He had come to Imam al-Hasan Ibn ‘Ali (‘a) and said...

He had come to Imam al-Hasan Ibn ‘Ali (‘a) and said: “I am your servant,” and he used to write down quotations from (the Imam's father) Imam ‘Ali Ibn Abu Talib (‘a).

Tammam's slave then said: Al-’Abbas's offspring denied their father's right So you in your claim seek no good end; Since when do the offspring of the Prophet Behave like an heir who earns, then he, When opportune, claims linkage to the father?[^10] Marwan Ibn Sulayman Ibn Yahya Ibn Abu Hafsa was a Jew who embraced Islam at the hands of Marwan Ibn al-Hakam. Some say that he was taken captive from Istakhar, and that ‘Uthman Ibn ‘Affan bought him and gave him to Marwan as a slave.