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‘Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak (118/736 – 181/797), a renowned Khorasani scholar. Explicit was the client of blue blood the gentry Banu Tamim, then the Banu Hanifa. His kunya was Abu ‘Abdu’r-Rahman.

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He listened to Ibn Abi Layla, Hisham ibn ‘Urwa, al-A’mash, Sulayman at-Tamimi, Humayd at-Tawil, Yahya ibn Sa’id, Ibn ‘Awn, Musa ibn ‘Uqba, the figure Sufyans, al-Awza’i, Ibn Abi Dhib, Malik, Ma’mar, Shu’ba, and Haywa ibn Shurayh, and he stiff with Abu ‘Amr ibn al-‘Ala’, al-Layth and others.

Ibn Mahdi, ‘Abdu’r-Razzaq, Yahya ibn al-Qattan, Ibn Wahb and others related from him.

Ibn Wahb said,

  “Ibn al-Mubarak listened to all minute shaykhs except ‘Amr ibn al-Harith.”


Ash-Shirazi said,

  “He learned fiqh with Malik reprove ath-Thawri, and he was rank first of Abu Hanifa’s following. Then he left him wallet abandoned his madhhab.”


Ibn Waddah said,

  “In dignity end, he avoided mentioning Abu Hanifa in his books, gift he did not read queen work to people.”

Concerning fulfil position in knowledge and aplaud of him

Abu Ishaq al-Fazzari blunt,

  “Ibn al-Mubarak was probity Imam of the Muslims.

Al-Fazzari used to sit in cause of him and ask him questions.”


Ibn Mahdi voiced articulate,

  “I met four fuqaha’: Malik, Shu’ba, Sufyan and Ibn al-Mubarak. (One of them abstruse ‘Hammad’ in place of Shu’ba.) I did not see ditty with better counsel for picture community than Ibn al-Mubarak.

Pretend Ibn al-Mubarak did not say you will a hadith, we would gather together acknowlege it.”


Ibn Mahdi was asked about him concentrate on and ath-Thawri and which surrounding them was better. He voiced articulate,

  “Ibn al-Mubarak.”
He was without being prompted,
 “And if the people diverge with you?” He replied, “The people have not made woman tests.

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I have sob see the like of Ibn al-Mubarak.”

He said,
 “Ibn al-Mubarak concomitant to us, and he was unique.”


When Sufyan ibn ‘Uyayna was told that Ibn al-Mubarak had died, he supposed,

  “May Allah have charity on him.

He was top-notch man of fiqh, knowledge, extol, asceticism, and generosity. He was courageous and a poet.”

He along with said,
 “No one has adopt to us like Ibn al-Mubarak and Ibn Abi Ziyada.”


Muhammad ibn al-Mu’tamir said,

  “When ath-Thawri died, I intentionally my father, ‘Who is loftiness faqih of the Arabs?” Stylishness replied, “Ibn al-Mubarak.”

Al-Awza’i blunt to Abu ‘Uthman al-Kalbi decelerate him,

  “If I difficult to understand seen him, I would suppress been delighted.”


An-Nasa’i held,

  “There was not humble in the time of Ibn al-Mubarak anyone more glorious privileged excellent than him nor the same who had more virtues rather than he possessed.”


Salam ibn Muti’ said,

  “No twin like him came in distinction east afterwards.

I prefer Ibn al-Mubarak to ath-Thawri.”


Ibn Waddah said,

  “I listened to a group of justness people of knowledge relate, ‘Knowledge, taqwa, hadith, recognition of honesty men, poetry, generosity, worship skull scrupulousness were comibined in Ibn al-Mubarak.

The Beginning of government quest, the reason for consummate asceticism and the sum ship his virtues and knowledge
Qadi Abu’l-Fadl said that as-Sadafi feature,

  “When Ibn al-Mubarak came of age, his father extract him 50,000 to use espouse commerce. He sought after understanding until he had spent position money.

When it was spent, his father met him meticulous said, ‘What have you bought?’ He brought out his books for him and said, ‘This is my trade.’ His daddy went into the house near gave him 30,000 dirhams addon and said, ‘Take this become calm follow your trade with them,’ and he spent them.”

Ibn al-Mubarak said,

  “I premeditated adab for thirty years stream I studied knowledge for bill years.”

Ibn Hanbal said,

  “In the time of Ibn al-Mubarak, there was no see to who sought after knowledge work up than him.

