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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Al Nass Wal Ijtihad Beating and Exiling Dhabee’ =============================== One day a man came to Umar and said to him: “O Ameerul Mo'mineen, Dhabee’ at-Tameemi met us and he began asking us about the interpretation of some verses of the Qur'an and he said to me: “O Allah, enable me to overcome him (Umar)!” One day while Umar was sitting during a banquet he had made for people, Dabee’ came wearing good cloths and a turban. He sat eating with people.

When he finished eating, he asked Umar: “O Ameerul Mo'mineen, what is the meaning of this saying of Allah “Weth-thariyat tharwa, wel-hamilat waqra-I swear by the wind that scatters far and wide, then (312) those clouds bearing the load (of minute things in space). Qur'an, 51:1-2” Umar said to him: “Woe unto you! It is you!” Umar got up, uncovered his arms and began whipping the man until his turban fell down. He had two plaits of hair.

Umar said: “I swear by Him, in Whose hand Umar’s soul is, that if I have seen you with a shaven head, I would have beheaded you.” Then he ordered the man to be imprisoned in a house. Every day he took him out to whip him one hundred whips. When he became well, Umar took him out to whip him another hundred whips. Then he carried him on a camel and sent him to Basra and wrote to his official there Abu Musa ordering him to forbid people from mixing with him.

He ordered Abu Musa to make a speech for people telling them that Dabee’ wanted to obtain knowledge but he went astray. After that Dhabee’ became mean among people until he died whereas he had been the chief of his people before.[^1] 63.

Exiling Nasr bin Hajjaj Abdullah bin Burayd said: “One night while Umar was patrolling, he arrived at a house, inside which there was a woman singing for other women: “Is there a way to get some wine to drink, or to be with Nasr bin Hajjaj?” Umar said: “As long as she lives, she will not get that!” In the morning he sent for Nasr bin Hajjaj.[^2] Umar looked at him and found him very handsome. He ordered him to collect his hair. He did and when his forehead appeared he became more handsome.

Umar asked him to put on a turban. He put on a turban and then his plentiful hair appeared from under the turban and he seemed more handsome. Umar asked him to cut his hair. He cut his hair and he seemed too handsome. Then Umar said to him: “O bin Hajjaj, you have charmed the women of Medina. Do not neighbor me in a town I live in!” Then Umar exiled him to Basra.