتان: ١٢١ - ١٢٢، المائدة، ونصهما: (ما قلت لهم إلا ما أمرتني به أن أعبدوا الله ربي وربكم وكنت عليهم شهيدا ما دمت فيهم فلما توفيتني كنت أنت الرقيب عليهم وأنت على كل شيء شهيد. إن تعذبهم فإنهم عبادك وإن تغفر لهم فإنك أنت العزيز الحكيم) . (٢) ٦ / ٢٧٥، في الأنبياء: باب قول الله تعالى: (واتخذ الله إبراهيم خليلا) [النساء: ١٢٥] ، وباب قول الله: (واذكر في الكتاب مريم إذ انتبذت من أهلها..) [مريم: ١٦] ، وفي تفسير سورة " المائدة " باب: (وكنت عليهم شهيدا ما دمت فيهم) . وفي تفسير سورة الأنبياء: باب: (كما بدأنا أول خلق نعيده) [١٠٤] . وفي الرقاق: باب الحشر، وهنا أفاض الحافظ ابن حجر في شرحه، فراجعه. وغرل: ج. أغرل: وهو الاقلف وزنا ومعنى، وهو من بقيت غرلته، وهي الجلدة التي يقطعها الخاتن من الذكر.