ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On The Reasons why Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (a.s.) accepted the succession to the throne from Al-Ma’mun, what Went On, those who were displeased and those who were pleased 4 - حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَحْ٠ْرانالدَّقَّاق رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا ٠َّدِ بْنِ أَبي‏الكُوفِي عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عرفة قالَ قُلْتُ لِلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ٠َلَكَ عَلَى الدُّخُولِ فِي وِلايَةِ الْعَهْدِ فَقَالَ ٠ِنِينَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ عَلَى الدُّخُولِ فِي الشُّورَى.

40-4 Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Imran al-Daqqaq - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Abi Abdullah al-Kufi quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isma’il al-Barmaki, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Arafat that he asked Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.), “O son of the Prophet of God! What forced you to accept the succession to the throne?” The Imam (a.s.) replied, “The same thing which forced my grandfather the Commander of the Faithful (a.s.) to join the arbItraion council.”