Hadith 56

hhouse which he was in, and I used to constantly see him being upon this state, and this appearance. When it was morning, I was from the ones who entered to see him. I saw him and his strength had intensified, and his stature was erect, and his beard had lengthened, and his face had reddened, and he had returned to be as if he was twenty years old, and he did not cease to be upon that until he came across the death. And when this news spread and was broadcast, the ruler sought him and presented him in his presence, and he had seen him the day before being upon that state, and now he was upon its opposite, just as we have described him, and he did not see any traces of his injuries, and his teeth had returned. Mighty dread entered into the ruler, and he used to sit in the place of the Imam-asws in Al-Hilla and he would make his back to be to the noble Qiblah. After that he became sitting facing the Qiblah, and he returned to be kind with the people of Al-Hilla and overlooked from their evil deeds and was good to their good deeds, and that did not benefit him, but he only remained in that for a little while until he died’’. [69]
And from that is what was narrated to me by the Sheikh, the revered, the worker, the meritorious Shams Al Deen Muhammd Bin Qaroun, the mentioned, who said, ‘He was from the companion of the sultan Al-Muammar Bin Shams, named as Mazour, having the responsibility of the tow well known as Burs, and the designated affairs of the Alawites, and there was a deputy for him call Ibn Al-Khateeb, and a slave called Usman was in charge of his expenditure monies. And Ibn Al-Khateeb was from the people of righteousness and the Eman, opposite from Usman, and they used to constantly quarrel. By co-incidence they were present at the Maqam Ibrahim-as the Friend (of the Beneficent) in the presence of a group of citizens and the general public. Ibn Al-Khateeb said to Usman, ‘O Usman! Now the truth will be clarified and be obvious. I shall write upon my hand (the names of) the ones I befriend, and they-asws are Ali-asws, and Al-Hassan-asws, and Al Husayn-asws, and you write the ones you befriend, Abu Bakr, and Umar, and Usman. Then yours and my hand would be tied. So, whoever’s hand is burnt in the fire, he would be upon the falsehood, and the one whose hand is safe, would be upon the truth! ’
Usman recoiled and refused to do so. The ones from the citizens and the general public who were present, seized with the shouting upon him. This, and Umm Usman was overlooking upon them, hearing their talk. When she saw that, she cursed the ones present, those who were shouting at her son Usman, ad she insulted them and threatened, and overdid regarding that. She was blinded immediately. When she sensed that, she called out to her friends. They ascended to her, and there she was with healthy eyes, but she could not see anything. They sat her up and descended her, and they went with her to Al-Hilla. And her news spread between her companions and her relatives and her tribesmen. They presented to her the physicians from Baghdad and