al-Rabi' ibn Khuthaym al-Thawri

Al-Rabi' ibn Khuthaym al-Thawri, one of the ascetic Successors. Ali sent him against the Daylam and appointed him over four thousand Muslims. ¹

Al-Baladhuri says there is a well-known mosque in Qazwin attributed to al-Rabi'. There was a tree in it that the common people touched for blessing; it is said that he planted his toothstick in the ground and it sprouted until it became that tree. The agent of Tahir ibn Abd Allah ibn Tahir cut it down in the caliphate of al-Mutawakkil, fearing that people would be tempted by it. The report of the toothstick is attributed to "it is said". ¹

The data link him with the conquest of Qazwin. His death and the rest of his life need an additional source.

The Sheikh relates that al-Rabi' ibn Khuthaym was a great scholar, and that he made a room in his house with a grave in it, and when the world pressed upon him he would go to that grave (needs_source) ². He says that the world, people and sins would press upon him and he would go to the grave to resume his work afresh, and he gives it in his name that every day he asks to be returned in order to do good (needs_source) ³.