ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Indications of the Divine Leadership of Ar-Ridha (a.s.) 38 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى العَطَّار قالَحَدَّثَني أَبي عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ‏٠هران أَنَّهُ كَتَبَ إِلَى الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ يَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يَدْعُوَاللَّهَ لابْنٍ لَهُ فَكَتَبَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ إِلَيْهِ وَهَبَ اللَّهُ لَكَ ذَكَراً صَالِحاً فَ٠َاتَ ابْنُهُ ذَلِكَ وَوُلِدَ لَهُ ابْنٌ.

47-38 Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his father quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Musa ibn Mehran, “I wrote to Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) and asked him to pray for my (ill) son. The Imam (a.s.) wrote me back, ‘God will grant you a good son.’ My son died and I was given another son.”