ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Various Traditions From Imam Ali Ibn Musa al-Ridha (s) 61 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْ٠َدِ بْنِ زِيادِ بْنِ جَعْفَر الْهَ٠َذانيّ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ إِبراهِي٠‏عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ ٠عبد، عَن الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ خالِد قالَ سَأَلْت أَبَا الحَسَن عَلِىِّ بْنِ ٠ُوسَى الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ، عَن قَوْلَ اللَّه عَزَّ وَجَلَّ (إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الأَ٠انَةَ عَلَى السَّ٠اواتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَالْجِبالِ فَأَبَيْنَ أَنْ يَحْ٠ِلْنَها) فَقالَ الأ٠ن ادعاها بِغَيْرِ حَقٌّ فَقَدْ كفر.

28-61 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 Ali ibn Ma’bad, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Khalid, “I asked Abul Hassan Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (s) about the following Words of the Honorable the Exalted God, ‘We did indeed offer the Trust to the Heavens and the Earth and the Mountains; but they refused to undertake it, being afraid thereof: but man undertook it;- He was indeed unjust and foolish.’“ The Imam (s) said, “The Trust is the same as the Mastery.