him, "O Commander of the Faithful! verily if a pious man be weak, his piety is for himself and his weakness for you; and as surely if an impious man be strong, is his strength for you and his impiety for himself."
Then said ʾOmar, "Thou hast spoken the truth. Therefore, thou strong sinner, go thou and rule over them."
So el-Mughîrah ruled over them all the days of ʾOmar, and the days of ʾOthmân, and until he died in the reign of Muʾâwiyah.
generals in ʾIrâk, and was for a short time governor of Básrah, and general of the Muslim forces in Persia. It was his Persian slave, Abi-Lŭlŭah, el-Fayruz (see Translator's Note, p. 6) who murdered ʾOmar. el-Mughîrah died of the plague at el-Kûfah, in A.H. 50 (A.D. 670), during the Khalîfate of Muʾâwiyah.
