محمد بن أحمد بن داود بن علي

Shaykh Husain Ibn Rauh sent the book of Kitabul Tadib to Qom and wrote to a group of jurists about it and asked them to examine the book and see whether there was anything disagreeable in it. They wrote to him, “All of it is correct and there is nothing in it to be differed with, except the assertion with respect to the amount of fitra to be half of a saa (a cubic measure) of food and food before us is the like of barley from every one saa.”

“When your faithful brother has a right over another man, and he denies this right, and your brother does not have witnesses against him, but one person and he is a reliable witness, you turn to the witness and ask him about his testimonial. When he testifies to you, you testify along with him to the judge according to his testimony, so the right of a Muslim man is not trespassed.” The word is from Ibn Babawayh. He said: “This is a lie he has made and we don’t know of any such narration.” In another occasion he says, “He has lied.”

the Veracious Shaykh Ahmad Ibn Ishaq Ibn Saad Ashari narrated to us, and then he mentions the account, which we mentioned earlier.

Muhammad Ibn Ali ­Shalmaghani Azaqari challenged Shaykh Husain Ibn Rauh to a Mubahila (imprecation contest), saying, “I am the companion of the Imam and have been ordered to manifest my knowledge, which I have manifested expressly and implicitly; so come to my Mubahila.” The Shaykh replied, “Whoever of us dies first, is the one who bears the anathema.” Azaqari died first, as he was killed, crucified and Ibn Abi Aun was taken with him. This was in the year three hundred and thirteen.

“I found the following in the manuscript of Ahmad bin Ibrahim Naubakhti, dictated by Abul Qasim Husain bin Rauh. It was mentioned behind the book that contained replies to questions sent from Qom and it was asked if the replies were written by the Faqih (Imam Qaim) or Muhammad bin Ali Shalmaghani? The reason of this query is that people say: Shalmaghani says: I have written replies to these questions, so it was mentioned behind it: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. We were informed about this letter and its matter and all these are our replies. Not a single letter belongs to the condemned, deviated and the deviating one. Before this, some points reached you through Ahmad bin Hilal and other people like him, but all of them also apostasied like Shalmaghani and may Allah send chastisement on them. The inquirer wrote at the end: I have had this verified before also. Thus, in its reply it was mentioned that the epistle that was verified to you if you have received the same from those people, there is no harm in it; and it is correct.” And regarding some scholars of Ahle Bayt (a.s), it is an old practice that they were asked in the same manner about someone who was condemned by Allah. So they replied that knowledge is with us and whoever denies it may continue to do so. How does it affect you? If you receive some traditional report through him, which has been verified by your authorities, you must thank Allah and accept it and that in which you doubt or that traditional report, which has reached you through a trustworthy authority, you must refer to us about it. We will inform you whether it is right or wrong. And there are many names of the Almighty Allah. His praise and glorification is majestic and He is sufficient for us in all matters and He is the best of the helpers.