Rijāl al-Najāshī
p. 292Entry no. 796
Edition: ed. Mūsā al-Shubayrī al-Zanjānī, Muʾassasat al-Nashr al-Islāmī (Qom); edition number and year not stated in the source
عيسى بن روضة حاجب المنصور كان متكلما جيد الكلام. وله كتاب في الامامة، وقد وصفه أحمد بن أبي طاهر في كتاب بغداد، وذكر أنه رأى الكتاب. وقال بعض أصحابنا رحمهم الله: إنه رأى هذا الكتاب. وقرأت في بعض الكتب أن المنصور لما كان بالحيرة تسمع على عيسى بن روضة وكان مولاه وهو يتكلم في الامامة فأعجب به واستجاد كلامه.
He was a theologian with excellent eloquence. He has a book regarding the Imamate. Ahmad ibn Abi Tahir described him in his book on Baghdad, mentioning that he saw the book. Some of our companions, may God have mercy on them, said that they saw this book. I read in some books that when al-Mansur was in al-Hira, he would listen to Isa ibn Rawda—his client—while he spoke about the Imamate, and he was impressed by him and praised his speech.