EXCEPTIONAL FIGURES (1)
20 November 2023 • 3.4K views
Abū Is-ḥāq Aḥmad ibn Is-ḥāq ibn Al-Ḥuṣein As-Sarmā'ē [D. 242H.]
٠ A Thiqah (trustworthy, reliable narrator)
٠ Among the Sheikhs of Imām Bukhāri
٠ From Sarmārā; a village in Bukhārā
٠ Well known for his courage, so much so that Bukhāri said about him:
ما بلغنا أنه كان في الإسلام ولا الجاهلية مثله
“We have not heard of anyone like him in Islam or pre-Islamic times.”
One day he took out his sword and said:
أعلم يقينا أني قتلت به ألف كافر، وإن عشت قتلت به ألفا أخرى، ولولا خوفي أن يكون بدعة لأمرت أن يدفن معي.
“I know for sure that I killed a thousand disbelievers with it, and if I live, I will kill a thousand more with it. Were it not for my fear that it would be an innovation, I would have ordered for it to be buried with me.”
Adh-Dhahabi raḥimahullāh said about him:
أخبار هذا الغازي تسر قلب المسلم.
“News of this warrior brings joy to the heart of a Muslim.”
Al-Ḥāfidh Abul Qāsim Ad-Dimashqi raḥimahullāh said:
توفي في شهر ربيع الآخر، سنة اثنتين وأربعين ومائتين رحمه الله تعالى، فإنه كان مع فرط شجاعته من العلماء العاملين العباد.
“He died in the month of Rabi` al-Akhir, in the year two hundred and forty-two, may Allāh Almighty have mercy on him. And aside from his extreme courage, he was also one of the devoted scholars, engrossed in worship.”
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