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02-17-2012, 01:26 PM
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 Al A'mash's Ironic Sense of Humor!
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02-17-2012, 05:05 PM
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 Two more interesting quotes from him: "If I had dogs, I would have set them on the Ashab al Hadith." "There are no people in the world worse than the Ashab al Hadith." Both quotes from Sharfu Ashaab 'il hadith, translated by Junagadhi. |
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02-17-2012, 05:48 PM
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6 - It is said that al-A'mash had a son who was very slow, and he told him: "Go buy a rope for us to hang our clothes on." The boy asked: "How long do you want it to be, father?" He replied: "Ten cubits long." The boy then asked: "How wide do you want it to be?" al-A'mash replied: "As wide as my bad luck with you!" This one is hilarious^
 10 - One time, a soldier wanted to cross a river. He came across al-A'mash, who was standing near the river, so he jumped on his back and had him walk through the water. When he jumped on al-A'mash, he recited 'Glory to Him Who has provided this for us' (سبحان الذي سخر لنا هذا - the supplication for riding a vehicle). When al-A'mash had gotten half way across the river, he threw the soldier off of his back, recited {"…My Lord! Cause me to land at a blessed landing-place, for You are the best of those who bring to land…"} [al-Mu'minun; 29] and left him in the river and ran away. |
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02-17-2012, 06:36 PM
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One time, he wore an inverted sheepskin, such that the wool was on the outside. Someone said to him: "O Abu Muhammad, why don't you wear it so that the wool is on the inside? This would be warmer for you." al-A'mash replied: "Why don't you go suggest this to the sheep?" The funniest one, IMO.
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02-17-2012, 07:34 PM
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02-18-2012, 02:18 AM
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I found this one to be very funny: One day, Shabib bin Shaybah and his friends came by to see al-A'mash, and they stood at his door yelling: "O Sulayman! Come out!" From inside, al-A'mash said: "Who are you?" They replied: "We are {"…those who call you from behind the dwellings…"} [al-Hujurat; 4] So, al-A'mash replied: "And {"…most of them have no sense…"} [al-Hujurat; 4] |
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02-18-2012, 12:03 PM
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sounds very harsh, wasnt he a muhaddith? how does one explain this riwayah?  There are much harsher quotes from the earlier Imams against the Ahl ul Hadith in the books, not only from A'mash. |
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02-18-2012, 01:26 PM
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Ahh yes, nothing like humour from obscure texts and pious men we will never hear about again. :P
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02-18-2012, 01:32 PM
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Ahh yes, nothing like humour from obscure texts and pious men we will never hear about again. :P |
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02-19-2012, 07:59 PM
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From A'mash:
Allah's Messenger (saw) said, The calamity of knowledge is its forgetfulness and its wastage is to impart it to those who are not worthy of it. Tirmidhi. Darimi transmitted it as mursal. |
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02-20-2012, 12:49 PM
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"Imam Abu Hanifa was (once) with A'mash, who asked him about something. Imam Abu Hanifa replied, 'My opinion in this matter is such-and-such.' Upon hearing this, A'mash asked as to how he had formed this (opinion). Imam Abu Hanifa said, 'You reported to us from Abu Salih who reported from Abu Hurayra; you reported to us from Abu Wa'il who reported from 'Abdullah; and you reported to us from Abu Ilyas who reported from Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said such-and-such. You also reported the same to us from Abu Miljaz, who reported it from Hudhayfa, who from Abu'l-Zubayr, who from Jabir and Yazid al-Raqqashi, and they from Anas (ra).' A'mash explaimed, 'Enough! Enough! What took me a hundred days to narrate you repeated to me in just an instance. I was not aware that your practise was based on these hadiths.' Then he exclaimed, 'O group of jurists, your are the physicians, and we are merely the pharmacists; and you (addressing Abu Hanifa) are both.'" (Manaqib al-Imam 484)
Taken from: http://www.muftisays.com/blog/Seifed...of-hadith.html |
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02-20-2012, 04:44 PM
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"Imam Abu Hanifa was (once) with A'mash, who asked him about something. Imam Abu Hanifa replied, 'My opinion in this matter is such-and-such.' Upon hearing this, A'mash asked as to how he had formed this (opinion). Imam Abu Hanifa said, 'You reported to us from Abu Salih who reported from Abu Hurayra; you reported to us from Abu Wa'il who reported from 'Abdullah; and you reported to us from Abu Ilyas who reported from Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari that the Messenger of Allah (saw) said such-and-such. You also reported the same to us from Abu Miljaz, who reported it from Hudhayfa, who from Abu'l-Zubayr, who from Jabir and Yazid al-Raqqashi, and they from Anas (ra).' A'mash explaimed, 'Enough! Enough! What took me a hundred days to narrate you repeated to me in just an instance. I was not aware that your practise was based on these hadiths.' Then he exclaimed, 'O group of jurists, your are the physicians, and we are merely the pharmacists; and you (addressing Abu Hanifa) are both.'" (Manaqib al-Imam 484)  for sharing bro
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02-20-2012, 05:56 PM
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bro SuperIman had posted this story too a couple of days ago,
http://www.sunniforum.com/forum/show...l=1#post722152 |
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02-21-2012, 12:44 PM
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bro SuperIman had posted this story too a couple of days ago, bro Pluto. He seems to have been banned. Any idea why?
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02-22-2012, 01:05 PM
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What is not commonly known is that al A'mash was from Persia (Damavand) who then moved to Kufa. Imam Dhahabi said about him: He was one of the leaders of beneficial knowledge and good deeds.
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