tears and silence on condition that he will not appoint anyone...
tears and silence on condition that he will not appoint anyone, dismiss anyone, or change any customs or traditions. He accepted to be a counselor on the affairs from a distance. Then Al-Ma’mun had all the people including his personal entourage, and the general public pledge allegiance to Imam Al-Reza (s).
However, whenever one of the nobilities of Imam Al-Reza (s), his knowledge and good management ability was manifested in front of Al-Ma’mun; Al-Ma’mun became jealous of the Imam (s) - up to the point that he could not bear it anymore.
He then tricked Imam Al-Reza (s) and poisoned him to death to go to the Almighty God's Heaven and His Nobility.” 3-2 Tamim ibn Abdullah ibn Tamim al-Qurashi - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his father quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Ali Al-Ansari, on the authority of Ali ibn Maysam on the authority of his father, “I heard Najma , the mother of Imam Al-Reza (s), say, ‘When I was pregnant with my son Ali, I did not feel any burden.
I used to hear God's praises, glorification and supplications from my stomach when I slept. I got scared hearing these sounds and woke up to hear nothing more when I was awake. Once I gave birth to my child, he put both of his hands on the ground, and raised his head towards the sky and moved his lips as if he was saying something.’ His father, Musa ibn Ja'far (s) came to me said, ‘O Najma!
Congratulations for this Divine Blessing that God has bestowed upon you.” Then I wrapped the baby in white cloth and handed him to Imam Al-Kazim (s) [20] He (s) said the ‘Azan [21] in his right ear and the Iqamah [22] in his left ear. Then he (s) asked for some water from the Euphrates River and gave the infant (Imam Reza) some of it. Then he gave the baby back to me and said, “Take him.