1856.] Alfred von Kremer's edition of Wdqidy. 219 



very highly spoken of. Soyuty says in his 8^W| jjd as follows : 



*^ v+ is™-)' U$** i^° f*l M*" <jHt^ v-jU&i Jj|. *< As to the 

 works on the campaigns [and lite of Mokmmad] it has been ob- 

 served by Shafiy that the works of Wakidy are a tissue of lies. The 

 beginning of the work of Ibn Is^aq is equally for the greater part 

 a lie. There exists no more correct book on the subject than that 

 of Miisa b. 'Oqbah." Malik's opinion of Ibn 'Oqbah's work is 

 equally favorable. His words are " He was a trustworthy, good man 

 and his work on the campaigns is good." Ibn Mo'yn says : ujUS* 

 wjoU| a job ^\ ii) M (j;j*j)\ &* &&c 0* 0**pdL " The work of Musa 

 b. 'Oqbab, who follows the authority of Zohry, is one of the most 

 trustworthy books on this subject." It would appear from this 

 that it was but a new edition of Zohry, which as I have said was 

 but a new edition of 'Orwah. But some authors deny that he 

 heard Zohry. This however, is contrary to Bokhary, p. 573. Ibn 

 'Oqbah was also instructed by 'Orwah himself, by 'Ikrimah, the 

 client of Ibn 'Abbas, and generally speaking by the same class of 

 men as Ibn IsMq. He died at Madynah in 141, ten years before 

 Ibn IsMq. 



Abu. Ma'shar Najy& b. 'Abd al-Ea^man was a native of Sind, and 

 a freed slave of a woman of the Makhzum family. Some authors 

 maintain that he was not a Sindian but a iZImyarite. How he fell 

 into slavery and gained his liberty is not mentioned. He lived at 

 Madynah, but in 160 the Khalif Mahdiy visited that city and took 

 him to the 'Iraq, allowing him an annual stipend of one thousand 

 dynars. He attained a high age, but lost the use of his faculties be- 

 fore his death, which overtook him in 175. Imam Afonad put a high 

 value on his work. Among his informants were Hisham, a son of 

 'Orwah, Mohammad Ibn al-Monkadir, d. 131, and Sa'yd b. Mosayyab, 

 and he enjoyed the advantage of being instructed by MoAammad b: 

 Ka'b Qoraytzy himself, whereas Ibn Ishaq received traditions from 

 him second-hand only. 



There were several other men, who during the first 150 years 

 after the flight collected materials for the history of the prophet. 

 Two of them, Abu Mijlaz and Abii IsMq are of peculiar interest, 

 because they are not quoted by Ibn IsAaq nor it would appear have 



