قض

1 قَٰضَّ, (S, M, A, &c.,) aor. ـُ (S, M, Msb,) inf. n. قَضٌّ, (M, Msb,) He bored, or perforated, a pearl, (S, M, A, K,) or a piece of wood. (Msb.) قَضَّ دُرَّةً is also used as signifying قَضَّ عَنْهَا صَدَفَهَا فَاسْتَخْرَجَهَا [app. meaning He broke through the shell of the pearl so as to disclose it, and extracted it.] (TA.) b2: Also, (M, A, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (M,) He broke a thing: (M:) or he broke a stone with the مِقَضّ, q. v.: (A:) or he broke, brayed, crushed, or broke in pieces by beating, a thing; syn. دَقّ; (K;) as also ↓ قَضْقَضَ: (TA:) which latter also signifies he broke a thing in pieces [in any manner]. (M, TA.) You say also, قَضَّ الحَائِطَ, (A,) or الجِدَارَ, (TA,) meaning He threw down, pulled down, pulled to pieces, demolished, or destroyed, with violence, the wall. (A, TA.) And ↓ الأَسَدُ يُقَضْقِضُ فَرِيسَتَهُ (S, A) The lion breaks the limbs and bones of his prey. (A.) And جَنْبَهُ مِنْ صُلْبِهِ ↓ قَضْقَضْتُ I severed his side from his back-bone. (Sh.) b3: [Hence,] قَضَّ عَلَيْهِمُ الخَيْلَ, (S, M, A [in the first and last قَضَضْنَا]) aor. as above, (M, A,) and so the inf. n., (M,) (tropical:) He sent, or sent forth, (M, TA,) or impelled, (TA,) [or dispersed, (see 7,)] the horses, or horsemen, against them, or upon them. (M, TA.) b4: قَضَّ الوَتِدَ, (JK, O, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (TA,) He pulled out (قَلَعَ, in some copies of the K قَطَعَ,) the wooden pin or peg or stake. (JK, O, K, TA.) A2: قَضَّ السَّوِيقَ, (Zj, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (Zj,) (tropical:) He put into the سويق [i. e. meal of parched barley, or gruel made thereof,] something dry, or hard, such as sugar, or قَنْد [i. e. sugar-candy]; (Zj, K;) as also ↓ أَقَضَّهُ: (A, Sgh, K:) and ↓ قَضْقَضَ signifies (tropical:) he put much sugar into his سويق. (IAar.) A3: قَضِضْتُ الطَّعَامَ, (TA,) and قَضِضْتُ مِنْهُ, (S, M, K,) [aor. ـَ inf. n. قَضَضٌ, (M, TA,) I found pebbles, (S, M, K,) or dust, (M, K,) between my teeth in eating the food. (S, M, K.) b2: قَضّ الطَّعَامُ, aor. ـَ (S, A, K,) inf. n. قَضَضٌ, (A, TA,) The food had in it pebbles, (S, * A, * K, * TA,) or dust, (K, * TA,) which got between the teeth of the eater: (S, * K, * TA:) from قَضَضٌ [q. v.]: (S:) the verb is like عَلِمَ, in this sense as well as in that next preceding; intrans. as well as trans.: (TA:) and ↓ أَقَضَّ signifies [in like manner] it (food) had in it pebbles and dust. (TA.) And قَضَّ اللَّحْمُ, (IAar, M,) second Pers\.

