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and both were merely concocted by liars, as will be explained later, Allah Most High willing. This is why the religiously upright descendants of al-Abbās and Alī advocated neither claim. The designation of Abū Bakr is different, for it is upheld by a group of scholars. Allah Most High willing, we shall state the decisive conclusion on this matter.

The point, however, is that they possess evidence and arguments of the same kind as those adduced by disputants in contested matters. It is enough for you to note that the weakest evidence they cited was the fact that he was called “the Caliph of the Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace.” It has already been stated that, among those who held that Abū Bakr had been designated, some maintained that the designation was implicit, while others maintained that it was explicit.

Furthermore, Ibn Batta (1) narrated through his chain of transmission: Abū al-Hasan ibn Aslam al-Kātib (2) narrated to us; al-Zafarānī (3) narrated to us; Yazīd ibn Hārūn (4) narrated to us; al-Mubārak ibn Fadāla (5) narrated to us that Umar ibn Abd al-Azīz sent Muhammad ibn al-Zubayr

(1) He died in 387, and he was discussed previously (p. 61, n. [0–9]). (2) I could not locate him in the references available to me. (3) Abū Alī al-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sabbāh al-Zafarānī was one of al-Shāfi'ī’s leading disciples. He died in 249. See his biography in *Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb*, 2/318–319; al-Sam'ānī, *al-Ansāb*, p. 274; and *al-Lubāb fī Tahdhīb al-Ansāb*, 1/502. (4) He died in 206; his biography was given previously (p. 60, n. 4). (5) His biography appears in *Mīzān al-I'tidāl*, 3/5–6, where Yahyā ibn Ma'īn says: “He is acceptable.” Abū Dāwūd said: “He practiced *tadlīs* extensively, but when he says, ‘He narrated to us,’ he is reliable.” Al-Nasā'ī and others deemed him weak. Ibn Adī said: “I hope that most of his hadiths are sound.” According to three different reports, he died in 164, 165, or 166. Ibn al-Imād lists him among those who died in 164 (*Shadharāt al-Dhahab*, 1/259–260), and al-Dhahabī mentions him in *Tadhkirat al-Huffāz*, 1/188.

وَإِنَّمَا ابْتَدَعَهُمَا أَهْلُ الْكَذِبِ كَمَا سَيَأْتِي إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بَيَانُهُ؛ وَلِهَذَا لَمْ يَكُنْ أَهْلُ الدِّينِ مِنْ وَلَدِ الْعَبَّاسِ وَعَلِيٍّ يَدْعُوَانِ هَذَا وَلَا هَذَا، بِخِلَافِ النَّصِّ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ فَإِنَّ الْقَائِلِينَ بِهِ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ، وَسَنَذْكُرُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى فَصْلَ الْخِطَابِ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ. لَكِنَّ الْمَقْصُودَ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَدِلَّةً وَحُجَجًا مِنْ جِنْسِ أَدِلَّةِ الْمُسْتَدِلِّينَ فِي مَوَارِدِ النِّزَاعِ، وَيَكْفِيكَ أَنَّ أَضْعَفَ مَا اسْتَدَلُّوا بِهِ اسْتِدْلَالُهُمْ بِتَسْمِيَتِهِ خَلِيفَةَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -، فَإِنَّهُ قَدْ تَقَدَّمَ أَنَّ الْقَائِلِينَ بِالنَّصِّ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَالَ بِالنَّصِّ الْخَفِيِّ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ قَالَ بِالنَّصِّ الْجَلِيِّ. وَأَيْضًا، فَقَدْ رَوَى ابْنُ بَطَّةَ (١) بِإِسْنَادِهِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ بْنُ أَسْلَمَ الْكَاتِبُ (٢) ، حَدَّثَنَا الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ (٣) ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ (٤) حَدَّثَنَا الْمُبَارَكُ بْنُ فَضَالَةَ (٥) ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ

(١) الْمُتَوَفَّى سَنَةَ ٣٨٧، وَسَبَقَ الْكَلَامُ عَلَيْهِ (ص ٦١ ت [٠ - ٩] ) . (٢) لَمْ أَجِدْهُ فِيمَا بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ مِنَ الْمَرَاجِعِ. (٣) أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الصَّبَاحِ الزَّعْفَرَانِيُّ مِنْ أَعْيَانِ أَصْحَابِ الشَّافِعِيِّ وَقَدْ تُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ٢٤٩، انْظُرْ تَرْجَمَتَهُ فِي تَهْذِيبِ التَّهْذِيبِ ٢/٣١٨ - ٣١٩؛ الْأَنْسَابِ لِلسَّمْعَانِيِّ، ص ٢٧٤؛ اللُّبَابِ فِي تَهْذِيبِ الْأَنْسَابِ ١/٥٠٢. (٤) الْمُتَوَفَّى سَنَةَ ٢٠٦، وَسَبَقَتْ تَرْجَمَتُهُ (ص ٦٠ ت ٤) . (٥) تَرْجَمَتُهُ فِي مِيزَانِ الِاعْتِدَالِ ٣/٥ - ٦. وَفِيهَا: قَالَ يَحْيَى بْنُ مَعِينٍ: صَالِحٌ. وَقَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ: شَدِيدُ التَّدْلِيسِ، فَإِذَا قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا، فَهُوَ ثَبْتٌ. وَقَالَ النَّسَائِيُّ وَغَيْرُهُ: ضَعِيفٌ. . وَقَالَ ابْنُ عَدِيٍّ: عَامَّةُ أَحَادِيثِهِ أَرْجُو أَنْ تَكُونَ مُسْتَقِيمَةً، وَتُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ١٦٤ أَوْ ١٦٥ أَوْ ١٦٦ عَلَى ثَلَاثِ رِوَايَاتٍ. وَذَكَرَهُ ابْنُ الْعِمَادِ (شَذَرَاتِ الذَّهَبِ ١/٢٥٩ - ٢٦٠) فِي وَفَيَاتِ سَنَةِ ١٦٤. وَذَكَرَهُ الذَّهَبِيُّ فِي تَذْكِرَةِ الْحُفَّاظِ ١/١٨٨.