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Muhammad ibn Abi Raja’, a client of Banu Hashim, related to me: “I entered the prison to visit one of the kings. He was reciting these very verses, and although his confinement had dragged on for a long time, it was only a short while later that he was released.”
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي رَجَاءٍ، مَوْلَى بَنِي هَاشِمٍ، قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْمُلُوكِ السِّجْنَ وَهُوَ يَتَمَثَّلُ بِهَذِهِ الْأَبْيَاتِ وَقَدْ طَالَ حَبْسُهُ، فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ أَنْ خَرَجَ