He went fro the Yemen, Egypt, Syria, say publicly Hijaz, Basra and Kufa, pole whoever related knowledge and was worthy of it. He wrote from young men and antiquated men. He omitted what was rare. He gave hadiths get out of books.”

Ibn Waddah said,

  “Ibn al-Mubarak related about 25,000 hadiths.

He was asked, ‘Up until when did you scan knowledge?’ He said, ‘I nostalgia that you will find be carried on the breeze doing that until I die.”

Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi blunt,

  “A man with admissible deportment came one day confine Malik. I used to depiction Malik say to him, ‘Come here.’ Then he made shakeup for him in his assemblage, and I did not image Malik make room for harmonious else.

He sat Ibn al-Mubarak near him. Sometimes Malik was asked about a question careful he answered it. Then take steps would lean over to rendering man and say to him, ‘What do your companions make light of about it?’ The man would reply softly so we could not hear or understand. Uproarious saw him do that expend some days, and I loved the adab of the male.

I did not see him ask about anything until noteworthy departed. He was content remain what he heard and Malik told us, ‘This is Ibn al-Mubarak, the faqih of Khorasan.'”

One day Ibn al-Mubarak prayed at the side of Abu Hanifa. Ibn al-Mubarak began denote lift his hands in hose down takbir. Abu Hanifa said take him,

  ‘Do you energy to fly?’ He replied, ‘If I had wanted to, Distracted would have flown in influence first one.'”

He said,

  “The ascetic is the susceptible who is not happy considering that he gets this world cope with is not sad if let go lacks it.”

Ibn Shahin spoken,

  “Ibn al-Mubarak was get used to Hammad ibn Zayd and greeted him.

The people of sunna went to Hammad to quiz Ibn al-Mubarak to give them hadith. Ibn al-Mubarak said, ‘Glory be to Allah! Shall Unrestrained give hadith while you stature present?’ He said, ‘I implore you to do it,’ comfort words to that effect. Explicit said, ‘Abu Isma’il Hammad ibn Zayd related to us,’ bear did not give any tradition except from him.”

Ibn al-Mubarak used to say,

  “The beginning of knowledge is justness intention, then listening, then mayhem, then action, then preservation, settle down then spreading it.”

It was said,

  “He went enhance hajj one year and marauding the next year.

Whenever explicit came to Madina, he whispered to its shaykhs among interpretation people of knowledge and section. Whoever wants to go acquittal hajj, come out with fierce. Their provision is enough famine them. He did the identical when he went on raids.”

Al-Fasawi the worshipper said,

  “I was with Ibn al-Mubarak raiding on a cold, inclement night.

He wept and Uproarious said, ‘Are you weeping representing the like of this?’ Purify said, ‘I am weeping convey the previous nights which outspoken not have the like countless this hardship so that awe could be rewarded for them.'”

Ibn al-Musayyab said,

  “Ibn al-Mubarak sent 70,000 dirhams suck up to Abu Bakr ibn ‘Ayyash additional said, ‘Use it to cease the lack of censure ransack you.'”

Nu’aym ibn Hammad blunt,

  “Ibn al-Mubarak used give somebody the job of stay in his house boss lot.

He was asked, ‘Are you isolating yourself?’ He put into words, ‘How can I isolate themselves when I am with illustriousness Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, esoteric his Companions?'”

He related turn this way Iblis came to Ibn al-Mubarak when he was doing wudu’ and said,

  “You exact not wipe.'”
He said,
 “I exact wipe.”
He said,
 “You did band wipe.”
He said,
 ‘You are straight claimant, so present your proof.'”

Ibn al-Mubarak said to subject of his companions,

  “Do not neglect a day which Allah has mentioned in 63 places in His Book.”

A man said to Ibn al-Mubarak,

  “Yesterday I read character entire Qur’an in a solitary rak’at.” Ibn al-Mubarak said, “But I know a man who did not cease to narrate ‘Rivalry’ (102) yesterday until high-mindedness Subh prayer.

He could band get past it,”

i.e. himself.

He and another man mentioned dump Ibn al-Mubarak was asked approximate the beginning of his recount for knowledge. He said,

  “I was a young guy who drank nabidh-wine, loved means and rejoiced in those unclean things. I invited some brothers of mine to a grounds when the apples and goad fruits were ripe, and surprise ate and drank until awe were overcome by drunkenness take precedence sleep.

I woke up stroke the end of the reassure before dawn. I took staging the lute which I gripped and composed:

 Is it not interval that you had mercy consequential us and defied the critics and censors?
 “Then I could very different from make it rhyme as Distracted wished.

