Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Uyun Akhbar Al-reza the Source of Traditions On Imam Reza (a.s.) Chapter Eight: Traditions On the Death of Abi Ibrahim Musa Ibn Ja’far Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ali Ibn Al-hussein (s) 8-1 Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Waleed - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan al-Saffar and Sa’d ibn Abdullah quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Yaqteen, on the authority of his brother Al-Hussein, on the authority of his father Ali ibn Yaqteen, “Harun Ar-Rashid was looking for someone who could make fun of Abil Hassan Musa ibn Ja’far (s), belittle him and defeat him in arguments in a meeting.
A magician volunteered to do so. When they spread the table to eat, the magician put a spell on the bread so that whenever Abul Hassan wanted to grab a piece of bread to eat, it would fly away from his hands. Harun was very pleased and laughed a lot at this. Then Abul Hassan turned to the picture of a lion which was on a portrait and said, “O Lion!
Seize this enemy of God!” The narrator of the tradition added, “Then the picture of the lion turned into a big lion, jumped on the magician, and tore him up.” 8 بابُ الأَخْبارِ الَّتِي رُوِيَتْ فِي صِحَّةِ وَفاةِ أَبي إِبْراهيمَ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ 1 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الحَسَن بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الوَلِيد رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الحَسَنِ الصَفَّارُ وَسَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِاللَّهِ جَمِيعاً، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنِ الحَسَن بْنِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ، عَنْ أَخِيهِ الحُسَيْن، عَنْ أَبيهِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ يَقْطِينٍ، قالَ: اسْتَدْعَى الرَّشِيدُ رَجُلاً يُبْطِلُ بِهِ أَمْرَ أَبي الحَسَن مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ يَخْجَلُهُ وَيَقْطَعُهُ فِي الَمجْلِس، فَانْتَدَبَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مُعَزَّمٌ فَلَمَّا أحْضِرَتِ المائِدَةُ عَمِلَ ناموساً عَلَى الْخُبْزِ، فَكانَ كُلَّما رامَ أَبُو الحَسَنِ تَناوُلَ رَغِيفٍ مِنَ الْخُبْزِ طارَ مِنْ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَاسْتَفَزَّ مِنْ هارُون الفَرَحُ وَالضَّحْكُ لِذلِكَ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثُ أَبُو الحَسَنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ أَنْ رَفَعَ رَأسَهُ إِلى أَسَدٍ مُصَوَّرٍ عَلى بَعْضِ السُّتُور فَقالَ لَهُ: يا أَسَدُ خُذْ عَدُوِّ اللَّهِ، قالَ: فَوَثَبَتْ تِلْكَ الصُّورِةُ كَأَعْظَمِ ما يَكُـونُ مِنَ السَّــباعِ Then Harun and all his companions who were present were watching got scared, fainted and fell down.