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Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

He settled in Baghdad.

He enjoyed an extraordinary prestige and an awe-inspiring presence; he enjoined what is right, attracted a large following, and held a sound creed—yet he narrated outrageous falsehoods and deemed the fabrication of hadith permissible.

We ask Allah for protection.

He transmitted from Dinar⦗1⦘—who claimed to have met Anas—as well as from Qurrah ibn Habib, Sahl ibn ‘Uthman, Shayban, and Sulayman al-Shadhakuni.

At first his real condition was hidden from the leading scholars.

Among those who reported from him were Muhammad ibn Makhlad, ‘Uthman al-Sammak, Ahmad ibn Kamil, and others.

Ibn Abi Hatim said: “My father was asked about him and replied, ‘A righteous man; in my estimation he is not among those who invent hadith.’”⦗2⦘

Ibn Khirash said: “Ghulam Khalil stole these hadiths from ‘Abd Allah ibn Shabib.”⦗3⦘

Imam Abu Bakr al-Sibghi said: “With regard to Ghulam Khalil, I have no doubt whatsoever that he is a liar.”⦗4⦘

It is related from Abu Dawud al-Sijistani that he said: “That man is the impostor of Baghdad. I examined four hundred hadiths of his that were shown to me; every single one of them was fabricated, both their texts and their chains of transmission.”⦗5⦘

Ibn ‘Adi said: “I heard Abu ‘Abd Allah al-Nuhawandi say: ‘I spoke with Ghulam…’”

(1) He is Dinar ibn Abd Allah. (2) Al-Jarh wa al-Taʿdil, vol. 2, p. 73. (3) See: Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 5, p. 79. (4) See the same source. (5) Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 5, p. 79: “That man—meaning the leader of the Zanj revolt—was the dajjal (great impostor) of Basra, and I fear that this one—meaning Ghulam Khalil—will be the dajjal of Baghdad.”

سَكَنَ بَغْدَادَ. وَكَانَ لَهُ جَلاَلَةٌ عَجِيْبَةٌ، وَصَوْلَةٌ مَهِيْبَةٌ، وَأَمْرٌ بِالمَعْرُوفِ، وَاتِّبَاعٌ كَثِيْرٌ، وَصِحَّةُ مُعْتَقَدٍ، إِلاَّ أَنَّهُ يَرْوِي الكَذِبَ الفَاحِشَ، وَيَرَى وَضْعَ الحَدِيْثِ. نَسْأَلُ اللهَ العَافيَةَ. رَوَى عَنْ: دِيْنَارٍ (١) الَّذِي زَعَمَ أَنَّهُ لَقِيَ أَنَساً، وَعَنْ: قُرَّةَ بنِ حَبِيْبٍ، وَسَهْلِ بنِ عُثْمَانَ، وَشَيْبَانَ، وَسُلَيْمَانَ الشَّاذَكُوْنِيِّ. وَخَفِيَ حَالُهُ عَلَى الكِبَارِ أَوَّلاً. حَدَّثَ عَنْهُ: مُحَمَّدُ بنُ مَخْلَدٍ، وَعُثْمَانُ السَّمَّاكُ، وَأَحْمَدُ بنُ كَامِلٍ، وَطَائِفَةٌ. قَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي حَاتِمٍ: سُئِلَ أَبِي عَنْهُ، فَقَالَ: رَجُلٌ صَالِحٌ، لَمْ يَكُنْ عِنْدِي مِمَّنْ يَفْتَعِلُ الحَدِيْثَ (٢) . وَقَالَ ابْنُ خِرَاشٍ: سَرَقَ غُلاَمُ خَلِيْلٍ هَذِهِ الأَحَادِيْثَ مِنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بنِ شَبِيْبٍ (٣) . وَقَالَ الإِمَامُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الصِّبْغِيُّ: غُلاَمُ خَلِيْلٍ مِمَّنْ لاَ أَشُكُّ فِي كَذِبِهِ (٤) . وَرُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ السِّجِسْتَانِيِّ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ: ذَاكَ دَجَّالُ بَغْدَادَ، نَظَرْتُ فِي أَرْبَعِ مائَةِ حَدِيْثٍ لَهُ، عُرِضَتْ عَلَيَّ، كُلُّهَا كَذِبٌ، مُتُوْنُهَا وَأَسَانِيْدُهَا (٥) . وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَدِيٍّ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللهِ النُّهَاوَنْدِيَّ يَقُوْلُ: كلَّمْتُ غُلاَمَ

(١) هو: دينار بن عبد الله. (٢) الجرح والتعديل: ٢ / ٧٣. (٣) انظر: تاريخ بغداد: ٥ / ٧٩. (٤) انظر: المصدر السابق. (٥) في تاريخ بغداد: ٥ / ٧٩: قال: " ذاك - يعني صاحب الزنج - كان دجال البصرة، وأخشى ان يكون هذا - يعني غلام خليل - دجال بغداد ".