Please uncover for me the place where the Messenger of Allah...

Please uncover for me the place where the Messenger of Allah used to always kiss you.” The Imam (‘a) unveiled his navel for him, and he kissed it thrice then burst in tears.[^15] The Imam (‘a) then said to him, “ Fear Allah, O father of ‘Abdul-Rahman, and do not abandon your support for me .”[^16] [^1]: We have indicated his biography in the appendix to our book Zayd al-Shahid, p. 100, second edition. [^2]: Ibn Tawus, Al-Luhuf, p. 15 (Saida edition).

[^3]: Abu Hanifa al-Dinawari (henceforth referred to only as al-Dinawari), Al-Akhbar al-Tiwal, p. 29. [^4]: It is stated on p. 91, Vol. 2, of Ibn Shahr Ashub's Manaqib that these poetic verses were composed by Mas’ud Ibn ‘Abdullah al-Qayni. [^5]: On p. 104 of our book Qamar Bani Hashim, we indicated…