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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Imam Al-sadiq His Released Servants Abu Abd Allah, peace be on him, had many released servants. However, in the biography of the following Mu’tib, they were ten servants. He (Aba AM Allah) said:” There is a traitor among them. So, be ware of him. And he is saghir.” We do not know the exact spelling of the word ‘Saghir’, namely if we spelt it in fa’(Safir) or in the neglected ‘ayn (Sa’Tr), then it is a name, or in the Persian gliayn, it is an adjective.

Anyhow, their number I have found is over ten. Maybe their number was ten sometime. We will mention the names of those we have found: Al- Mu’alla Bin Khanis: Al- Mu’alla b. Khanis was among the released servants on whom Abu Abd Allah, peace be on him, depended to manage his affairs, among the reliable figures to whom he disclosed his secrets, and among his famous, reliable narrators as we have already mentioned. Mu’attib: Mu’attib was among them.

The biographers regarded him as one of the companions of al- Sadiq and al- Kazim, peace be on them. It was reported on the authority of al- Sadiq that his released servants were ten, and that the best of them was Mu’attib. He (al- Sâdiq) said:” And there is a traitor among them. So, be ware of him. And he is Saghir.” In other tradition, he, peace be on him, said:” My released servants are ten. The best of them is Mu’attib.

And Mu’attib does not think except that I am the worthiest (of the Imainate) of all people.” The famous, reliable narrators such as YUnus b. Ya’qCb, al- Mu’alla b. KhanTs, Ishaq b. ‘Ammflr, and the like reported traditions on the authority of Mu’attib. From this and the like, you know that he was among the virtuous, knowledgeable, and reliable people. In at-Khulâsa, al- ‘Allama certified him without doubt or hesitation. Muslim: Among them was Muslim.

It was reported on the authority of Abu al-Hasan, peace be on him, that Muslim was from Sind. Ja’far al- Sadiq, peace be on him, said to Muslim:” I hope that you have been granted success to this name.” Also he, peace be on him, said:” Muslim was taught the Koran in sleeping. When he got up, he knew it.” A tradition with the same meaning was reported on the authority of al- Rida, peace be on him. Some traditions indicate that he servd the Imam and was among the people of his secrets.

Mnsadif: Among them was Musidif. The biographers regarded him as one of the companions of al- Sidiq and al- KIzim, peace be on them.