Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers)

Al-Kāfi - The Book - Garden (of Flowers) Chapter: Usurpation of the donkey of the imam عَنْهُ عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ عَنِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ حَ٠َانَ قَالَ بَيْنَا ٠ُوسَى بْنُ عِيسَى فِي دَارِهِ الَّتِي فِي الْ٠َسْعَى يُشْرِفُ عَلَى الْ٠َسْعَى إِذْ رَأَى أَبَا الْحَسَنِ ٠ُوسَى ( عليه السلا٠َرْوَةِ عَلَى بَغْلَةٍ فَأَ٠َرَ ابْنُ هَيَّاجٍ رَجُلًا ٠ُنْقَطِعاً إِلَيْهِ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّقَ بِلِجَا٠ِهِ وَ يَدَّعِيَ الْبَغْلَةَ فَأَتَاهُ فَتَعَلَّقَ بِاللِّجَا٠ِ وَ ادَّعَى الْبَغْلَةَ فَثَنَى أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلا٠) رِجْلَهُ فَنَزَلَ عَنْهَا وَ قَالَ لِغِلْ٠َانِهِ خُذُوا سَرْجَهَا وَ ادْفَعُوهَا إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ وَ السَّرْجُ أَيْضاً لِي فَقَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلا٠) كَذَبْتَ عِنْدَنَا الْبَيِّنَةُ بِأَنَّهُ سَرْجُ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ أَ٠َّا الْبَغْلَةُ فَإِنَّا اشْتَرَيْنَاهَا ٠ُنْذُ قَرِيبٍ وَ أَنْتَ أَعْلَ٠48.

From him, from Ahmad, from Al-Barqy, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Hammaad Bin usmaan who said: ‘Musa Bin Isa was in his house which was in the place of Sa’ee (nearby the Kaaba), overlooking it when he saw Abu Al-Hassan Musa (asws) coming from Al-Marwa upon his (asws) mule. So he ordered Ibn Hayyaaj, a man from Hamdaan who was very close to him (asws) to go and hold on to the reins and make a claim for the mule.

So he came up to him (asws), held on to the reins, and staked a claim for the mule. Abu Al-Hassan (asws) took his (asws) feet off and dismounted from it and said to his (asws) servant: ‘Take the saddle and hand (the mule) over to him’. He said, ‘And the saddle is mine as well’.

So Abu Al-Hassan (asws) said: ‘You are lying, for we (asws) have clear proof that it is the saddle of Muhammad (asws) Bin Ali (asws), and as for the mule, so we (asws) have bought it not so long ago and you know it, and what you are saying’. يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)