He just had a book written by the director of the Public Treasury.

He just had a book written by the director of the Public Treasury. As a result, Abu Bakra hurried to rebuke him for that, saying: “O Samra, have you not heard Allah, the Exalted, say: He indeed shall be successful who purifies himself, and magnifies the name of his Lord and prays? Samra said: “Your brother (Ziyad) commanded me to do that!”[^3] Samra went on accompanying Ziyad. When Ziyad died, Samra was at the service of the sinful one, Ubaydillah, Ziyad’s son.

He was the commander of [^1] Al-Kamil, vol. 3, p. 183. Imam Sharaf al-Deen has mentioned it in his book al-Fusool al-Muhimma, p. 122. [^2] Ibn Abi al-Hadeed,