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Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Khuza'i

أحمد بن نصر الخزاعي

A hadith man devoted to commanding right and forbidding wrong; brought shackled to Samarra in 231 he refused createdness and told al-Wathiq 'you lie!', who beheaded him with his own hand — head crucified at Baghdad, body at Sur man Ra'a six years until al-Mutawakkil buried him 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Ahmad ibn Nasr ibn Malik ibn al-Haytham al-Khuza'i al-Marwazi, shaykh of the people of the Sunna in the inquisition; al-Wathiq called on him to profess the createdness of the Qur'an and he refused, so he was executed and crucified, his head displayed on the eastern side and his followers hunted down and imprisoned. Al-Marwazi reported hearing Ahmad ibn Hanbal mention him and say, 'May God have mercy on him — he gave his soul generously.' 2

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al-Wathiq
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Killing of Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Khuza'i

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Killing of Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Khuza'i· al-Wathiq· Al-Wathiq installs Ashinas al-Turki over the sultanate· Death of al-Wathiq· Sallam the Interpreter's mission to the barrier of Gog and Magog· The Ransoming of Muslim Captives from the Byzantines in the Year Thirty-One· Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Azdi· Abu Muhallim

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  1. Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 529-530
  2. Siyar a'lam al-nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Ideas House International edition, 2004) , p.1026
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Killing of Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Khuza'i

In 231 al-Wathiq killed Ahmad ibn Nasr al-Khuza'i, a hadith man devoted to commanding right. Brought shackled from Baghdad to Samarra, he refused createdness, transmitted the vision hadith — 'you lie?' — 'you lie!' — and the Mu'tazili jurists ruled his blood lawful. Al-Wathiq struck his neck himself upon the nat'a, his head was crucified at Baghdad and his body at Sur man Ra'a for six years until al-Mutawakkil buried him; a note in its ear named him and his charge, and the appointed watchman swore he saw the head turn to the qibla and recite Ya-Sin.