Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ - Shams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi - (14/385)

Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

Ibn Jumayʿ informed us; Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Shujāʿ in Ahwāz narrated to us, saying:

“We were with Ibrāhīm ibn Mūsā al-Jawzī in Baghdad, and with him was Abū Bakr al-Baghandī, choosing hadith for him. Ibrāhīm said to him, ‘Enough— you are tiring me (1); you possess more hadith than I do, and you are more accurate and more knowledgeable.’

Al-Baghandī replied, ‘Love of hadith has been placed in my heart. It is enough for you to know that I once saw the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) in my sleep. I did not ask him to pray for me; instead I said, “O Messenger of Allah, who is more reliable in hadith, Mansūr or al-Aʿmash?” He answered, “Mansūr, Mansūr.”’

Al-ʿAtīqī (2) said: I heard ʿUmar ibn Shāhīn say:

‘Abū Bakr al-Baghandī rose to perform the prayer. After pronouncing the opening takbīr he said, “Muḥammad ibn Sulaymān Luwayn (3) narrated to us….” We signalled ‘Subḥān Allah!’ to him, whereupon he began: “In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Compassionate; praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds….”’

Ḥamzah al-Sahmī related: ‘We questioned the vizier Jaʿfar ibn al-Faḍl in Egypt about al-Baghandī. He said, “I never heard hadith from him, though I did meet him. The former vizier kept two chambers: one was for al-Baghandī—he would come and read to him there—and the other was for al-Yazīdī.” Jaʿfar then added: I heard my father say:

“One day I was with al-Baghandī in the chamber while he was reading to me from the books of Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah. He rose to make ablution, taking with him a fascicle from Ibn Abī Shaybah’s collection. On its back the word ‘murabbaʿ’ was written, while the rest had been scraped away. When he returned and saw the fascicle in my hand, his face changed colour. I asked, ‘What is this “murabbaʿ”?’

“He altered it, and I did not catch on, for I was just beginning my study of hadith literature. Later I asked about it,…"

(1) In Tarikh Baghdad the wording is: “Here you are mocking me.” (2) The manuscript reads “al-Aqiqi” (with the letter qaf), but this is a scribal error; we have adopted the form found in Tarikh Baghdad, 3/211. Al-‘Utiqi is Abu al-Hasan Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Baghdadi. Al-Khatib includes his biography in his Tarikh, 4/379, where he reports: “I asked him, ‘To what does the nisba al-‘Utiqi refer?’ He replied, ‘One of my forefathers was called ‘Atiq, so we are named after him.’” (3) The manuscript reads “lawn,” which is a corrupted form.

جُمَيْعٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بنُ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ شُجَاعٍ بِالأَهْوَازِ، قَالَ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ إِبْرَاهِيْمَ بنِ مُوْسَى الجَوْزِيِّ بِبَغْدَادَ، وَكَانَ عِنْدَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ البَاغَنْدِيُّ يَنْتقِي عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ إِبْرَاهِيْمُ: هُوذَا تَضَجَّرَنِي (١) ، أَنْتَ أَكْثَرُ حَدِيْثاً مِنِّي، وَأَحفَظُ، وَأَعرَفُ. فَقَالَ لَهُ: لَقَدْ حُبِّبَ إِلَيَّ هَذَا الحَدِيْثُ، حَسبُكَ أَنِّي رَأَيتُ رَسُوْلَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي النَّوْمِ، فَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَهُ: ادْعُ لِي، وَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُوْلَ اللهِ! أَيُّمَا أَثبتُ فِي الحَدِيْثِ: مَنْصُوْرٌ أَوِ الأَعْمَشُ؟ فَقَالَ: مَنْصُوْرٌ، مَنْصُوْرٌ. وَقَالَ العَتِيْقِيُّ (٢) :سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بنَ شَاهِيْنٍ يَقُوْلُ: قَامَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ البَاغَنْدِيُّ لِيُصَلِّيَ، فَكَبَّرَ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بنُ سُلَيْمَانَ لُوَيْنٌ (٣) ، فَسَبَّحْنَا بِهِ، فَقَالَ: بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيْمِ، الحَمْدُ للهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِيْنَ. قَالَ حَمْزَةُ السَّهْمِيُّ: سَأَلْنَا الوَزِيْرَ جَعْفَرَ بنَ الفَضْلِ بِمِصْرَ عَنِ البَاغَنْدِيِّ، فَقَالَ: لَمْ أَسْمَعْ مِنْهُ، وَلَحِقْتُه، وَكَانَ لِلْوَزِيْرِ المَاضِي حُجْرتَانِ، إِحدَاهُمَا لِلْبَاغَنْدِيِّ، يَجِيْئُهُ، وَيَقرَأُ لَهُ، وَالأُخْرَى لِلْيَزِيْدِيِّ، ثُمَّ قَالَ جَعْفَرٌ: فَسَمِعْتُ أَبِي يَقُوْلُ: كُنْتُ يَوْماً مَعَ البَاغَنْدِيِّ فِي الحُجْرَةِ يَقرَأُ لِي كُتُبَ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، فَقَامَ إِلَى الطَّهَارَةِ، فَأَخَذَ جُزْءاً مِنْ حَدِيْثِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ بنِ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، فَإِذَا عَلَى ظَهرِهِ مَكْتُوْبٌ: مُرَبَّعٌ، وَالبَاقِي مَحْكُوْكٌ، فَرَجَعَ، فَرَأَى فِي يَدِي الجُزْءَ، فَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُهُ، فَقُلْتُ: أَيْشٍ هَذَا مُرَبَّعٌ؟ فَغَيَّرَ ذَلِكَ، وَلَمْ أَفطنْ لَهُ؛ لأَنِّي أَوَّلُ مَا كُنْتُ دَخَلْتُ فِي كُتُبِ الحَدِيْثِ، ثُمَّ سَأَلتُ عَنْهُ،

(١) في " تاريخ بغداد ": هو ذا تسخر بي. (٢) في الأصل " العقيقي " بالقاف، وهو تصحيف، وما أثبتناه من " تاريخ بغداد " ٣ / ٢١١. والعتيقي: هو أبو الحسن، أحمد بن محمد بن أحمد البغدادي، ترجمه الخطيب في " تاريخه " ٤ / ٣٧٩ وقال: " قلت له: فالعتيقي نسبة إلى أيش؟ قال: بعض أجدادي كان يسمى عتيقا فنسبنا إليه ". (٣) في الأصل " لون " وهو تحريف.