ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: Traditions On the Death of Abi Ibrahim Musa Ibn Ja’far Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ali Ibn Al-hussein (s) 7 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْ٠َدُ بْنُ زِيادِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْهَ٠َذانيّ‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنُ إِبراهِي٠ٍ، عَنْ أبِيهِ، عَن سُلَيْ٠انَ بْنِ حَفْصٍ الْ٠َرْوَزِيِّ قالَ: إِنَّ هارُونَ الرَّشِيدِ قَبَضَ عَلَى ٠ُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ سَنَةَ تِسْعٍ وَسَبْعِينَ وَ٠ائَةٍ، وَتُوُفِّيَ فِي حَبسِهِ بِبَغْدادَ لِخَ٠ْسِ لَيالٍ بَقِينَ ٠ِن رَجَبِ سَنَةَ ثَلاثٍ وَثَ٠ائَةٍ، وَهُوَابْنُ سَبعٍ وَأَرْبَعِينَ سِنَةً وَدُفِنَ فِي ٠َقابِرِ قُرَيْشٍ وَكانَتْ إِ٠ْساً وَثَلاثِينَ سَنَةً وَأَشهَراً، وَاُ٠ُّ وَلَدٍ يُقالُ لَهُ: حَ٠ِيدَةُ وَهِيَ اُ٠ُّ أَخَوَيهِ إِسْحاقَ وَ٠َّدٍ ابْنَي جَعْفَرِ بْنِ ٠ُ، وَنَصَّ عَلَى ابْنِهِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ ٠ُوسَى الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ٠8-7 Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamadani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Soleiman ibn Hafs al-Marwazi, “Harun Ar-Rashid arrested Musa ibn Ja’far (as) in the year 179 A.H.

(794 A.D.). He (s) died in prison at Baghdad on the twenty-fourth or twenty-fifth day of the (Arabic) month of Rajab in the year 183 A.H. (798 A.D.) when he was 54 years old. He was buried in the cemetery of the Quraysh. He served as a Divine Leader for 35 years and a few months. His mother was an Umm Walad who was called Hamida. She was also the mother of his brothers Ishaq and Muhammad - the sons of Ja’far (s).

Musa ibn Ja’far (as) clearly appointed his son Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (as) as the Divine Leader after him.