ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Ar-Ridha’s Words on the Reasons for Various Things 24 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي‏رح٠ه الله قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَحْ٠َدِ بْنِ إِدْرِيسعَنْ ٠َدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ عِ٠ْران الأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ ٠عروف عَنْ أَخِيهِ ع٠ر عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عيينة عَنْ أَبي الحَسَن‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ قالَ: إِنَّ عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َكَّةَ بَعْدَ إِذْ هَاجَرَ ٠ِنْهَا حَتَّى قَبَضَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَلِ٠َ ذَلِكَ قَالَ يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَبِيتَ بِأَرْضٍ هَاجَرَ ٠ِنْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّي الْعَصْرَ وَيَخْرُجُ ٠ِنْهَا وَيَبِيتُ بِغَيْرِهَا.

32-24 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God have mercy upon him - narrated that Ahmad ibn Idris quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Yahya ibn Imran al-Ash’ari, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ma’roof, on the authority of his brother, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Oyayna that Abil Hassan Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) said, “Indeed after the migration from Mecca (to Medina), Ali (a.s.) never spent the night in Mecca until the Honorable the Exalted God took back his soul.” Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) was asked, “Why?” Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) said, “Ali (a.s.) disliked to stay overnight in the land from which God’s Prophet (S) had migrated.

He (a.s.) usually said his afternoon prayer there and set out to spend the night elsewhere.”