Dawud al-Ta'i

Dawud al-Tai was highly affected by this warning and did not speak in the last year of his studentship; he neither asked nor answered any questions.

[2][3] Although al-Tai was "the most fluent speaker of his time and the one who knew Arabic best", and "one of the leading imams in fiqh and opinion", he threw his books into the Euphrates River for some reasons that are shown differently in the sources and retreated to zuhd and worship.

[2][4] He completely distanced himself from the public and worldly affairs, locked himself in his house, and joined the congregation only at prayer times.

One of his contemporaries in describing his greatness said, "If Dawud al-Tai had lived in the Age of Bliss [the Holy Prophet's time], the Qur'an would certainly have mentioned his zuhd and taqwa.

In the sources, it is narrated that he fell ill and died due to the strong influence of a verse about hell that he recited one night until the morning.