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The Historians such as Ibn
Sallam, Ibn Sa'd, Waqidi, al-Mas'udi, al-'Asma'i and Ibn Midad
gave the date 103/721,100 while Shammakhi alone gave the date
96/714; 101 Ibn Hajar quoted from Ibn 'Adiy that Jabir died in
the year 104/722; 102 In order to try and establish the exact
date of Jabir's death the following facts must be considered:
a)
Most of the sources
reported that on the night of his death, Jabir wised to see al-Hasan
al-Basri, who was at that time in hiding from al-Hajjaj.
According to this information Jabir's death must have occurred
before the death of al-Hajjaj in 95/713.
b)
Most of the sources
reported that Jabir died before the death of the Companion Anas
b. Malik who said, on hearing of Jabir's death, "Today died the
most learned man of the people of earth"103 Dates given for the
death of Anas are 91 and 93.
c)
During the Caliphate of 'Umar
b. 'Abd al-'Aziz (99-101) Ibadhis had active contacts with him,
and an Ibadhi delegation was sent to him. Ibadhi sources
mentioned only the comment of Abu 'Ubaidah about the results of
that embassy and nothing is heard from Jabir concerning this
event. It is hard to believe that Jabir would not have
commented if he was alive, a fact which suggests that he died
before 101/719, and not in 103, as reported by historians, or
104, as reported by Ibn 'Adiy. Although the precise date cannot
be arrived at in a case such as this, the year 93, given by the
Traditionalists and confirmed by the Ibadhi authorities, is to
be considered, in my opinion, fairly close to the truth.
1
Ibn Midad, Sifat nasab
al-’ulama’. Ms. 4 According to Ibn Hibban Jabir was born in a
place called al-Huraqah near Oman, but this could be a mis-spelling
of Farq. Cf. Ibn Hibban, K. Mashahir 'ulama' al-'amsar., editor
M. Fleischhammer, (Cairo, 1959),89.
2
Bukhari, Tarikh., II/I,
203, note.
3
Yaqut, Mu'jam al-Buldan.,
(Cairo, 1906), III, 175. According to al-'Asma'i Jawf is in
Yemen; Cf.Ibn Qutaibah, K. al-Ma'arif., editor Muh al-Sawi,
(Cairo, 1934), 200.
4
Salimi, Tuhfah, 2nd
edition, (Cairo, 1347 H.), 55-57
5
Ibid., 56
6
Salimi, Hashiyat al-Jami'i-
al-Sahih., I, 8
7
Barradi, Jawahir., 155;
al-Qutb, Sharh al-'Aqidah., 132
8
Warijlani, al-'Adl., Ms.
I 197; Shammakhi, Siyar., 77
9
Anonymous, K. Nawazil
Nufusah., Ms. 208 b; Mus'abi, Hashiyah 'ala al-Musarrih., Ms.
147 a.
10
Ibid., 147 b; Ibn Midad,
op. cit., 4
11
Abdullah b. 'Abd al-'Aziz,
K. Nikah al-shighar., Ms. This information is to be found in
another Ms. Attached to this book containing Ibadhi narrations,
under the title: bab fada'il Jabir b. Zaid., 22., Cf. Al-Qutb,
Sharh al-Nil., IX, 233,and the note 233-34; Ibn Sallam, Bad'ul-'Islam.,
Ms.42.
12
Shammakhi, Siyar., 67
13
Abu Nu'aim, Hilyat al-'awliya'.,
III, 90; al-Dhahabi, Tadhkirat al-huffaz., I, 62; Ibn Hajar,
Tahdhib., II, 38-39; Ibn Midad, op. cit.,4
14
Abu Nu'aim, Hilyah., III,
85-6; Dhahabi, Tadhkirah., I,62
15
Baghturi, Siyar Mashaikh
Nufusah., Ms.3
16
Warijlani, al-Dalil., Ms.
38a; al-'Adl., Ms. I,72 . On the authority of Ibn 'Abd al-Barr.
17
Ibn Sa'd, Tabaqat., VII,
179-180; Bukhari, Tarikh., II/I, 204; Dhahabi, op. cit., I,62;
Abu Nu'aim, op. cit., III,85; Ibn Hajar, op cit., II,38.
18
Loc. cit
19
Bukhari, op. cit.,
II/I,204; Abu Nu'aim, Hilyah., III,86; Ibn Hazm, Mulakhkhas 'iblal
al-qiyas wa al-ra'y wa al-'istihsan wa al-taqlid wa al-ta'lil.,
editor Sa'id al-'Afghani, Damascus, 1960, 69.
20
Abu Nu'aim, op. cit.,
III, 86
21
Salimi, Hashiyat al-Jami'i
al-sahih., I,7
22
Ibn Sa'd, Tabaqat., VII,
131; Abu Nu'aim, op. cit., III,86; Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib., 38-39.
23
Riwayat Ibadhiyah., Ms
attached to K. Nikah al-shighar., 21.
24
Loc. cit.
25
Ibn Sa'd Tabaqat.,
VII,180; Abu Nu'aim, Hilyah., III,88.
26
Ibn Sa'd Tabaqat.,
VII,187; Abu Nu'aim, Hilyah., III,88.
27
Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib.,
II,38
28
Ibid., II,39
29
Dhahabi, Tadhkirah.,
I,62; Abu Nu'aim, Hilyah, III, 86
30
Ibn Sa'd, Tabaqat., VII,
181; Ibn Hazm, Mulakhkhas., 64.
31
Abu Nu'aim, Hilyah.,
III,90; Dhahabi, Tadhkirah., I,62
32
Cf. My "Description of
new Ibadhi Mss. From North Africa," Journal of Semitic Studies,
XV, I,67
33
Cf. Infra, (150 ff)
34
Cf. My "Description of
new Ibadhi Mss," op. cit., 65-66
35
Cf. Infra
36
Cf. My "Description of
new Ibadhi Mss," op. cit., 67
37
For the biography of
Habib b. Abi Habib, Cf. Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib., II, 180.
38
Cf. Infra, (160-61)
39
Wisyani, Siyar., Ms. 120
40
Abu Zakariya', Siyar.,
Ms. 31a-32a;Darjini, Tabaqat., Ms. 82-42; Cf. Infra (146-47)
41
Abu 'Ubaidah Muslim b.
Abi Karimah, Masa'il., Ms.37; Jitali, Sharh al-Nuniyah., Ms.
I,47.
42
Ibn Sa'd, Tabaqat., VII,
181-182; Abu Nu'aim, Hilyah., III,89.
43
Ibn Sa'd, op. cit.,
VII,181.
44
Abu Nu'aim, op. cit.,
III, 89.
45
Qur'an: VI, 158
46
Riwayat Ibadhiyah., Ms.
Attached to K. Nikah al-shighar., 20; Baghturi, Siyar., Ms. 4;
Darjini, Tabaqat., 199.
47
Ibn Sa'd, Tabaqat., VII
181.
48
Al-Qasimi, Qawa'id al-tahdith.,
192-195.
49
Abu Nu'aim, Hilyah., III
98.
50
Ibn
Hajar, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib., II,39 |
