\n Abu Hamza laughed and said...

\n Abu Hamza laughed and said, \u2018The Praise is for Allah -azwj Who Guided us to the guidance! and he -asws has clarified to us about the elder and Pointed us to the younger and hid the mighty matter\u2019. \n He was asked about his words.

He said, \u2018He -asws clarified faults of the elders and pointed upon the younger due to his -asws adding him -asws to it, and concealed the bequest to Al-Mansour, because if Al-Mansour were to be asked about the bequest, it would be said, \u2018You\u2019\u2019. [9] \n (The book) \u2018Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih\u2019 \u2013 It is reported from Mufazzal Bin Umar who said, \n \u2018When Al-Sadiq -asws passed away, it was in his -asws bequest, the Imamate being to Musa -asws Al-Kazim -asws .

His -asws brother Abdullah claimed the Imamate, and he was eldest of the (living) children of Ja\u2019far -asws at that time, and he is well known as \u2018Al-Aftah\u2019. \n Musa -asws instructed with gathering a lot of firewood in the middle of his -asws house and sent a message to Abdullah asking him to come to him -asws . When he came to be in his -asws presence, there was a group from the Imamite faces with Musa -asws .

When his -asws brother Abdullah sat to him -asws , Musa -asws instructed to make the fire to be in that firewood, all of it. So all of it burned down, and the people did not know the reason regarding it, until all the firewood became ember. \n Then Musa -asws stood up and sat with his clothes in the middle of the fire and went on to narrate to the people for a while. Then he -asws stood, shook his -asws clothes, and returned to the seat.

He -asws said to his -asws brother Abdullah: \u2018If you are claiming that you are the (real) Imam -asws after your father -asws , then sit in that seat! (in the embers). \n They said, \u2018We saw Abdullah, his colour had changed. He stood up dragging his cloak until he went out from the house of Musa -asws \u2019\u2019. [10] \n [1] Al-Kafi, Vol. 1, Chapter on Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq asws , h. 1. \n [2] Ibid, h. 2. \n [3] Ibid, h 4. \n [4] Ibid, h 5. \n [5] Bihar ul Anwar, vol.

8, pp6 \n [6] Ibid, h 7. \n [7] Two large white sheets worn during Hajj \n [8] Ibid, h 8.