Do this if you are pleased with being killed and your corpse...
Do this if you are pleased with being killed and your corpse being hung up from the gallows in the al-Konasa neighborhood.’ After Zayd left, As-Sadiq (s) said, “Woe be to those who hear his call but do not help him!’” 25 بابُ ما جاءَ عَنِ الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فِي زَيْد بْنِ عَلِى عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ 1 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى المكتب قالَ أَخْبَرنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الصُّوليُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَزِيد النحوي قالَ: حَدَّثَني ابْنِ أَبي عَبْدون، عَن أَبيهِ قالَ لَمَّا حُمِلَ زَيْدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ إِلَى الْمَأْمُونِ وَقَدْ كَانَ خَرَجَ بِالْبَصْرَةِ وَأَحْرَقَ دُورَ وُلْدِ الْعَبَّاسِ وَهَبَ الْمَأْمُونُ جُرْمَهُ لاخِيهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ وَقَالَ لَهُ يَا أَبَا الْحَسَنِ لَئِنْ خَرَجَ أَخُوكَ وَفَعَلَ مَا فَعَلَ لَقَدْ خَرَجَ قَبْلَهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ فَقُتِلَ وَلَوْ لا مَكَانُكَ مِنِّي لَقَتَلْتُهُ فَلَيْسَ مَا أَتَاهُ بِصَغِيرٍ فَقَالَ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لا تَقِسْ أَخِي زَيْداً إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ عُلَمَاءِ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ غَضِبَ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَجَاهَدَ أَعْدَاءَهُ حَتَّى قُتِلَ فِي سَبِيلِهِ وَلَقَدْ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي مُوسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَاهُ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ يَقُولُ رَحِمَ اللَّهُ عَمِّي زَيْداً إِنَّهُ دَعَا إِلَى الرِّضَا مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَلَوْ ظَفِرَ لَوَفَى بِمَا دَعَا إِلَيْهِ وَقَدِ اسْتَشَارَنِي فِي خُرُوجِهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا عَمِّ إِنْ رَضِيتَ أَنْ تَكُونَ الْمَقْتُولَ الْمَصْلُوبَ بِالْكُنَاسَةِ فَشَأْنَكَ فَلَمَّا وَلَّى قَالَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ وَيْلٌ لِمَنْ سَمِعَ وَاعِيَتُهُ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ.
Then Al-Ma’mun said, “O Abul Hassan! Have there not been traditions blaming those who unrightfully claim to be the Divine Leader?” Al-Reza (s) said, “Zayd did not make any such unrightful claims. He was much more pious than that. He used to invite the people to a pleasant member of the Household of Muhammad (s).
Those traditions are about the people who claim that God has appointed them to be a Divine Leader, invite the people to a religion other than God’s religion and mislead the people so as to deviate them from the way of God. I swear by God that Zayd was one who was addressed by the following verse, ‘And strive in His cause as ye ought to strive, (with sincerity and under discipline).
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