Martyred 246 A.H.
- He didn’t make it easy for this religion to be among them, except allegiance completed in haste and without any thought.2 2. And if this allegiance had not been there, the statement Saqifah folks was misguidance. 3. If they had entrusted Caliphate to one, in whose favor it was willed, they would have entrusted it to Ali (a.s.), administration would have been perfectly organized and people would have been secure from deviation. 4. Brother of the seal of prophets, who is immune from defects, who beheaded warriors during battles. 5. So, if they refuse Ghadeer and Badr and lofty and vast mountains of Uhad are witnesses of that. 6. And verses of Quran are witnesses to his excellence and sacrifice. 7. And prominent qualities, in which he took precedence over them, are merits with which he was imbued before all of them.
This Qasida has 121 verses.1
Explanation regarding the verses from the statements of important Ahle Sunnat scholars
1. Abul Faraj writes in Aghani:2
The panegyric (Qasida) of Dibil, in which he says:
و منزلوحي مقفر العرصات
مدارس آیات خلت من تلاوه
“There is the place of taking lesson from the verses of Quran, which are
devoid of recitation and the place of descent of divine revelation is empty of
inhabitants.”3
…is his best among his verses regarding Ahle Bayt (a.s.) and he recited this
Qasida for Imam Ali Reza (a.s.) in Khorasan.
Dibil says: I came to Ali bin Moosa Reza (a.s.) and he said: Recite some
verses. So I recited as follows:
و منزلوحي مقفر العرصات
مدارس آیات خلت من تلاوه
“There is the place of taking lesson from verses of Quran, which are
devoid of recitation and the place of descent of divine revelation is empty of
inhabitants.”
Till I came to the line:
اذا وتر وا مدوا الى واتريهم اكفا عن الاوتار منقبضات
“When they became targets of victimization, they stretched their hands
to their oppressors, which are tied from taking revenge.”
Dibil says: So Imam (a.s.) wept till he became unconscious. And the servant,
who stood at the head of the Imam gestured me to fall quiet and I fell silent. After
sometime, he (Imam) said: Recite again. So I recited again and when I came to
that same verse, the same thing happened. The servant gestured me to keep quiet
and I fell silent. After sometime, the Imam again told me to repeat the poem and I
repeated it, till I came to the end.
Then he told me three times: Excellent! Then he ordered for ten thousand
dirhams minted in his name, to be given to me. As much amount was never given
to anyone. The Imam also instructed his servants to give me other valuables and
ornaments and he brought them for me. I came to Iraq and sold each dirham for
ten dirhams and Shia of Imam purchased them and a hundred thousand dirhams
accumulated with me and this was the first money that I had accumulated.4
Ibne Mahruya says: Huzaifah bin Muhammad narrated to me that Dibil said:
I requested Imam Ali Reza (a.s.) for a dress he had worn, so that I may place
it in my shroud. Imam (a.s.) gave me that. The people of Qom learnt about it and
asked me to sell it to them for 30000 dirhams, but I refused. So they waylaid me
and seized that dress from me, saying: If you want you can take cash in exchange
of it, and if not, do what you like. I said: By God, I will not give it willingly and
it is of no use to you if you take it by force and I will complain about it to Imam
Ali Reza (a.s.). After that I offered to sell them a sleeve of that shirt for 30000
dirhams. And they agreed.