Among them was when al- Sâffah summoned him to come to al-HTra.

Among them was when al- Sâffah summoned him to come to al-HTra.” And some of them have been reported by Abd Allah b. Talah al-Hindy [2], who said:” I came to Abu Abd Allah, peace be on him, and he 1 I have written a research about Husham b. al- Hakam. I tried as far as possible to collect his reports and writings. 2 An Arab man from Kufa. He reported from al- Sadiq. A group of the reliable persons- such is ‘Ali b. Isma’ ‘iI, al- Maythamy, Mohammed b. Sanln, and b. Mahbtlb reported from him.

said:’ So, we went with him until we arrived at Ghary. He (al- Sadiq) came to a place (the grave) and said his prayers at it.”’ Also Shaykh Abu Ja’far al- TOsT has mentioned the coming of al- Sadiq from al- Hira for the second time. Ytlnus b. Zabyan’[1] was with him. He (al-Sadiq) prayed at the grave, and told YUnus that the grave was for Amir al-Mu’minifl while Yflnus had not known where the grave was but that it was in the desert.

Al- Kutainy, may his grave be fragrant, reported on the authority of Zayd b. ‘Amru b. Thlha [2] who said:” When he arrived at al- Hrra, Abti Abd Allah, peace be on him, said:” Do you not want what I have promised you?’ I said:’ Yes.’ He meant the going to the grave of Amir al- Mu’minln, peace be on him.’ He (Zayd) said: So, he (al- Sâdiq) mounted (his camel), Ismâ’Tt mounted, and I mounted with them.

When he arrived at al- Thawiya near the white hills between al- HTra and Najaf, he dismounted Isma’Tl dismounted, and I dismounted with them. So he (al- Sadiq), Isma’Tl, and I performed our prayers.”’ Also al- Kuliny reported on the authority of Abân b. Tâghlub,[3] who said:” I was with Abu Abd Allah, peace be on him, when he passed by Kufa.

So, he (al- Sâdiq) dismounted (his camel) and performed two ruk’as, then he advanced for a little (distance) and performed two ruk’as, then he walked for a little (distance) and performed two ruk’as.

Then he told Aban that the first two ruk’as were at the grave of Amir al- Mu’minin, peace be on him, the second (two ruk’ as) were at the place of the head of al- Husayn, peace be on him, and the third (two ruk’as) were at the abode of al- Qa’m (Imam al- Mahdy).” Shaykh al- Hur mentioned that al- Sadiq, peace be on him, visited the grave of Amir al- Mu’minin several times. He has mentioned such a report on the authority of al- Saduq, may Allah have mercy upon him, on the authority of Safwan b.