Hashemiyat
Masudi, Murujuz Zahab,1 has attributed this Qasida to Kumayt and Sandubi2 has written that:
“Kumayt was among the best poets from the period of the Umayyad rule. He
was an expert on Arabic lexicon and historical events and his best and most
important poems are Hashimiya Qasidas, Qasidas in which the Ahle Bayt (a.s.) of
the Prophet are mentioned in lofty and reverential terms.”
Qasida Maimiya from Qasida Hashemiya
من لقب متيم مستهام غير ما صبوه ولا احلام
“There is nothing in this aggrieved and lonely heart, except love and hope.”
Saayed, the slave of Kumayt says: We came to Abu Ja’far, Imam
Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) and Kumayt recited this Qasida before the Imam and His
Eminence said twice:
اللهم اغفر للكميت. اللهم اغفر للكميت
“O God, forgive Kumayt.”3
Qasida Baiyya from the Hashimiya Qasidas
طربت و ما شوقا الى البيض الطرب ولا لعبا منى و ذو الشيب يلعب
“I am elated, but my elation is not due to the love of beauties. Neither am I fond of games, although even the elderly like fun and games.”
In his book of Aghani, 4 Abul Faraj has narrated through his chains of narrators from Ibrahim bin Saad Asadi that he said:
I heard my father say: I saw the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.) in dream; he asked: “Who are you?”
I replied: “An Arab.”
He said: “I know that. From what clan of Arabs?”
I replied: “From Bani Asad clan.”
He asked: “Are you from Bani Asad from Bani Khuzaima? Are you Hilali?”
“Yes,” I said.
He asked: “Do you know Kumayt?”
“Yes, O Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.a.), I do. He is my uncle and a member
of my clan.”
He asked: “Do you remember his verses?”
“Yes,” I replied.
He said: “Recite the lines:
طربت و ما شوقا الى البيض الطرب ولا لعبا مني وذو الشيب يلعب
‘I am elated, but my elation is not due to the love of beauties. Neither am I fond of games, although even the elderly like fun and games.’
So I recited the poem till I reached the lines:
‘I am not, but a Shia of the progeny of Muhammad. And I have no way (belief) except the path of truth.’
Then he said: “In the morning convey greetings to him and say: Indeed,
Almighty Allah has forgiven you for the sake of this Qasida.”
Suyuti has mentioned in his Sharh:
Ibne Asakir5 has narrated from Jahiz: Kumayt was the one, who opened the
path of protest for the Shia saying:
“If Fadak had not been deserving for a tribe other than them, then
indeed the near kindred of the Prophet were most deserving and rightful for
Caliphate. They say that the Prophet did not leave any heir. If he did not
leave any heir, other tribes should also be given shares in his estate.”
Shaykh Mufeed has replied to this statement of Jahiz that before Kumayt,
even in the period following the period of the Prophet, the Shia had raised
protests. Perhaps Jahiz was unaware of that or perhaps through his statement, he
wants to deny the existence of Shia during the period of Prophet, but history
would respond to this audacity fully.
There are a large number of verses of companions and companions of
companions since the time when Kumayt was not even born. Among them being
Khuzaima Zu-Shahadatain, Abdullah Ibne Abbas, Fazal Ibne Abbas, Ammaar
Yasir, Abu Zar Ghiffari etc. And before everyone else, Ameerul Momineen (a.s.)
completely opened this door in his letters and sermons, having this issue and
numerous books contain these sermons and letters.