He said, ‘May Allah reward you with good for your advice.

He said, ‘May Allah reward you with good for your advice.”[^12] Abu Dawod had committed the ugliest crime in Islam. He had instigated al-Mu'tasim to assassinate an imam from the imams of Ahlul Bayt (a.s), whom Allah had imposed their love on this nation. Woe and wrath be unto whoever had participated in shedding their bloods. Imam Al-Jawad Predicts His Death Imam al-Jawad (a.s) perceived from beyond the unseen that the inevitable death would come to him while his old was like that of flowers yet.

He had declared that to his followers on many occasions. Here are some of them: Muhammad bin al-Faraj narrated, “Abu Ja'far wrote to me: ‘Bring me the khums. I shall not take it from you except this year.’ He lived no long after that until Allah took him near Him.’[^13] Abu Talib al-Qummi narrated, “One day, I wrote to Abu Ja'far bin ar-Ridha’ (Imam al-Jawad) asking him to permit me to mourn for Abul Hasan (Imam al-Jawad’s father). He wrote…