He prayed the Friday prayer with them. They said to him, seeing him with his turban wrapped1: "From where have you approached, O Abu al-Hasan?" He replied: "From Iraq, from the presence of Salman. God the Almighty took it upon Himself that none other than I should take charge of Salman’s affair."
Umar said: "This is surely a great, ongoing sorcery." After twenty-three days, men arrived from Iraq to Umar ibn al-Khattab with the wealth and weapons Salman had left behind. Umar placed them before him and asked: "How long ago did he die, and at what time was he buried?" They said: "At such a time and on such a night." They looked, and it was the exact time of which our Master—exalted be his glory—had informed them. He asked them: "Who buried him, and who took charge of his washing and his affair, and who prayed over him?" They replied: "Zadan informed us that his Master Ali ibn Abi Talib took charge of him." He said to them: "If you saw him, would you recognize him?" They said: "Yes." He said: "Look, is he among us?" They looked and recognized our Master Amir Almuminin—exalted be his glory. They said: "By God, this is the one who buried Salman in Iraq and prayed over him." Umar repeated his first statement. We have shortened the report of the death to what we mentioned for fear of length.
(410) Among the miracles manifested by our Lord Salman—peace be upon him—in al-Madain when Umar ibn al-Khattab appointed him governor and he traveled to it, is what Sheikh Abu al-Khayr Salama Ahmad al-Haddad—may God the Almighty have mercy on him—narrated to me: A group of our companions narrated to me from Zadan, the freedman of Salman—peace be upon him—that he said: When Umar invested my lord Salman with al-Madain, many of its people met him. He had set out riding his she-donkey and wearing his suit of armor. When he drew near al-Madain, the people met him and asked about their governor. He made his position known to them.