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156 - فضائلُه عليه السلام‏

156. His Virtues

477.بحار الأنوار : ذكر الحسن بن محمد جمهور العَمِّي فى كتاب الواحدة قال : حدَّثَني أخي الحسينُ بنُ محمّدٍ قالَ : كان لي صَدِيقٌ مُؤدِّبٌ لِوُلدِ بَغا أو وَصِيفٍ - الشَّكُّ مِنّي - فقالَ لي : قالَ لي الأميرُ - مُنْصَرَفَهُ مِن دارِ الخليفةِ - : حَبَسَ أميرُ المؤمنينَ هذا الّذي يَقولونَ ابنُ الرِّضا اليومَ ، ودفَعَهُ إلى‏ عليِّ بنِ كَرْكَرٍ، فسَمِعتُهُ يقولُ : أنا أكْرَمُ عَلى اللَّهِ مِن ناقةِ صالحٍ (تَمَتَّعوا في دارِكُمْ ثَلاثةَ أيّامٍ ذلِكَ وَعدٌ غيرُ مَكذوبٍ)1، وليسَ يُفصِحُ بالآيةِ ولا بالكلامِ، أيُّ شي‏ءٍ هذا؟ قالَ: قلتُ: أعَزّكَ اللَّهُ تَوَعّدَ ، انظُرْ ما يكونُ بعدَ ثلاثةِ أيّامٍ.
فلمّا كانَ مِن الغَدِ أطْلَقَهُ واعْتَذرَ إلَيهِ ، فلَمّا كانَ في اليومِ الثّالثِ وَثَبَ علَيهِ ياغزُ ويَغْلونُ وتامِشُ وجَماعةٌ مَعهُم ، فقَتَلوهُ وأقْعَدوا المُنْتَصِرَ ولَدَهُ خليفةً .2

477. It is narrated in the book al-Wahida: My brother Husayn b. Muhammad narrated, saying, 'I had a friend who used to teach the child of Bagha or Wasif. 3 He said to me, 'The governor, on his return from the Caliph's palace said to me, 'Today the commander of the faithful has imprisoned this person known as Ibn al-Rida [i.e. the son of al-Rida] and has handed him over to Ali b. Karkar, and I heard him say, 'I am dearer to Allah than the she-camel of Salih 4 , so "Enjoy yourselves in your homes for three days that is a promise not untrue!" What he meant by that verse or by his speech is not clear. [He said]: I said, 'May Allah increase your honour, he has made a threat, now see what would happen after three days.
The next day the caliph freed Ibn al-Rida and apologised. On the third day Yaghiz, Yaghlun, Tamish and a group of people with them assaulted him and killed him, and instated al-Muntasir his son as the Caliph.' 5

