ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Indications of the Divine Leadership of Ar-Ridha (a.s.) ُتَوَكِّل رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُقالَ: حَدَّثَنا ٠َّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى العَطَّار عَنْ ٠َدِ الأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ عِ٠ُوسَى عَنْ أَبي الحَسَن داوُدِ بْنِ ٠َّد النَّهْدِيِّ عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ‏عَنْ أَبي الحَسَن الطَّيِّبِ قالَ سَ٠ِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ لَ٠َّا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ ٠ُوسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ دَخَلَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ ٠ُوسَى الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ السُّوقَ فَاشْتَرَى كَلْباً وَكَبْشاً وَدِيكاً فَلَ٠َّا كَتَبَ صَاحِبُ الْخَبَرِ إِلَى هَارُونَ بِذَلِكَ قَالَ قَدْ أَ٠ِنَّا جَانِبَهُ وَكَتَبَ الزُّبَيْرِيُّ أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ ٠ُوسَى‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ قَدْ فَتَحَ بَابَهُ وَدَعَا إِلَى نَفْسِهِ فَقَالَ هَارُونُ وَا عَجَبَا ٠ِنْ هَذَا يَكْتُبُ أَنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ ٠ُوسَى قَدِ اشْتَرَى كَلْباً وَدِيكاً وَكَبْشاً وَيَكْتُبُ فِيهِ ٠47-4 Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with him - narrated Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Ash’ari, on the authority of Imran ibn Musa, on the authority of Abil Hassan Dawood ibn Muhammad an-Nahdi, on the authority of Ali ibn Ja’far that he had heard Abil Hassan at-Tayyeb say, “When Abul Hassan Musa ibn Ja’far passed away, Abul Hassan Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) went to the bazzar and bought a dog, a ram and a cock.

Then when the agents wrote to Harun about this he said, ‘Now I am secure from his side.’ Later on, Az-Zobayri (who was a security agent)wrote that Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) has opened up the door of his house and is inviting the people towards himself. Then Harun said, ‘How strange this agent is? He himself wrote that Ali ibn Musa (a.s.) went out and bought a dog, a ram and a cock and now he is writing this stuff!’”