Abdullah ibn Busr

عبد الله بن بسر

A Companion who transmits 'keep your tongue moist with the remembrance of God' — the fiftieth hadith and seal of Ibn Rajab's additions to the Forty — transmitted by Ahmad, al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and Ibn Hibban through Amr ibn Qays al-Kindi from him, al-Tirmidhi grading it hasan gharib (Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam p. 927).

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Overview

'Abdallah ibn Busr ibn Abi Busr, the long-lived Companion, "blessing of Syria" Abu Safwan al-Mazini of Hims; his hadiths are few and his suhba brief, while his brothers 'Atiyya and al-Samma' and their father also had suhba. He campaigned to Cyprus with Mu'awiya under 'Uthman. 1

Reports

Safwan ibn 'Amr saw the mark of prostration on his forehead; he reported that the Messenger of God ﷺ wiped his head when he was a boy and said he would live a century — and he lived a hundred years. Al-Waqidi says he died in 88 AH, the last of the Companions to die in Syria. 1

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Mentioned in
Arba'un 50 — keep your tongue moist with remembrance of God

People and things also explored

Remembrance of God (dhikr)· Mu'adh ibn Jabal· Arba'un 50 — keep your tongue moist with remembrance of God

Sources

  1. Siyar a'lam al-nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Ideas House International edition, 2004) , p.2357
  • Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam — Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
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Remembrance of God (dhikr)

Remembrance of God in the fiftieth hadith — the seal of Ibn Rajab's additions — is the comprehensive gate to hold to when the laws grow many: 'keep your tongue moist with the remembrance of God', with Mu'adh's corroborant 'that you die with your tongue moist with the remembrance of God'; Ibn Rajab notes that many excellences of remembrance were scattered through the book and treats here the merit of its constancy and abundance — through the verses commanding much remembrance and praising the remembering men and women with forgiveness and a great reward — so dhikr is the easiest of works and the noblest, the nearest to God, needing no place, state, ablution, facing of the qibla or any other condition (Jami' al-Ulum wal-Hikam p. 927).