ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā

42 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى العَطَّار رَضِىَاللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ حَدَّثَني أَبي عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحاق الكُوفِي عَنْ عَمِّهِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ حارثة الكرخي قالَ كانَ لا يَعِيشُ لِي وَلَدٌ وَتُوُفِّيَ لِي بَضْعَةَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الْوُلْدِ فَحَجَجْتُ وَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَافَخَرَجَ إِلَيَّ وَهُوَ مُتَأَزِّرٌ بِإِزَارٍ مُوَرَّدٍ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَقَبَّلْتُ يَدَهُ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ مَسَائِلَ ثُمَّ شَكَوْتُ إِلَيْهِ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مَا أَلْقَى مِنْ قِلَّةِ بَقَاءِ الْوَلَدِ فَأَطْرَقَ طَوِيلاً وَدَعَا مَلِيّاً ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: إِنِّي لارْجُو أَنْ تَنْصَرِفَ وَلَكَ حَمْلٌ وَأَنْ يُولَدَ لَكَ وَلَدٌ بَعْدَ وَلَدٍ وَتَمَتَّعَ بِهِمَا أَيَّامَ حَيَاتِكَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى إِذَا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَسْتَجِيبَ الدُّعَاءَ فَعَلَ وَهُوَ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ قَالَ فَانْصَرَفْتُ مِنَ الْحَجِّ إِلَى مَنْزِلِي فَأَصَبْتُ أَهْلِي ابْنَةَ خَالِي حَامِلاً فَوَلَدَتْ لِي غُلاماً سَمَّيْتُهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ ثُمَّ حَمَلَتْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَوَلَدَتْ غُلاماً سَمَّيْتُهُ مُحَمَّداً وَكَنَّيْتُهُ بِأَبِي الْحَسَنِ فَعَاشَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ نَيِّفاً وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً وَعَاشَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَرْبَعاً وَعِشْرِينَ سَنَةً ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمَا اعْتَلا جَمِيعاً وَخَرَجْتُ حَاجّاً وَانْصَـرَفْتُوَهُمَا عَلِيلانِ فَمَكَثَا بَعْدَ قُدُومِي شَهْرَيْنِ ثُمَّ تُوُفِّيَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ فِي أَوَّلِ الشَّهْرِ وَتُوُفِّيَ مُحَمَّدٌ فِي آخِرِ الشَّهْرِ ثُمَّ مَاتَ بَعْدَهُمَا بِسَنَةٍ وَنِصْفٍ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَعِيشُ لَهُ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ وَلَدٌ إِلا شَهْراً.

47-42 Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar (a.s.) - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his father quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Kufi, on the authority of his uncle Ahmad ibn Abdullah ibn Haritha al-Karkhi, “None of my children survived. I had lost between ten to fifteen children. Once I went on the Hajj pilgrimage and then went to see Abil Hassan Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.). He came out approaching me in some colorful clothes. I greeted him, kissed his hands and asked him a few questions. Then I expressed my grief about the death of my children. The Imam (a.s.) pondered over this for a while and prayed a lot. Then he (a.s.) told me, ‘I hope that when you return you will have a child. And then you will have another child after that. You can enjoy them during your lifetime. In fact, if the Sublime God wishes to fulfill a prayer, He does so. He has power over all things.’ When I returned home from the Hajj pilgrimage, I saw that my wife, who was also my niece, was pregnant. She delivered a boy whom we named Ibrahim. A few years later she got pregnant again, delivered a boy whom we named Muhammad and we nicknamed him Abil Hassan. Ibrahim lived for thirty and so many years. Muhammad lived for twenty-four years. Then they both fell ill. I went on the Hajj pilgrimage again. When I returned, theywere still ill. Two months after I returned from Hajj, Ibrahim passed away. Then Muhammad died at the end of the same month.” The narrator added, “Ahmad ibn Abdullah ibn Karkhi himself (the boy’s father) lived only one and a half years more. Then he died. Before these two sons were born, none of his children survived for more than a few months.”

43 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ المُتَوَكِّل قالَ: حَدَّثَناعَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ جَعْفَر الحِمْيَريُّ عَنْ‏مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَعِيدُ بْنِ سَعْد عَنْ أَبي الحَسَن الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ أَنَّهُ نَظَرَ إِلى رَجُل فَقالَ لَهُ: ياأوص تُريد وَاستعد لَمّا لا بُدَّ مِنْهُ فَكانَ كَما قالَ فَمات بَعْد ذلِكَ بِثَلاثَةِ أَيَّام.

