Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

and others besides him, yet my eyes have never seen anyone comparable to Abū Zurʿah.

He went on: “I once visited al-Rabīʿ in Egypt. He asked, ‘Where are you from?’

‘I am from Rayy,’ I replied.

He said, ‘You left Abū Zurʿah and came here? Abū Zurʿah is a sign of Allah. When Allah makes a person a sign, He sets him apart from his peers so that he has no equal.’ (1)

Ibn Abī Ḥātim said: I heard Yūnus ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā say, “I have never seen anyone more humble than Abū Zurʿah; he and Abū Ḥātim are the two imams of Khurāsān.” (2)

Yūsuf al-Mayānajī (3) related: I heard the judge ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Qazwīnī say, “One day Yūnus ibn ʿAbd al-Aʿlā narrated to us, saying, ‘Abū Zurʿah told me…’

Someone asked, ‘Who is that?’

He replied, ‘Abū Zurʿah is more famous in this world than the world itself.’”

Ibn Abī Ḥātim: Ḥasan ibn Aḥmad narrated to us; I heard Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal praying to Allah on behalf of Abū Zurʿah. (4)

And I heard ʿAbd al-Wāḥid ibn Ghiyāth say, “Abū Zurʿah never saw anyone the equal of himself.”

Saʿīd ibn ʿAmr al-Barḏaʿī stated: I heard Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyā say,

“The Muslims will remain in a good state so long as Allah leaves among them someone like Abū Zurʿah to teach the people. Allah would never leave the earth without having in it someone like Abū Zurʿah who teaches people what they do not know.”

Ibn Abī Ḥātim recorded this statement from Saʿīd. (5)

(1) al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 10, p. 330. (2) Ibn Abi Hatim, Muqaddimat al-Jarh wa al-Ta'dil, p. 334; also vol. 5, p. 325. (3) al-Miyanji—pronounced with an open m, y, and n—derives from Mianj, a locality in Bilad al-Sham; see al-Lubab. (4) Ibn Abi Hatim, Muqaddimat al-Jarh wa al-Ta'dil, p. 341; also vol. 5, p. 325. (5) Ibn Abi Hatim, Muqaddimat al-Jarh wa al-Ta'dil, pp. 327–328; also vol. 5, p. 325.
وَغَيْرَهُ، فَمَا رَأَتْ عَيْنَايَ مِثْلَ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ. قَالَ: وَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى الرَّبِيْعِ بِمِصْرَ، فَقَالَ: مِنْ أَيْنَ؟ قُلْتُ: مِنَ الرَّيِّ. قَالَ: تَرَكْتَ أَبَا زُرْعَةَ وَجِئْتَ؟ إِنَّ أَبَا زُرْعَةَ آيَةٌ، وَإِنَّ اللهَ إِذَا جَعَلَ إِنسَاناً آيَةً، أَبَانَهُ مِنْ شَكْلِهِ، حَتَّى لاَ يَكُونَ لَهُ ثَانٍ (١) . قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي حَاتِمٍ: سَمِعْتُ يُوْنُسَ بنَ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى يَقُوْلُ: مَا رَأَيْتُ أَكْثَرَ تَوَاضُعاً مِنْ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ، هُوَ وَأَبُو حَاتِمٍ إِمَامَا خُرَاسَان (٢) . وَقَالَ يُوْسُفُ المَيَانَجِيُّ (٣) : سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بنَ مُحَمَّدٍ القَزْوِيْنِيَّ القَاضِي، يَقُوْلُ: حَدَّثَنَا يُوْنُسُ بنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى يَوْماً، فَقَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو زُرْعَةَ. فَقِيْلَ لَهُ: مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ أَبَا زُرْعَةَ أَشْهَرُ فِي الدُّنْيَا مِنَ الدُّنْيَا. ابْنُ أَبِي حَاتِمٍ: حَدَّثَنَا الحَسَنُ بنُ أَحْمَدَ، سَمِعْتُ أَحْمَدَ بنَ حَنْبَلٍ يَدْعُو اللهَ لأَبِي زُرْعَةَ (٤) . وَسَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ الوَاحِد بنَ غِيَاثٍ، يَقُوْلُ: مَا رَأَى أَبُو زُرْعَةَ مِثْلَ نَفْسِهِ. سَعِيْدُ بنُ عَمْرٍو البَرْذَعِيُّ: سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بنَ يَحْيَى يَقُوْلُ: لاَ يَزَالُ المُسْلِمُوْنَ بِخَيْرٍ مَا أَبْقَى اللهُ لَهُم مِثْلَ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ، يُعَلِّمُ النَّاسَ، وَمَا كَانَ اللهُ لِيَتْرُكَ الأَرْضَ إِلاَّ وَفِيْهَا مِثْلُ أَبِي زُرْعَةَ، يُعَلِّمُ النَّاسَ مَا جَهِلُوهُ. عَلَّقَهَا ابْنُ أَبِي حَاتِمٍ، عَنْ سَعِيْدٍ (٥) .
(١) تاريخ بغداد: ١٠ / ٣٣٠. (٢) مقدمة الجرح والتعديل: ٣٣٤، و٥ / ٣٢٥. (٣) الميانجي، بفتح الميم والياء والنون: نسبة إلى ميانج، موضع بالشام. (اللباب) . (٤) مقدمة الجرح والتعديل: ٣٤١، و: ٥ / ٣٢٥. (٥) مقدمة الجرح والتعديل: ٣٢٧ - ٣٢٨، و: ٥ / ٣٢٥.

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