2361 – Muhammad ibn ʿAbd al-Rahman related to us; he said: ʿAbd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Baghawi told us; he said: Dawud ibn Rushayd narrated to us; he said: Ibn ʿUlayyah narrated to us; he said: Muhammad al-Qurashi reported to me, from ʿAmir ibn Saʿd, who said ⦗1328⦘:

Saʿd returned from an estate of his and found the people clustered around a man. When he drew near, he discovered that the man was vilifying Talhah, al-Zubayr, and ʿAli. Saʿd forbade him, but the man only became more defiant. Saʿd said, “Woe to you! Why do you insist on abusing men who are better than you? Either desist, or I will invoke Allah against you.”

The man retorted, “Ha! Do you think you can scare me as though you were one of the prophets?”

Saʿd left, entered a house, performed ablution, then went into the mosque and prayed: “O Allah, if this man has cursed servants for whom You have already decreed goodness, and his reviling them has angered You, then show me regarding him today a sign—one that will be a sign for the believers.”

A large Bactrian she-camel suddenly bolted out of the house of such-and-such a clan; nothing could stop it. It ran straight toward the man, the crowd scattering in every direction. The camel pinned him between its legs and trampled him until he died.

Later I saw my father, with the people following him and saying, “Allah has answered you, Abū Isḥāq; Allah has answered you, Abū Isḥāq.”