47-43 Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Hemyari quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Sa’eed ibn Sa’d, “Abul Hassan Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) looked at a man and said, ‘O Servant of God! Make a will regarding what you wish to be done after your death and prepare yourself for that from which there is no escape.’ Exactly what the Imam (a.s.) had said happened three days later (i.e. the man died).”

44 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدِ بْنِ زِيادِ بْنِ جَعْفَر الهَمْدانِيَّ رَضِىَاللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ إِبراهِيمِ بْنِ هاشِم‏عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ مُحَمَّد الهاشِمي قالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى الْمَأْمُونِ يَوْماً فَأَجْلَسَنِي وَأَخْرَجَ مَنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ ثُمَّ دَعَا بِالطَّعَامِ فَطَعِمْنَا ثُمَّ طَيَّبَنَا ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِسِتَارَةٍ فَضُرِبَتْ ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى بَعْضِ مَنْ كَانَ فِي السِّتَارَةِ فَقَالَ بِاللَّهِ لَمَّا رَثَيْتِ لَنَا مَنْ بِطُوسَ فَأَخَذَتْ تَقُولُ:سُقْيَا لِطُوسَ وَمَنْ أَضْحَى بِهَا قَطَناًمِنْ عِتْرَةِ الْمُصْطَفَى أَبْقَى لَنَا حَزَناقَالَ ثُمَّ بَكَى فَقَالَ لِي يَا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ أَيَلُومُنِي أَهْلُ بَيْتِي وَأَهْلُ بَيْتِكَ أَنْ نَصَبْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَلَماً فَوَاللَّهِ لاحَدِّثَنَّكَ بِحَدِيثٍ تَتَعَجَّبُ مِنْهُ جِئْتُهُ يَوْماً فَقُلْتُ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ إِنَّ آبَاءَكَ مُوسَى وَجَعْفَراً وَمُحَمَّداً وَعَلِيَّ بْنَ الْحُسَيْنِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ كَانَ عِنْدَهُمْ عِلْمُ مَا كَانَ وَمَا هُوَ كَائِنٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ وَأَنْتَ وَصِيُّ الْقَوْمِ وَوَارِثُهُمْ وَعِنْدَكَ عِلْمُهُمْ وَقَدْ بَدَتْ لِي إِلَيْكَ حَاجَةٌ قَالَ هَاتِهَا فَقُلْتُ هَذِهِ الزَّاهِرِيَّةُ حَظِيَّتِي وَلا أُقَدِّمُ عَلَيْهَـا أَحَداً مِنْ جِوَارِيَّ وَقَدْ حَمَلَتْ غَيْرَ مَرَّةٍ وَأَسْقَطَتْ وَهِيَ الآْنَ حَامِلٌ فَدُلَّنِي عَلَى مَا تَتَعَالَجُ بِهِ فَتَسْلَمُ فَقَالَ لا تَخَفْ مِنْ إِسْقَاطِهَا فَإِنَّهَا تَسْلَمُ وَتَلِدُ غُلاماً أَشْبَهَ النَّاسِ بِأُمِّهِ وَتَكُونُ لَهُ خِنْصِرٌ زَائِدَةٌ فِي يَدِهِ الُْيمْنَى لَيْسَتْ بِالْمُدَلاةِ وَفِي رِجْلِهِ الْيُسْرَى خِنْصِرٌ زَائِدَةٌ لَيْسَتْ بِالْمُدَلاةِ فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَلى‏ كُلِّ شَيْ‏ءٍ قَدِيرٌ فَوَلَدَتِ الزَّاهِرِيَّةُ غُلاماً أَشْبَهَ النَّاسِ بِأُمِّهِ فِي يَدِهِ الُْيمْنَى خِنْصِرٌ زَائِدَةٌ لَيْسَتْ بِالْمُدَلاةِ وَفِي رِجْلِهِ الْيُسْرَى خِنْصِرٌ زَائِدَةٌ لَيْسَتْ بِالْمُدَلاةِ عَلَى مَا كَانَ وَصَفَهُ لِيَ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فَمَنْ يَلُومُنِي عَلَى نَصْبِي إِيَّاهُ عَلَماً وَالْحَدِيثُ فِيهِ زِيَادَةٌ حَذَفْنَاهَا وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلا بِاللَّهِ الْعَلِيِّ الْعَظِيمِ. قالَ مُصَنِّفُ هذا الْكِتاب: إِنَّما عِلْمٌ الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ ذلِكَ مِمَّا وصل إِلَيْهِ عَنْ آبائِهِ عَنْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وذلِكَ أَن جِبْرَئِيل‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قَدْ كانَ نزل عَلَيْهِ بأخبار الخُلَفاءِ وَأَوْلادهم من بَنِي أمية وَوُلْدِ العَبَّاسِ وَبالحوادث الَّتِي تَكُون فِي أَيَّامِهِمْ وَما يَجْرِي عَلَى أَيْدِيهِم وَلا قُوَّةَ إِلاّ بِاللَّه.

