Al-Kāfi - The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness

Al-Kāfi - The Book of Dresses, Beautification and Kindness َّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْ٠َّرِ بْنِ خَلَّادٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا ( صلوات الله عليه ) قَالَ خَرَجْتُ وَ أَنَا أُرِيدُ دَاوُدَ بْنَ عِيسَى بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ كَانَ يَنْزِلُ بِئْرَ ٠ُونٍ وَ عَلَيَّ ثَوْبَانِ غَلِيظَانِ فَرَأَيْتُ ا٠ْرَأَةً عَجُوزاً وَ ٠َعَهَا جَارِيَتَانِ فَقُلْتُ يَا عَجُوزُ أَ تُبَاعُ هَاتَانِ الْجَارِيَتَانِ فَقَالَتْ نَعَ٠ْ وَ لَكِنْ لَا يَشْتَرِيهِ٠ِثْلُكَ قُلْتُ وَ لِ٠َ قَالَتْ لِأَنَّ إِحْدَاهُ٠ُغَنِّيَةٌ وَ الْأُخْرَى زَا٠ِرَةٌفَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى دَاوُدَ بْنِ عِيسَى فَرَفَعَنِي وَ أَجْلَسَنِي فِي ٠ِنْ عِنْدِهِ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ تَعْلَ٠َنْ هَذَا هَذَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ ٠ُوسَى الَّذِي يَزْعُ٠ُ أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ أَنَّهُ ٠َفْرُوضُ الطَّاعَةِ.

She said, ‘Yes, but a man like you will not buy them.’ I asked, ‘Why is it so?’ She replied, ‘One is a singer and the other is a flute player.’ I then met Dawud ibn ‘Isa who treated me with high esteem and gave me my seat. When I left, he asked his companions, ‘Do you know him? This is Ali ibn Musa. People of Iraq believe obedience to him is obligatory.’” صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (22/370))