Among his sayings: “The gnostic does not bind himself to a single state; rather, in every state he binds himself to the command of his Lord.”
ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Saʿīd ibn ʿUfayr dated his death— as mentioned earlier— to the year 245 AH.
Ḥayyān ibn Aḥmad al-Sahmī said: “He died in Giza, and his body was carried to Egypt by boat, for fear that the crowds on the bridge would impede the procession, on the night when two nights of Dhu al-Qaʿdah had elapsed, in 246 AH.”
Another reported that he died in 248 AH, but the first account is sounder.
He was in his nineties.
154 – Ibn Ziyād, the Emir Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh*
The governor of Yemen, the Emir Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Ziyād, seized control of the province, fought for it, and consolidated his authority during the reign of al-Maʾmūn. In 204 AH he laid out the city of Zubayd. He sent gifts to al-Maʾmūn, who reinforced him with an army; his power grew, and his rule endured until he died in 245 AH.
His son Ibrāhīm succeeded him and governed Yemen for forty-four years. After Ibrāhīm’s death, his two sons—first Ziyād and then Isḥāq—took the throne. Their dynasty lasted until after 400 AH, after which it remained for a time in the hands of their clients, until the rise of the Sulayḥī.
155 – al-Rawājini, Abū Saʿīd ʿAbbād ibn Yaʿqūb ** (Kh, T, Q)
The shaykh, learned authority, trustworthy narrator, and hadith scholar of the Shīʿah, Abū Saʿīd ʿAbbād ibn Yaʿqūb.