47-44 Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamadani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Hashemi, “One day I went to see Al-Ma’mun. He asked me to sit down and asked others to leave. He asked for some food and we ate together. Then we put some eau de-cologne on. Then he ordered that curtains be set up, faced the person behind the curtain and said, ‘I swear to you by God to recite what you have recited about him who was in Toos.’ A woman started to recite:Pleasant it be for Toos and for him (Imam Ridha’) (a.s.) who dwelled therefrom the progeny of Muhammad who caused us everlasting mourning.The narrator added, “After hearing this, Al-Ma’mun cried and said, ‘O Abdullah (i.e. Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Hashemi)! Will my family and your family blame me for leaving a sign for Abal Hassan Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) here?’ By God, I will narrate for you a tradition on which hearing will amaze you. One day I went to see Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) and said, ‘May I be your ransom! Musa ibn Ja’far (al-Kadhim) (a.s.), Ja’far ibn Muhammad (as-sadiq) (a.s.), Muhammad ibn Ali (al-Baqir) (a.s.) and Ali ibn Al-Husayn (as-Sajjad) (a.s.) were your ancestors. They possessed the knowledge of whatever had happened and whatever will happen up until the Resurrection Day. Now you are their Trustee and Inheritor. You possess their knowledge. I need something.’ Imam Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) asked, ‘What do you need?’ I said, ‘This is my slave-wife Az-Zaherieh. She is very special in terms of beinggood-tempered. I prefer no one over her. She has become pregnant several times, but has miscarried. Now she is pregnant again. Please suggest to me what would treat her and deliver her (a healthy) child.’ The Imam (a.s.) said, ‘Do not be worried about her miscarriages, since she will get well and deliver a boy who looks very much like his mother, has an extra small finger on his right hand which does not have any joints, and has an extra toe without any joints on his left foot.’ It occurred to me that I should bear witness that God has power over all things. Then Az-Zaherieh delivered a boy who looked much like his mother, with an extra finger on his right hand and an extra toe on his left foot which had no joints just as Imam Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) had said. Then I see no reason for anyone to blame me for having accepted Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) as a Divine Sign.”The narrator said, “There was much more than this to say, but I summarized it. There is no power nor any strength save by God - the Exalted, the Magnificent.”The author of this book (a.s.heikh Sadooq) said, “The knowledge of Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) about this event was derived from what he had received from his forefathers (a.s.), from the Prophet of God (a.s.). That is Gabriel brought the news about the Caliphs, their children from the Umayyads and the Abbasids, and what will happen in their times and what they will do for the Prophet of God (a.s.). There is no power save in God.”

1 - حَدَّثَنا الْحاكِم أَبُو عَلِي الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أحْمَدالْبِيْهَقِيُّ قالَ حَدَّثَني مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الصُّوليُّ قالَ حَدَّثَني أَحْمَدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحاق الخراسانِي قالَ سَمِعْتُ عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّد النُّوفَليِّ اسْتَحْلَفَ الزُّبَيْرَ بْنَ بَكَّارٍ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الطَّالِبِيِّينَ عَلَى شَيْ‏ءٍ بَيْنَ الْقَبْرِ وَالْمِنْبَرِ فَحَلَفَ فَبَرَصَ وَأَنَا رَأَيْتُهُ وَبِسَاقَيْهِ وَقَدَمَيْهِ بَرَصٌ كَثِيرٌ وَكَانَ أَبُوهُ بَكَّارٌ قَدْ ظَلَمَ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فِي شَيْ‏ءٍ فَدَعَا عَلَيْهِ فَسَقَطَ فِي وَقْتِ دُعَائِهِ‏عَلَيْهِ حَجَرٌ مِنْ قَصْرٍ فَانْدَقَّتْ عُنُقُهُ وَأَمّا أَبُوهُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ فَإِنَّهُ مَزَّقَ عَهْدَ يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ وَأَمَانَهُ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ الرَّشِيدِ وَقَالَ اقْتُلْهُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَإِنَّهُ لا أَمَانَ لَهُ فَقَالَ يَحْيَى لِلرَّشِيدِ إِنَّهُ خَرَجَ مَعَ أَخِي بِالأَمْسِ وَأَنْشَدَهُ أَشْعَاراً لَهُ فَأَنْكَرَهَا فَحَلَّفَهُ يَحْيَى بِالْبَرَاءَةِ وَتَعْجِيلِ الْعُقُوبَةِ فَحُمَّ مِنْ وَقْتِهِ وَمَاتَ بَعْدَ ثَلاثَةٍ وَانْخَسَفَ قَبْرُهُ مَرَّاتٍ كَثِيرَةً… وَذَكَرَ خَبَراً طَوِيلاً اخْتَصَرْتُ مِنْه‏.

