But the heart is still stuck in that!

But the heart is still stuck in that!” The people of al-Kūfah were now fed up of al-Walid. They complained to `Uthman and brought witnesses for the alcoholism of al-Walid. `Uthman had no other alternative than of calling him to al-Madinah and punishing him with whipping. In his place Sa`id ibn al-`As was sent as the governor of al-Kūfah. Sa`id ordered the people that al-Walid was using to be cleansed by washing. When Amir al-Mu’minin (a.s) became the caliph, al-Walid moved away to al-Basrah.

After some time he moved to al-Riqqah where he died and was buried beside his friend Abū-Zubayd al-ta’i! Previous…