ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd

Another companion of Abū Yūsuf was Ibrāhīm ibn al-Jarrāḥ. He held judicial office in Egypt and was weak in his transmission. Abū Yūsuf used to tell him, “You take a legal question from us fresh and return it with kohl applied.” ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd and others recorded dictated lessons from him.

Another companion of Abū Yūsuf was Ibrāhīm ibn al-Jarrāḥ. He held judicial office in Egypt and was weak in his transmission. Abū Yūsuf used to tell him, “You take a legal question from us fresh and return it with kohl applied.” ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd and others recorded dictated lessons from him.

Judge Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad informed us: The jurist Abū Bakr al-Dāmghānī related to us: Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṭaḥāwī related to us: I heard Ibn Abī ʿImrān say: ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd dictated to us, saying, “Abū Yūsuf informed us.” His gathering was crowded. A man asked him, “Abū al-Ḥasan, do you mention Abū Yūsuf?” It seemed that ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd sensed an intention unworthy of someone like him toward Abū Yūsuf. ʿAlī told him, “If you wish to mention Abū Yūsuf, wash your mouth with cleansing alkali and hot water.” He then said, “By God, I have never seen anyone like him.” Ibn Abī ʿImrān said: He had seen al-Thawrī, al-Ḥasan ibn Ṣāliḥ, Mālik, Ibn Abī Dhiʾb, al-Layth ibn Saʿd, and Shuʿba ibn al-Ḥajjāj.

Judge Abū Muḥammad ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad informed us: The jurist Abū Bakr al-Dāmghānī related to us: Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṭaḥāwī related to us: I heard Ibn Abī ʿImrān say: ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd dictated to us, saying, “Abū Yūsuf informed us.” His gathering was crowded. A man asked him, “Abū al-Ḥasan, do you mention Abū Yūsuf?” It seemed that ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd sensed an intention unworthy of someone like him toward Abū Yūsuf. ʿAlī told him, “If you wish to mention Abū Yūsuf, wash your mouth with cleansing alkali and hot water.” He then said, “By God, I have never seen anyone like him.” Ibn Abī ʿImrān said: He had seen al-Thawrī, al-Ḥasan ibn Ṣāliḥ, Mālik, Ibn Abī Dhiʾb, al-Layth ibn Saʿd, and Shuʿba ibn al-Ḥajjāj.

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Shāhid informed us: Makram related: Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿAbd Allāh al-Khurāsānī related: ʿAlī ibn Mūsā al-Rāzī related, from ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd: The pilgrims gave Abū Ḥanīfa a thousand sandals. Later he wished to buy a sandal and was asked: “What did you do with those sandals?” He said: “Not a single hair of them entered my house. I gave them all to our companions.”

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Shāhid informed us: Makram ibn Aḥmad related: Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī ʿAbd Allāh al-Khurāsānī related: ʿAlī ibn Mūsā al-Rāzī related, from ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd: The pilgrims gave Abū Ḥanīfa a thousand sandals. Later he wished to buy a sandal and was asked: “What did you do with those sandals?” He said: “Not a single sandal from them entered my house. I gave them all to our companions.”

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿImrān ibn Mūsā al-Marzubānī informed us: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad the scribe related: al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn Fahm related: ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd related: Abū Yaʿlā, Yazīd ibn Hārūn’s maternal uncle, related: Abū Ḥanīfa related to me: I was with al-Shaʿbī when a man came and insulted him. Al-Shaʿbī said: “May whatever ʿAzza permits herself of our honour / be wholesome and pleasant for her, without a lingering disease.”

Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ʿImrān ibn Mūsā al-Marzubānī informed us: Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad the scribe related: al-Ḥusayn ibn Muḥammad ibn Fahm related: ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd related: Abū Yaʿlā, Yazīd ibn Hārūn’s maternal uncle, related: Abū Ḥanīfa related to me: I was with al-Shaʿbī when a man came and insulted him. Al-Shaʿbī said: “May whatever ʿAzza permits herself of our honour / be wholesome and pleasant for her, without a lingering disease.”

Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAlī ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Hāshimī related to us: ʿAlī ibn ʿAmr al-Ḥarīrī related: ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Nakhaʿī related: Ibn Abī Khaythama related: ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd related: Khallād al-Sakūnī related: One day I came to Zuhayr ibn Muʿāwiya. He asked: “Where have you come from?” I replied: “From Abū Ḥanīfa.” He said, “By God, spending one day in his company benefits you more than spending a month in mine.”

Abū al-Ḥusayn ʿAlī ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-Hāshimī related to us: ʿAlī ibn ʿAmr al-Ḥarīrī related: ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Nakhaʿī related: Ibn Abī Khaythama related: ʿAlī ibn al-Jaʿd related: Khallād al-Sakūnī related: One day I came to Zuhayr ibn Muʿāwiya. He asked: “Where have you come from?” I replied: “From Abū Ḥanīfa.” He said, “By God, spending one day in his company benefits you more than spending a month in mine.”