So al-Rashid feared that discords and disorders would take place.

So al-Rashid feared that discords and disorders would take place. Then he ordered two awnings to be brought. He ordered one of them to be carried to Kufa and the other to be carried to Basrah. He only did that to confuse the people about what had happened [1] Ibid., p. 17, p. 296. [2] Al-Menaqib, vol. 2, p. 385. [3] Al-Bihar, vol. 11, p. 296. to the Imam and where he had been detained. He ordered the Imam, peace be on him, to be carried to Basrah in the dark night.

The Imam was carried to it, while sorrow and sadness prevailed Yethrib (Medina). 3. The Imam is detained in Basrah The Imam was transferred to Basrah; pain and worries accompanied him. Hasan al-Sarawi was entrusted with watching and guarding him.[1] Before the Imam arrived in Basrah, Abd Allah b. Marhum al-Azdi visited him. The Imam gave him a letter and asked him to give it to his successor Imam al-Rida, peace be on him.

He made him know that al-Rida was the Imam after him.[2] The caravan walked and covered the desert. It arrived in Basrah. That was a day before al-Tarwiya (the 8th day of Dhu al-Hijja).[3] Hasan took the Imam and handed him over to Isa b. Jafar. The latter threw the Imam in a prison and locked its door. He did not open the door except in two times: When the Imam went out to make an ablution and when food was brought to him.[4] As for the Imams affairs in Basrah prison, they are as follows: A.

His devoting himself to Worship The Imam, peace be on him, devoted himself to worshiping Allah. He perplexed reasons and stunned intellects through his too much worship and his devoting himself to Allah. He fasted by day and performed prayers by night. He spent most his times in performing prayers. He was not tired of prison. He regarded his free time as a great favor Allah bestowed on him.

He tanked Allah for that and supplicated Him with this supplication: O Allah, You know that I used to ask you to give me free time to worship you. O Allah, You have done that. To you be praise. This supplication show us a great part of the patience of Imam Musa, peace be on him, and his satisfaction with Allahs decree. It also indicates that the Imam loved and yearned for worship and obedience. B.

Some Religious Scholars communicate with the Imam That the Imam, peace be on him, was detained in Basrah became famous. So some religious scholars and narrators of traditions secretly visited him. They narrated from him some sciences and religious precepts.