with the banner in his hand, reciting Sūrah Ya-Sīn. When he had finished, he charged with the army, routed the enemy, and I saw the blood running down the staff of the banner and along his forearm. (1)
He fell ill while laying siege to Syracuse. (2)
When the governor of the Maghrib appointed him to lead the campaign he told him, “I have promoted you to the command, and that is the more exalted post; you are therefore both commander and judge.” (3)
60 – Abū Mushir ʿAbd al-Aʿlā ibn Mushir al-Ghassānī * (ʿ)
He is ʿAbd al-Aʿlā ibn Mushir, the imam, Shaykh of Syria, Abū Mushir ibn Abī Dhurāmah al-Ghassānī, the Damascene jurist.
He learned the Quran from Ayūb ibn Tamīm, Ṣadaqah ibn Khālid, and Suwayd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, who had themselves recited to Yaḥyā al-Dhimārī.
He also studied the Quran with Saʿīd ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, kept his company, and transmitted hadith from him.
Among those he heard from were ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-ʿAlāʾ ibn Zabr, Saʿīd ibn Bishr, and Muʿāwiyah ibn Salām.
(1) Tartib al-Madarik, vol. 2, p. 477.
(2) In Muʿjam al-Buldan it is stated: “Sarqousa is the largest city on the island of Sicily.” See also Tartib al-Madarik, vol. 2, p. 477, which adds that he died while besieging Sarqousa.
(3) For the full report, see Tartib al-Madarik, vol. 2, p. 477.
(*) Ibn Saʿd, al-Tabaqat, vol. 7, p. 473; Ibn Maʿin, Tarikh, p. 339; al-Bukhari, al-Tarikh al-Kabir, vol. 6, p. 73; al-Tarikh al-Saghir, vol. 2, p. 339; Ibn Abi Hatim, al-Jarh wa-l-Taʿdil, vol. 6, p. 29; al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 11, pp. 72–75; Qadi ʿIyad, Tartib al-Madarik, vol. 2, pp. 416–419; Ibn al-Jawzi, Manaqib al-Imam Ahmad, pp. 486–487; al-Mizzi, Tahdhib al-Kamal, folio 761; al-Dhahabi, Tadhhib al-Tahdhib, 2/198/1–2; al-ʿIbar, 1/374; Tadhkirat al-Huffaz, 1/381; al-Dhahabi, al-Kashif, 2/147; Ibn Sayyid al-Nas, ʿUyun al-Tawarikh, 7/folio 314; Ibn al-Jazari, Tabaqat al-Qurraʾ, 1/355; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, 6/98; al-Dhahabi, Tabaqat al-Huffaz, p. 163; Ibn Hajar, Khulasa Tadhhib al-Kamal, p. 221; Ibn al-ʿImad, Shadharat al-Dhahab, 2/44.