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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Abu Dawud said, “The one who relates these reports from al-Jurayri is Ismaʿil ibn ʿUlayyah.”

Abu Jaʿfar Ahmad ibn Saʿid al-Darimi remarked, “No mistake is known of Ibn ʿUlayyah except in Jabir’s hadith about the mudabbar; he switched the slave-boy’s name with the master’s and the master’s name with the boy’s.” (1)

Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Dawraqi said, “Some of our companions informed us that Ibn ʿUlayyah had not laughed for twenty years.”

Muhammad ibn al-Muthanna reported, “I spent a night with Ibn ʿUlayyah; he recited one-third of the Quran, and I never saw him laugh at all.”

ʿUbayd Allah al-ʿAyshi said, “The two Hammads narrated to us that Ibn al-Mubarak used to engage in trade and would say, ‘Were it not for five people I would never have traded: the two Sufyans, Fudayl ibn ʿIyad, Ibn al-Sammak, and Ibn ʿUlayyah.’ He would then support them.”

On one of his journeys Ibn al-Mubarak arrived to find that Ibn ʿUlayyah had been appointed judge. He therefore neither visited him nor continued his usual assistance. Ibn ʿUlayyah rode over to see him, but Ibn al-Mubarak did not even raise his head to acknowledge him, so Ibn ʿUlayyah left. The next day he sent ʿAbd Allah a note saying, “I had been waiting for your kindness; I came to you and you did not speak to me. What did you see…"

(1) Reported by Muslim (no. 997) in the Book of Zakat, Chapter “Begin spending on yourself, then your family, then your relatives,” through Yaʿqub ibn Ibrahim al-Dawraqi → Ismaʿil ibn ʿUlayya → Ayyub → Abu al-Zubayr → Jabir: A man from the Ansar, known as Abu Madhkur, had emancipated a slave of his, Yaʿqub, by a deferred manumission to take effect after his own death. When this reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he asked, “Do you own any property other than him?” The man replied, “No.” He said, “Who will buy him from me?” Nuʿaym ibn ʿAbd Allah al-ʿAdawi bought him for eight hundred dirhams, brought the money to the Prophet, and the Prophet handed it to the man. He then said: “Start with yourself and give charity to it; if anything is left, then to your dependants; if anything is left after your dependants, then to your relatives; and if anything is left after your relatives, then like this and like this,” pointing in front of him, to his right, and to his left. The hadith is also recorded by Abu Dawud (3957) and al-Nasaʾi 7/304 through the same chain via Ismaʿil ibn ʿUlayya from Ayyub. See also al-Bukhari 4/296, 349; 5/49, 119–120; 11/520; Abu Dawud (3955–3956); and al-Tirmidhi (1219).

قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: أَرْوَاهُم عَنِ الجُرَيْرِيِّ: إِسْمَاعِيْلُ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ. وَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ أَحْمَدُ بنُ سَعِيْدٍ الدَّارِمِيُّ: لاَ يُعْرَفُ لابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ غَلَطٌ، إِلاَّ فِي حَدِيْثِ جَابِرٍ فِي المُدَبَّرِ، جَعَلَ اسْمَ الغُلاَمِ اسْمَ المَوْلَى، وَاسْمَ المَوْلَى اسْمَ الغُلاَمِ (١) . قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بنُ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ الدَّوْرَقِيُّ: أَخْبَرَنَا بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا: أَنَّ ابْنَ عُلَيَّةَ لَمْ يَضْحَكْ مُنْذُ عِشْرِيْنَ سَنَةً. وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ المُثَنَّى: بِتُّ لَيْلَةً عِنْدَ ابْنِ عُلَيَّةَ، فَقَرَأَ ثُلُثَ القُرْآنِ، وَمَا رَأَيْتُهُ ضَحِكَ قَطُّ. قَالَ عُبَيْدُ اللهِ العَيْشِيُّ: حَدَّثَنَا الحَمَّادَانِ: أَنَّ ابْنَ المُبَارَكِ كَانَ يَتَّجِرُ، وَيَقُوْلُ: لَوْلاَ خَمْسَةٌ مَا تَجِرْتُ: السُّفْيَانَانِ، وَفُضَيْلُ بنُ عِيَاضٍ، وَابْنُ السَّمَّاكِ، وَابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، فَيَصِلُهُم. فَقَدِمَ ابْنُ المُبَارَكِ سَنَةً، فَقِيْلَ لَهُ: قَدْ وَلِيَ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ القَضَاءَ، فَلَمْ يَأْتِهِ، وَلَمْ يَصِلْهُ، فَرَكِبَ إِلَيْهِ ابْنُ عُلَيَّةَ، فَلَمْ يَرْفَعْ بِهِ رَأْساً، فَانْصَرَفَ، فَلَمَّا كَانَ مِنَ الغَدِ، كَتَبَ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ رُقعَةً يَقُوْلُ: قَدْ كُنْتُ مُنْتَظِراً لِبِرِّكَ، وَجِئْتُكَ فَلَمْ تُكَلِّمْنِي، فَمَا رَأَيْتَ

(١) أخرجه مسلم (٩٩٧) في الزكاة: باب الابتداء في النفقة بالنفس ثم أهله، ثم القرابة من طريق يعقوب بن إبراهيم الدورقي، حدثنا إسماعيل ابن علية، عن أيوب، عن أبي الزبير، عن جابر أن رجلا من الانصار (يقال له أبو مذكور) أعتق غلاما له عن دبر يقال له يعقوب، فبلغ ذلك رسول الله ﷺ، فقال: ألك مال غيره؟ فقال: لا، فقال: من يشتريه مني؟ فاشتراه نعيم بن عبد الله العدوي ثمان مئة درهم، فجاء بها رسول الله ﷺ، فدفعها إليه، ثم قال: ابدأ بنفسك، فتصدق عليها، فإن فضل شيء، فلاهلك، فإن فضل عن أهلك شيء، فلذي قرابتك، فإن فضل عن ذي قرابتك شيء، فهكذا وهكذا " يقول: فبين يديك، وعن يمينك، وعن شمالك. وأخرجه أبو داود (٣٩٥٧) ، والنسائي ٧ / ٣٠٤ من طريق إسماعيل ابن علية. عن أيوب به. وانظر البخاري ٤ / ٢٩٦ و٣٤٩ و٥ / ٤٩ و١١٩، ١٢٠، و١١ / ٥٢٠، وسنن أبي داود (٣٩٥٥) و (٣٩٥٦) ، والترمذي (١٢١٩) .