قَضِضْتَ, [aor. ـَ inf. n. قَضَضٌ, (M,) The flesh-meat had in it قَضَض [q. v.], which got between the teeth of its eater, like small pebbles: (IAar:) or fell upon pebbles, or dust, which one consequently found in the eating of it. (M.) and قَضَّتِ البَضْعَةُ بِالتُّرَابِ The piece of flesh-meat had some dust upon it; as also ↓ أَقَضَّت. (M, K.) An Arab of the desert, describing the effect of rains, said, لَوْ أَلْقَيْتَ بَضْعَةً مَا قَضَّتْ, i. e. [If thou wert to throw down a piece of flesh-meat,] it would not become dusty; meaning, by reason of the abundance of the herbage. (M.) You say also, قَضَّ المَكَانُ, aor. ـَ inf. n. قَضَضٌ, The place had in it, or upon it, قَضَض [or small pebbles, or dust]; as also ↓ أَقَضَّ; (M, K;) and ↓ استقضّ. (K.) And قَضَّ الفِرَاشُ, aor. and inf. n. as in the next preceding instance, The bed became overspread with dust. (M.) And عَلَيْهِ المَضْجَعُ ↓ أَقَضَّ (S, M, A, K *) The bed, or place where he lay upon his side, was, or became, rough to him, and dusty: (S, K: *) or had قَضَض, or small pebbles, upon it: (TA:) or was, or became, uneasy to him; as also قَضَّ عليه: (M, TA:) or both signify he did not sleep: or his sleep was uneasy. (TA.) And [hence] عَلَيْهِ الهَمُّ ↓ أَقَضَّ (assumed tropical:) [Grief, or anxiety, disquieted him]. (A, TA.) 4 أَقْضَ3َ see 1, in six places; from قَضَّ السَّوِيقَ to the end of the paragraph.

A2: اقضّ اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ المَضْجَعَ God rendered the bed, or the place where he lay upon his side, rough to him, and dusty: thus the verb is trans. as well as intrans. (S, K. *) and اقضّ الشَّىْءَ He left the thing [consisting of, or overspread with,] small pebbles. (K, * TA.) 5 تَقَضَّضَ and تَقَضَّى: see 7.7 انقضّ It (a thing) broke, or became broken. (Msb.) Said of a wall, it signifies the same: (T, Msb, TA:) or it became thrown down, pulled down, pulled to pieces, demolished, or destroyed, with violence: (A:) or it fell down: (S:) or it cracked, without falling down; (M, K;) as also اِنْقَاضَّ [from نَقَضَ]; inf. n. [of the former]

اِنْقِضَاضٌ; (K;) [and اِنْقَاضَ, inf. n. اِنْقِيَاضٌ;] but if it fall, you say, تَقَيَّضَ, inf. n. تَقَيُّضٌ: so says Az: (TA:) A 'Obeyd and others reckon it a biliteral-radical word, belonging to this art.; (M;) or Az reckons it as such; (TA;) but Aboo-'Alee makes it a triliteral-radical, [like its syn. اِنْقَاضَّ,] from نَقَضَ, holding its measure to be اِفْعَلَّ. (M, TA.) b2: It became cut in pieces. (TA.) b3: [And hence,] انقضّت أَوْصَالُهُ (assumed tropical:) His connections became sundered, or separated. (TA.) [See also انفضّ.] b4: [And from انقضّ as explained above on the authority of the S, or of the A, is derived the phrase] انقضّ الطَّائِرُ (S, M, A, &c.) (tropical:) The bird dropped down (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K) swiftly from the air, (Mgh,) in its flight, (S, Msb,) to alight (M, K, TA) upon a thing; (TA;) [i. e. pounced down, darted down, or made a stoop;] as also ↓ تَقَضَّضَ and ↓ تَقَضَّى, (M, K,) the latter of which is formed by permutation; (M;) or only the latter of these two is used; (S;) or the latter of them is the more chaste; (TA;) for the three dáds are found difficult of pronunciation, and therefore one of them is changed into yé, like as is the case in تَظَنَّى [ for تَظَنَّنَ], from الظَّنٌّ, (S, TA,) and تَمَطَّى for تَمَطَّطَ. (TA.) You say, انقضّ البَازِى عَلَى الصَّيْدِ The hawk [made a stoop, or] flew down swiftly upon the prey, or quarry. (TA.) b5: Hence, (S,) انقضّ said of a star, or an asterism, (S, A,) (tropical:) [It darted down: or] it dropped down. (TA.) b6: Hence also, (TA,) انقضّت عَلَيْهِمْ الخَيْلُ (tropical:) The horses, or horsemen, rushed, or went swiftly, upon them, or against them: (S, * TA:) or dispersed themselves, or became dispersed, against them, or upon them. (M, K.) 8 اقتضّها (tropical:) He devirginated her; (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) namely a girl, (S, A, Mgh,) or a woman; (M;) or either, i. e. before and after puberty; whereas ابتكرها and ابتسرها and اختضرها are only used as meaning before puberty: (Msb:) and افتضّها, with ف, signifies the same as اقتضّها. (TA.) b2: [Hence,] اقتضّ الإِدَاوَةَ (assumed tropical:) He opened the head [or mouth] of the اداوة [or water-skin]. (TA.) 10 إِسْتَقْضَ3َ see 1, near the end.

