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All of you seek hunting except 'Amru b. 'Ubayd.
'Amru has treaties and books of which are al‐Tafseer, and al‐Radd 'alaa al‐Qadariya. He died near
Mecca. Al‐Mansur lamented for him. We have not heard that a caliph lamented for a person
except him. This has been mentioned in the book al‐A'lam, vol. 2, p. 736. [2] 'Uyun Akhbar al‐Rida,
vol. 2, p. 337.
unlawful, and insisted on that the Imam had to represent him on that day to comply with his
Persian fighters who used to celebrate it. The Imam had no escape from responding to him. So he
sat in his place, and the notables and the leaders came in to him in order to congratulate him and
to give him gifts. There was with him a person appointed by al‐Mansur to write to him the gifts.
Meantime a shabby, old man came in to the Imam carrying a gift most precious of jewels and
most expensive of all the things given to him. The old man stood in front of the Imam and said to
him: "O My master, I am a poor man and have no money to give to you. Any way, I will gift you
with three poetry lines my grandfather said in praising your grandfather al‐Husayn."
"Welcome to you and to your gift! Recite what he said." retorted the Imam.
The old man began saying:
I wondered at the sword that rose over (you), and its equal escaped on the Day of the Battle when
dust rose over you.
(And I wondered at) the arrows that penetrated you in defense for the free ladies who called out
your grandfather while their tears were copious.
Why did those arrows not become weak? And why did that esteem and admiration not prevent
them from (penetrating) your body?[1]
Accordingly the delights on that day turned into a funeral ceremony full of sorrow and sadness for
the Master of martyrs (Imam al‐Husayn), peace be on him.
The Imam, who was full of grief and sadness, turned to the old man said to him: "I have accepted
your gift! Sit down! May Allah bless you!" Then he raised his head and said to the servant: "Go to
al‐Mansur and tell him about these gifts and (ask him about what) he will do with them." The
retainer went to al‐Mansur and told him about the Imam's speech, and he told him that all the
gifts were a gift to the Imam. He returned to the Imam and told him about al‐Mansur's answer. As
a result the Imam, peace be on him, gave all those gifts to the old man as a sign of honoring his
grandfather, who praised the Master of martyrs (Imam al‐Husayn), peace be on him, through
these nice poetry lines.
The narration has not mentioned in which country the Imam, peace be on him, represented al‐
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