ʿAlī ibn Mushir

I found in Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṭaḥāwī’s book, in which he collected reports about our companions—the book that the judge ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Asadī transmitted to us by authorization—that Abū Bakr al-Dāmghānī, the jurist, had informed them. He said: Abū Jaʿfar narrated to us: I heard the judge Abū Khāzim say: Suwayd ibn Saʿd al-Ḥadathānī narrated to us, from ʿAlī ibn Mushir, who said: We were with Abū Ḥanīfa when ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak came to him and said: ‘What do you say about a man who was cooking a pot of food, into which a bird fell and died?’ Abū Ḥanīfa asked his companions: ‘What is your view?’ They transmitted to him from Ibn ʿAbbās, may God be pleased with them both, that the broth should be poured away, the meat washed, and then eaten. Abū Ḥanīfa said: ‘That is also our position, but with a condition: if it fell in while the pot was boiling, the meat must be discarded and the broth poured away. If it fell into it while it was still, the meat should be washed and the broth poured away.’ Ibn al-Mubārak asked him: ‘On what basis do you say this?’ He replied: ‘If it falls in while the pot is boiling, it penetrates the meat as far as vinegar and seasonings penetrate it. If it falls in while the pot is still, it only soils the meat without penetrating it.’ Ibn al-Mubārak said: ‘This is razīn’—meaning gold, in Persian—and made the finger gesture for thirty.

I found in Abū Jaʿfar al-Ṭaḥāwī’s book, in which he collected reports about our companions—the book that the judge ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Asadī transmitted to us by authorization—that Abū Bakr al-Dāmghānī, the jurist, had informed them. He said: Abū Jaʿfar narrated to us: I heard the judge Abū Khāzim say: Suwayd ibn Saʿd al-Ḥadathānī narrated to us, from ʿAlī ibn Mushir, who said: We were with Abū Ḥanīfa when ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Mubārak came to him and said: ‘What do you say about a man who was cooking a pot of food, into which a bird fell and died?’ Abū Ḥanīfa asked his companions: ‘What is your view?’ They transmitted to him from Ibn ʿAbbās, may God be pleased with them both, that the broth should be poured away, the meat washed, and then eaten. Abū Ḥanīfa said: ‘That is also our position, but with a condition: if it fell in while the pot was boiling, the meat must be discarded and the broth poured away. If it fell into it while it was still, the meat should be washed and the broth poured away.’ Ibn al-Mubārak asked him: ‘On what basis do you say this?’ He replied: ‘If it falls in while the pot is boiling, it penetrates the meat as far as vinegar and seasonings penetrate it. If it falls in while the pot is still, it only soils the meat without penetrating it.’ Ibn al-Mubārak said: ‘This is razīn’—meaning gold, in Persian—and made the finger gesture for thirty.

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Bazzāz narrated to us: Makram narrated to us: Aḥmad narrated to us: al-Ḥusayn ibn Ḥammād narrated to us, saying: The companions of Abū Ḥanīfa who regularly attended his study circle numbered ten. Four of them memorized jurisprudence as the Qurʾān is memorized: Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl, Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm, Asad ibn ʿAmr, and ʿAlī ibn Mushir. They report that Sufyān used to learn jurisprudence based on Abū Ḥanīfa’s positions from ʿAlī ibn Mushir, and that he relied on him and on their discussions when composing the book that he called al-Jāmiʿ.

ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Bazzāz narrated to us: Makram narrated to us: Aḥmad narrated to us: al-Ḥusayn ibn Ḥammād narrated to us, saying: The companions of Abū Ḥanīfa who regularly attended his study circle numbered ten. Four of them memorized jurisprudence as the Qurʾān is memorized: Zufar ibn al-Hudhayl, Yaʿqūb ibn Ibrāhīm, Asad ibn ʿAmr, and ʿAlī ibn Mushir. They report that Sufyān used to learn jurisprudence based on Abū Ḥanīfa’s positions from ʿAlī ibn Mushir, and that he relied on him and on their discussions when composing the book that he called al-Jāmiʿ.

Al-ʿAbbās ibn Aḥmad al-Hāshimī narrated to us: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūrī narrated to us: ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Nakhaʿī narrated to us: ʿAlī ibn ʿUbayda narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn Shujāʿ narrated to us, saying: I heard ʿAbd Allāh ibn Dāwūd, when Isḥāq asked him about Abū Ḥanīfa’s companions, say: ‘Abū Yūsuf, Zufar, ʿĀfiya al-Awdī, Asad ibn ʿAmr, ʿAlī ibn Mushir, Yaḥyā ibn Abī Zāʾida, al-Qāsim ibn Maʿn, and Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī.’ Then ʿAbd Allāh said: ‘If Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī were weighed against the people of the earth, he would outweigh them in virtue and righteousness.’

Al-ʿAbbās ibn Aḥmad al-Hāshimī narrated to us: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūrī narrated to us: ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Nakhaʿī narrated to us: ʿAlī ibn ʿUbayda narrated to us: Muḥammad ibn Shujāʿ narrated to us, saying: I heard ʿAbd Allāh ibn Dāwūd, when Isḥāq asked him about Abū Ḥanīfa’s companions, say: ‘Abū Yūsuf, Zufar, ʿĀfiya al-Awdī, Asad ibn ʿAmr, ʿAlī ibn Mushir, Yaḥyā ibn Abī Zāʾida, al-Qāsim ibn Maʿn, and Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī.’ Then ʿAbd Allāh said: ‘If Dāwūd al-Ṭāʾī were weighed against the people of the earth, he would outweigh them in virtue and righteousness.’

Among Abū Ḥanīfa’s companions was ʿAlī ibn Mushir.

He was the one from whom Sufyān received Abū Ḥanīfa’s learning and copied his books. Abū Ḥanīfa used to forbid him from doing that.

Among Abū Ḥanīfa’s companions was ʿAlī ibn Mushir.

He was the person from whom Sufyān obtained Abū Ḥanīfa’s learning and copied his books. Abū Ḥanīfa used to forbid him from doing that.