8- وَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ قَالَ ذَكَرَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَتْحِ الرَّقِّيُ وَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ الْأَشْكِيُ أَنَّ السُّلْطَانَ بِمَكَّةَ لَمَّا بَلَغَهُ خَبَرُ أَبِي الدُّنْيَا تَعَرَّضَ لَهُ وَ قَالَ لَا بُدَّ أَنْ أُخْرِجَكَ مَعِي إِلَى بَغْدَادَ إِلَى حَضْرَةِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْمُقْتَدِرِ فَإِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يَعْتِبَ عَلَيَّ إِنْ لَمْ أُخْرِجْكَ فَسَأَلَهُ الْحَاجُّ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْمَغْرِبِ وَ أَهْلِ الْمِصْرِ وَ الشَّامِ أَنْ يُعْفِيَهُ وَ لَا يَشْخَصَهُ فَإِنَّهُ شَيْخٌ ضَعِيفٌ وَ لَا يُؤْمَنُ مَا يَحْدُثُ عَلَيْهِ فَأَعْفَاهُ قَالَ أَبُو سَعِيدٍ وَ لَوْ أَنِّي حَضَرْتُ الْمَوْسِمَ فِي تِلْكَ السَّنَةِ لَشَاهَدْتُهُ وَ خَبَرُهُ كَانَ مُسْتَفِيضاً شَائِعاً فِي الْأَمْصَارِ وَ كَتَبَ عَنْهُ هَذِهِ الْأَحَادِيثَ الْمِصْرِيُّونَ وَ الشَّامِيُّونَ وَ الْبَغْدَادِيُّونَ وَ مِنْ سَائِرِ الْأَمْصَارِ مِمَّنْ حَضَرَ الْمَوْسِمَ وَ بَلَغَهُ خَبَرُ هَذَا الشَّيْخِ وَ أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَلْقَاهُ وَ يَكْتُبَ عَنْهُ هَذِهِ الْأَحَادِيثَ نَفَعَنَا اللَّهُ وَ إِيَّاهُمْ بِهَا.
Narrated to us Abu Saeed Abdullah bin Muhammad bin Abdul Wahhab that he said: Mentioned Abu Bakr Muhammad bin Fatah Riqqi and Abul Hasan Ali bin Husain Ashki that: “When the governor of Mecca came to know about Abu Duniya, he objected and told him, ‘You would compulsorily have to come along with me to Muqtadir in Baghdad. If he comes to know then he would be displeased with me for I let you go.’ The people of North-west Africa, Egypt and Syria who had come for Hajj said, ‘Please forgive him and do not take him on a journey because he is an old man and would not remain alive after bearing the difficulties.’ Then, his life was spared. Abu Saeed says, ‘If I would have gone for Hajj that year I would have surely met Abu Duniya. His fame had spread in all cities and the narrators of Egypt, Syria, Baghdad etc. narrated traditions from him. I too was interested in meeting him and narrating traditions from him.’”
