In this same year there also died:

Ghādir (1): She was a slave-girl who belonged to Mūsā al-Hādī. He loved her with an intense passion, and she was an outstanding singer. One day, while she was chanting to him, he suddenly fell deep into thought and his complexion changed. One of those present asked, “What is the matter, Commander of the Faithful?” He answered, “A thought struck me—that I shall die, my brother Hārūn will succeed to the caliphate after me, and he will marry this slave-girl of mine.” The courtiers prayed that Allah would ransom him and grant him long life. He then summoned his brother Hārūn and told him what had happened; al-Rashīd sought refuge for him from such an end, but al-Hādī bound him with the most solemn oaths—invoking divorce, the manumission of slaves, and making the pilgrimage on foot and barefoot—that he would never marry her. Hārūn swore, and he made the girl take the same oaths, which she also swore.

Not two months had passed before al-Hādī died. Al-Rashīd then asked for her hand. She said, “What of the oaths that you and I swore?” He replied, “I shall offer expiation for both of us.” He married her, and she enjoyed extraordinary favor with him: she would fall asleep in his lap and he would not move, fearing to disturb her.

One night in Baghdad she was asleep when she woke up startled and weeping. He asked, “What is the matter?” She said, “O Commander of the Faithful, I have just seen al-Hādī in my dream, saying:

‘You broke my pledge after I
Had joined the dwellers of the graves;
You forgot me and violated
Your sinful, lying oaths.
You married, traitress, to my brother—
True indeed your name is Ghādir.
I dwell with those who are decayed,
Now counted with the dead.
May your new companion bring you no joy,
May the turns of fate not spare you.
Before the dawn you will follow me
And be where I have gone.’

Al-Rashīd said, “These are but confused dreams.” She replied, “No, by Allah, Commander of the Faithful; it is as though these verses were engraved upon my heart.” She continued trembling and shuddering until she died before daybreak.

In this year there also died:

Hailānah (2): a slave-girl of al-Rashīd; he himself gave her the name Hailānah because she was always saying, “Hi lanah.” Al-Aṣmaʿī said: The caliph was enamored of her, and before she came to him she had belonged to Khālid ibn Yaḥyā ibn Barmak. One day, before he became caliph, al-Rashīd entered Khālid’s residence; she intercepted him and said, “Do we not have a share of you?” He asked, “And how can that be achieved?” She replied, “Ask this old man to grant me to you.”