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- ʿAbdullah narrated to us, saying, “My father narrated to me; Sayyār narrated to us; Jaʿfar narrated to us; and a man from Ṣanʿāʾ narrated to us, saying: ‘I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ in a dream and asked, “O Messenger of Allah, where are the budalāʾ (the spiritual substitutes) of your community?” He pointed with his hand toward al-Shām. I then said, “Is there not one of them in Iraq?” He replied, “Indeed—there is Muhammad ibn Wāsiʿ, Ḥassān ibn Abī Sinān, and Mālik ibn Dīnār, who walks among the people with a renunciation like that of Abū Dharr in his time.”’ Jaʿfar commented, ‘Had Mālik been among the Children of Israel, it would have been obligatory to relate his accounts.’
١٨٩٣ - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا سَيَّارٌ، حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا رَجُلٌ، مِنْ صَنْعَاءَ قَالَ: رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي مَنَامِي فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيْنَ بُدَلَاءُ أُمَّتِكَ؟ فَأَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ نَحْوَ الشَّامِ فَقُلْتُ: أَوَ مَا بِالْعِرَاقِ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ؟ قَالَ: «بَلَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ وَاسِعٍ، وَحَسَّانُ بْنُ أَبِي سِنَانٍ، وَمَالِكُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ الَّذِي يَمْشِي فِي النَّاسِ بِمِثْلِ زُهْدِ أَبِي ذَرٍّ فِي زَمَانِهِ» قَالَ جَعْفَرٌ: وَلَوْ كَانَ مَالِكٌ فِي بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ كَانَ يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُتَحَدَّثَ بِحَدِيثِهِ