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Among the tales told is that Ja‘far ibn Musa al-Hadi had a slave girl who played the lute, named al-Badr al-Kabir. In her day there was none with a lovelier face, a more graceful figure, a subtler wit, or greater mastery of singing and the playing of strings. She possessed the utmost beauty, charm, and refinement. Muhammad al-Amin, son of Zubayda, heard of her and asked Ja‘far to sell her to him. Ja‘far replied, “You know that it does not befit a man of my standing to sell slave girls or haggle over concubines. Had she not been brought up in my own household, I would have sent her to you as a gift and not begrudged her to you.” One day, Muhammad al-Amin, son of Zubayda, went to Ja‘far’s house to enjoy some entertainment. Ja‘far set before him all that was fitting for a gathering of friends and ordered his slave girl al-Badr al-Kabir to sing and delight him. She tuned the instruments and sang the sweetest melodies. Muhammad al-Amin, son of Zubayda, gave himself over to wine and music, and ordered the cupbearers to ply Ja‘far with wine until they had made him drunk. Then he took the girl away with him to his own house, but did not lay a hand on her. When morning came, he sent for Ja‘far. Upon his arrival, he had wine set before him and ordered the girl to sing from behind the curtain. Ja‘far heard her voice and recognized her, and was angered by this; yet, being noble of spirit and lofty of resolve, he showed no anger, nor any change in his manner as a drinking companion. When the drinking party came to an end, Muhammad al-Amin, son of Zubayda, ordered one of his attendants to fill the boat in which Ja‘far had come with silver dirhams and gold dinars, jewels and rubies of every kind, sumptuous garments, and dazzling riches. The attendant did as he was commanded, placing in the boat a thousand purses of coin and a thousand pearls, each pearl worth twenty thousand dirhams. He continued loading it with all manner of precious gifts until the boatmen cried out, “The boat cannot carry anything more!” Then al-Amin ordered it to be taken to Ja‘far’s house. Such was the magnanimity of the great—may God have mercy on them.
