ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Muqriʾ

Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm the Qurʾan reciter informed us: Makram ibn Aḥmad informed us: Aḥmad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Shādhān al-Marwazī narrated to us: My father narrated to us, from my grandfather, who said: I heard Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥammād ibn Abī Ḥanīfa say: I am Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥammād ibn al-Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn al-Nuʿmān ibn al-Marzubān, descended from the free men of Persia. By God, enslavement never befell us. My grandfather was born in the year 80. Thābit went to ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, may God be pleased with him, when he was young, and ʿAlī prayed for blessing upon him and his descendants. We hope that God answered ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib’s prayer concerning us. He said: Al-Nuʿmān ibn al-Marzubān, Thābit’s father, was the man who gave ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib fālūdhaj on Nowruz. ʿAlī said: Let every day be our Nowruz. It is also said that this happened at Mihrjān, and that he said: Let every day be our Mihrjān.

Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm the Qurʾan reciter informed us: Makram ibn Aḥmad informed us: Aḥmad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Shādhān al-Marwazī narrated to us: My father narrated to me, from my grandfather, who said: I heard Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥammād ibn Abī Ḥanīfa say: I am Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥammād ibn al-Nuʿmān ibn Thābit ibn al-Nuʿmān ibn al-Marzubān, descended from the free men of Persia. By God, enslavement never befell us. My grandfather was born in the year 80. Thābit went to ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib, may God be pleased with him, when he was young, and ʿAlī prayed for blessing upon him and his descendants. We hope that God Most High answered ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib’s prayer concerning us. He said: Al-Nuʿmān ibn al-Marzubān, Thābit’s father, was the man who gave ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib fālūdhaj on Nowruz. ʿAlī said: Let every day be our Nowruz. It is also said that this happened at Mihrjān, and that he said: Let every day be our Mihrjān.

ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm the Qurʾān reciter and ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad the witness informed us: Makram ibn Aḥmad narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Wahhāb narrated to us: Aḥmad ibn al-Qāsim narrated to me: Al-Birtī the judge narrated to us: I heard Abū Nuʿaym say: Abū Ḥanīfa was born in the year 80.

ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm the Qurʾān reciter and ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad the witness informed us: Makram ibn Aḥmad narrated to us: ʿAbd al-Wahhāb narrated to us: Aḥmad ibn al-Qāsim narrated to me: Al-Birtī the judge narrated to us: I heard Abū Nuʿaym say: Abū Ḥanīfa was born in the year 80.

Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm the Qurʾān reciter informed us: Makram ibn Aḥmad narrated to us: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Ibn Samāʿa and Bishr ibn al-Walīd narrated to us, from Abū Yūsuf, from Abū Ḥanīfa, who said: All our scholars used to say that the two prostrations for forgetfulness come after the salutation, and that one recites the testimony of faith and gives the salutation with them. Ḥammād ibn Abī Sulaymān said: This is how Anas ibn Mālik gives his ruling. Abū Ḥanīfa said: I asked Anas ibn Mālik, and he said: That is how it is.

Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm the Qurʾān reciter informed us: Makram ibn Aḥmad narrated to us: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad narrated to us: Ibn Samāʿa and Bishr ibn al-Walīd narrated to us, from Abū Yūsuf, from Abū Ḥanīfa, who said: All our scholars used to say that the two prostrations for forgetfulness come after the salutation, and that one recites the testimony of faith and gives the salutation with them. Ḥammād ibn Abī Sulaymān said: This is how Anas ibn Mālik gives his ruling. Abū Ḥanīfa said: I asked Anas ibn Mālik, and he said: That is how it is.

ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm the Qurʾan reciter informed us: Makram narrated to us: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥimmānī narrated to us: I heard ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī say: We were with Yūsuf ibn Khālid al-Samtī when Abū Bakr Hilāl ibn Yaḥyā arrived. As he entered, the people gathered around him. Yūsuf asked them, “What is the matter?” I said, “Abū Bakr Hilāl ibn Yaḥyā.” He said, “Abū Bakr, I shall ask you a question. Consider it carefully, then answer me.” Hilāl said, “Ask.” He asked, “What do you say about exchanging ten raṭls of dates for ten raṭls of dates?” Hilāl answered, “It is permitted.” He said, “Did I not tell you to consider it carefully?” Hilāl replied, “What is there about ten raṭls of dates for ten raṭls of dates that requires deliberation?” Yūsuf asked, “Is their original standard not volume?” He answered, “Yes; I was mistaken. It is permitted if the two measures are equal.” He asked, “What do you say about a man captured in Byzantine territory who fasted Shaʿbān thinking it was Ramadan?” He answered, “It does not suffice.” He asked, “And if he fasted Shawwāl thinking it was Ramadan?” He answered, “It suffices.” He asked, “Then what of the Prophet’s prohibition, God bless him and grant him peace, against fasting on the day of Fiṭr?” He answered, “I was mistaken: provided he fasts a day of Dhū al-Qaʿda.” He asked, “What do you say about a man who tells his wife: You are divorced once on the first day of the latter part of the month, and on the last day of the first part of the month?” He said: We dispersed from the gathering. Yūsuf died, and I met Hilāl years later. He told me, “Your companion’s question exhausted me; it became clear to me only last night. I said: The month has thirty days. On the fifteenth day one divorce takes effect, for that is the last day of the first part of the month. On the sixteenth another takes effect, for that is the first day of the latter part of the month.”

ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm the Qurʾan reciter informed us: Makram narrated to us: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ḥimmānī narrated to us: I heard ʿAlī ibn al-Madīnī say: We were with Yūsuf ibn Khālid al-Samtī when Abū Bakr Hilāl ibn Yaḥyā arrived. As he entered, the people gathered around him. Yūsuf asked them, “What is the matter?” I said, “Abū Bakr Hilāl ibn Yaḥyā.” He said, “Abū Bakr, I shall ask you a question. Consider it carefully, then answer me.” Hilāl said, “Ask.” He asked, “What do you say about exchanging ten raṭls of dates for ten raṭls of dates?” Hilāl answered, “It is permitted.” He said, “Did I not tell you to consider it carefully?” Hilāl replied, “What is there about ten raṭls of dates for ten raṭls of dates that requires deliberation?” Yūsuf asked, “Is their original standard not volume?” He answered, “Yes; I was mistaken. It is permitted if the two measures are equal.” He asked, “What do you say about a man captured in Byzantine territory who fasted Shaʿbān thinking it was Ramadan?” He answered, “It does not suffice.” He asked, “And if he fasted Shawwāl thinking it was Ramadan?” He answered, “It suffices.” He asked, “Then what of the Prophet’s prohibition, God bless him and grant him peace, against fasting on the day of Fiṭr?” He answered, “I was mistaken: provided he fasts a day of Dhū al-Qaʿda.” He asked, “What do you say about a man who tells his wife: You are divorced once on the first day of the latter part of the month, and on the last day of the first part of the month?” He said: We dispersed from the gathering. Yūsuf died, and I met Hilāl years later. He told me, “Your companion’s question exhausted me; it became clear to me only last night. I said: The month has thirty days. On the fifteenth day one divorce takes effect, for that is the last day of the first part of the month. On the sixteenth another takes effect, for that is the first day of the latter part of the month.”