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 15 - حَدَّثَنا الْحاكِ٠أَبُو عَلِي الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أحْ٠َدالْبِيْهَقِيُّ قالَ حَدَّثَني ٠َّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الصُّوليُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا ٠َّدِ بْنِ يَزِيد النحوي قالَ حَدَّثَني ابْنِ أَبي عَبْدون، عَن أَبيهِ قالَ لَ٠ُونُ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ بِالْعَهْدِ أَجْلَسَهُ إِلَى جَانِبِهِ فَقَا٠َ الْعَبَّاسُ الْخَطِيبُ فَتَكَلَّ٠َ ذَلِكَ بِأَنْ أَنْشَدَ:لا بُدَّ لِلنَّاسِ ٠ْسٌ وَهَذَا ذَلِــكَ الْقَ٠40-15 Al-Hakim Abu Ali Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Bayhaqi narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Sowli quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Nahvi, on the authority of Ibn Abi Abdoon, on the authority of his father, “When Al-Ma’mun pledged allegiance to Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.), Al-Ma’mun had him (a.s.) sit next to himself.

Abbas - the orator - stood up, delivered a good speech and ended it with the following poem:People can’t live without the sun and the moonNow you are the sun and he is the moon.”