A2: استقضّ مَضْجَعَهُ He found his bed, or the place where he lay upon his side, to be rough. (S, K.) b2: [And hence,] استقضّ الهَمَّ (assumed tropical:) [He found grief, or anxiety, to be disquieting to him]. (A, TA.) R. Q. 1 قَضْقَضَ: see 1, first half, in four places: and see قَضْقَضَةٌ, below. R. Q. 2 تَقَضْقَضَ It broke, or became broken, into pieces: (M:) it separated, or dispersed; or became separated, or dispersed; (K, TA;) said of a company of men, in a trad. (TA.) قَضٌّ A place in which are قَضَض, (M, K,) meaning small pebbles, or dust; (M;) as also ↓ قَضِضٌ. (M, K.) And أَرْضٌ قَضَّةٌ, (M,) or ↓ قَضَّةٌ [alone, as though a subst.], (K,) and ↓ قِضَّةٌ, (S, K,) Land in which are pebbles: (S, M, K:) and land abounding with stones: (M:) or low, or depressed, land, the ground of which is sand, and by the side of which is plain, or hard, and elevated land: (Lth in explanation of the last of these words, and K:) pl. of the last, قِضَضٌ. (Lth.) Also, Food in which are pebbles and dust: (TA:) and flesh-meat that has fallen upon pebbles, or dust, (M,) or upon stones, or pebbles, (TA,) which one consequently finds in eating it: (M, TA:) and anything having dust in it, or upon it; as food, or a garment, &c.: (M, TA:) and [in like manner] ↓ قَضِضٌ, (S,) or ↓ قَضَضٌ, (K,) but when applied to a place, the author of the K writes it قَضِضٌ, (TA,) food containing pebbles, (S, K,) or dust, (K,) getting between the teeth of the eater. (S, K.) A2: See also قَضَضٌ, in two places.

قَضَّةٌ: see قِضَّةٌ, in four places.

A2: Also, of a star, or an asterism, (tropical:) i. q. نَوْءٌ [here signifying The dawn-setting thereof; for it is] from إِنْقَضَّ said of a star, or asterism. (TA.) So in the saying (TA) أَتَيْنَا عِنْدَ قَضَّةِ النَّجْمِ (tropical:) [We came at the dawnsetting of the asterism, meaning the Pleiades]. (A, * TA.) And مُطِرْنَا بِقَضَّةِ الأَسَدِ (tropical:) [We were rained upon, or we had rain at, lit. by means of, the dawn-setting of the Lion]. (A, TA.) A3: See also قَضَضٌ, in three places.

A4: And see قَضٌّ.

