Al-Bidayah wa an-NihayahIbn Kathir

by the shaykh (1) at their open-air prayer ground; afterwards they carried him up to the hillside. The day of his death (2) was a memorable occasion because of the vast crowds (3).

Sibt Ibn al-Jawzi (4) said: “People thronged the area from al-Kahf to Maghārat al-Dam to al-Maytūr (5); had sesame seed been scattered, it would have landed only on the tops of people’s heads.”

He continued: When I returned that night (6) I reflected on him, on his funeral, and on the multitude who had attended it. I said, “He was a righteous man; perhaps he gazed upon his Lord (7) when he was placed in his grave-niche (8).” Then the verses of al-Thawri that were recited about him after his death (9) in a dream-vision (10) crossed my mind:
[ṭawīl metre]
I gazed upon my Lord face to face, and He said (11) to me:
“Glad tidings of My good pleasure with you, O son of Saʿīd!
For you were one who kept vigil whenever the darkness (12) of night deepened (13),
with the tears of a longing soul and a heart inflamed.
So here before you—choose whichever palace you wish,
and visit Me, for I am (14) never far from you.”

I then said, “I hope that al-ʿImād beheld his Lord just as al-Thawri did.” I fell asleep and saw Shaykh al-ʿImād in a dream (15): he was wearing a green robe—and a green turban—in a spacious place that looked like a garden, ascending broad steps. I said, “O ʿImād al-Dīn, how did you fare? By Allah, I have been thinking about you.” He looked at me and smiled, in the manner I had known from him in this world, and then said (16):
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(1) In the printed edition: “Perform the prayer over him at the Umayyad Mosque”; the prayer was led by Shaykh al-Muwaffaq. (2) Only in the printed edition. (3) Printed edition: “a large crowd.” (4) Note that it is quoted from Mir’at al-Zaman in sense rather than wording; the report appears in vol. 8, pp. 588–589. (5) Printed edition reads “ilā al-manẓūr” (a corruption). Al-Mayṭūr in the Salīḥiyya quarter marks its boundary beneath the River Yazīd. (6) Printed edition: “falamma” (“when”). (7) Manuscripts A and B read “rubbamā annahu nazara” (“perhaps he glanced”). (8) Printed edition: “his grave.” (9) Manuscripts A and B: “which he heard recited in a dream.” (10) The first line appears in Mir’at al-Zaman; the complete verses are found in the appendix to al-Rawdhatayn, in Ibn Rajab’s supplement, and in al-Shadharat. (11) In Mir’at al-Zaman and in the appendix to al-Rawdhatayn: “wa qāla lī” (“and he said to me”). (12) Printed edition: “laqad” (“indeed”). (13) In the poem’s sources: “idhā aqbala al-dujā” (“when the darkness draws near”). (14) Printed edition: “wa-izurnī fa-innī ’anka ghayru ba’īd” (“and visit me, for I am not far from you”). (15) Manuscripts A and B read: “just as Sufyān al-Thawrī saw him, then I slept and saw Shaykh al-Imād in a dream.” (16) The verses appear in Mir’at al-Zaman, in the appendix to al-Rawdhatayn, in the supplement to al-Tabaqāt, and in al-Shadharat.
الشيخ (١) عند مُصَلّاهم، ثم صعِدوا به إِلى السفح، وكان [يومُ موته] (٢) يومًا مشهودًا من كثرة الخَلق (٣) . قال سبط ابن الجوزي (٤) : كان الخلقُ من الكهفِ إِلى مغارةِ الدمِ إِلى الميطور (٥) ولو بُذِر السمسمُ ما وقعَ إِلا على رؤوس الناس. قال: ولما (٦) رجعتُ تلك الليلة فكَّرت فيه وفي جنازته وكثرة من شهدها وقلت: هذا كان رجلًا صالحًا، ولعله أن يكون نظر (٧) إِلى ربه حين وضع في لحده (٨) ، ومرَّ بذهني أبيات الثوري التي أنشدها بعد موته (٩) في المنام (١٠) : [من الطويل] نظرتُ إِلى ربّي كفاحًا فقال (١١) لي … هنيئًا رضائي عنكَ يابنَ سعيدِ فقد (١٢) كنتَ قوَّامًا إِذا أظلم (١٣) الدجى … بعبرةِ مشتاقٍ وقلب عميد فدونك فاختر أي قصرٍ أردتَهُ … وزرني فإِني منك (١٤) غيرُ بعيدِ ثم قلت: أرجو أن يكون العماد رأى ربَّه كما رآه الثوري، فنمت فرأيت الشيخ العماد في المنام (١٥) وعليه حلة خضراء (وعمامة خضراء) ، وهو في مكان متسع كأنه روضةٌ، وهو يرقى في درج متسعة، فقلت: يا عماد الدين كيف بِتَّ فإِني واللّه مُفَكِّر فيك؟ فنظر إِليَّ وتبسَّم على عادته التي كنت أعرفه فيها في الدنيا ثم قال (١٦) : [من الطويل]
(١) ط: فصلّي عليه بالجامع الأموي، صلّى عليه الشيخ الموفق. (٢) عن ط وحدها. (٣) ط: كثرة الناس. (٤) يلاحظ أنه ينقل عن مرآة الزمان بالمعنى لا باللفظ، والخبر فيه ٨/ ٥٨٨ - ٥٨٩. (٥) ط: إِلى المنظور، وهو تحريف. والميطور في أرض الصالحية آخر حدودها تحت نهر يزيد. (٦) ط: فلما. (٧) أ، ب: ربما أنه نظر. (٨) ط: قبره. (٩) أ، ب: التي سمع ينشدها في المنام. (١٠) البيت الأول في مراة الزمان. والأبيات كاملة في ذيل الروضتين وذيل ابن رجب والشذرات. (١١) في مرآة الزمان وذيل الروضتين: وقال لي. (١٢) ط: لقد. (١٣) في مصادر الأبيات: إِذا أقبل الدجى. (١٤) ط: وزرني فإني عنك غير بعيد. (١٥) أ، ب: كما رآه سفيان الثوري ونمت فرأيت الشيخ العماد في النوم. (١٦) الأبيات في مرآة الزمان وذيل الروضتين وذيل الطبقات والشذرات.

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