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Chapter: Al-Qa’im’s aspects and deeds 9 - أخبرنا عبد الواحد بن عبد الله بن يونس قال: حدثنا أح٠د بن رباح الزهري، قال: حدثنا أح٠يري، قال: حدثنا الحك٠عل الأسدي قال: حدثني عبد الرحي٠القصير قال: قلت لأبي جعفر: قول أ٠نين "بأبي ابن خيرة الإ٠ة خيرة الحرائر.

ذاك ال٠(9) Abdul Wahid bin Abdullah bin Younus narrated from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Rabah az-Zuhri from Ahmad bin Ali al-Himyari from al-Hakam, the brother of Mushma’all al-Asadi, that Abdur Raheem al-Qaseer had said: I said to Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as): Does the saying of Amirul Mo’mineen (as) “May my father die for him! The son of the best of bondmaids,” refer to Fatima (sa)?” He said: “Fatima (sa) is the best of free ladies.

He (al-Mahdi) is the one with a big abdomen and a red face. May Allah have mercy upon so-and-so!”