When the governor of Medina...

When the governor of Medina, following orders, read the last will and testament, he saw that the Imam had chosen five people rather than one to administer his last will and testament: the caliph himself, the governor of Medina, ‘Abdullah Aftah, the Imam’s older son, Musa, his younger son, and Hamidah, his wife. In this way the plot of Mansur failed. Abu Basir, a close companion of Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.), went to the Imam’s house for expressing condolences on the death of the Imam.

Umm Hamidah, the wife of the Imam, said, “O Abu Basir, if you had been at the Imam’s side when he died, you would have been surprised. In his last moments, the Imam opened his eyes and asked that all family members come close to his bed. When everyone had gathered around him, he said, ‘Verily, the…