Shortly after their arrival there...

Shortly after their arrival there, they hurried to meet the Imām, peace be on him, so Dibil recited to him his poem called al-Tāiya, which we will mention, and Ibrāhim b. al-Abbās composed before him a poem of which the historians have narrated nothing except this line: The deaths of the children of the Prophet Mohammed have removed the pains of the heart after endurance. As for the Imām, he warmly received them, honored and magnified them. [1] Ibn 'Asākir, Tārikh, vol. 5, p. 331.

[2] 'Uyūn Akhbār al-Ridā, vol. 2, pp. 141-142. The Imām awards a Prize to Dibil The Imām gave to Dibil a parcel in which there was ten thousands of the dirhams struck with his name. [1] It is worth mentioning that the dirhams had not been placed in the hand of anyone before Dibil, so Dibil refused to take them and said: No, by Allah, I have not wanted this (money); nor have I gone out for it. I have come to have the honor of him and to look at his face.

Then he asked the servant of the Imām to ask the Imām in order to give him one of his garments, so the Imām gave him a silk garment [2] along with dirhams and said to him: Take this parcel, for you will be in need of it. Dibil departed until he arrived at Qum and there a talk about the Imāms garment was announced, so the Qummis hurried to Dibil and asked him to sell them the garment for thirty thousand dirhams.

[3] He refused that and left the Qummis, but a group of them followed him and said to him: You must take the money or you better know. By Allah, surely I will not give it to you on my on accord, retorted Dibil, nor will it benefit you when you take it by force, for it is wanted only for Allah, the Great and Almighty, and it is forbidden for you to wear it. Then he swore by Allah that he would not sell it to them unless they gave him a piece of it, that it might be placed in his shroud.

So they gave him one sleeve, and it was placed in his shrouds. [4] The [1] Al-Aghāni, vol. 18, p. 29. Mu'jam al-'Udabā', vol. 4, p. 194. In al-Kashi's Rijāl, p. 314, it has been mentioned: "He (al-Ridā) gave him six hundred dinars." In al-Itthāf it has been mentioned: "He have him one hundred dinars." The latter narration is unlikely, for the Imām was famous for generosity and munificence. [2] Muqaddamat Diwān Di'bil, p. 52. [3] In al-Najāshi's Rijāl, p. 197, and in al-Bihār, vol. 12, p.