When we finished all of the activities of prayers and he...

When we finished all of the activities of prayers and he returned me to my place of prayer in Al-Sham and he was about to leave I asked him this: ‘I swear you to the One Who has given all these capabilities to you, tell me, who are you?’ He said, ‘I am Mohammed -asws ibn Ali -asws ibn Musa -asws – the 9th Imam .’ The news spread and it reached Mohammed ibn ‘Abd al-Malik al-Zayyat, He sent his people who arrested me and tied me up in chains and transferred me to Iraq.

This is why I am in prison.’ ‘I (the narrator) then told him to send a petition for his release to Mohammed ibn ‘Abd AI-Malik. He did so, explaining the whole story, but the answer to his petition said: ‘He should ask the one who took him from al-Sham to al-Kufa, then to al-Madina then to al-Makkah then back to al-Sham to release him from prison.’ I felt very sad for him and tried to cheer him up and asked him to have patience.

Early next morning, when I went to see him, I found people from the army, the chief of the security, the prison guard and a crowd of creatures of Allah -azwj around the area.

I asked, ‘What is the matter?’ They said, ‘The prisoner from Al-Sham has disappeared and no one knows if the earth has swallowed him up or if birds have snatched him away.’ [2] The narrator of the Hadith says: ‘Once he -asws (Abu Ja’far Mohammed -asws ibn Ali Al-Reza -asws ) sat down and said, ‘O Ali, Allah -azwj ’s Presentation of Proofs in support of the ‘Imamat [3] is the same as those in support of the prophet-hood of a Prophet -saww .

Allah -azwj has Said, ‘ … we gave knowledge and wisdom to John during his childhood.’ (19: 12) ‘ … When he attained maturity, Allah -azwj Gave him strength, wisdom and knowledge. Thus, do We reward those who do good.’ (12:22) ‘ When he grew up to manhood and became forty years old .

‘ (46:15) Allah -azwj may Give authority to a child and He -azwj may Do so when he is a forty year old man.’ [4] The narrator of the Hadith says: ‘AI-Ma’mun did all he could to prove that Abu Ja’far ( Mohammed -asws ibn Ali Al-Reza -asws ) was only a young man with worldly desires. However, al-Ma’mun could not succeed. When he became frustrated, he gave his daughter in marriage to Abu Ja’far -asws , Mohammed -asws ibn Ali Al-Reza -asws .

For the ceremony, there was a man called Mukhariq who had a voice, musical skills, a guitar and a long beard.