The whole Marw had become one voice loud and tearful.

The whole Marw had become one voice loud and tearful. It was reported to al-Mamoon. Sahl Ibn al-Fadl, who had two official posts, said to him: ‘O commander of faithfuls, if Imam Al-Reza -asws will reach the place of prayer in this manner people will devotedly be attracted to him -asws . In my opinion, ask him -asws to return home.’ AI-Mamoon sent his people to ask Abu AI-Hassan -asws to return home. Imam Ali Reza -asws asked to bring his shoes and wore them and rode back home.

[3] The Imam -asws is Needless of others wealth: The narrator narrates in the Hadith: ‘I wanted to deliver an amount of property to Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza -asws . It was a large amount. When the Imam -asws saw it he -asws did not show any sign of happiness.

I became depressed and said to myself: “I delivered this property to him -asws but he -asws did not become happy.” The Imam -asws called: “O boy, bring water and the pot.”’ The narrator has said that the Imam -asws then sat on the chair and made a hand gesture to the boy to pour water on his hand. The narrator says that from Imam -asws ’s hand gold began to fall in the pot (where the water from the hands of the Imam was going).

The Imam -asws then turned to me and said: ‘One -asws who is capable of doing this, he -asws does not become happy for whatever you have delivered to him -asws .’ [4] The Shahadat of Imam Ali -asws Ibn Musa -asws : ‘The narrator says in a Hadith: Imam Ali -asws Ibn Musa -asws was martyred (through poisoning, organised by Mamoon Ar-Rashid) at the age of 49 and a few months in 202 A.H.

The Imam -asws lived for 19 years and two or three months after the death of (his -asws father -asws ) Imam Musa -asws Ibn Ja’far -asws . [5] Bequest of 8 th Imam -asws : (The narrator says) ‘One night I was in front of Al-Mamoun until four hours from the night had passed by. Then he permitted for me to leave. I left. When half of the night had passed by, there was a knock on the door. One of my servants answered.

He said to him, ‘Say to Harsama, ‘Answer your chief!’ He said, ‘I stood up quickly and grabbed my clothes upon me and I hurried to my chief Al-Reza -asws . The slave entered in front of me, and I entered behind him, and there I was with my Master -asws seated in a courtyard of his -asws house. He -asws said: ‘O Harsama!’ I said, ‘Here I am, O my Master -asws !’ He -asws said: ‘Be seated!’ I sat down. He -asws said to me: ‘Listen and retain, O Harsama!