قَالَ وَ قَالَ أَبِي لَيْسَ يَمُوتُ مِنْ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ...

He -asws said: ‘And my -asws father -asws said: ‘ There is none from the Clan of Umayya who dies, but he gets metamorphosed as a lizard. Abdul Malik Bin Marwaan, when death descended upon him, was metamorphosed into a lizard in front of the children who were in his presence . So when he was lost, that was a great (problem) for them as they did not know what to do. Then they met in a gathering, and decided to take a trunk and make it to look like a man.

So they did that and clothed that with a coat of iron armour. Then they wrapped it in the shroud. So no one from the people knew about it except for myself -asws and his children’. [27] [1] This book is claimed to be around for centuries, but has first surfaced (made available to public) in 1977.

Neither any of twelve Imami Shia Ahadith books gives reference to it nor there are independent/other Muslim work citing for this book, i.e., https://www.black-banners.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=84 [2] Basaair al Darajaat, section 8, ch. 13, H. 3. [3] عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام، ج‏2، ص: 202, H 1 [4] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H. 14753 [5] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 4, The book of Tawheed, S 3, Ch 5 H 3 [6] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 4, The book of Tawheed, S 3, Ch 5 H 1 [7] ( 2) الظاهر أنّه الرضا عليه السلام.

[8] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 4, The book of Tawheed, S 3, Ch 5 H 2 [9] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 4, The book of Tawheed, S 3, Ch 5 H 3 [10] Bihar Al-Anwaar – V 4, The book of Tawheed, S 3, Ch 5 H 4 [11] عيون أخبار الرضا عليه السلام، ج‏2، ص: 202, H 2 [12] Al Kafi V 1 – The Book Of Divine Authority CH 81 H 3 [13] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Hunting Ch 12 H 12 [14] Al-Illal Al-Sharaie – V 1 Ch 162 H 1 [15] Al-Kafi, Vol. 8, H.

14599 [16] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 2 H 5 [17] Al Kafi – V 6 – The Book of Foodstuffs Ch 2 H 14 [18] Those who were punished did not live more than a few days, as per Ahadith.