Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Al-Dāraqutnī said, “He was not reliable.”
I add: He died in Shawwāl of the year 283 AH, at the age of eighty.
His book al-Dībāj contains a number of objectionable reports.
Al-Ḥākim judged him “weak,” and on another occasion he said, “He was not reliable.”

159 – al-Jabbulī, Abū al-Qāsim Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm *

The ḥāfiẓ, Abū al-Qāsim Isḥāq ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Jabbulī. Jabbul is a small settlement in the cultivated lands of Iraq.
He heard ḥadith from Manṣūr ibn Abī Muzāḥim and others of his circle.
Abū Sahl ibn Ziyād transmitted from him.
Al-Khaṭīb said, “He was praised for his insight and described as possessing an excellent memory, yet he transmitted only a few reports.” (1)
Ibn al-Munadī said, “He spent most of his life on the eastern side ⦗of Baghdad⦘ (2). White patches (vitiligo) covered his face and body. He would issue legal opinions on the basis of ḥadith and engage in scholarly discussion, but he did not narrate publicly.”
He died in Rabīʿ al-Ākhir of the year 281 AH, at the age of seventy. (3)

(*) Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 6, p. 378; Tabaqat al-Hanabila, vol. 1, p. 110; al-Muntazam, vol. 5, p. 148; al-Wafi bi-l-Wafayat, vol. 8, p. 395; al-Bidaya wa-l-Nihaya, vol. 11, p. 71. (1) Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 6, p. 378; the additional wording is taken from this source. (2) Tarikh Baghdad inserts here the following addition: “He then moved to Barakat Zalzal on the western side, and there were clear white patches on his face, hands, and forearms….” The term wadah (literally “light” or “whiteness”) is commonly used as a euphemism for baras (leucoderma/leprosy), which is what is meant in this context. (3) Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 6, p. 378.
قَالَ الدَّارَقُطْنِيُّ: لَيْسَ بِالقَوِيِّ. قُلْتُ: مَاتَ فِي شَوَّالٍ، سَنَةَ ثَلاَثٍ وَثَمَانِيْنَ وَمائَتَيْنِ، وَقَدْ بَلَغَ الثَّمَانِيْنَ. وَفِي كِتَابِهِ (الدِّيْبَاج) أَشْيَاءُ مُنْكَرَةٌ. قَالَ الحَاكِمُ: ضَعِيْفٌ. وَقَالَ مَرَّةً: لَيْسَ بِالقَوِيِّ. ١٥٩ - الجَبُّلِيُّ أَبُو القَاسِمِ إِسْحَاقُ بنُ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ * الحَافِظُ، أَبُو القَاسِمِ إِسْحَاقُ بنُ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ بنِ الجَبُّلِيِّ. وَجَبُّل: بُلَيْدَةٌ مِنْ سَوَادِ العِرَاقِ. سَمِعَ: مَنْصُوْرَ بنَ أَبِي مُزَاحِمٍ، وَطَبَقَتَهُ. رَوَى عَنْهُ: أَبُو سَهْلٍ بنُ زِيَادٍ. قَالَ الخَطِيْبُ: كَانَ يُذْكَرُ بِالفَهْمِ وَيُوْصَفُ بِالحِفْظِ، وَلَمْ يُحَدِّثْ إِلاَّ بِشَيْءٍ يَسِيْرٍ (١) . وَقَالَ ابْنُ المُنَادِي: كَانَ فِي أَكْثَرِ عُمُرِهِ بِالجَانِبِ الشَّرْقِيِّ (٢) ، وَكَانَ بِوَجْهِهِ وَبَدَنِهِ وَضَحٌ، وَكَانَ يُفْتِي بِالحَدِيْثِ، وَيُذَاكِرُ وَلاَ يُحَدِّثُ. مَاتَ: فِي رَبِيْعٍ الآخِرِ، سَنَةَ إِحْدَى وَثَمَانِيْنَ وَمائَتَيْنِ، عَنْ سَبْعِيْنَ سَنَةً (٣) .
(*) تاريخ بغداد: ٦ / ٣٧٨، طبقات الحنابلة: ١ / ١١٠، المنتظم: ٥ / ١٤٨، الوافي بالوفيات: ٨ / ٣٩٥، البداية والنهاية: ١١ / ٧١. (١) تاريخ بغداد: ٦ / ٣٧٨. والزيادة منه. (٢) جاء في " تاريخ بغداد " زيادة هنا: " ثم انتقل إلى بركة زلزل من الجانب الغربي، وكان بوجهه ويديه وذراعيه وضح ... " والوضح: الضوء، والبياض، وقد يكنى به عن البرص. وهو المقصود هنا. (٣) تاريخ بغداد: ٦ / ٣٧٨.

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