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‐Do not be like me, but be less than that in which you are and higher than that in which I am! So al‐Mansur shouted at him: ‐Go out! Al‐Thawri opposed him and threw at him an arrow of his flowing knowledge, saying: ‐Surely I know the position of one man! If he becomes righteous, all the community will be righteous! ‐Who is it? ‐You, Commander of the faithful! He burnt his heart with his words.[1] Then he left him and went away. 3. Ibn Abi Dhi'b[2] Some great Muslim jurists visited al‐Mansur when he assumed the caliphate. His gathering was fearful. For he sat on furniture brocaded with pearls and precious stones. Many guards drawing their swords surrounded him. They were waiting for issuing his orders to execute any person whatever he was. When the jurists sat down, al‐Mansur angrily looked at them and said: ‐Now then, people of jurists! Something from you reached the Commander of the faithful, and it has displeased him, and he has no patience with it! You are the most appropriate of the people in showing obedience and advise secretly and openly to him whom Allah has appointed as caliph over you! The religious leader Malik b. Anas showed obedience to him and refuted those who informed him of them, saying: ‐O Commander of the faithful, Allah, the Most high, has said: "O you who believe! If an evil‐doer comes to you with a report, look carefully into it, lest you should harm a people in ignorance, then be sorry for what you have done." So al‐Mansur's excitement and anger abated, and he turned to them and asked: ‐What a kind of man am I in your viewpoints? [1] Al‐Musamarat, vol. 1, p. 98. [2] Ibn Abi Dhi'b is Muhammed b. 'Abd al‐Rahman al‐Qarashi al‐'Amiri, al‐Medani. He was a jurist. Ahmed b. Hanbel has said: "Ibn Abi Dhi'b was better than Malik, but Malik was greater than him in purifying the traditionists." Al‐Waqidi has said: "He (Ibn Abi Dhi'b) was the most wonderful and best of all the people." Ibn Abi Dhi'b was born in the year 80 A. H. He said the truth and did not fear the authority. When al‐Mehdi came into the Mosque of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and Presented by http://www.alhassanain.com & http://www.islamicblessings.com
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‐Do not be like me, but be less than that in which you are and higher than that in which I am! So<br />
al‐Mansur shouted at him:<br />
‐Go out!<br />
Al‐Thawri opposed him and threw at him an arrow of his flowing knowledge, saying:<br />
‐Surely I know the position of one man! If he be<strong>com</strong>es righteous, all the <strong>com</strong>munity will be<br />
righteous!<br />
‐Who is it? ‐You, Commander of the faithful! He burnt his heart with his words.[1] Then he left<br />
him and went away.<br />
3. Ibn Abi Dhi'b[2]<br />
Some great Muslim jurists visited al‐Mansur when he assumed the caliphate. His gathering was<br />
fearful. For he sat on furniture brocaded with pearls and precious stones. Many guards drawing<br />
their swords surrounded him. They were waiting for issuing his orders to execute any person<br />
whatever he was. When the jurists sat down, al‐Mansur angrily looked at them and said: ‐Now<br />
then, people of jurists! Something from you reached the Commander of the faithful, and it has<br />
displeased him, and he has no patience with it! You are the most appropriate of the people in<br />
showing obedience and advise secretly and openly to him whom Allah has appointed as caliph<br />
over you!<br />
The religious leader Malik b. Anas showed obedience to him and refuted those who informed him<br />
of them, saying:<br />
‐O Commander of the faithful, Allah, the Most high, has said: "O you who believe! If an evil‐doer<br />
<strong>com</strong>es to you with a report, look carefully into it, lest you should harm a people in ignorance, then<br />
be sorry for what you have done."<br />
So al‐Mansur's excitement and anger abated, and he turned to them and asked: ‐What a kind of<br />
man am I in your viewpoints?<br />
[1] Al‐Musamarat, vol. 1, p. 98.<br />
[2] Ibn Abi Dhi'b is Muhammed b. 'Abd al‐Rahman al‐Qarashi al‐'Amiri, al‐Medani. He was a jurist.<br />
Ahmed b. Hanbel has said: "Ibn Abi Dhi'b was better than Malik, but Malik was greater than him in<br />
purifying the traditionists." Al‐Waqidi has said: "He (Ibn Abi Dhi'b) was the most wonderful and<br />
best of all the people." Ibn Abi Dhi'b was born in the year 80 A. H. He said the truth and did not<br />
fear the authority. When al‐Mehdi came into the Mosque of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and<br />
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