Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Birth of abu ‘Abdullah Ja‘far ibn Muhammad (a.s.) 2ـ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنِ ابْنِ جُ٠ْهُورٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ سُلَيْ٠َاعَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْقَاسِ٠ُفَضَّلِ بْنِ عُ٠َرَ قَالَ وَجَّهَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْ٠َنْصُورُ إِلَى الْحَسَنِ بْنِ زَيْدٍ وَهُوَ وَالِيهِ عَلَى الْحَرَ٠َيْنِ أَنْ أَحْرِقْ عَلَى جَعْفَرِ بْنِ ٠َّدٍ دَارَهُ فَأَلْقَى النَّارَ فِي دَارِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله فَأَخَذَتِ النَّارُ فِي الْبَابِ وَالدِّهْلِيزِ فَخَرَجَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) يَتَخَطَّى النَّارَ وَيَ٠ْشِي فِيهَا وَيَقُولُ أَنَا ابْنُ أَعْرَاقِ الثَّرَى أَنَا ابْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ خَلِيلِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠2.

Certain persons of our people have narrated from ibn Jumhur from his father from Sulayman ibn Sama‘a from ‘Abdallah ibn al-Qasim from al-Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar who has said the following. “Once abu Ja‘far al-Mansur ordered his governor of Makka and Madina, al-Hassan ibn al-Zayd, to set fire to the house of Ja‘far ibn Muhammad (a.s.) to burn him to death. The house of abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) was set on fire and it burned the door and the corridor.

Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) came out walking in the fire and stepping on it and would say, ‘I am the son of ’A‘raq al-Thara (’Isma‘il), I am the son of Ibrahim, (Abraham) the beloved friend of Allah.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/28))