قِضَّةٌ, (M, K,) or ↓ قَضَّةٌ, (A,) (tropical:) [Devirgination]; a subst. from إِقْتَضّ in the former of the two senses assigned to it above. (M, K.) You say, لَيْلَةَ عُرْسِهَا ↓ كَانَ ذٰلِكَ عِنْدَ قَضَّتِهَا (tropical:) [That was on the occasion of her devirgination, on the night of her being conducted to her husband]. (A, TA.) A2: Also the former, (S, M, Msb,) or ↓ latter, (A, Mgh,) or both, (K,) (tropical:) The virginity, or maidenhead, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) of a girl, (S, Mgh, K,) or of a woman, (M,) or of both. (Msb.) You say, أَخَذَ قِضَّتَهَا, (Lh, M,) and ↓ ذَهَبَ بِقَضَّتِهَا, (A, Mgh,) (tropical:) He took her virginity. (Lh, M, Mgh.) A3: See also قَضَضٌ.

A4: And see قَضُّ.

قَضَضٌ A thing broken, brayed, crushed, or broken in pieces by beating: (TA:) pebbles broken in pieces and crushed: (TA:) or, as also ↓ قَضَّةٌ, pebbles broken into small pieces: (K:) or small pebbles broken in pieces: (A:) or, accord. to some, the former is pl. [or rather a quasi-pl. n.] of the latter: (TA:) or both signify pebbles, and dust: (TA:) or the former signifies small pebbles; (S, M;) as also ↓ قِضَّةٌ, (S, K,) and ↓ قَضَّةٌ, (K,) and ↓ قَضِيضٌ, accord. to IAar, as is said by IAth and Sgh and the author of the L, not ↓ قَضٌّ, as is said in the K, for this signifies large pebbles, accord. to IAar, as is said by the three authors mentioned above as citing him, and the author of the K has erred in assigning this last meaning to ↓ قَضِيضٌ: (TA:) or ↓ قَضٌّ signifies pebbles; and ↓ قَضِيضٌ is a pl. [or rather a quasi-pl. n.] thereof: (AHeyth, L:) and قَضَضٌ also signifies dust that overspreads a bed. (M, K.) You say, إِتَّقِ القَضَضَ فِى طَعَامِكَ, and ↓ القَضَّةَ, Beware thou of the pebbles and dust in thy food. (TA.) A2: See also قَضٌّ.

قَضِضٌ: see قَضٌّ, in two places.

قَضِيضٌ: see قَضَضٌ, in three places. b2: Also, (tropical:) Small pieces of food; as being likened to small pebbles. (KT.) قَضْقَضَةٌ The sound of the breaking of bones. (S.) b2: [See also R. Q. 1., of which it is the inf. n.]

مِقَضٌّ An instrument with which stones are broken, (JK, A, TA,) resembling a قَدُوم, q. v. (JK.)

قز

1 قَزَّ, [sec. Pers\., app., قَزُزْتَ,] aor. ـُ inf. n. قَزَازَةٌ, He felt, or had a sense of, or was moved with, shame, or pudency; his soul shrank from foul things: (M:) and [in like manner] ↓ تقزّز he was scrupulous in shunning, or avoiding, unclean things, or impurities; (S, M;) he removed himself far from such things; (S, Mgh, K;) and قُزٌّ [an inf. n. of قَزَّ] signifies the same as تَقَزُّزٌ. (K, TA.) You say also, قَزَّ مِنَ الدَّنَسِ, inf. n. قُزٌّ, He removed himself far from what was unclean. (TK.) And قَزَّتْ نَفْسِى عَنِ الشَّىْءِ, and قَزَّتْهُ, with and without a prep., (M, TA,) inf. n. قَزٌّ, (M, K,) My soul, or mind, refused the thing, or rejected it; (M, K, * TA;) a meaning said by IKtt to be of the dial. of El-Yemen: (TA:) and it loathed the thing; which latter is the more common signification: (M, TA:) and [in like manner] عَنِ الشَّىْءِ ↓ تقزّز he did not eat the thing, nor drink it, willingly: (M, TA:) end مِنْ ↓ تقزّز

أَكْلِ الضَّبِّ وَغَيْرِهِ [he loathed, or shunned, or avoided, the eating of the lizard called ضبّ &c.]. (S, Mgh, TA.) 5 تَقَزَّّ see 1, in three places.

