Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (8/67)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

people have always been like that; yet we seek refuge in Allah from the relentless onslaught of every tongue ⦗1⦘.

Ahmad b. Saʿīd al-Ribāṭī ⦗2⦘ said: I heard ʿAbd al-Razzāq say:

Sandal ⦗3⦘ asked Mālik about a certain issue, and Mālik answered him. Sandal then remarked, “You are one of the people—sometimes you err and sometimes you miss the mark.” Mālik replied, “You have spoken truly; that is how people are.”

Someone said to Mālik, “Did you not realize what he just said to you?” When Mālik caught on, he remarked, “I have known the scholars, and they do not speak like this; I only answered him in the way one answers ordinary folk.”

Harmalah related: Ibn Wahb told us, “I heard Mālik say, ‘This disputation has nothing to do with the religion.’”

Ibn Wahb narrates from Mālik, who said, “I entered upon al-Manṣūr, and the Hāshimites would go in to see him and kiss his hand and foot—but Allah protected me from doing that.”

Al-Hārith b. Miskīn reported to us from Ibn al-Qāsim, who said: It was said to Mālik, “Why did you not take hadith from ʿAmr b. Dīnār?” He replied, “I went to him and found people receiving hadith from him while standing; I revered the hadith of the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—too much to take it standing.”

Ibrāhīm b. al-Mundhir said: Maʿn—and others—narrated to us from Mālik, who said: “Knowledge is not to be taken from four types of people: a fool who openly displays his foolishness, even if he is the most prolific narrator; an innovator who summons others to his whim; a man who lies when relating people’s words, even though I do not accuse him with regard to Prophetic hadith; and …”

(1) Cited in Abu Nuʿaym, Hilyat al-awliyaʾ, vol. 6, p. 321. (2) The nisba al-Ribati comes from ribat, a frontier post where horses were kept and fighters remained on guard; the person who performs this duty is called a murabit. Hence al-Ribati designates someone stationed at such a ribat, responsible for its upkeep and its charitable endowments. (3) Sandal is the nickname of ʿUmar ibn Qays al-Makki. Ahmad, al-Nasaʾi and al-Darqutni abandoned his narrations; Yahya ibn Maʿin judged him unreliable; al-Bukhari said his hadith are munkar; Ahmad also called his reports forgeries. The compiler quotes the present report in his Mizan with a similar chain.

زَالَ النَّاسُ كَذَلِكَ، وَلَكِن نَعُوْذُ بِاللهِ مِنْ تَتَابُعِ الأَلسِنَةِ كُلِّهَا (١) . أَحْمَدُ بنُ سَعِيْدٍ الرِّبَاطِيُّ (٢) : سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الرَّزَّاقِ يَقُوْلُ: سَأَلَ سَنْدَلٌ (٣) مَالِكاً عَنْ مَسْأَلَةٍ، فَأَجَابَهُ، فَقَالَ: أَنْتَ مِنَ النَّاسِ، أَحْيَاناً تُخطِئُ، وَأَحْيَاناً لاَ تُصِيْبُ. قَالَ: صَدَقتَ، هَكَذَا النَّاسُ. فَقِيْلَ لِمَالِكٍ: لَمْ تَدرِ مَا قَالَ لَكَ؟ فَفَطِنَ لَهَا، وَقَالَ: عَهِدتُ العُلَمَاءَ، وَلاَ يَتَكَلَّمُوْنَ بِمِثْلِ هَذَا، وَإِنَّمَا أُجِيْبُه عَلَى جَوَابِ النَّاسِ. حَرْملَةُ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، سَمِعْتُ مَالِكاً يَقُوْلُ: لَيْسَ هَذَا الجَدَلُ مِنَ الدِّيْنِ بِشَيْءٍ. ابْنُ وَهْبٍ: عَنْ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى المَنْصُوْرِ، وَكَانَ يَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهِ الهَاشِمِيُّوْنَ، فَيُقَبِّلُوْنَ يَدَهُ وَرِجْلَهُ - عَصَمَنِي اللهُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ -. الحَارِثُ بنُ مِسْكِيْنٍ: أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ القَاسِمِ، قَالَ: قِيْلَ لِمَالِكٍ: لِمَ لَمْ تَأْخُذْ عَنْ عَمْرِو بنِ دِيْنَارٍ؟ قَالَ: أَتَيْتُهُ، فَوَجَدتُهُ يَأْخذُوْنَ عَنْهُ قِيَاماً، فَأَجْلَلْتُ حَدِيْثَ رَسُوْلِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ آخُذَهُ قَائِماً. إِبْرَاهِيْمُ بنُ المُنْذِرِ: حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ، وَغَيْرُهُ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ: لاَ يُؤْخَذُ العِلْمُ عَنْ أَرْبَعَةٍ: سَفِيْهٍ يُعلِنُ السَّفَهَ، وَإِنْ كَانَ أَرْوَى النَّاسِ، وَصَاحِبِ بِدْعَةٍ يَدعُو إِلَى هَوَاهُ، وَمَنْ يَكْذِبُ فِي حَدِيْثِ النَّاسِ، وَإِنْ كُنْتُ لاَ أَتَّهِمُهُ فِي

(١) أورده في " الحلية " ٦ / ٣٢١. (٢) نسبة إلى الرباط: اسم لموضع رباط الخيل وملازمة أصحابها الثغر لحفظه من عدو الإسلام، فيقال لفاعل ذلك: مرابط وإنما قيل له: الرباطي، لان كان على الرباط وعمارته، وتولي الاوقاف التي له. (٣) سندل: لقب عمر بن قيس المكي، تركه أحمد والنسائي والدارقطني وقال يحيى بن معين ليس بثقة، وقال البخاري: منكر الحديث، وقال أحمد أيضا: أحاديث بواطيل، والخبر أورده المؤلف في " ميزانه " بنحوه.