Sayyid. Nematullah Jazairi says in the gloss of the book,
Awaaliul La-aalee of Ibn Abi Jamhur Ahsai that:
Informed me and gave permission to me the reliable Sayyid,
Hashim bin Husain in Darul Ilm of Shiraz in the Madressa
opposite the tomb of Sayyid Muhammad Abid in a room on the
second floor to the right side of the gate.
He said: Narrated to me Shaykh Muhammad Harfoshi:
During the time I was in Shaam, one day I went to Masjid
Mahjur, which was far from the inhabitation. I saw an old man
whose face was illuminated and he was dressed in a white garb
and had a kind demeanor.
I spoke to him about the science of traditions and other
sciences. I saw him knowledgeable beyond description. So I
inquired about his name and lineage.
After a lot of effort, he said: I am Moammar bin Abu Dunya,
a companion of Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) and I took part in the
Battle of Siffeen with him and the injury on my head was caused
by the kick of the horse of the Imam.
Then he narrated to me so many signs and portents that I
became sure of his veracity. Then I asked him to permit me to
narrate books of traditions. He accorded permission to narrate
from Ameerul Momineen (a.s.) and all the Holy Imams (a.s.) till
he reached Imam Zamana (a.s.) and he also gave me permission
to narrate their books of Arabic, like Abdul Qahir, Sakaki and
Taftazani and books of grammar from its scholars and he
mentioned other general sciences.
Then the Sayyid said: Shaykh Muhammad Harfoshi gave me
permission for books of traditions, Usul Arba and other books of
narration and also to narrate from books of sciences from
Muammar bin Abu Duniya from Ameerul Momineen (a.s.).1
However, I certify the veracity of the Shaykh, but I cannot
guarantee the originality of the above incident.
Such a permission was not received by anyone of our
scholar and tradition experts; neither in the ancient period or the
later age.
His grandson Sayyid Abdullah, the commentator of Nakhba
and contemporary of the author of the Hadaiq, says in his Ijaza
Kabira after quoting the statement of his grandfather: As if he
regarded this incident to be unreliable or feared that people
would deny it; so he has sought immunity from its responsibility
at the end of his statement and it is not so. Because Moammar bin
Abu Dunya Maghribi is mentioned many times in books and his
story is long. His coming out with his father in search of the
elixir of life and his being lost in the wilderness as is mentioned
in books of history and other books and the author of Behaarul
Anwaar has mentioned him in his account of the Owner of the
house (a.s.).
Saduq has mentioned in Kamaaluddin1 that his name was
Ali bin Usmaan bin Khattab bin Murrah bin Moyyad Hamadani,
except that he said: Moammar Abu Dunya omitting the word of
‘Ibn’.
Apparently what he has mentioned is right as is well known
and he mentioned that he was from Hadhramaut and the city
situated there is Tanja. And he has narrated traditions from him
with different chains of narrators.
Kamaaluddin wa Tamaamun Ne’ma, p. 541