I placed him -asws upon his -asws bier, then we carried him.

I placed him -asws upon his -asws bier, then we carried him. Al-Mamoun prayed Salat upon him -asws and so did entirety of the ones present. Then we came to the place of the grave. We found them striking with the shovels beside the grave of Haroun in order to be a Qiblah for his -asws grave, and the shovels were digging from it, not digging even a particle from the soil of the ground. \n He said to me, \u2018Woe be to you, O Harsama!

Don\u2019t you see the ground how it is preventing from digging a grave for him -asws ?\u2019 I said, \u2018O commander of the faithful! He -asws had instructed me that I should strike one shove in the direction of the grave of commander of the faithful your father Al Rasheed. I will not strike other than it\u2019.

\n He said, \u2018When you have struck, O Harsama, what would happen?\u2019 I said, \u2018He -asws informed that it is not allowed for the grave of your father to be a Qiblah for his -asws grave. So if I were to strike this one shovel, it would get to the pre-dug grace from without a hand having dug it, and a shrine would appear in its midst\u2019. \n Al-Mamoun said, \u2018Glory be to Allah -azwj !

How strange is this talk, and it is not strange from the matter of Abu Al-Hassan -asws , therefore strike, O Harsama, until we see!\u2019 \n Harsama said, \u2018I grabbed the shovel by my hand, and I struck in the direction of the grave of Haroun Al-Rasheed. It immersed to a pre-dug grave, and a shrine appeared in its midst, and the people were looking at it. \n He said, \u2018Descend him -asws into it, O Harsama!\u2019 I said, \u2018O commander of the faithful!

My Master -asws had instructed me that I should not descend him -asws into it until white water bursts out from the ground of this grave, and the grave is filled from it, until the water becomes with the surface of the ground. Then a fish would be restless in it, in the length of the grave. When the fish disappears and the water sinks, I should place him -asws at the side of his -asws grave and vacate between him -asws and his -asws tomb\u2019.

\n He said, \u2018Do so, O Harsama, what you have been instructed with!\u2019 \n Harsama said, \u2018I awaited the appearance of water and the fish. It appeared, then disappeared, and the water sank, and the people were looking at it. Then I made the bier to be to the side of his -asws grave and covered his -asws grave with a white cloth, not spreading it.