478.كشف الغمّة : حدَّثَ جَماعَةٌ مِن أهلِ إصفِهانَ مِنهُم أبوالعَبّاسِ أحمدُ بنُ النَّصرِ ، وَأبو جَعفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ عَلويَّةِ ، قالوا : كانَ بِإصفِهانَ رَجلٌ يُقالُ لَهُ عَبدُالرَّحمنِ وَكانَ شيعيّاً ، فَقيلَ لَهُ : ما السَّبَبُ الَّذي أوجَبَ عَلَيكَ القَولُ بِإمامَةِ عَليٍّ النَّقيِّ دونَ غَيرِهِ مِن أهلِ الزَّمانِ ؟ فَقالَ : شاهَدتُ ما يوجِبُ عَلىَّ ذلِكَ ، وَذلك أنّي كُنتُ رَجُلاً فَقيراً وَكانَ لي لِسانٌ وَجُرأةٌ ، فَأخرَجَني أهلُ إصفِهانَ سِنةً مِنَ السِّنينَ مَعَ قَومٍ آخَرينَ ، (فَجِئنا - ظ) إلى بابِ المُتَوَكِّل مُتَظَلِّمينَ ، وَكُنّا بِبابِ المُتَوَكِّلِ يَوماً إذ خَرَجَ الأمرُ بِإحضارِ عَلىِّ بنِ مُحَمَّدِ بنِ الرِّضا ؛ فَقُلتُ لِبَعضِ مَن حَضَرَ : مَن هذا الرَّجُلُ الَّذي قَد أمِرَ بِإحضارِهِ ؟ فَقيلَ : هذا رَجُلٌ عَلَويٌ تَقولُ الرافِضَةُ بِإمامَتِهِ ، ثُمَّ قالَ : وَنَقدِرُ أنَّ المُتَوَكِّلَ يُحضِرُهُ للقَتلِ ، فَقُلتُ : لا أبرَحُ مِن هيهُنا حَتَّى أنظُرَ إلى هذا الرَّجُلِ أيِّ رَجُلٍ هُوَ ؟ قالَ : فَأقبَلَ راكِباً عَلى فَرَسٍ وَقَد قامَ النّاسُ صَفَّينِ يُمنَةَ الطَّريقِ وَيُسرَتَها يَنظُرونَ إلَيهِ ، فَلَمّا رَأيتُهُ وَقَفتُ فَأبصَرتُهُ فَوَقَعَ حُبُّهُ في قَلبي ، فَجَعلتُ أدعو لَهُ في نَفسي بِأن يَدفَعَ اللَّهُ عنه شَرَّ المُتَوَكِّلِ ، فَأقبَلَ يَسيرُ بَينَ النّاسِ وَهُوَ يَنظُرُ إلى عُرفِ دابَّتِهِ لا يَلتَفِتُ ، وَأنا دائمُ الدُّعاءِ لَهُ ، فَلَمّا صارَ إلَيَّ أقبَلَ عَلىَّ بِوَجهِهِ وَقالَ : استَجابَ اللَّهُ دُعاءَكَ وَطَوَّلَ عُمرَكَ وَكَثَّرَ مالَكَ وَوَلَدَكَ ، فانصَرفنا بَعدَ ذلك إلى إصفِهانَ ، فَفَتَحَ اللَّهُ عَلَىَّ وُجوهاً مِنَ المالِ حَتَّى إنّي أغلِقُ بابي عَلى ما قيمَتُهُ ألفَ ألفَ دِرهَمٍ سِوى مالي خارِجَ داري ؛ وَرُزِقتُ عَشَرةً مِنَ الأولادِ وَقَد بَلَغتُ مِن عُمري نَيِّفاً وَسَبعينَ سَنَةً ، وَأنا أقولُ بِإمامَةِ هذا الَّذي عَلِمَ ما في قَلبي وَاستَجابَ اللَّهُ دَعائَهُ لي .6

478.group of people from Isfahan among whom were Abu al-Abbas Ahmad b. al-Nasr and Abu Jafar Muhammad b. Alawiyya, narrated, 'There was a man named Abd al-Rahman in Isfahan who was a Shia. He was asked, 'Why have you accepted the Imama of Ali al-Naqi instead of anyone else from among the people of the time?' So he replied, 'I witnessed that which obligated me to believing such. I was a poor man but outspoken and daring. So the people of Isfahan exiled me and a few others. We came to Mutawakkil to ask for justice. We were at Mutawakkil's gate when the command came to bring Ali b. Muhammad b. al-Rida. I asked those present there who this man was that had been commanded to be brought there. Someone replied, 'He is an Alawi whom the Rafida believe to be their Imam.' He then said, 'Mutawakkil may have summoned him in order to kill him.' I said, 'I will not move from here until I see who this person is.' [He continued]: 'He came riding on a horse and verily people were standing in a line on the right and left of his path watching him. When I saw him, I stopped and looked at him. Love for him filled my heart. I prayed for him in my heart for Allah to repel from him the evil of Mutawakkil. He moved through the crowd, his sight fixed on the reins of his horse, not looking around. And I was constantly supplicating for him. When he reached me, he turned his face towards me and said, 'May Allah accept your supplication, lengthen your life, and increase your wealth and your children.' After that, we returned to Isfahan. Allah opened phases of wealth upon me, so much so that I have to lock away in my house more than a million dirhams and this is apart from the wealth that is outside my house. I have been blessed with ten sons and I have reached an age in excess of seventy years. This is the reason for my faith in the Imama of this man who knew what was in my heart and Allah granted his prayers for me.' 7

1.هود : ۶۵ .

2.بحار الأنوار : ۵۰ / ۱۸۹ / ۱ .

3.Bagha and Wasif were two Turkish commanders in the Abbasid army.

4.Salih: A Qur'anic prophet whose equivalent in the biblical tradition is not known (ed.)

5.Ibid. v. ۵۰, p. ۱۸۹, no. ۱

6.كشف الغمّة : ۳ / ۱۷۹ .

7.Kashf al-Ghamma, v. ۳, p. ۱۷۹

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