71, it has been mentioned: "The Imām gave Di'bil a green...

71, it has been mentioned: "The Imām gave Di'bil a green shirt and a ring whose stone was agate, and he said to him: 'Keep this shirt, for I wore it and performed one thousand rak'as during one thousand nights and completed the Qur'ān one thousand times.'" [4] Abū al-Farajj al-Asfahāni, al-Aghāni, vol. 18, p. 29. Mu'jam al-'Udabā', vol. 4, p. 194. narrators have mentioned: The most lovable slave-wife to Dibil became ill.

So he bandaged her with what he had of the garment of the Imām, peace be on him, and she got well. [1] As for the dirhams, Dibil sold each one to the Qummis for ten dirhams, so his share amounted one hundred thousand dirhams. [2] The Imām awards a Prize to Ibrāhim The Imām, peace be on him, gave Ibrāhim al-Sawli ten thousands of the dirhams struck with his holy name. Ibrāhim did not sell them; rather they remained with him.

[3] So he spent some of them, and the rest remained with him until he died. The Immortal Poem of Dibil The poem which Dibil recited to the Imām, peace be on him, is regarded as one of the masterpieces of Arab literature and among the sources of Islamic legacy. It is the most famous of Dibils poems. It had a strong impression on the Imām, so he wept and fainted three times.

[4] That is because Dibil has mentioned in it the painful tragedies which befell the members of the House ( ahl al-Bayt) , peace be on them. Dibil wore a garment and wrote the poem. He performed the ritual consecration wearing the garment, and then he ordered it to be placed in his own shrouds. [5] Dibils poem widely spread in that time. Al-Mamūn heard of it, admired it, asked Dibil to recite it to him, and said to him: It wont do you any harm; I have given you security from all things.

It had been narrated to me, but I want to hear it from your own mouth. So he recited it, and al-Mamūn wept to the extent that his beard became wet out of his tears. [6] [1] Al-Bihār, vol. 12, p. 71. [2] Al-Murtadā, Amāli, vol. 1, p. 484. [3] Ibid. [4] Abū al-Farajj al-Asfahāni, al-Aghāni, vol. 18, p. 42. [5] Mu'jam al-'Udabā', vol. 4, p. 194. [6] Abū al-Farajj al-Asfahāni, al-Aghāni, vol. 18, p. 42.

A joke has been narrated about this excellent poem; the joke is as follows: When Dibil and his companions departed Marū, some highwaymen attacked them and took all that which they had.