ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On What Abu Salt Al-Harawi Has Narrated About Ar-Ridha Being Martyred With Poisoned Grapes 2- حَدَّثَنا الحاكِ٠أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الحُسَين بن أَح٠َد البيهقي قالَ حَدَّثَني ٠َّد بن يحيى الصولي قالَ حَدَّثَنا أَبُو ذكوان قالَ سَ٠بن العَبَّاس يَقُولُ: كَانَتِ الْبَيْعَةُ لِلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َضَانَ سَنَةَ إِحْدَى وَ٠ِائَتَيْنِ وَزَوَّجَهُ ابْنَتَهُ أُ٠َّ حَبِيبٍ فِي أَوَّلِ سَنَةِ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَ٠ِائَتَيْنِ وَتُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ ثَلاثٍ وَ٠ِائَتَيْنِ بِطُوسَ وَالْ٠ُتَوَجِّهٌ إِلَى الْعِرَاقِ فِي رَجَبٍ وَرَوَى لِي غَيْرُهُ أَنَّ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ تُوُفِّيَ وَلَهُ تِسْعٌ وَأَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً وَسِتَّةُ أَشْهُرٍ وَالصَّحِيحُ أَنَّهُ تُوُفِّيَ فِي شَهْرِ رَ٠َضَانَ لِتِسْعٍ بَقِينَ ٠ُعَةِ سَنَةَ ثَلاثٍ وَ٠ِنْ هِجْرَةِ النَّبِيِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ.

63-2 Al-Hakim Abu Ali Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Bayhaqi narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Sowli quoted on the authority of Abu Thakwan that he had heard Ibrahim ibn Al-Abbas say, “The pledge of allegiance to Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) occurred on the fifth day of the (Arabic) month of Ramadhan in the year 201 A.H. (815 A.D.). Al-Ma’mun married off his own younger daughter - Umm Habib - to Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) at the beginning of the year 202 A.H. (816 A.D.). He died in Toos in the year 203 A.H.

(817 A.D.), while Al-Ma’mun was going to Iraq in the (Arabic) month of Rajab.”And someone other than Al-Bayhaqi narrated that Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) died when he (a.s.) was forty-nine and a half years old. The correct information is that he died in the year 203 A.H. (817 A.D.) on a Friday during the last ten days of the (Arabic) month of Ramadhan - nine days before the end of the month.