Qasida Lamiya from the Qasida Hashimiya
الاهل عم في رايه متامل وهل مدبر بعد الاسائه مقبل
“Know that one, who is blind in his view, would he contemplate? Would someone, after his destructions, return to truth?”1
In his book of Aghani,2 Abul Faraj has narrated from Abu Bakr Hadhrami that:
Kumayt met Abu Ja’far Muhammad bin Ali during the days of Tashreeq (11, 12 and 13 Zilhajj) in Mina.
Kumayt said: “May I be sacrificed on you, I have composed some verses which I would like to recite before you.”
Imam (a.s.) said: “Kumayt, remember God these days.”
When Kumayt insisted, the Imam had pity on him and accorded permission. So Kumayt recited his poem till he reached the lines:
يصيب به الرامون عن قوس غيرهم فيا آخر اسدى له الغى اول
“Archers, who shoot from the bow of others. Curse on the last of them, who created the atmosphere of destruction for the first one.”
Imam (a.s.) raised his hands up to the heavens and said:
“O God, forgive Kumayt.”
Baghdadi has narrated this report in Khazanatul Adab3 and after that is mentioned: “Hundreds began to wail.”
When he recited his verses regarding Imam Husain (a.s.):
“As if I see Husain (a.s.) and his excellent companions surrounding him,
ready to sacrifice their lives through their swords. The Messenger of Allah
(s.a.w.a.) is missing from among them and his absence has become a painful
calamity for all. I don’t find anyone more deserving than Husain, to rescue
him from loneliness.”
Imam (a.s.) raised his hands in prayers and said:
“O Allah, forgive Kumayt his past and future sins, the apparent and the
concealed and bestow him till he is satisfied.”
Then he presented him with a thousand Dinars and a robe. Kumayt said: “By
God, I am devoted to you not for the sake of material wealth, otherwise, I would
have gone to those, who own wealth. I am devoted to you for the sake of the
hereafter. I will take the dress by way of auspiciousness, but I will not take the
money.”