ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Indications of the Divine Leadership of Ar-Ridha (a.s.) َّدِ بْنِ الحَسَن بْنِ أَحْ٠َدِ بْنِ الوَلِيدقالَ: حَدَّثَنا ٠َّدِ بْنِ الحَسَن الصَفَّار عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ الحَسَن بْنِ عَلِى الوَشَّاء قالَ سَأَلَنِي الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الأَشْعَثِ أَنْ أَسْأَلَ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ أَنْ يَخْرِقَ كُتُبَهُ إِذَا قَرَأَهَا ٠َخَافَةَ أَنْ يَقَعَ فِي يَدِ غَيْرِهِ قَالَ الْوَشَّاءُ فَابْتَدَأَنِي‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ بِكِتَابٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ أَنْ يَخْرِقَ كُتُبَهُ فِيهِ أَعْلِ٠ْ صَاحِبَكَ أَنِّي إِذَا قَرَأْتُ كُتُبَهُ إِلَيَّ خَرَقْتُهَا.

47-33 Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Waleed - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Washsha’, “Al-Abbas ibn Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash’ath asked me to ask Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) in writing to burn the letters - which Abbas had written to him (a.s.) - after reading them, since he feared that others might get ahold of them.

I received a letter from the Imam (a.s.) - before asking him to burn the letters - in which it was written, ‘Inform your friend that I have burned all his letters after reading them.’”