Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (14/346)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

“…
My drinking-mate stands clear
of any charge of wrongdoing.
He served me, as a guest serves a guest,
exactly what a guest would drink.
But when the cup had finished its round
he called for the leather mat and the sword;
so fares the one who shares a goblet
with the dragon in the heat of summer. (1)

Then he recited, ‘Those who do not believe in it seek to hasten it, while those who believe in it are fearful of it, knowing it to be the truth.’ [ash-Shura: 18] After that he said nothing more.

He also said (2):
O breeze of the wind, say to the fawn (3):
The rose has only left me thirstier.
His spirit is my spirit and my spirit belongs to him;
if he wills, I will, and if I will, he wills.

Abu ʿUmar ibn Hayyawayh said: When al-Hallaj was led out to be executed, I forced my way through until I saw him. He said to his companions, ‘Do not be alarmed; I shall return to you after thirty days.’

This sound report shows you that al-Hallaj was a pretender and a liar, even at the moment of his death.

It is also said that when he was brought out for execution he recited:
I searched for a resting-place in every land,
but no land afforded me repose.
I obeyed my desires and they enslaved me;
had I been content, I would have been free. (4)

Abu’l-Faraj Ibn al-Jawzi said: I compiled a book which I entitled al-Qāṭiʿ bi-Maḥāl…"

(1) The verses are recorded in Diwan al-Hallaj, p. 73; the same account is also found in Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 8, pp. 131–132; Al-Muntazam, vol. 6, pp. 163–164; and Akhbar al-Hallaj, pp. 34–35. (2) The two lines are cited in his Diwan, pp. 68–69. (3) The base manuscript reads qawlan, but we have adopted the reading found in the Diwan. (4) The narrative together with the two verses is reported in Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 8, p. 130; Al-Muntazam, vol. 6, p. 164; and Wafayat al-Ayan, vol. 2, p. 144.

نَدِيْمِي غَيْرُ مَنْسُوبٍ ... إِلَى شَيْءٍ مِنَ الحَيْفِ سَقَانِي مِثْلَ مَا يَشْرَ ... بُ فِعْلَ الضَّيْفِ بِالضَّيْفِ فَلَمَّا دَارَتِ الكَأْسُ ... دَعَا بِالنِّطْعِ وَالسَّيْفِ كَذَا مَنْ يَشْرَبُ الكَأْسَ ... مَعَ التِّنِّينِ فِي الصَّيْفِ (١) ثُمَّ قَالَ: ﴿يَسْتَعْجِلُ بِهَا الَّذِيْنَ لاَ يُؤمنُوْنَ بِهَا، وَالَّذِيْنَ آمنُوا مُشْفِقُوْنَ مِنْهَا، وَيَعْلَمُوْنَ أَنَّهَا الحَقُّ﴾ [الشُّوْرَى:١٨] ، ثُمَّ مَا نطقَ بَعْدُ. وَلهُ أَيْضاً (٢) : يَا نَسِيمَ الرِّيْحِ قُوْلِي (٣) للرَّشَا: ... لَمْ يَزِدْنِي الوَرْدُ إِلاَّ عَطَشَا رُوحُهُ رُوحِي وَرُوحِي فَلَهُ ... إِنْ يَشَا شِئْتُ، وَإِنْ شِئْتُ يَشَا وَقَالَ أَبُو عُمَرَ بنُ حَيُّوْيَه: لَمَّا أُخرجَ الحَلاَّج لِيُقتلَ، مَضَيتُ وَزَاحمتُ حَتَّى رَأَيْتهُ، فَقَالَ لأَصْحَابِهِ: لاَ يُهْولنَّكُم، فَإِنِّي عَائِدٌ إِلَيْكُم بَعْدَ ثَلاَثِيْنَ يَوْماً. فَهَذِهِ حِكَايَةٌ صَحِيْحَةٌ تُوضِّحُ لَكَ أَنَّ الحَلاَّجَ مُمَخْرِقٌ كَذَّابٌ، حَتَّى عِنْدَ قتلِه. وَقِيْلَ: إِنَّهُ لَمَّا أُخرجَ لِلْقتلِ، أَنْشَدَ: طَلَبْتُ المُسْتَقَرَّ بِكُلِّ أَرْضِ ... فَلَمْ أَرَ لِي بِأَرْضٍ مُسْتَقَرَّا أَطَعْتُ مَطَامِعِي فَاسْتَعْبَدَتَنِي ... وَلَوْ أَنِّي قَنَعْتُ لَكُنْتُ حُرّاً (٤) قَالَ أَبُو الفَرَجِ ابْنُ الجَوْزِيِّ: جَمعتُ كِتَاباً سَمَّيْتُه: (القَاطِعُ بِمحَال

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