which I have not killed any of the people. Sa'īd: O Hajjāj choose for yourself whatever killing you want, by Allah you will not kill me with a killing except that Allah will kill you with a like of it, so choose for yourself whatever killing you like. Al-Hajjāj: Turn him to other than the Qiblah. Sa'īd: Wherever you [might] turn, there is the Face of Allah. Al-Hajjāj: Put him under the earth. Sa'īd: From it (the earth) We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time. Al-Hajjāj was outdone and ordered the beheading of Sa'īd ibn Jubayr. Sa'īd was martyred in the month of Sha'bān, 95 AH (ca. May 714) at the age of 49. Al-Hajjāj is reported to have soon lost his senses and died within a month. Legacy Sunni view writes: From him are recorded by Imams Bukhari, Muslim, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Abu Dawud, Ibn Maja, Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, and Imam Malik ibn Anas. Sa'id narrates 147 traditions in Sahih Bukhari and 78 in Sahih Muslim. Shia view According to Khulasat al-aqwal by Al-Hilli and Rijal al-Kashshi by Muhammad ibn 'Umar al-Kashshi he was a Shia Muslim. They point out, among many, that Sa'id ibn Jubayr was a follower and companion of Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin, supported the Alid rebellion against the Umayyads, for which he was killed by the Umayyad appointed Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf. Sa'id was asked by Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan to write a book concerning Quranic exegesis. His exegesis is mentioned by Ibn al-Nadim in his al-Fihrist under Shiite exegeses, without mentioning any other exegesis that is temporally prior to it. His mausoleum is located in al-Hay city in the Wasit Province of Iraq. In Iraq, Rabi' al-Awwal 25 of every year is recognized as the anniversary of Sa'id ibn Jubayr's martyrdom. On this day people congregate in his mausoleum and honor the day. His mausoleum is a pilgrimage site for the Shia Muslims. See also Ibn Abbas Kumayl ibn Ziyad Notes Bibliography al-Mufīd, Kitāb al-Irshād, Ansariyan Publications. al-Qarashi, B.S., The Life of Imam Zayn l-'Abidin, Ansariyan Publications, 2000. al-Sayyid, K., Saeed bin Jubayr, Ansariyan Publications, 1996. Jafri,S.H.M., The Origins and Early Development of Shi'a Islam, Oxford University Press, 2001. Madelung, W., The Succession to Muhammad (A study of the early Caliphate), Cambridge University Press, 1997. Weststeijn. J.K. & de Voogt, A.J., "Dreams