قَزٌّ A quality, or thing, that is to be loathed, or shunned, or avoided, for its uncleanness, in food; as also ↓ قُزُّ and ↓ قَزَازَةٌ. (M, TA.) See also 1.

A2: A man who feels, or has a sense of, or is moved with, shame, or pudency; whose soul shrinks from foul things: (M, TA:) and, as also ↓ قُزٌّ and ↓ قِزٌّ, a man scrupulous in shunning, or avoiding, unclean things, or impurities; (S;) who removes himself far from such things; (S, K;) who does not eat nor drink a thing willingly: (M:) and the same three epithets, (TA,) and ↓ قَزَزٌ (K) and ↓ قُزَّازٌ, (IAar, K,) a man well-bred, or polite, (ظَرِيفٌ,) who guards against vices or faults, and shuns acts of disobedience and afflictions, not through pride: (K, TA;) fem. قَزَّةٌ and قُزَّةٌ and قِزَّةٌ: (M, K: *) the pl. of قَزٌّ is أَقِزَّآءُ, which is anomalous. (M, TA.) A3: I. q. إِبْرِيسَمٌ [Silk: or raw silk:] (K:) or a kind thereof: (S:) or that whereof ابريسم is made; (Lth, Az, Msb, TA;) wherefore some say, that قزّ and ابريسم are like wheat and flour: (Msb:) a Persian word, [originally قَزْ,] (M, TA,) arabicized: (S, M, Msb:) pl. قُزُوزٌ. (M, TA.) b2: [Hence, دُودُ القَزِّ The silk-worm.]

قُزٌّ: see قَزٌّ; the first in three places, and the second in two.

قِزٌّ: see قَزٌّ; the first in three places, and the second in two.

قَزَزٌ: see قَزٌّ; the first in three places, and the second in two.

قَزَازَةٌ: see قَزٌّ, and see also 1.

قَزَّازٌ A seller of قَزّ, q. v. (K.) قُزَّازٌ: see قَزٌّ.

خص

ى1 خَصَاهُ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. ـْ (JK, Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. خِصَآءٌ (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K) and خَصَآءٌ, mentioned, by MF, from Expositions of the Fs, (TA,) and خَصْىٌ, agreeably with analogy, occurs in a trad. of Esh-Shaabee, though we have not heard it, (Mgh,) He drew forth, or extracted, his testicles; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) [he gelded, or castrated, him;] namely, a stallion, (S,) a sheep or goat, or a horse or similar beast, (Lth, JK, TA,) and a man or boy, (TA,) or a slave. (Msb.) One says, بَرِئْتُ إِلَيْكَ مِنَ الخِصَآءِ [I am irresponsible to thee for castration]. (S.) b2: [Hence,] كَانَ جَوَادًا فَخُصِىَ [lit. He was a fleet and excellent horse, and he was gelded]; meaning (tropical:) he was rich, and he became poor. (TA.) b3: The poets term satire, and the act of overcoming, خِصَآء: one of them says, خَصَيْتُكَ يَا ابْنَ حَمْزَةَ بِالقَوَافِى

كَمَا يُخْصَى مِنَ الحَلَقِ الحِمَارُ [(tropical:) I have emasculated thee, O son of Hamzeh, with rhymes, like as the he-ass is emasculated in consequence of the disease termed حَلَق; for which, it is asserted, (as is said in the TA, art. حلق,) there is no remedy but gelding]. (IB, TA.) 4 اخصى [as though meaning (assumed tropical:) He did away with that which rendered him like one emasculated; the ا, app., having a privative property;] (tropical:) he learned one science. (Sgh, K, TA.) b2: The use of إِخْصَآءٌ [its inf. n.] in the sense of خِصَآءٌ inf. n. of خَصَى is a mistake. (Mgh.) 8 اختصى He castrated himself; or made himself a eunuch. (KL.) خَصٍ Having a complaint of his خُصَى [or testicles]. (K.) خُصْىٌ; and the dual خُصْيَانِ: see خُصْيَةٌ, in five places.

