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Mu’min al‐Taq said: “So I went to the Sacred House of Allah. Then I came in to Abu ‘Abd Allah (al‐
Sadiq), peace be on him, and told him about the affair, and he, peace be on him, said: ‘Surely he
has prepared two ewes for you. He will bring out the two ewes full of worms for you in the
presence of some of his companions and say to you: ‘I have created these worms.’ Say to him: ‘If
they are of your creation, then distinguish the males from females.’ He will say to you: ‘This is not
of your thoughts; rather you have brought it from al‐Hijaz.’ Then he will ask you: ‘Do you not claim
that He (Allah) is rich?’ Say: ‘Yes.’ He will also ask you: ‘Do you think that He is rich while he has
neither gold nor silver?’ Say to him: ‘Yes.’ He will say to you: ‘How will this be rich?’ Say to him: ‘If
riches among us on the part of gold or silver or trade, then all this is of that with which people
deal, so which thing is in comparison greater and more appropriate than that which is said: ‘Who
is richer‐the One Who by Himself creates riches before it was a thing and makes people rich
through it or he who benefits by a gift, alms, and a trade?’”
Mu’min al‐Taq returned home and met with Ibn Abi al‐‘Awja’. The previous talk took place
between them, and the latter said to the former: “By Allah, this (thought) is not of yours! By Allah,
this (thought) is of that which carried by camels!”[1]
Mu’min al‐Taq had other debates indicating his abundant knowledge.
5. His Books
Mu’min al‐Taq wrote a group of books on various kinds of sciences of which are the following:
A. If‘al wa la Taf‘al (Do and do not do); it is a good, big book. Al‐Najashi saw it with Ahmed b. al‐
Husayn. Concerning it he has said: “Some later author added to it some traditions indicating
corruption.”
B. Kalamihi ma‘a al‐Khawarijj (his Theological Debates with the Kharijites); it contains his debates
with them and their corrupt beliefs.
C. Majalisihi ma’a Abu Hanifa wa al‐Murji’a (his Debates with Abu Hanifa and
[1] Tanqeeh al‐Maqal, vol. 3, p. 162.
the Murji’a).
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