Having regained his health by the power of Allah, he (a.

Having regained his health by the power of Allah, he (a.s) again approached Dadhanah and invited him towards Allah-worship. Frustrated and desperate, Dadhanah ordered all the people to gather together in the desert and kill him in unison, whereupon Prophet Jorjis (a.s) supplicated to Allah and pleaded for patience and fortitude.

The people beheaded him (a.s) and were on their way back when all of them were seized by an onslaught of Divine chastisement.[^4] Working for the Oppressors A person, by the name of Muhajir, narrates as follows: “I had gone to Imam Sadiq (a.s) and said to him: “Such and such persons have sent you their salutations.” The Imam (a.s) responded in kind, whereupon I said: “They have also requested you to pray for them.” He (a.s) inquired: “What is their problem?” I said: “Mansur Dawaniqi has flung them into prison.” He (a.s) asked: “What did they have to do with Mansur (that he hurled them into prison)?” I replied: “They used to work for him and one day, in a fit of anger, he hurled them behind bars.” The Imam (a.s) said: “But had I not prohibited them from working for him (an oppressive and unjust regime)?

Such work entails great danger.” Having said this, the Imam (a.s) then prayed: “O' Allah! Repel from them the evils and grant them deliverance.” Muhajir says: “I returned from Mecca and inquired about my friends whereupon I was informed that they had been set free”” - (according to the dates, they had been released three days after the Imam (a.s) had prayed for them).[^5] Retaliation Once, Hadhrat Musa (a.s) was passing by a region when he came across a spring which flowed alongside a mountain.

Performing ablution with the water, he proceeded to the top of the mountain to offer prayers. Meanwhile a person on horseback reached the spring and came down from the horse with the intention of quenching his thirst. When he had satiated himself he mounted his mount and galloped away, dropping his money-pouch in the process. A short while later a shepherd arrived there; noticing the money-pouch, he picked it up and left.

After the shepherd had left, an old man - a bundle of fire-wood on his head and possessing an appearance that manifested his destitution and poverty - reached there. Placing his load on the ground he stretched himself out near the spring and went to sleep. Before long the rider returned to the spring and began searching for his lost money-pouch. Failing to locate it, he questioned the old man, who pleaded ignorance about it.