Chapter Six:

His characteristics and social life 1 lbn I:Iajar al-'Asqa!ani, Tahdheeb at-Tahdheeb, 5:183-184; lbn Sa'd, afTabaqiit al-Kubrii, 2: 173. 2 lbn Taymiyah, Majmoo' al-Fatiiwii, 13:177. 3 as-Sallabi, Tayseer al-Kareem al-Manniinfee Seerat 'Uthmiin ibn 'Affiin, 25. 4 lbn Sa' d, af-Tabaqiit al-Kubrii af-Tabaqat al-Khiimisah min a:j-$al:zabah, 1 :278. Its chain of narration is weak. 5 lbn Sa'd, at-Tabaqiit al-Kubrii, 1 :292. Its chain of narration is weak and mursal. 6 lbn Katheer, al-Bidiiyah wan-Nihiiyah, 11 :202. 7 The quoted reports do not conflict with the Quran and the Sunnah; also, they do not contradict themselves, and no belief or act of worship is based on them. They are simply a source of good manners and conduct. I see nothing wrong with quoting them as extra material. (Author) 8 Ibn Katheer, al-Bidiiyah wan-Nihiiyah, 11 :202; at-Tabarani, Mu 'jam afTabariini al-Kabeer; a fabricated hadith. 9 al-Maqdisi, at-Tabiyeenfee Ansiib al-Qurashiyeen, 127. 10 ash-Shalbanji, Noor al-Ab$iir, 122. 11 Quoted in Kurdi, al-lfasan ibn 'Ali wa Dawruhu as-Siyiisi, 38.

Notes - Chapter 6 12 Mu~tafa, Miftafl as-Sa 'adah wa Mi$biiafl as-Siyadah fee Maw(ioo 'at al- 'Uloom, 2:82, quoted in Kurdi, al-lf asan ibn 'Ali wa Dawruhu as-Siyasi. 13 IbnAtheer, al-Kamilfit-Tiireekh, 4:132. 14 Ibn 'Asakir, Tiireekh Dimashq, 14:5. 15 Ibn Khallikan, Wafiyat al-A 'yan wa Anbii 'wa Abna 'az-Zaman, 2:69. 16 lbn Sa'd, af-Tabaqat al-Kubra, 5:398. 17 lbn Katheer, al-Bidiiyah wan-Nihiiyah, 11: 193-194. 18 lbn Sa'd, af-Tabaqat al-Kubra af-Tabaqat al-Khiimisah min a$-Safliibah, 1 :292; its chain of narration is sound. 19 Ibn Qutaybah, 'Ayoon al-Akhbiir, 3:5; Kurdi, al-lfasan ibn 'Ali wa Dawruhu as-Siyasi, 27. 20 f.lanbal, az-Zuhd, 171; Kurdi, al-lfasan ibn 'Ali wa Dawruhu as-Siyasi, 27. 21 al-I:Iumaydi, at-Tareekh al-lslami, 19:221. 22 al-f.lumaydi, at-Tiireekh al-lslami, 19:221. 23 Ibn Raj ab, Ma Dhi 'ban Ja 'i 'an, 72. 24 Ibn 'Asakir, TiireekhDimashq, 14:104. 25 Ibn 'Asakir, Tareekh Dimashq, 14:98. 26 lbn 'Asakir, Tiireekh Dimashq, 14:98. 27 Ibn 'Asakir, Tareekh Dimashq, 14:89. 28 f.lamadah, ad-Dawflah an-Nabawiyah ash-Sharee/ah, 84. 29 al-Mazzi, Tahdheeb al-Kamal fee Asma' ar-Rijal, 6:234. 30 al-f.lumaydi, at-Tareekh al-lslami, 17: 136. 31 al-f.lumaydi, at-Tareekh al-lslami, 17: 137. 32 al-Bayhaqi, al-Ma/:liisin wal-Masawi, 55; Kurdi, al-lfasan ibn 'Ali wa Dawruhu as-Siyasi, 32. 33 Kurdi, al-lfasan ibn 'Ali wa Dawruhu as-Siyasi, 32. 34 Ibn Katheer, al-Bidayah wan-Nihiiyah, quoted in Kurdi, al-lf asan ibn 'Ali wa Dawruhu as-Siyasi, 32. 35 al-Bayhaqi, al-Maflasin wal-Masiiwi, 57. 36 al-Qarashi, 'Izz ad-Deen 'Abdul-'Azeez, Ghiiyat al-Maram, 1:95. 37 lbn Ja'far, Tiireekh al-Ya 'qoobi, 2:226-227. 38 al-Mawardi, Na$eeflat al-Mulook, 438. 39 f.lamadah, ad-Dawflah an-Nabawiyah ash-Sharee/ah, 84. 40 adh-Dhahabi, Sayr A 'lam an-Nubala', 3:260. 41 f.lamadah, ad-Dawflah an-Nabawiyah ash-Sharee/ah, 87. 42 al-Mazzi and Ma'roof, Tahdheeb al-Kama/fee Asma' ar-Rijal, 6:235. 43 lbn Khallikan, Wafiyat al-A 'yan wa Anbii 'wa Abna 'az-Zaman, 2:67-68. Al-lfasan ibn 'Ali 44 Humaysah, al-Akhldq Bayna at-Taha' wat-Tatabbu ', 139. 45 al-Qarashi, Jf aydt al-Imam Jf asan ibn 'Ali, 1 :291. 46 al-'Af'Iani, $aldl:z al-Ummahfee 'Uluw al-Himmah, 5:437. 47 l:lamadah, ad-Dawflah an-Nabawiyah ash-Sharee/ah, 81. 48 I:Iamadah, ad-Dawl:zah an-Nabawiyah ash-Sharee/ah, 94. 49 adh-Dhahabi, Sayr A 'lam an-Nubald ', 3:49; al-Qarmani, Akhbdr ad-Duwal wa Athdr a/-Awwlfit-Tdreekh, 105. 5° Kurdi, al-lf asan ibn 'Ali wa Dawruhu as-Siydsi, 24.