154 - فَضائِلُهُ عليه السلام‏

154. His Virtues

472.يَحيى الصَّنعاني : دَخَلتُ عَلى أبي الحسن الرِّضا عليه السلام وَهُوَ بِمَكَّةَ وَهُوَ يَقشِرُ مَوزاً وَيُطعِمُهُ أبا جَعفَرٍ عليه السلام فَقُلتُ لَهُ : جُعِلتُ فِداكَ هذا المَولودُ المُبارَكُ ؟ قالَ : نَعَم يا يَحيى هذا المَولودُ الَّذي لَم يولَد في الإسلامِ مِثلُهُ مَولودٌ أعظَمُ بَرَكَةً عَلى شيعَتِنا مِنهُ .¹

472. Yahya al-Sanani narrated, 'I visited Abu al-Hasan al-Rida (AS) when he was in Makkah. I saw him peel a banana and feed it to Abu Jafar. I asked him, 'May I be your ransom, is this the blessed newborn?' He said, 'Yes, O Yahya! This is the newborn the like of whom there is none other born into Islam and upon our Shia, more blessed than him.' ²

473.عَبدُاللَّهُ بنُ سَعيدٍ : قالَ لي مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَليِّ بنِ عُمَرِ التَّنّوخي : رَأيتُ مُحَمَّدَ بنَ عَليٍّ وَهُوَ يُكَلِّمُ ثَوراً فَحَرَّكَ الثَّورُ رَأسَهُ ، فَقُلتُ لا وَلكن تَأمُرُ الثَّورَ أن يُكَلِّمَكَ ، فَقالَ وَعُلِّمنا مَنطِقَ الطَّيرِ وَاوتينا مِن كُلِّ شَي‏ءٍ ثُمَّ قالَ قُل لا إلهَ إلّا اللَّهُ وَحدَهُ لا شَريكَ لَهُ وَمَسَحَ بِكَفِّهِ عَلى رَأسِهِ فَقالَ الثَّورُ لا إله إلّا اللَّهُ وَحدَهُ لا شَريكَ لَهُ .³

473. Abdullah b. Said narrated that Muhammad b. Ali b. Umar al-Tannukhi said to him, 'I saw Muhammad b. Ali [al-Jawad] talking to a bull and the bull shook his head.' Then I said to him, 'No, but [can you not] command the bull to talk to you.' He then recited [the verse]: "We have been taught the speech of the birds and we have been given out of everything" He then said [to it], 'Say: there is no god but Allah, the Only One and He has no partner' and stroked its head with his palm. The bull then said, 'There is no god but Allah, the Only One and He has no partner.' ⁴

474.عليُّ بنِ حَسّانِ الواسِطيِّ المَعروفِ بِالعَمشِ: حَمَلتُ مَعي إليهِ عليه السلام مِن الآلَةِ الَّتي لِلإصبِهانِ بَعضُها مِن فِضَّةٍ وَقُلتُ أتحُفُ مَولايَ أبا جَعفَرٍ بِها فَلَمّا تَفرَّقَ النّاسُ عنه بَعدَ جَوابِ الجَميعِ قامَ فَمَضى فَاتَّبَعتُهُ فَلقيتُ مُوَفِّقاً فَقُلتُ استَأذِن لي عَلى أبي جَعفَرٍ ، فَدَخَلتُ وَسَلَّمتُ فَردَّ عَلىَّ السَّلامَ وَفي وَجهِهِ الكَراهَةُ وَلَم يَأتي بِالجُلوسِ فَدَنوتُ مِنهُ وَأفرَغتُ ما كانَ في كُمّي بَينَ يَدَيهِ فَنَظَرَ إلَىَّ مُغضِباً ثمّ رَنا يَميناً وَشِمالاً وَقالَ ما لِهذا خَلَقَني اللَّهُ ما أنا وَاللَّعبِ ؟ فاستَعفَيتُهُ فَعَفا عَنّي فَأخَذتُها فَخَرَجتُ .⁵

474. Ali b. Hassan al-Wasiti, known as al-Amsh, narrated, 'I brought an item to him from Isfahan made of silver, in order to present it to my master Abu Jafar [al-Jawad]. When the people left his company after he had answered all their questions, he stood up and left. I followed him and met a helper of his from whom I requested to seek permission to see Abu Jafar. I entered and saluted him, and he returned my salutation with signs of dislike on his face. He did not come to sit down, so I approached him and emptied all that was in my sleeve before him. He looked at me in anger, then he looked to the right and left and said, 'Allah has not created me for this, what has play got to do with me?' I asked him to forgive me. He forgave me and then I took the things and left.' ⁶

475.كشف الغمّة عن القاسِمِ بنِ عَبدِالرَّحمنِ - وَكانَ زِيديّاً - : خَرَجتُ إلى بَغدادَ فَبَينا أنا بِها إذ رَأيتُ النّاسَ يَتَعادونَ وَيَتَشَرَّفونَ وَيَقِفونَ ؛ فَقُلتُ : ما هذا ؟ فَقالوا : ابنُ الرِّضا ، فَقُلتُ : وَاللَّهِ لأنظُرَنَّ إلَيهِ فَطَلَعَ عَلى بَغلٍ أو بَغلَةٍ فَقُلتُ : لَعَنَ اللَّهُ أصحابُ الإمامَةِ حَيثُ يَقولونَ إنَّ اللَّهَ افتَرَضَ طاعةَ هذا ، فَعَدَلَ إليَّ وَقالَ : يا قاسمَ بنَ عبدِالرَّحمنِ : «أبَشَراً مِنّا واحِداً نَتَّبِعُهُ إنّا إذاً لَفي ضَلالٍ وَسُعُرٍ»⁷ فَقُلتُ في نَفسي ساحِرٌ واللَّهِ! فَعَدَلَ إلَىَّ فَقالَ : «ءاُلقِيَ الذِّكرُ عَلَيهِ مِن بَينِنا بَل هُوَ كَذّابٌ أشِرٌ»⁸ قالَ : فانصَرَفتُ وَقُلتُ بِالإمامَةِ ؛ وَشَهِدتُ أنَّهُ حُجَّةُ اللَّهِ عَلى خَلقِهِ وَاعتَقَدتُهُ .⁹

475. al-Qasim b. Abd al-Rahman, who was then a Zaydi, narrated, 'I went to Baghdad. While I was there, I saw the people congratulating each other all of a sudden, exchanging honourable greetings and standing up. I asked, 'What is this?' They replied, 'The son of al-Rida [has come].' Then I said, 'Indeed I must see him'. Then he appeared on a male or female donkey. I said, 'May the curse of Allah be upon the supporters of Imama who believe that Allah has made obedience to this [type of person] mandatory.' At that very moment, he turned to me and said, 'O Qasim b. Abd al-Rahman, "Are we to follow a lone human from ourselves?! Indeed then we would be in error and madness". [He continued]: 'So I said to myself, 'A sorcerer, by Allah!', and he turned to me again, and said, "Has the Reminder been cast upon him from among us? Rather he is a self-conceited liar". [He continued]: 'So I left, believing in Imama and bore witness that verily he is the proof of Allah on His creation and had faith in him.' ¹⁰