أحمد بن نصر الخزاعي

أحمد بن نصر الخزاعي

A hadith man devoted to commanding right and forbidding wrong; brought shackled to Samarra in 231 he refused createdness and told al-Wathiq 'you lie!', who beheaded him with his own hand — head crucified at Baghdad, body at Sur man Ra'a six years until al-Mutawakkil buried him {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 529-530}.

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قتل أحمد بن نصر الخزاعي

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قتل أحمد بن نصر الخزاعي· al-Wathiq· استخلاف الواثق أشناس التركي على السلطنة· وفاة الواثق· استفكاك الأسرى المسلمين من الروم سنة إحدى وثلاثين· عبد الله بن محمد الأزدي· أبو محلم· أحمد بن أبي دؤاد

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  • Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition)
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قتل أحمد بن نصر الخزاعي

In 231 al-Wathiq killed Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Khuza'i, a hadith man devoted to commanding right. Brought shackled from Baghdad to Samarra, he refused createdness, transmitted the vision hadith — 'you lie?' — 'you lie!' — and the Mu'tazili jurists ruled his blood lawful. Al-Wathiq struck his neck himself upon the nat'a, his head was crucified at Baghdad and his body at Sur man Ra'a for six years until al-Mutawakkil buried him; a note in its ear named him and his charge, and the appointed watchman swore he saw the head turn to the qibla and recite Ya-Sin {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 529-530}.