and he was passionately fond of listening to singing. (1)

Aḥmad ibn al-Muʿadhdhal, the jurist, said: “Whenever I recall that the soil will one day consume the tongue of ʿAbd al-Malik ibn al-Majishūn, the whole world becomes insignificant in my sight.” (2)

Ibn al-Muʿadhdhal himself was counted among the celebrated masters of eloquence, so he was asked, “How does your tongue compare with that of your teacher ʿAbd al-Malik?”

He replied, “Even when his tongue faltered, it was more alive than mine at its most fluent.” (3)

Abū Dāwūd said, “He had no real command of ḥadīth”—meaning he was not one of its foremost specialists—“yet, in and of himself, he was trustworthy.” (4)

Yaḥyā ibn Aktham remarked, “ʿAbd al-Malik was an ocean that buckets could never muddy.” (5)

He died in 213 AH; others said 214 AH.

93 – At-Tabūdhakī, Abū Salamah Mūsā ibn Ismāʿīl * (ʿ)

The ḥāfiẓ, the imam, the authoritative proof, Shaykh al-Islām, Abū Salamah Mūsā ibn