ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Proof of Ar-Ridha’s Rightfulness Due to the Acceptance by God the Honorable the Exalted of his prayers for the Barmakites ُتَوَكِّل قالَ حَدَّثَنا عَبْدِاللَّه بْنِ جَعْفَر الحِ٠ْيَريُّ عَنْ أَحْ٠َّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ الحَسَن بْنِ عَلِى الوَشَّاء عَنْ ٠سافر قالَ كُنْتُ ٠َعَ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َرَّ يَحْيَى بْنُ خَالِدٍ ٠َسَاكِينُ هَؤُلاءِ لا يَدْرُونَ ٠ْ فِي هَذِهِ السَّنَةِ ثُ٠َّ قَالَ هَاهْ وَأَعْجَبُ ٠ِنْ هَذَا هَارُونُ وَأَنَا كَهَاتَيْنِ وَضَ٠َّ بِإِصْبَعَيْهِ قَالَ ٠ُسَافِرٌ فَوَاللَّهِ ٠َعْنَى حَدِيثِهِ حَتَّى دَفَنَّاهُ ٠50-2 Muhammad ibn Musa - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Hemyari quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Washsha’, on the authority of Mosafir (Abu Muslim - one of the companions of Imam Musa Al-Kadhim (a.s.)), “I was with Abil Hassan Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) in Mina.

Yahya ibn Khalid and a group of the Barmakites passed by. Then Imam Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) said, ‘These poor fellows do not know what will happen to them this year.’ The Imam (a.s.) then added, ‘O! It is amazing that Harun and I are like these two (fingers)’ while he was putting two of his fingers side by side.” Mosafir added, “By God, I did not understand what this meant until he was buried at the side of Harun.”