48-1 Al-Hakim Abu Ali Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Bayhaqi narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Sowli quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Khorasani that he had heard Ali ibn Muhammad al-Nowafali say, “A man from the offspring of Abi Talib had az-Zobayr swear to the truth of an issue in between the grave and the pulpit of God’s Prophet (S). Az-Zobayr swore to that and got leprosy. I saw a lot of its signs covering his legs and knees. His father also oppressed Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) on some occasion. Then the Imam (a.s.) cursed him. Immediately a rock fell down from some height over him and broke hisneck. And Zobayr’s father, Abdullah ibn Mos’ab, was the one who tore up the treaty of Yahya ibn Abdullah ibn Al-Hassan, insulted him in front of Al-Rashid and said, ‘O Commander of the Faithful (i.e. Al-Rashid)! Kill him. Do not spare him since this treaty is not valid.’ Yahya ibn Abdullah ibn Al-Hassan told Al-Rashid, ‘He is the one who had rebelled before along with his brother. Now he is claiming to support us.’ Then Yahya ibn Abdullah ibn Al-Hassan recited some of Abdullah ibn Mos’ab’s poems which supported Yahya’s claim. However, Abdullah ibn Mos’ab denied having authored them. Yahya challenged Abdullah ibn Mos’ab to swear to establish that he is telling the truth, and ask God for a speedy Divine chastisement in case he lied. Abdullah ibn Mos’ab did so. However, he got a fever and died after three days. His grave also collapsed several times.”The author of the book said, “This is a long tradition, but I have summarized it.”

1 - حَدَّثَنا أَبُو عَلِي الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أحْمَد الْبِيْهَقِيُّ قالَ حَدَّثَني مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الصُّوليُّ قَالَ الْمَأْمُونُ يَوْماً لِلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ نَدْخُلُ بَغْدَادَ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ نَفْعَلُ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَقَالَ لَهُ تَدْخُلُ أَنْتَ بَغْدَادَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ فَلَمَّا خَلَوْتُ بِهِ قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ شَيْئاً غَمَّنِي وَذَكَرْتُهُ لَهُ فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا حُسَيْنٍ وَكَذَا كَانَ يَكْنِينِي بِطَرْحِ الأَلْفِ وَاللامِ وَمَا أَنَا وَبَغْدَادُ لا أَرَى بَغْدَادَ وَلا تَرَانِي.

49-1 Abu Ali Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Bayhaqi narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Sowli quoted on the authority of Oun ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abi Abad that one day Al-Ma’mun told Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.), “When we enter Baghdad, God willing we will do this and that.” Then Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) told him, “O Commander of the Faithful! You will enter Baghdad.” Abi Abbad added, “When others had left, I heard something which made me feel sad. Then I told the Imam (a.s.) what I had heard. Then Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) said, ‘O Husayn! What do I have to do with Baghdad? I will never see Baghdad, neither will Baghdad ever see me.’”

1 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحَسَن بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِالوَلِيد - رحمهما اللَّه - قالا حَدَّثَنا سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّه عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبِيْد قالَ حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ ِلحكم عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الفُضَيْلِ قالَ لَمَّا كَانَ فِي السَّنَةِ الَّتِي بَطَشَ هَارُونُ بِ‏آلِ بَرْمَكَ بَدَأَ بِجَعْفَرِ بْنِ يَحْيَى وَحَبَسَ يَحْيَى بْنَ خَالِدٍ وَنَزَلَ بِالْبَرَامِكَةِ مَا نَزَلَ كَانَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ وَاقِفاً بِعَرَفَةَ يَدْعُو ثُمَّ طَأْطَأَ رَأْسَهُ فَسُئِلَ عَنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أَدْعُو اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عَلَى الْبَرَامِكَةِ بِمَا فَعَلُوا بِأَبِي‏فَاسْتَجَابَ اللَّهُ لِيَ الْيَوْمَ فِيهِمْ فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَ لَمْ يَلْبَثْ إِلا يَسِيراً حَتَّى بُطِشَ بِجَعْفَرٍ وَيَحْيَى وَتَغَيَّرَتْ أَحْوَالُهُمْ.

