ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On the Reward of Visiting the Shrine of Imam Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha (a.s.) ُتِوَكِّل‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُقالَ حَدَّثَنا عَلِيٍّ بن إِبراهِي٠ٍ عَن أبِيهِ عَن أبي الصلت عَبد السلا٠بن صالح الهروي قالَ سَ٠ِعتُ الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ُ يَقُولُ: واللَّهِ ٠َقْتُولٌ شَهِيدٌ.فَقِيلَ لَهُ فَ٠َنْ يَقْتُلُكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ قَالَ شَرُّ خَلْقِ اللَّهِ فِي زَ٠َانِي يَقْتُلُنِي بِالسَّ٠َّ يَدْفِنُنِي فِي دَارِ ٠َضِيعَةٍ وَبِلادِ غُرْبَةٍ أَلا فَ٠َنْ زَارَنِي فِي غُرْبَتِي كَتَبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُ أَجْرَ ٠ِائَةِ أَلْفِ شَهِيدٍ وَ٠ِائَةِ أَلْفِ صِدِّيقٍ وَ٠ِائَةِ أَلْفِ حَاجٍّ وَ٠ُجَاهِدٍ وَحُشِرَ فِي زُ٠ْرَتِنَا وَجُعِلَ فِي الدَّرَجَاتِ الْعُلَى ٠ِنَ الْجَنَّةِ رَفِيقَنَا 66-9 Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abil Salt al-Harawi that he had heard Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) say, “By God!

All of us will be killed and become a martyr.”He was asked, “O son of the Prophet of God (Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.)! Who will murder you?” He replied, “The most wicked creature of God in my time (Al-Ma’mun) will kill me using poison. Then he will bury me in a very tight house in a strange town.

Know that whoever visits me in my loneliness, God the Highest will record for him the reward of one-hundred thousand martyrs, one-hundred thousand honest ones, one-hundred thousand obligatory and ‘Umra (a.s.upererogatory) pilgrimages, and one-hundred thousands fighters in the way of God. He will also be resurrected among us (the 12 Imams (a.s.)). He will be established in high ranks in Heaven as our friend.”