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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

—and he kept that very ablution for a little over forty years. (1)

Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿīl al-Ṣāʾigh, a resident of Mecca, said: A man once asked Yazīd ibn Hārūn, “How many parts (ajzāʾ) of the Qur’an do you recite?” He replied, “And you expect me to sleep at night at all? May Allah never let my eyes sleep, then! (2)”

Yaḥyā ibn Abī Ṭālib said: “I heard from Yazīd in Baghdad, and it was commonly said that there were seventy thousand people in his gathering. (3)”

I say: The traditionists of Baghdad and its populace celebrated Yazīd’s arrival and crowded around him because of his exalted standing and the loftiness of his chains of transmission.

Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-ʿIjlī said: “Yazīd ibn Hārūn is trustworthy, firmly grounded, a devoted worshiper, and exceptionally excellent in prayer. He would perform sixteen rakʿahs of the ḍuḥā prayer, displaying no small measure of excellence therein. He had, however, gone blind. (4)”

Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah remarked: “I have never seen anyone whose memorization was more precise than that of Yazīd ibn Hārūn. (5)”

Aḥmad ibn Sinān said: “Yazīd and Hushaym were renowned for the length of their prayers, both night and day.”

Yaʿqūb ibn Shaybah observed: “Yazīd was counted among those who command what is right and forbid what is wrong. (6)"

(1) Tarikh Baghdad (vol. 14, p. 341). (2) Tarikh Baghdad (vol. 14, p. 341). (3) Tarikh Baghdad (vol. 14, p. 346). (4) Tarikh Baghdad (vol. 14, p. 341). (5) Tahdhib al-Kamal, p. 1544. (6) Tarikh Baghdad (vol. 14, p. 346).

بِذَلِكَ الوُضُوْءِ نَيِّفاً وَأَرْبَعِيْنَ سَنَةً (١) . وَقَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ إِسْمَاعِيْلَ الصَّائِغُ نَزِيْلُ مَكَّةَ: قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِيَزِيْدَ بنِ هَارُوْنَ: كم جُزْؤُكَ؟ قَالَ: وَأَنَامُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ شَيْئاً؟ إِذاً لاَ أَنَامَ اللهُ عَيْنِي (٢) . وَقَالَ يَحْيَى بنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ: سَمِعْتُ مِنْ يَزِيْدَ بِبَغْدَادَ، وَكَانَ يُقَالُ: إِنَّ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ سَبْعِيْنَ أَلْفاً (٣) . قُلْتُ: احْتَفَلَ مُحَدِّثُو بَغْدَادَ وَأَهْلُهَا لِقُدُوْمِ يَزِيْدَ، وَازْدَحَمُوا عَلَيْهِ؛ لِجَلاَلَتِهِ، وَعُلُوِّ إِسْنَادِهِ. قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ العِجْلِيُّ: يَزِيْدُ بنُ هَارُوْنَ: ثِقَةٌ، ثَبْتٌ، مُتَعَبِّدٌ، حَسَنُ الصَّلاَةِ جِدّاً، يُصَلِّي الضُّحَى سِتَّ عَشْرَةَ رَكْعَةً، بِهَا مِنَ الجَوْدَةِ غَيْرُ قَلِيْلٍ. قَالَ: وَكَانَ قَدْ عَمِيَ (٤) . قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ: مَا رَأَيْتُ أَحَداً أَتقَنَ حِفْظاً مَنْ يَزِيْدَ بنِ هَارُوْنَ (٥) . قَالَ أَحْمَدُ بنُ سِنَانٍ: كَانَ يَزِيْدُ وَهُشَيْمٌ مَعْرُوْفَيْنِ بِطُوْلِ صَلاَةِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ. وَقَالَ يَعْقُوْبُ بنُ شَيْبَةَ: كَانَ يَزِيْدُ يُعَدُّ مِنَ الآمِرِيْنَ بِالمَعْرُوْفِ، وَالنَّاهِيْنَ عَنِ المُنْكَرِ (٦) .

(١) " تاريخ بغداد " ١٤ / ٣٤١. (٢) " تاريخ بغداد " ١٤ / ٣٤١. (٣) " تاريخ بغداد " ١٤ / ٣٤٦. (٤) " تاريخ بغداد " ١٤ / ٣٤١. (٥) تهذيب الكمال " ١٥٤٤. (٦) " تاريخ بغداد " ١٤ / ٣٤٦.