50-1 My father and Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Waleed - may God have Mercy upon them both - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Obayd, on the authority of Ali ibn al-Hakam, on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Fudhayl, “In the year in which Harun got mad with the Barmakites and first ordered that Ja’far ibn Yahya be killed and Yahya ibn Khalid be imprisoned, and whatever else that happened to the Barmakites. Abul Hassan Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) was standing up on the Day of Arafat and he (a.s.) was praying and bowing his head. He (a.s.) was asked for the reason. The Imam (a.s.) said, “I was cursing the Barmakites before God the Highest for what they had done to my father (a.s.). God fulfilled my prayers today.” Then the Imam (a.s.) returned home. A short time later, Ja’far and (his father) Yahya (of the Barmakites) were faced with problems and the tables turned on them.

2 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُوسَى المُتَوَكِّل قالَ حَدَّثَنا عَبْدِاللَّه بْنِ جَعْفَر الحِمْيَريُّ عَنْ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ الحَسَن بْنِ عَلِى الوَشَّاء عَنْ مسافر قالَ كُنْتُ مَعَ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ بِمِنًى فَمَرَّ يَحْيَى بْنُ خَالِدٍ مَعَ قَوْمٍ مِنْ آلِ بَرْمَكَ فَقَالَ مَسَاكِينُ هَؤُلاءِ لا يَدْرُونَ مَا يَحُلُّ بِهِمْ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ ثُمَّ قَالَ هَاهْ وَأَعْجَبُ مِنْ هَذَا هَارُونُ وَأَنَا كَهَاتَيْنِ وَضَمَّ بِإِصْبَعَيْهِ قَالَ مُسَافِرٌ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا عَرَفْتُ مَعْنَى حَدِيثِهِ حَتَّى دَفَنَّاهُ مَعَهُ.

50-2 Muhammad ibn Musa - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Hemyari quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Washsha’, on the authority of Mosafir (Abu Muslim - one of the companions of Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (a.s.)), “I was with Abil Hassan Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) in Mina. Yahya ibn Khalid and a group of the Barmakites passed by. Then Imam Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) said, ‘These poor fellows do not know what will happen to them this year.’ The Imam (a.s.) then added, ‘O! It is amazing that Harun and I are like these two (fingers)’ while he was putting two of his fingers side by side.” Mosafir added, “By God, I did not understand what this meant until he was buried at the side of Harun.”

3 - حَدَّثَنا عَبْد الواحِدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدُوسٍالنِيْسابُوري العَطَّار بِنِيْسابُورَ سِنَةَ اثنتين‏خَمْسِينَ وَثَلاثِمائَةٍ قالَ حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ عَنْ الفَضْلِ بْنِ شاذان عَنْ صَفْوان بن يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يعفور البلخي عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ مِهْرانِ قالَ سَمِعْتُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ يَحْيَىُ سَمِعْتُ عِيسَى بْنَ جَعْفَرٍ يَقُولُ لِهَارُونَ حَيْثُ تَوَجَّهَ مِنَ الرَّقَّةِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ اذْكُرْ يَمِينَكَ الَّتِي حَلَفْتَ بِهَا فِي آلِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ فَإِنَّكَ حَلَفْتَ إِنِ ادَّعَى أَحَدٌ بَعْدَ مُوسَى الإِمَامَةَ ضَرَبْتَ عُنُقَهُ صَبْراً وَهَذَا عَلِيٌّ ابْنُهُ يَدَّعِي هَذَا الأَمْرَ وَيُقَالُ فِيهِ مَا يُقَالُ فِي أَبِيهِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ مُغْضَباً فَقَالَ وَمَا تَرَى تُرِيدُ أَنْ أَقْتُلَهُمْ كُلَّهُمْ قَالَ مُوسَى فَلَمَّا سَمِعْتُ ذَلِكَ صِرْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ‏مَا لِي وَلَهُمْ وَاللَّهِ لا يَقْدِرُونَ إِلَيَّ عَلَى شَيْ‏ءٍ.

