When the children saw al- Ma'moon with his procession...

When the children saw al- Ma'moon with his procession, they ran away for fear of him except Imam al-Jawad (a.s). When al-Ma'moon saw him, he stopped asking him why he had not run away. Imam al-Jawad (a.s) replied so wisely, ‘The way is not narrow so that I would clear it to you and I have no guilt to fear from you. I think that you do not harm one who has no guilt.’ Al-Ma'moon was astonished at this answer.

He kept on asking him, ‘What is your name?’ Imam al-Jawad (a.s) said, ‘Muhammad.’ Al-Ma'moon asked, ‘Son of whom?’ ‘Son of Ali ar-Redha’, said Imam al-Jawad (a.s). Al-Ma'moon found this excessive intelligence not odd,…