فَقَالَ لَهُ جَعْفَرٌ ع يَا رَبِيعُ أَنَا أَعْلَمُ مَيْلَكَ إِلَيْنَا فَدَعْنِي أُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ وَ أَدْعُو قَالَ شَأْنَكَ وَ مَا تَشَاءُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ خَفَّفَهُمَا ثُمَّ دَعَا بَعْدَهُمَا بِدُعَاءٍ لَمْ أَفْهَمْهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ دُعَاءٌ طَوِيلٌ وَ الْمَنْصُورُ فِي ذَلِكَ كُلِّهِ يَسْتَحِثُّ الرَّبِيعَ Ja’far -asws said to him: ‘O Rabie! I -asws know of your inclination towards us -asws , so leave me to pray two Cycles Salat and supplicate’.
He said, ‘Your -asws concern and whatever you like’. So he -asws prayed two Cycles (Salat), lightening them, then supplicated after them with a supplication I could not understand except that it was a lengthy supplication, and during all that, Al-Mansour was scolding Al-Rabie.
فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ دُعَائِهِ عَلَى طُولِهِ أَخَذَ الرَّبِيعُ بِذِرَاعَيْهِ فَأَدْخَلَهُ عَلَى الْمَنْصُورِ فَلَمَّا صَارَ فِي صَحْنِ الْإِيوَانِ وَقَفَ ثُمَّ حَرَّكَ شَفَتَيْهِ بِشَيْءٍ لَمْ أَدْرِ مَا هُوَ ثُمَّ أَدْخَلْتُهُ فَوَقَفَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ When he -asws was free from his -asws supplication upon its length, Al-Rabie grabbed his -asws forearm and entered him -asws to see Al-Mansour.
When he -asws came to be in the courtyard hall, he -asws paused, then moved his -asws lips with something, I do not know what it was, then I entered to pause him -asws in front of him.
فَلَمَّا نَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ قَالَ وَ أَنْتَ يَا جَعْفَرُ مَا تَدَعُ حَسَدَكَ وَ بَغْيَكَ وَ إِفْسَادَكَ عَلَى أَهْلِ هَذَا الْبَيْتِ مِنْ بَنِي الْعَبَّاسِ وَ مَا يَزِيدُكَ اللَّهُ بِذَلِكَ إِلَّا شِدَّةَ حَسَدٍ وَ نَكَدٍ مَا تَبْلُغُ بِهِ مَا تُقَدِّرُهُ When he looked at him -asws , he said, ‘And you -asws , O Ja’far -asws !
You -asws have not left your -asws envy, and your rebellion, and your -asws spoiling (matters) upon the people of this house from the clan of Al-Abbas, and Allah -azwj has not Increased you -asws except severity of the envy and hate what you -asws have reached with, what you -asws can measure’.
فَقَالَ لَهُ وَ اللَّهِ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا فَعَلْتُ شَيْئاً مِنْ هَذَا وَ لَقَدْ كُنْتُ فِي وَلَايَةِ بَنِي أُمَيَّةَ وَ أَنْتَ تَعْلَمُ أَنَّهُمْ أَعْدَى الْخَلْقِ لَنَا وَ لَكُمْ وَ أَنَّهُمْ لَا حَقَّ لَهُمْ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ He -asws said to him: ‘By Allah -azwj , O commander of the faithful!