Asad, from Abu Hamzah, from Maitham, from ‘Amr ibn al-Hamiq, who said:

The Commander of the Faithful, Mighty is His Might, said to Rushayd—who had entered upon him, whereupon [the Imam] raised him [in rank or seating]. People looked at him and said: "He raises the slave above the Arabs!"

Then the Commander of the Faithful, Mighty is His Might, said to Rushayd:

"Because of this, O Rushayd, you are more knowledgeable of the Paths of the Kingdom (Malakut) than the guide is of the paths of Kufa."

[121] And it was narrated by Abu Sukaynah, from ‘Ali ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar, from Nasr ibn Qabus, from Al-Sadiq, Mighty is His Might, that he was asked about Rushayd al-Hajari, and he said:

"He used to possess the Knowledge of Trials ('Ilm al-Balaya) and deaths (Al-Manaya), the lineages of the Arabs, and the Decisive Speech (Fasl al-Khitab).