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and objected to him over them, no one doubts his mastery of jurisprudence, his understanding, or his knowledge. They also transmitted things from him intending thereby to discredit him, yet these are unquestionably lies attributed to him, such as the issue of the wild boar and similar matters. It is not unlikely (1) that reports transmitted from Muqātil fall into this same category.
This Imāmī (2) attributed the aforementioned report to Dāwūd al-Tāī. This reflects ignorance either on his part or on that of the person from whom he [himself] (3) transmitted it; for Dāwūd al-Tāī was a righteous man, an ascetic, and a devout worshipper
(1) (B), (A), (N), and (M) read: “How unlikely it is.”
(2) (ʿ) reads: “This Rāfidī.”
(3) The word “himself” is omitted from (N).
وَأَنْكَرُوهَا عَلَيْهِ فَلَا يَسْتَرِيبُ أَحَدٌ فِي فِقْهِهِ وَفَهْمِهِ وَعِلْمِهِ، وَقَدْ نَقَلُوا عَنْهُ أَشْيَاءَ يَقْصِدُونَ بِهَا الشَّنَاعَةَ عَلَيْهِ، وَهِيَ كَذِبٌ عَلَيْهِ قَطْعًا، مِثْلَ مَسْأَلَةِ الْخِنْزِيرِ الْبَرِّيِّ وَنَحْوِهَا، وَمَا يَبْعُدُ
(١)
أَنْ يَكُونَ النَّقْلُ عَنْ مُقَاتِلٍ مِنْ هَذَا الْبَابِ.
وَهَذَا الْإِمَامِيُّ
(٢)
نَقَلَ النَّقْلَ الْمَذْكُورَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ الطَّائِيِّ، وَهَذَا جَهْلٌ مِنْهُ، أَوْ مِنْ نَقْلِهِ
[هُوَ]
(٣)
عَنْهُ، فَإِنَّ دَاوُدَ الطَّائِيَّ كَانَ رَجُلًا صَالِحًا زَاهِدًا عَابِدًا
(١) ب، أ، ن، م: وَمَا أَبْعَدَ.
(٢) ع: وَهَذَا الرَّافِضِيُّ.
(٣) هُوَ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) .