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uried his books when he was imprisoned and they become lost. Any way, the world has lost the
books of this great scholar.
C. His Worship
Muhammed was among the notable, the Allah‐fearing and the righteous, for he was brought up in
the house of the Imamate; he followed the way of Ahl al‐Bayt, who renounced the world and paid
no attention to the pleasures and desires wherein. The enough proof of his too much worship is
the tradition reported by al‐Fedl b. Shadan, who has said: “I entered Iraq and heard a person
admonishing his friend, saying to him: ‘You are a man with a family and you are in need of earning
for them; I have fear for that you will be blind due to your long prostration (sujud); he rebuked
and scold him so much that he turned to him and said: ‘If someone became blind out of
prostration (sujud), then (Muhammed) b. Abi ‘Umayr would be blind; then what is your idea about
a man who performed the sajjda for giving thanks (sajjdat al‐shukr) after the dawn prayer and did
not raise his head until the sun came to descending (from its midday zenith).
“He told him about the worship of Muhammed b. Abi ‘Umayr, saying to him: ‘My Shaykh took me
by the hand and we went to Muhammed b. Abi ‘Umayr; we
[1] Al‐Keshi, Rijal.
[2] Al‐Nejashi, Rijal, pp. 250‐251.
ascended to him in a room; there was in his gathering a group of Shaykhs who respected and
magnified him, so I asked: “‐Who is this? “‐This is Muhammed b. Abi ‘Umayr. “‐The righteous,
worshipful man?”[1] Such was Muhammed in his fear of Allah and piety; he was respected and
magnified by those Allah‐fearing and righteous; his position admired by them indicates that he
had a high position and was of great importance.
D. In Prison
Muhammed b. Abi ‘Umayr was among the prominent figures in the world of Shi‘a due to his close
relationship with the Imams from among Ahl al‐Bayt, peace be on him. Meanwhile he had the
general record in which were the names of the Shi‘ites. This state disturbed Harun al‐Rashid and
he ordered Muhammed b. Abi ‘Umayr to be thrown into a dark prison, and he remained in the
prison for seventeen years.[2] Then he was chained and brought before Harun al‐Rashid. He
ordered him to tell him about the names of the Shi‘ites. He firmly refused to mention their names,
and Harun ordered him to be flogged a hundred times. He said that he felt sever pain and was
about to tell him of them but he heard the voice of Yunus b. ‘Abd al‐Rahman saying to him:
“Muhammed b. Abi ‘Umayr, remember your standing before Allah.” That he felt strong through
his statement, was patient, did not informed (Harun) of their names, and thanked Allah.[3] From
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