Among his ‘poetic masterpieces’ regarding wine are the following couplets...

Among his ‘poetic masterpieces’ regarding wine are the following couplets: “I say to friends that have come together to drink and the singers and musicians are busy singing. Take your shame from these bounties and enjoy yourself as howsoever anything may prolong it, it would come to an end at last.”[3] [1] Jawahirul Matalib dar Manaqib Imam Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.) 25/303-304 [2] Ansaab al-Ashraaf 5/300 [3] Muzaffari, Tarikh Pg.

215 One day after the martyrdom of Imam Husain (‘a) he stood drinking in such a way that Ibn Ziyad was on his right. Then he said, “Give me a cup to drink so that my inside is also quenched. Then turn back and in the same way serve a drink to Ibn Ziyad. And he is our confidant and trusted one, because he has completed our victory and Jihad.”[1] During the period of…