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Abu Jafer Mansur (136 A.H. – 158 A.H.) was the second of the Abbasid leaders. He became a leader after his brother Abu Abdullah Saffah. He strengthened the Abbasid regime and firmly established Baghdad Shareef as the capital of the Muslim world. He is obviously known as “Abu Jafer” because he had a son named Jafer. Jafer in fact, is the father of the famous Queen Zubaidah and who later married her cousin Harun Rashid. After Mansur, his son Mehdi gained power. (Taarikh Islam, 855, 889)

 

Once a person named Naasih mentioned to Abu Jafer Mansur, “O Ameerul Mo’mineen! I also visit China now and then but I have noticed that the leader of this country is someone who is deaf and therefore, he is unable to hear the words of his subject.”

 

When the Khalifah heard these words, he became to weep. His subjects also advised him to make Sabr, but he mentioned, “I am not weeping because some major problem has descended upon me, but the reason that I am crying is that if a poor in great need comes to my door or an oppressed person approaches my door and knocks, how I will be able to hear his plead? Yes, there is no doubt that I have lost the power to hear and that is why I cannot hear, however my eyes can still see and the light of vision has not been lost. There is it my command that only those people in the kingdom should wear red clothing who are oppressed so that I will be able see them and help them.”

 

After this, the King only rode out in the evening so that he could notice those people who were wearing red clothing. Whenever he saw someone like this, he immediately came to the help of that person. (Baa qiyaat Al Wurud Wan Nadarah)