He was on a horse...

He was on a horse, with a group of people on horses before and after him and I was riding a donkey on his -asws side. He said to me: ‘O Abu’ Abd Allah! It is proper for you to be happy with what Allah -azwj has granted us with power, victory and glory.

You must not tell people that you have a greater degree of right to the position of ruler-ship as well as your family to provoke us against yourself and against them.” He -asws (the Imam) has said: ‘I then said that whoever has said as such to you has not spoken the truth.’ He then said, ‘Will you take an oath about what you just said?’ I said, ‘People are like magicians which means that they love to destroy your feeling about me. You must not allow your ears to listen to them.

We need you more than you need us.’ He (al-Mansur) then asked, ‘Do you remember the day I asked if we can have a kingdom and you replied, ‘Yes, very vast, for a very long time and strong. You will continue in such chance of the worldly domain until you will shed a blood against the law in a sacred month in al-Haram (the sacred area)?’ I then noticed that he has remembered the Hadith. I then said, ‘Perhaps Allah -azwj will save you and I do not apply this to you especially. I narrated a Hadith.

Maybe someone else from your family will be in control of the government. He then remained quiet. On my return to my home certain ones of our friends came and said, ‘I pray to Allah -azwj to keep my soul in service for your -asws cause, by Allah -azwj , I saw you in the procession of Abu Ja’far (al-Mansur) when you were riding a donkey. He was riding a horse as dominant above you and speaking to you as a supervisor does.

I then said to myself that this is a friend of Allah -azwj (a man who possesses divine authority) over the people and the person in charge of the high authority in religion who must be followed and the other one acts unjustly, kills the descendants of the prophets, causes bloodshed on earth in a way that Allah -azwj does not like. He -asws is in his -la procession but he -asws is riding a donkey.

I nearly doubted in my religion and in my soul.’ I then said to him, ‘Had you seen those who were around me, before, behind, on my right and left (were) the angels you would despise him as well as those around him.’ He then said, ‘Now my heart has gained comfort.