Ar-Rashīd

How the scholars invoke Ar-Rashīd.

1. "Malik replied, "No, but I will tell you something. I heard Rabi’ah ibn Abi ‘Abd al-Rahman say, 'A man's status is his home. When al-Rashid asked the same question, Malik again said, "No. Al-Rashid then gave him three thousand dinars to buy a house, but Malik did not spend it. When al-Rashid planned to travel, he invited Malik to accompany him, intending to compel people to follow the Muwatta as Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him, compelled people to follow the Quran."

   — Imam al-Ghazali, Book 1: The Book of Knowledge

2. "He had made a vow that if God saved him from their hands, he would sacrifice one hundred camels. He continued to work towards fulfilling this promise until he did so. Now, there is another account involving Harun al-Rashid. It is narrated from Haban ibn Abdullah that Harun al-Rashid was spending time at al-Duwain with a man from the Banu Hashim, named Sulayman ibn Abi Ja'far."

   — Imam al-Ghazali, Book 19: The Book of Commanding Good and Forbidding Evil

3. "consider what Ibn al-Samak said to al-Rashid when he called for a cup of water to drink and said to him: O Commander of the Faithful, if you were denied this drink, how much would you be willing to pay to obtain it? Al-Rashid replied: 'With all my kingdom.' He said: 'O Commander of the Faithful, if you were unable to expel it, how much would you pay to be relieved?'"

   — Ibn Ḥazm of Cordoba, al-Akhlāq wa'l-Siyar — Character and Conduct

4. "silk curtain. The area is lavishly covered with ornate carpets, and opposite this shrine is the tomb of Harun al-Rashid, the faithful. May Allah be pleased with him. Upon which candelabras, known to the people of the Maghreb as Hasak and Manar, are positioned. When Rafidis, a sect, visit, they kick the tomb of al-Rashid with their foot and greet al-Ridha."

   — Ibn Battuta, Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East