حدثني القاضي أبو محمد العماني قال حضرت أبا علي الشاشي في مجلسه وقد جاءه أبو جعفر الهندواني مسلما عليه فما قام إليه فأخذ يمتحنه بمسائل الأصول وكانت على طرف لسانه فلما فرغ امتحن أبا جعفر بشيء من مسائل النوادر فلم يحفظها فكان ذلك سبب حفظ الهندواني للنوادر وقال لأبي علي جئتك زائرا لا متعلما فلما قام نهض له أبو علي الشاشي وتوفى أبو علي الشاشي في سنة أربع وأربعين وثلاثمائة
حدثني القاضي أبو محمد العماني قال حضرت أبا علي الشاشي في مجلسه وقد جاءه أبو جعفر الهندواني مسلما عليه فما قام إليه فأخذ يمتحنه بمسائل الأصول وكانت على طرف لسانه فلما فرغ امتحن أبا جعفر بشيء من مسائل النوادر فلم يحفظها فكان ذلك سبب حفظ الهندواني للنوادر وقال لأبي علي جئتك زائرا لا متعلما فلما قام نهض له أبو علي الشاشي وتوفى أبو علي الشاشي في سنة أربع وأربعين وثلاثمائة
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Judge Abū Muḥammad al-ʿUmānī related to me: I attended Abū ʿAlī al-Shāshī in his gathering when Abū Jaʿfar al-Hinduwānī came to greet him. He did not rise for him, but began examining him on questions from the Uṣūl, which were on the tip of his tongue. When he finished, he examined Abū Jaʿfar on some questions from the Nawādir, which he had not retained. This caused al-Hinduwānī to memorize the Nawādir. He told Abū ʿAlī, “I came to visit you, not to study.” When he rose, Abū ʿAlī al-Shāshī stood up for him. Abū ʿAlī al-Shāshī died in 344.
Judge Abū Muḥammad al-ʿUmānī related to me: I attended Abū ʿAlī al-Shāshī in his gathering when Abū Jaʿfar al-Hinduwānī came to greet him. He did not rise for him, but began examining him on questions from the Uṣūl, which were on the tip of his tongue. When he finished, he examined Abū Jaʿfar on some questions from the Nawādir, which he had not retained. This caused al-Hinduwānī to memorize the Nawādir. He told Abū ʿAlī, “I came to visit you, not to study.” When he rose, Abū ʿAlī al-Shāshī stood up for him. Abū ʿAlī al-Shāshī died in 344.
Sources: Al-Afghānī · p. 169 / Baktāsh · p. 281
- Al-Afghānī edition (1985), p. 169 · PDF page 169
- Baktāsh edition (2023), p. 281 · PDF page 281
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