be ransomed, I would have ransomed you with my soul and my wealth!"

Rushayd drew near to her and said: "Shall I teach you a Word (Kalima) that will restore the soul to your child?" She replied: "Yes." He said: "Come with me to your house." When Rushayd looked at the deceased, he asked her: "Will you ransom him with your soul and wealth, or shall I teach you the Word?" She said: "Rather, teach me the Word."

He said to her: "Say: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah; and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah; and I bear witness that the Sovereign of the Bees (Amir al-Nahl) is the bringer of death to the living and the bringer of life to the dead."

She spoke the Word, and the soul returned to her child. This news spread throughout Kufa, and [the commoners] said: "He is a lying sorcerer."'"

[151] And from Al-Za’farani, from Al-Thaqafi, from Al-Hasan ibn al-Husayn al-Ashfar, from Ja’far al-Ahmar, from Ibn al-Zanin, from Jabir, Al-Asbagh, and Hammad: