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7 When the Khalifah Al-Mahdi came to Madi• nah on the occasion of the pilgrimages he took Abu Ma'shar, as the latter himself informs us," with him to (View the image of this page) Baghdad, had him paid 1,000 dinars and ordered him to stay near him and instruct his entourage in Fiqh.
(View the image of this page) " When the Prince of Believers came to Madinah on the occasion of the pilgrimage, he said to Yahya ibn Khalid : H Seek out for me a man who knows Madinah and the sacred sites and who knows how the descent of the angel Gabriel took place, from which side he came to the Prophet, and who knows the graves of the Martyrs.
Then Yahya ibn Khalid gaYe me leave to enter when the day was fully come and made me sit near him and said to me : The Prince of Believers-Allah give him might !-is still weeping, for that which thou hast shown to him has much impressed him, and he has ordered 10,000 dirharns to be paid to thee.
Tabari III, 619, 709)-Hwho knew me, and he said to me: 0 Abu 'Abdullah, you have made a mistake and vain hopes have misled you, nevertheless I will bring your name to his remembrance, After that I went to his door every morn• ing and evening, while my funds grew low, I was ashamed before my companions, my clothes were torn and I gave up (View the image of this page) (!) • \:)- ..