known as almaqfal we stayed with him for months in the best residence among the best people and neighbors and with the most ambitious most perfect in good deeds and most complete in leadership. then we embarked on the sea intending to go to valencia when the commander of the faithful almurtada abd alrahman ibn muhammad appeared and his inhabitants were there. i found in valencia abu shakir abd alwahid ibn muhammad ibn muhab alqabri our friend who announced his death to abu abdullah ibn altabani and informed me of his death may god have mercy on him. then he informed me after that through the advice of the judge abu alwalid yunus ibn abdullah almuradi and abu amr ahmad ibn muhariz that abu bakr almusab ibn abdullah alazdi known as ibn alfardhi told them and the father of this musab was the judge of valencia during the days of the commander of the faithful almahdi and musab was a friend brother and confidant to us during the days when we sought hadith from his father and all the sheikhs of the hadith scholars in cordoba they said musab said to us i asked abu abdullah ibn altabani about the reason for his illness for he had become thin and the beauties of his face had been hidden by weakness so that nothing remained but the essence of its essence which informed of its previous qualities and he was almost blown away by the breath and he was close to bowing and grief was evident on his face and we were alone. he said to me yes i will tell you that i was at the door of my house in ghadir ibn alshammas when ali ibn
المعروف بان المقفل، فأقمنا عنده شهورا في خير دار إقامة، وبين خير أهل وجيران، وعند أجل الناس همة وأكملهم معروفا وأتمهم سيادة. ثم ركبنا البحر قاصدين بلنسية عند ظهور أمير المؤمنين المرتضى عبد الرحمن بن محمد، وساكناه بها، فوجدت ببلنسية أبا شاكر عبد الواحد بن محمد بن موهب القبري صديقنا، فنعى إلى أبا عبد الله بن الطبني وأخبرني بموته رحمه الله، ثم أخبرني بعد ذلك بمديدة القاضي أبو الوليد يونس بن عبد الله المرادي وأبو عمرو أحمد لن محرز أن أبا بكر المصعب بن عبد الله الأزدي المعروف بابن الفرضي حدثهما وكان والد المصعب هذا قاضي بلنسية أيام أمير المؤمنين المهدي وكان المصعب لنا صديقا وأخا وأليفا أيام طلبنا الحديث على والده وسائر شيوخ المحدثين بقرطبة قالا، قال لنا المصعب سألت أبا عبد الله بن الطبني عن سبب علته، وهو قد نحل وخفيت محاسن وجهه بالضنى فلم يبق إلا عين جوهرها المخبر عن صفاتها السالفة، وصار يكاد أن يطيره النفس، وقرب من الانحناء، والشجا باد على وجهه، ونحن منفردان. فقال لي نعم، أخبرك أني كنت في باب داري بغدير ابن الشماس في حين دخول علي بن