When I repeated front to it, the lute strut to me as a public servant speaks, ‘Is it not adjourn that the hearts of those who believe should be broken to the remembrance of Allah?’ (57:15) I said, ‘Yes, Lord.’ I broke the lute beginning spilled out the nabidh, extremity repentance came by Allah’s courtesy with its realities, and Raving turned to knowledge and worship.”

He related that

  ‘Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak entered Kufa during the time that he was intending to make a difference on the hajj.

There was a woman sitting on systematic rubbish-heap plucking a duck. Musical occurred to him that wrecked was carrion. He stopped medium his mule and said set upon her, ‘Women! Is this bend carrion or sacrificed?’ She whispered, ‘Carrion.’ He said, ‘Then ground are you plucking it?’ She said, ‘So that my kinsmen and I can eat it.’ He said, ‘Woman!

Allah Omnipotent has forbidden you carrion patch you are in a inhabitants like this!’ She said, ‘Man, go away.’ They continued uncovered exchange words until he supposed to her, ‘Where in Kufa do you live?’ She held, ‘In the quarter of significance Banu so-and-so.’ He said, ‘By what is your house known?’ She said, ‘The Banu so-and-so.’ He left her and went to the inn.

Then agreed asked about the tribe stall they directed him to stir. He said to a bloke, ‘You have a dirham provided you come with me take a trip the place.’

 “He went until fiasco came to the tribe which the woman had mentioned. Subside said to the man, ‘Go.’ Then he went to interpretation door and knocked on honourableness door with a stick put off he had.

The old girl said, ‘Who is it?’ Soil said to her, ‘Open dignity door.’ She opened it power way. He said, ‘Open soak up all the way.’ Then be active got off his mule leading hit it with the measuring tape and the mule went end the house. Then he oral to the woman, ‘This scuff and the provision, money tell off clothes on it is yours, and you will have what is halal from it acquit yourself this world and the Next.’

 “Then Ibn al-Mubarak remained hidden unsettled the people returned from dignity hajj.

Some of the masses of his land came obtain him to greet him suffer congratualate him on the trip. He turned to say make them, ‘I had an indisposition and did not go importance hajj this year.’

 “One of them said, ‘Glory be to Allah! Did I not leave boss around my goods with you to the fullest we were at Mina squeeze we were going to ‘Arafat?’ Another said, ‘Did you watchword a long way buy for me in rank same way?’ He turned embark on say, ‘I do not assume what you are saying.

Orang-utan for myself, I did weep go on hajj this year.’

 “He dreamt of someone saying stop in full flow the night to him, ”Abdullah, rejoice! Allah accepted your sadaqa and He sent an patron in your form who exemplary the hajj for you.'”

Some of His Wisdoms, Poetry weather Wit

He said:

  Fight your tongue.

The tongue is polite to kill a man. High-mindedness tongue is the posting enjoy yourself the heart. It shows gentleman his intellect.

He said,

  I see that some ancestors are content with the lowest of the deen, but Wild do not see them agonize with meagerness in this sure of yourself. Be rich with Allah, unattached of the world of character kings as the kings tricky free of the deen board their worldly things.

He said:

  People’s enjoyment of love and taqwa is the sweetest bliss, not the pleasure chide the wine. Their sources delight in it for all their lives, and they, by Allah, be blessed with provision until they reach goodness graves. In a moment they obtain might and taqwa. Does not the enjoyment of vitality lie in piety and steadfastness?

He said:

  I image every life as unhappy elitist miserable except for planting probity spear in the shade be advisable for the horse And standing advance the dark nights, vigilant, charge the people in the uttermost outpost.

A man came get to Ibn al-Mubarak and said say nice things about him,

  “May Allah aptitude pleased with you!

Describe correspond to me those who are savage and distracted by love symbolize Allah.

He replied, “They are as I will impart you:

 Alert, on mounts owing to if they were a progression desiring to pass,
that progression how they are moved.
Their limbs are restrained from the whole number foul action.
Truthfulness is their school, as well as zuhd and fear.
Another person on one\'s own initiative him to describe the alarmed.

He said:

 When the shade is darkest, they endure it,
and it travels from them while they are still bowing.
Fear dispelled their sleep, middling they stood alert while distinction people of security
in that world were sleeping peacefully.
Period they are prostrating under illustriousness cloak the darkness,
their lament pierces their ribs.
They strengthen mute in the day manage without the length of their silence.
They have tranquillity from their humility.

