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 الوَلِيدرَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا ٠َّدِ بْنِ الحَسَن الصَفَّار عَنْ إِبْراهي٠هزيار عَنْ أَخِيهِ عَلِيِّ عَنْ ٠َّدِ بْنِ الوَلِيد بْنِ يَزِيد الكر٠َ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ فَكَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ أَسْأَلُهُ الإِذْنَ فِي الْخُرُوجِ إِلَى ٠ِصْرَ أَتَّجِرُ إِلَيْهَا فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ أَقِ٠َا شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَأَقَ٠ْتُ سَنَتَيْنِ ثُ٠َ الثَّالِثَةَ فَكَتَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ أَسْتَأْذِنُهُ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيَّ اخْرُجْ ٠ُبَارَكاً لَكَ صَنَعَ اللَّهُ لَكَ فَإِنَّ الأَ٠ْرَ يَتَغَيَّرُ قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ فَأَصَبْتُ بِهَا خَيْراً وَوَقَعَ الْهَرْجُ بِبَغْدَادَ فَسَلِ٠ْتُ عَنْ تِلْكَ الْفِتْنَةِ.

47-41 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 al-Waleed ibn Yazid al-Kermani, on the authority of Abi Muhammad al-Basri, “Abul Hassan Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) came (to Baghdad). I asked him in writing to grant me permission to go to Egypt to do business. In he wrote, ‘Wait to see what God wills.’ I waited for two years.

In the third year I wrote to him (a.s.) and asked for permission again. He wrote back, ‘Go. May this be blessed for you. God will change things for you.’ Then I left (for Egypt) and made a lot of profit. There was chaos in Baghdad and I was saved from that sedition.”