that dust be thrown upon them. When they threw dust upon the fire, their places were hidden, and he did not cease until the flame of the fire vanished.

At that moment, he ordered the people to line up behind him; they lined up and he prayed over them, reciting: «By the heaven containing great stars, and [by] the Promised Day»¹. to the end of it. He performed fifty-five takbīrs over them. They said to him: 'O Amir Al-Muminin, the dead only have five takbīrs performed over them, yet we saw you perform fifty-five takbīrs?' He — Exalted Glory — said to them: 'Do you not know that 'Abd Allah ibn Saba' and his companions were eleven men?' They said: 'Yes.' He — Exalted Glory — said: 'For every man there are five takbīrs, and for all of them fifty-five takbīrs.' They said: 'You have spoken the truth, O Amir Al-Muminin.' When they woke the following morning, they saw them in the bird market at the doors of their houses and shops, in fresh green garments and pleasant, pure scents. They came to Amir Al-Muminin — Exalted Glory — and said: 'O Amir Al-Muminin, 'Abd Allah and his companions are alive; we have seen them in the bird market and at their doors.' He — Exalted Glory — said to them: 'If I burned them and Allah revived them, then I am not at fault.'

Among them is that a woman met Amir Al-Muminin — Exalted Glory — and said to him: 'By Allah, the dust has not carried nor the green heaven shaded a man more hated by me than you.' He said to her: 'Be gone, O salaqlaqa!' She said: 'I adjure you by Allah and by your kinship to the Messenger of Allah to tell me what is a salaqlaqa?' He — Exalted Glory — said to her: 'The one who menstruates from her anus.' She said: 'By Allah, the matter is as you stated. Indeed, you know the Unseen, and I am repentant to you, recanting the hatred I held for you. I adjure you by Allah to forgive me and overlook my crime, for you are capable of [healing] my vulva and removing my ailment.' He — Exalted Glory — said to her: 'If the matter is as you stated, then