Salman al-Farsi: Difference between revisions

Salman disagreed with the [[Event of Saqifa]]. [[Miqdad]], Salman, [[Aba Dharr]], [['Ubada b. Samit]], [[Abu l-Haytham b. al-Tayhan]], [[Hudhayfa]], and [[Ammar b. Yasir]] gathered around at the night after the Event of Saqifa to decide on [[Caliphate]] in the community of [[Muhajirun]]. Salman and [['Ubay b. Ka'b]] had numerous reasons to disagree with the Event of Saqifa. The famous sentence of Salman on those [[sahaba]] of Prophet (s) who took an oath of [[allegiance]] to [[Abu Bakr]] was: "You did and you did not" Which means you chose a Caliph, but refused to accept the Prophet Muhammad's order. He said in the day, you chose an elder man, but you left the family of Prophet Muhammad (s) alone; if you had chosen a member of [[Ahl al-Bayt]], there would not be any conflict. And also you would have enjoyed its blessings.

Salman al-Farsi became the governor of [[al-Mada'in]] in the time of [['Umar b. al-Khattab]]. Salman had asked for permission of [[Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] and then he accepted it. He was the governor of al-Mada'in until he passed away. Salman dedicated the money he received as the governor to charity. Thus he covered his expenses by means of knitting baskets.

According to [[Muhaddith Nuri]], the descendants of Salman were living in [[Rey]] for about five hundred years. Badr al-Din al-Hasan b. Ali b. Salman was a prominent figure in narration of hadith and his lineage goes back to Salman al-Farsi through nine generations. Dia' al-Din al-Farsi (d. 622/1225), a descendant of Salman, was a grand scholar and a poet in Khujand. He was a religious leader in Bukhara. He also penned a commentary on al-Mahsul by al-Razi. Muhaddith Nuri also mentioned Shams al-Din Suzani (d. 562/1166-1167 or 569/1173-1174) as a descendant of Salman, he was titled as Taj al-Shu'ara (the Crown of Poets). The other mentioned descendants of Salman are: Abd al-Fattah, custodian of the mausoleum of Salman for some time; Abu Kathir b. Abd al-Rahman, grandchild of Salman who narrated the letter of Prophet Muhammad (s) to Abd al-Ashhal, a Jewish member of [[Banu Qurayza]], on freedom of Salman; Ibrahim b. Shahriyar (d. 624.1227), known as Abu Ishaq Kaziruni, who was a religious figure in the fifth/eleventh century and al-Hasan b. al-Hasan whose lineage goes back to Muhammad b. Salman.

Salman passed away in [[36]]/656-7. In some sources it is mentioned that he had a long life and even some have considered his lifespan 350 years.

Salman had written this poem on his enshrouding cotton:

After Salman had passed away, [[Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]] travelled to [[al-Mada'in]] to bathe and enshroud his body, and then he performed [[funeral prayer]] on his body, before burying him in a grave. Imam 'Ali (a) returned to [[Medina]] that night.