خِصْىٌ: see what next follows.

خُصْيَةٌ A testicle; (El-Umawee, S;) sing. of خُصًى; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) it is [one] of the organs of generation; (K;) well known; (Msb;) and ↓ خِصْيَةٌ signifies the same, (S, K,) and so does ↓ خُصْىٌ, (Msb, K,) and ↓ خِصْىٌ; (K;) and خُصْوَةٌ is a dial. var., occurring in a trad., but is extr.: (Sh, TA:) accord. to some, (Msb,) the sing. is خُصْيَةٌ [alone], (T, Msb,) of the fem. gender; (T, TA;) and the dual is ↓ خُصْيَانِ, (ElUmawee, T, S, Mgh, Msb, K,) of the masc. gender, (T, TA,) without ت, (El-Umawee, S, Mgh, Msb,) irreg., (El-Umawee, S, Msb,) like

أَلْيَانِ dual of أَلْيَةٌ, (El-Umawee, S,) and خُصْيَتَانِ also, (T, Mgh, K,) this latter being sometimes used, (T, Mgh,) though rarely, (MF on the authority of the Expositions of the Fs,) both mentioned by ISh: (T, TA:) AO says, I have heard خُصْيَة, with damm, but I have not heard ↓ خِصْيَة, with kesr; and I have heard ↓ خُصْيَاهُ [as the dual], though they did not use ↓ خُصْىٌ as the sing.; (S;) IB, however, cites exs. of this last as a sing.: (TA:) AA says that الخُصْيَتَانِ signifies the two testicles; and ↓ اَخُصْيَانِ, the two skins [which compose the scrotum, i. e.,] in which are the two testicles; citing an ex. in which the latter dual is used in this sense; (S;) and ISk says the like; whereas IKoot makes الخُصْيَةُ to signify [the scrotum, i. e.] the skin containing the testicle. (Msb.) b2: Also (tropical:) An earring (قُرْطٌ) in the ear: (JK, Sgh, K:) thus called by way of comparison: (TA:) pl. خُصًى. (JK.) خِصْيَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.

خَصِىٌّ Whose testicles have been drawn forth, or extracted; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) [gelded, or castrated; a eunuch;] applied to a sheep or goat, and a horse or similar beast, (TA,) and a man (S, TA) or boy, (TA,) or a slave; (Msb;) as also ↓ مَخْصِىٌّ: (K:) pl. خِصْيَانٌ (S, Mgh, K) and خِصْيَةٌ: (S, K:) in giving it the former pl., they liken it to a subst., like ظَلِيمٌ, of which the pl. is ظِلْمَانٌ: so says Sb; meaning that فِعْلَانٌ is generally the pl. of فَعِيلٌ as a subst. (TA.) One says also خَصِىٌّ نَصِىٌّ; using the latter word as an imitative sequent. (Lh, TA.) b2: Also (tropical:) Poetry in which is no amatory effusion. (K, TA.) خَاصٍ [act. part. n. of 1]. They say, جَآءَ كَخَاصِى

العَيْرِ [lit. He came like the gelder of the ass], meaning he came ashamed: (JK, and TA in art. جوج:) and also, disappointed, or unsuccessful. (TA in that art.) مَخْصًى The place of cutting [or gelding or castration]. (S.) مَخْصِىٌّ: see خَصِىٌّ.