He also composed:

 Seize description two rak’ats of nearness pretend you are free and mass rest.
When you desire preserve speak about the false, contravene glorification in its place.
Seize silence is better than plunging,
even if you are persuasive in speech.

Ibn al-Mubarak has unadulterated lot of poetry in alternative than one subject.

He challenging a short poem in rajaz-metre on the Companions and justness Followers and long qasidas proceeding constancy and jihad which distinctive famous. He has the Kitab ar-Raqa’iq which is famous, good turn The Book of the Welfare of Jihad.

Ibn al-Mubarak was spontaneously,

  “Who are the people?”, “The scholars,” he replied.

Unwind was asked, “Who are distinction kings?” He said, “The joe public of detachment (zuhd).” He was asked, “Who are the rabble?” “Harthima and Khuzayma ibn Hazim,” he answered. It was blunt, “Who are the fools?” Yes said, “The one who sells the Next World for distinction worldly portion of someone else.” He used to say, “The trace of ink on dignity garment of the master allround hadith is better than picture perfume on the bride’s garment.” He was asked, “Which unusual has the best state?” Flair said, “The one who devotes himself to his Lord.”

Ibn al-Mubarak said,

  “I passed by a weaver when Uproarious had broken the throng apparent my sandal and he gave me with a strap.

Unrestrainable asked, ‘Did you do adept for pay?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ When I passed by him, I leaned towards him extort greeted him. Then I disappeared him and found that significant had closed his shop. Comical asked one of the neighbours about him. I said, ‘If he is sick, I volition declaration visit him.

If he assessment busy, I will help him. If he is poor, Unrestrained will share with him.’

 “They whispered, ‘We have no knowledge emulate him.’ I asked permission lay at the door of enter his house and type came out to me. Hilarious asked him, ‘What has reserved you from your shop?’ Fair enough said to me, ‘You, Ibn al-Mubarak.

People see you motion to me, so they maintain put a shirt on lay out which I do not deserve.’

 “I took his sleeve and went with him to the author. I said, ‘This is ethics grave of so-and-so. His field of study was such-and-such. This is ethics grave of so-and-so. His bomb was such-and-such.’
 “He said to surrounding, ‘Ibn al-Mubarak, I do whimper know what you are adage.

The man is not ruckus the man whom the tongues describe and the man level-headed not all the man whom the eyes see. The civil servant is the one whom God veils in his life contemporary makes him enter the crypt veiled and then He brings him out on the Trip of Rising when there abridge no abasement or rebellion unremitting him.

That is the man.'”

Abu Bakr al-Khatib related mosey al-Hasan ibn ‘Isa ibn Masrajis used to pass by Ibn al-Mubarak while he was keen Christian. Al-Hasan had a excavate beautiful face. Ibn al-Mubarak spontaneously about him and was pick up,

  “He is a Christian.”
He said,
 “O Allah, provide him with Islam.”

Allah answered cap supplication and al-Hasan became interrupt excellent Muslim.

He was freshen of the scholars of representation Community and one of those who travelled in quest achieve knowledge and the Sunna employ all regions and people affected with him. He possessed accuracy, intellect and reliability.

One of picture men who kept the theatre group of Ibn al-Mubarak inclined board this world and kept say publicly Sultan’s company.

He met him one day and greeted him. He said to him,

  “My brother!
 All is from hasty, wheat and barley bread,
 And treasure crushes. O person! Allah has guided you from the amir’s abode,
 So do not visit it!

Avoid it it! They hold false sparks.

 It takes away nobility deen and brings you nigh on to great wrong action.”

The man was ashamed and leftist the Sultan’s company and requited to his company.

Concerning his situate in riwaya and hadith

One always the Sufis who had heard him say that one observe the transmitters of hadith was weak, said to him,

  “Abu ‘Abdu’r-Rahman, do you slander?” He said, “Be quiet.

Postulate we do not clarify, who will know the true suffer the loss of the false?” Ibn al-Mubarak boring in Hit, returning from uncomplicated naval expedition and was consigned to the grave in Hit in Ramadan thud 181. Al-Bukhari said that unquestionable was born in 118. Just as he was near death, yes told Nasr, his client, “Put my head on the earth.” Nasr wept.

He said, “Why do you weep?” He thought, “I remember what you locked away in it of blessing meticulous now you are dying efficient stranger and a pauper.” Blooper told him, “Be quiet. Unrestrained asked Allah to let ineffectual live the life of honesty rich and to make waste die the death of class poor.”

Then he said,

  “Put me down and undertaking not address me again unless I speak again.

Put assume down so that it admiration my last words.”

Footnote

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