50-3 Abdul Wahid ibn Muhammad ibn Abdoos al-Neishaboori al-Attar narrated in Neishaboor in the year 352 A.H. (962 A.D.) that Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Qutayba quoted on the authority of Al-Fadhl ibn Shathan, on the authority of Safwan ibn Yahya, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ya’fur al-Balkhi, on the authority of Musa ibn Mehran, “I heard Isa ibn Ja’far tell Harun (Ar-Rashid) when he was going from Raqqah to Mecca, ‘Do not forget what you have sworn to about the household of Abi Talib.You have sworn to chop off the head of anyone who claims to be a Divine Leader after Musa ibn Ja’far. Now this is his son Ali (Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.)) who is claiming to possess the Divine Leadership, and people are saying about him the same thing that they said about his father.’ Harun looked at him angrily and said, ‘So what? Do you think that I should kill them all?’ Musa ibn Mihran added, “Once I heard this I went and informed Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) about this. Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) said, ‘What do I have to do with them? By God, they do not have the power to do anything to me.’”

4 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدِ بْنِ زِيادِ بْنِ جَعْفَر الهَمْدانِيَّ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ إِبراهِيمِ بْنِ هاشِم عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبِيْد عَنْ صَفْوان بْنِ يَحْيَى قالَ لَمَّا مَضَى أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ وَتَكَلَّمَ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ خِفْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّكَ قَدْ أَظْهَرْتَ أَمْراً عَظِيماً وَإِنَّمَا نَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ هَذَا الطَّاغِيَ فَقَالَ لِيَجْهَدْ جَهْدَهُ فَلا سَبِيلَ لَهُ عَلَيَّ قَالَ صَفْوَانُ فَأَخْبَرَنَا الثِّقَةُ أَنَّ يَحْيَى بْنَ خَالِدٍ قَالَ لِلطَّاغِي هَذَا عَلِيٌّ ابْنُهُ قَدْ قَعَدَ وَادَّعَى الأَمْرَ لِنَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ مَا يَكْفِينَا مَا صَنَعْنَا بِأَبِيهِ تُرِيدُ أَنْ نَقْتُلَنَّهُمْ جَمِيعاً وَلَقَدْ كَانَتِ الْبَرَامِكَةُ مُبْغِضِينَ لاهْلِ بَيْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ مُظْهِرِينَ الْعَدَاوَةَ لَهُمْ.

50-4 Ahmad ibn Ziyad al-Hamadani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Obayd, on the authority of Safwan ibn Yahya, “When Abul Hassan Musa ibn Ja’far (a.s.) passed away and Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) started to talk (about Divine Leadership), then we feared for his life and I told him, ‘You are expressing a great issue. We are afraid of this oppressor (Harun).’ Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) said, ‘He can struggle to do whatever he likes, but he cannot affect me at all.’” Safwan added, “A trustworthy person informed me that Yahya ibn Khalid (Al-Barmaki) told the oppressor (Harun), ‘This is his son Ali (Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.)) who has taken his position and is declaring that he himself is the (Divine) Leader.’ Harun replied, ‘What was the use of what we did to his father? Do you think that we should kill them all?’”The author added, “Indeed all the Barmakites were all enemies of the Members of the Household of God’s Prophet (S) and displayed their animosity.”Barmak who was in charge of an Idol-House called Nobahar in the city of Balkh. Barmak’s son was called Khalid. He started to work in the court of Abdul Malik ibn Marvan, and was able to attain a high position there. He accepted Islam during the era of Hisham ibn Abdul Malik. Later he became one of the heads of the army of Abu Muslim Khorasani. After the downfall of the Umayads, he went to Abul Abbas Saf’fah and became a minister. His son Yahya who was very intelligent was Harun Ar-Rashid’s teacher. It has been said that the majesty of the Abbasids was due to the wisdom of Yahya and his son Ja’far who was a minister in the court of Harun Ar-Rashid.

1 - حدثنا أحمد بن زياد بن جعفر الهمداني قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم عن أبيه عن موسى بن مهران قال: رأيت علي بن موسى الرضا عليهما السلام في مسجد المدينة وهارون يخطب فقال: أترونني وإياه ندفن في بيت واحد

51-1 Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamadani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Musa ibn Mihran, “I saw that Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) in Medina’s mosque while Harun was delivering a sermon. Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) said, ‘You will see that both him and I will be buried in one place.’”