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He would also honour the ambassador of the Alawids and would increase
the bonus he would give them. 1 He would prevent them from standing at
his door and would say:
إني لستحيي من الله تبارك وتعالى أن يقف على بابي رجل من أهل بيت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
فال يؤذن له علي من ساعته
I feel shy from Allah E that a person of the Ahl al-Bayt of Rasūl Allah
H stand by my door and he is not immediately granted permission. 2
What he also did was that he returned Fadak to what it was during the time
of Nabī H [and the first four Khulafā’]; He would give charity from it
and would spend upon the minors of the Hashimids and would utilise it to
get their unmarried ladies married. 3 In addition, he reinstated some of the
nobles of the Hashimids to positions of overseeing the charities of Rasūl
Allah H after they were dismissed prior to that. 4
Due to his sterling efforts, one among which was prohibiting the
denigration of ʿAlī I and acting justly with the Alawids and being
good to them, they praised him immensely. Hence Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī
al-Ḥusayn 5 said:
لكل قوم نجيبة،‏ وإن نجيبة بني أمية عمر بن عبد العزيز،‏ وإنه يبعث يوم القيامة أمة وحده
1 Ḥilyah al-Awliyāʾ 5/364; Tārīkh Madīnah Dimashq 65/323; al-Bidāyah wa al-Nihāyah 10/95.
2 Tārīkh Madīnah Dimashq 54/269; al-Bidāyah wa al-Nihāyah 9/203.
3 Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ 5/128. Also see: Tārīkh al-Yaʿqūbī 2/305; al-Bidāyah wa al-Nihāyah 9/200; Tārīkh
al-Khulafāʾ p. 231.
4 Tahdhīb al-Kamāl 10/53.
5 Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī al-Hāshimī, Abū Jaʿfar al-Madanī, commonly known
as al-Bāqir. He was a reliable erudite. He complemented his knowledge with action and was also an
acclaimed leader. He was born in 60 A.H. and is considered one the Imāms according to the Twelvers.
His narrations appear in the six books. He passed away in 114 A.H. See: al-Ṭabaqāt al-Kubrā 5/320;
Tārīkh Madīnah Dimashq 54/268; Siyar Aʿlām al-Nubalāʾ 4/401; Tahdhīb al-Tahdhīb 9/311.
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