would mount my horse and ride to you, O Commander of the Faithful, hoping that some misdirected hand would strike me so you might excuse me and appoint whomever you wish. I long only to greet you—my children and I—but I never find the time. You have saddled me with the people’s affairs and the payment of the troops, and your worldly realm is no substitute for my religion.’

Whereupon he (al-Mahdi) would say, ‘O Allah, set his heart aright.’

A poet said:
‘So cast aside Yaʿqūb ibn Dāwūd altogether,
And turn to a tawny wine of fragrant bouquet.’

When al-Mahdi dismissed him, he dismissed his entourage as well and imprisoned several of his relatives, servants, and aides.

94 – ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Zayd ibn Aslam al-ʿUmari * (T, Q)
A Medinan; the brother of Usāma and ʿAbd Allah—each of whom is somewhat weak in transmission.

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān was devoted to the Qur’an and its exegesis. He compiled a tafsīr in one volume and another work on the abrogating and abrogated passages.

He narrated from his father and from Ibn al-Munkadir.

Narrated from him: Aṣbagh ibn al-Faraj, Qutaybah, Hishām ibn ʿAmmār, and others.

He died in 182 AH.