Shortly thereafter he sent someone to inform me that he was...

Shortly thereafter he sent someone to inform me that he was ill and that I must see him. Thereafter I often went to him to provide treatment until he was about to die. I was sitting near him and he was experiencing the agony of death. He fainted and then regained conscience and said to me: “O Abu Basir, your master -asws has fulfilled his -asws promise to me.” He then passed away. May Allah -azwj Grant him blessings.

When I went for Hajj I went to see Abu ‘Abd Allah -asws and asked permission for a meeting. As I was about to enter in his -asws presence, one foot in the corridor and one inside, the Imam -asws , before my saying anything, said from the inside: “O Abu Basir’, we -asws have fulfilled our promise to your friend.”’ [4] Imam Musa e Kazim -asws said: ‘Abu’ Abd Allah -asws , Imam Ja’far -asws Ibn Muhammad -asws , was martyred (by the poison of Mansoor Al-Dawaniq) [5] at the age of fifty-six in 148 A.H.

He -asws lived after Imam Abu Ja’far -asws (Mohammed Baqir -asws ), his father -asws , for thirty-four years.’ [6] Imam Musa e Kazim -asws also said: ‘I -asws shrouded my father -asws with two pieces of winter cloth that he had used as clothes for Ihram [7] . One of his shirts, the ‘Amama (turban) that belonged to Imam Ali -asws Ibn Al-Hussain -asws and a cloak that he -asws had bought for forty Dinars were also used.’ [8] Bequest of 6 th Imam -asws : ‘A Bedouin came to Abu Hamza Al-Sumali.

He asked him the news. He said, ‘Ja’far Al-Sadiq -asws has expired’. He (Abu Hamza) sighed a sigh and there was unconsciousness upon him. When he woke up, he said, ‘Has he bequeathed to anyone?’ He said, ‘Yes, he -asws has bequeathed to his -asws son Abdullah, and Musa -asws and Abu Ja’far Al-Mansour’. Abu Hamza laughed and said, ‘The Praise is for Allah -azwj Who Guided us to the guidance! and he -asws has clarified to us about the elder and Pointed us to the younger and hid the mighty matter’.

He was asked about his words. He said, ‘He -asws clarified faults of the elders and pointed upon the younger due to his -asws adding him -asws to it, and concealed the bequest to Al-Mansour, because if Al-Mansour were to be asked about the bequest, it would be said, ‘You’’. [9] (The book) ‘Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih’ – It is reported from Mufazzal Bin Umar who said, ‘When Al-Sadiq -asws passed away, it was in his -asws bequest, the Imamate being to Musa -asws Al-Kazim -asws .