Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

In al-Khatīb’s History (1) it is related that Abū Bakr ibn Abī al-Dunyā (2) once visited Yūsuf al-Qāḍī and asked him about his strength. The judge replied, “I find myself, as Sibawayh said:
Neither hilyawn nor atrifil will avail;
The upper part is torn and the lower has collapsed;
We are in deadly earnest while you are joking.”

Ibn Abī al-Dunyā responded:
I see myself diminish day by day,
And once decline sets in, nothing remains.
The two eras have folded up what they had once spread out of me;
Thus unfolding and folding have worn my freshness thin.

Yūsuf al-Qāḍī—may Allah have mercy on him—died in Ramadan of the year 297 AH.

Among his writings are: the Book of Knowledge, which we have heard, the Book of Zakāh, and the Book of Fasting.

Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad and others granted us authorization, saying: ʿUmar ibn Muḥammad informed us; Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd al-Bāqī informed us; Abū Muḥammad al-Jawharī informed us; ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Kaysān narrated to us; Yūsuf al-Qāḍī narrated to us; Musaddad narrated to us; ʿĪsā ibn Yūnus narrated to us; Ḥarīz ibn ʿUthmān narrated to us; Abū Khidāsh narrated to me, from a man among the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ, that the Prophet ﷺ said:
“Muslims share equally in three things: fire, pasture, and water.”

(1) 14/311. (2) Ubayd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Ubayd ibn Abi al-Dunya al-Qurashi, a client of the Quraysh from Baghdad, was a prolific author known for his reliability, literary talent and extensive knowledge of historical reports. He died in Jumada al-Ula, 281 AH. See: al-Dhahabi, Al-Ibar, 2/65; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, 6/13-14.
وفِي (تَارِيْخِ الخَطِيْبِ (١)) :أَنَّ أَبَا بَكْرٍ بنَ أَبِي الدُّنْيَا (٢) دَخَلَ عَلَى يُوْسُفَ القَاضِي، فَسَأَلَهُ عَنْ قُوَّتِهِ، فَقَالَ القَاضِي: أَجِدُنِي كَمَا قَالَ سِيْبَوَيْه: لاَ يَنْفَعُ الهِلْيَوْنُ وَالأَطْرِيْفُلُ ... انْخَرَقَ الأَعْلَى وَخَارَ الأَسْفَلُ ... وَنَحْنُ فِي جِدٍّ وَأَنْتَ تَهْزِلُ ... فَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي الدُّنْيَا: أُرَانِيَ فِي انْتِقَاصٍ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ ... وَلاَ يَبْقَى مَعَ النُّقْصَانِ شَيُّ طَوَى العَصْرَانِ مَا نَشَرَاهُ مِنِّي ... فَأَخْلَقَ جِدَّتِي نَشْرٌ وَطَيُّ مَاتَ يُوْسُفُ القَاضِي ﵀:فِي رَمَضَانَ، سَنَةَ سَبْعٍ وَتِسْعِيْنَ وَمائَتَيْنِ. وَمِنْ تَآلِيْفِهِ: كِتَابُ (العِلْمِ) سَمِعنَاهُ، وَ (الزَّكَاةِ) ، وَ (الصِّيَامِ) . أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بنُ أَحْمَدَ، وَغَيْرهُ إِجَازَةً، قَالُوا: أَخْبَرَنَا عُمَرُ بنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَبْدِ البَاقِي، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الجَوْهَرِيُّ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بنُ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ كَيْسَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا يُوْسُفُ القَاضِي، حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا عِيْسَى بنُ يُوْنُسَ، حَدَّثَنَا حَرِيْزُ بنُ عُثْمَانَ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو خِدَاشٍ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ: أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ: (المُسْلِمُوْنَ شُرَكَاءُ فِي ثَلاَثَةٍ: فِي النَّارِ، وَالكَلأِ، وَالمَاءِ) .
(١) ١٤ / ٣١١. (٢) هو عبيد الله بن محمد بن عبيد بن أبي الدنيا القرشي مولاهم البغدادي. صاحب التصانيف، كان صدوقا أديبا، أخباريا، كثير العلم. توفي في جمادى الأولى سنة إحدى وثمانين ومئتين. انظر " عبر الذهبي " ٢ / ٦٥، و" تهذيب التهذيب " ٦ / ١٣ ١٢.

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