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فأما اسم هذا البلد فهو أعجميّ فيما أحسب، وقال أبو سعد: كان سبب تسميتها بهذا الاسم أن المسلمين لما وردوا خراسان قصدوها فبلغ أهلها فهربوا ولم يتخلف بها غير النساء فلما أتاها المسلمون لم يروا بها
رجلا فقالوا: هؤلاء نساء والنساء لا يقاتلن فننسأ أمرها الآن إلى أن يعود رجالهن، فتركوها ومضوا فسمّوا بذلك نساء، والنسبة الصحيحة إليها نسائيّ وقيل نسويّ أيضا، وكان من الواجب كسر النون: وهي مدينة بخراسان، بينها وبين سرخس يومان، وبينها وبين مرو خمسة أيام، وبين أبيورد يوم، وبين نيسابور ستة أو سبعة، وهي مدينة وبئة جدّا يكثر بها خروج العرق المدينيّ حتى إن الصيف قلّ من ينجو منه من أهلها، وقد خرج منها جماعة من أعيان العلماء، منهم: أبو عبد الرحمن أحمد بن شعيب بن علي بن بحر بن سنان النسائي القاضي الحافظ صاحب كتاب السنن وكان إمام عصره في علم الحديث وسكن مصر وانتشرت تصانيفه بها وهو أحد الأئمة الأعلام، صنّف السنن وغيرها من الكتب، روى عن قتيبة بن سعيد وإسحاق بن إبراهيم بن حبيب بن الشهيد وإسحاق بن شاهين وإسحاق بن منصور الكوسج وإسحاق بن موسى الأنصاري وإبراهيم بن سعيد الجوهري وإبراهيم بن يعقوب الجوزجاني وأحمد بن بكار بن أبي ميمونة وعيسى بن حماد ورغنة والحسن ابن محمد الزعفراني، قدم دمشق فسمع هشام بن عمّار ودحيما وجماعة كثيرة يطول تعدادهم، روى عنه أحمد ابن عمير بن جوصا ومحمد بن جعفر بن ملّاس وأبو القاسم بن أبي العقب وأبو الميمون بن راشد وأبو الحسن بن خذلم وأبو بشر الدولابي وهو من أقرانه وأبو عليّ الحسين بن عليّ الحافظ النياموزي الطبراني وأبو سعيد الأعرابي وأبو جعفر الطحاوي وغيرهم، وسئل عن مولده فقال: أشبه أن يكون سنة 215، وسئل أبو عبد الرحمن النسائي عن اللحن يوجد في الحديث فقال: إن كان شيء تقوله العرب، وإن كان لغة غير قريش فلا تغيّر لأن النبي، صلّى الله عليه وسلّم، كان يكلم الناس بكلامهم، وإن كان مما لا يوجد في لغة العرب فرسول الله، صلّى الله عليه وسلّم، لا يلحن، وسئل أبو عبد الرحمن بدمشق عن فضائل معاوية فقال: معاوية لا يرضى رأسا برأس حتى يفضل، فما زالوا يدفعون في خصيته حتى أخرج من المسجد، قال الدارقطني: فقال: احملوني إلى مكة، فحمل إليها وهو عليل فتوفي بها، وهو مدفون بين الصفا والمروة، وكانت وفاته في شعبان سنة 303، وقال أبو سعيد ابن يونس وأبو جعفر الطحاوي إنه مات بفلسطين في صفر من هذه السنة، وأبو أحمد حميد بن زنجويه واسمه مخلد بن قتيبة بن عبد الله وزنجويه لقب مخلد الأزدي النسوي وهو صاحب كتاب الترغيب وكتاب الأموال، وكان عالما فاضلا، سمع بدمشق هشام بن عمّار، وبمصر عبد الله بن صالح وسعيد بن عفير، وسمع بقيسارية وحمص وبالعراق يزيد بن هارون والنضر بن شميل وأبا نعيم وأبا عاصم النبيل وحج وسمع بمكة، روى عنه البخاري ومسلم وأبو داود والنسائي وأبو زرعة وأبو حاتم الرازيّان وعبد الله بن أحمد بن حنبل وغيرهم، وقال أبو عبد الله محمد بن أحمد البنّاء: نسا مدينة بخراسان. ونسا: مدينة بفارس. ونسا: مدينة بكرمان، وقال الرّهني:
نسا من رساتيق بمّ بكرمان. ونسا: مدينة بهمذان.
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