Siyar Aʿlām al-NubalāʾShams al‑Din al‑Dhahabi

With this same chain of transmission, Ahmad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Qasri informed us; I heard Abū Zayd al-Ḥusayn ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿĀmir al-Kūfī say:

“When al-Baghawī came to Kūfah, we gathered with Ibn ʿUqdah to hear him. We inquired about him, and a maidservant said, ‘He has eaten fish, drunk fuqqāʿ (1), and gone to sleep.’ Ibn ʿUqdah was surprised at that, given his advanced age, but soon afterwards he gave us permission and we entered.

“He began: ‘O Abū al-ʿAbbās! My sister told me that she once lodged among Banū Ḥimmān. There was a miller there who would say to his servant, “Harness Abu Bakr.” The mule would keep turning until part of the night had passed; then he would say, “Harness ʿUmar,” and the other would take his turn.’

“Ibn ʿUqdah said to him, ‘O Abū al-Qāsim, do not let your partisanship for Ahmad ibn Hanbal drive you to attribute to the people of Kūfah what is not in them. It was only the Kufans who transmitted from ʿAlī the report, “The best of this community after its Prophet are Abu Bakr and ʿUmar.” (2) Yet the people of Madinah are the ones who narrated that ʿAlī did not pledge allegiance to Abu Bakr until six months had elapsed. (3)’

“Abū al-Qāsim replied, ‘O Abū al-ʿAbbās! Likewise, do not let your zeal for the people of Kūfah lead you to invent claims against the people of Madinah.’

“After that he brought out the books, relaxed, and narrated to us. (4)”

(1) Al-fuqqaʿ: a drink made from barley, so called because of the layer of foam that forms on its surface. (2) The report is found in Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 10, p. 26. Al-Bukhari also records it (7/26) in “The Merits of the Companions,” chapter: “Had I taken a close friend…,” and Abu Dawud (no. 4629) in Kitab al-Sunna, chapter on precedence. The isnad runs: Muhammad b. Kathir – Sufyan – Jamiʿ b. Rashid – Abu Yaʿla – from Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya, who said: “I asked my father, ‘Who is the best of people after the Messenger of Allah?’ He replied, ‘Abu Bakr.’ I said, ‘Then who?’ He answered, ‘Then Umar.’ Fearing he would mention Uthman, I asked, ‘Then you?’ He said, ‘I am only an ordinary Muslim.’ Ibn Majah (no. 106, Muqaddima) transmits a similar wording through the chain: ʿAli b. Muhammad – Wakiʿ – Shuʿba – ʿAmr b. Murra – ʿAbd Allah b. Salama: “I heard ʿAli say, ‘The best of people after the Messenger of Allah is Abu Bakr, and the best after Abu Bakr is Umar.’” (3) The narration appears in Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 10, p. 114; see also Sahih Muslim, no. 1759 (Book of Jihad), chapter: “The Prophet’s statement, ‘We, the prophets, are not inherited from; what we leave is charity.’” (4) Tarikh Baghdad, vol. 10, pp. 114–115.
وَبِهِ: أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بنُ أَحْمَدَ بنِ مُحَمَّدٍ القَصْرِيُّ، سَمِعْتُ أَبَا زَيْدٍ الحُسَيْنَ بنَ الحُسَيْنِ بنِ عَامِرٍ الكُوْفِيَّ يَقُوْلُ: قَدِمَ البَغَوِيُّ إِلَى الكُوْفَةِ، فَاجتَمَعنَا مَعَ ابْنِ عُقْدَةَ إِلَيْهِ لِنَسْمَعَ مِنْهُ، فَسَأَلنَا عَنْهُ، فَقَالَتِ الجَارِيَةُ: قَدْ أَكَلَ سَمَكاً، وَشَرِبَ فُقَّاعاً (١) ، وَنَامَ، فَعَجِبَ ابْنُ عُقْدَةَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ لِكِبَرِ سِنِّهِ، ثُمَّ أَذِنَ لَنَا، فَدَخَلْنَا. فَقَالَ: يَا أَبَا العَبَّاسِ! حَدَّثَتْنِي أُخْتِي أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ نَازِلَةً فِي بَنِي حِمَّانَ، وَكَانَ فِي المَوْضِعِ طَحَّانٌ، فَكَانَ يَقُوْلُ لِغُلاَمِه: اصمِدْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ. فَيَصمِدُ البَغلُ إِلَى أَنْ يَذْهَبَ بَعْضُ اللَّيْلِ، ثُمَّ يَقُوْلُ: اصْمِدْ عُمَرُ. فَيَصْمِدُ الآخَرُ. فَقَالَ لَهُ ابْنُ عُقْدَةَ: يَا أَبَا القَاسِمِ، لاَ تَحْمِلكَ عَصَبِيَّتُك لأَحْمَدَ بنِ حَنْبَلٍ أَنْ تَقُولَ فِي أَهْلِ الكُوْفَةِ مَا لَيْسَ فِيْهِم، مَا رَوَى: (خَيْرُ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهَا: أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ (٢)) عَنْ عَلِيٍّ إِلاَّ أَهْلُ الكُوْفَةِ، وَلَكِنَّ أَهْلَ المَدِيْنَةِ رَوَوُا: أَنَّ عَلِيّاً لَمْ يُبَايِعْ أَبَا بَكْرٍ إِلاَّ بَعْدَ سِتَّةِ أَشْهُرٍ (٣) . فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو القَاسِمِ: يَا أَبَا العَبَّاسِ! لاَ تَحْمِلكَ عَصَبِيَّتُك لأَهْلِ الكُوْفَةِ عَلَى أَنْ تَتَقَوَّلُ عَلَى أَهْلِ المَدِيْنَةِ. ثُمَّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ أَخرَجَ الكُتُبَ، وَانبَسَطَ، وَحَدَّثَنَا (٤) .
(١) الفقاع: شراب يتخذ من الشعير، سمي به لما يعلوه من الزبد. (٢) الخبر في " تاريخ بغداد " ١٠ / ٢٦، وأخرج البخاري: ٧ / ٢٦ في فضائل أصحاب النبي ﷺ: باب قول النبي ﷺ لو كنت متخذا خليلا، وأبو داود (٤٦٢٩) في السنة: باب في التفضيل، من طريق محمد بن كثير، أخبرنا سفيان، حدثنا جامع بن راشد، حدثنا أبو يعلى، عن محمد بن الحنفية قال: قلت لأبي: أي الناس خير بعد رسول الله ﷺ؟ قال: أبو بكر، قلت: ثم من؟ قال: ثم عمر، وخشيت أن يقول عثمان، قلت: ثم أنت؟ قال: ما أنا إلا رجل من المسلمين. وأخرجه ابن ماجه (١٠٦) في المقدمة، من طريق علي بن محمد: حدثنا وكيع، حدثنا شعبة، عن عمرو بن مرة، عن عبد الله بن سلمة، قال: " سمعت عليا يقول: خير الناس بعد رسول الله ﷺ أبو بكر، وخير الناس بعد أبي بكر عمر ". (٣) الخبر في تاريخ بغداد ١٠ / ١١٤، وانظر صحيح مسلم (١٧٥٩) في الجهاد: باب قول النبي ﷺ لا نورث ما تركنا صدقة. (٤) " تاريخ بغداد " ١٠ / ١١٥ ١١٤.

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