Chapter 52: On Traditions Related to Ar-Ridha’s (AS) Being Martyred With Poison and Being Buried Next to Harun Al-Rashid

Uyun Akhbar Ar-Ridha The Source of Traditions on Imam Ridha (AS) by Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Husayn ibn Musa ibn Babawayh al-Qummi Known as Sheikh Sadooq Research and Translation by: Ali Peiravi, Ph.D. Edited by: Lisa Zaynab Morgan, M.A. Publisher: Ansariyan Publications

1 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِى ماجِيلوَيْه رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ إِبراهِيمِ بْنِ هاشِم عَنْ أَبيهِ عَنْ عَبْد السَّلامُ بْنِ صالِح الهَرَوِيِّ قالَ سَمِعْتُ الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ يَقُولُ

52-1 Muhammad ibn Ali Majilawayh - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abdis-Salam ibn Saleh al-Harawi that he had heard Ar-Ridha’ (AS) say,

إِنِّي سَأُقْتَلُ بِالسَّمِّ مَسْمُوماً وَمَظْلُوماً وَأُقْبَرُ إِلَى جَنْبِ هَارُونَ

“I shall be murdered by poison as a victim of injustice, and I will be buried next to Harun.

وَيَجْعَلُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ تُرْبَتِي مُخْتَلَفَ شِيعَتِي وَأَهْلِ بَيْتِي

God will establish my grave as the place for visiting by my followers and those who love me.

فَمَنْ زَارَنِي فِي غُرْبَتِي وَجَبَتْ لَهُ زِيَارَتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

Whoever visits me in my loneliness, then visiting him on the Resurrection Day will become incumbent upon me.

وَالَّذِي أَكْرَمَ مُحَمَّداً صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ بِالنُّبُوَّةِ وَاصْطَفَاهُ عَلَى جَمِيعِ الْخَلِيقَةِ لا يُصَلِّي أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ عِنْدَ قَبْرِي رَكْعَتَيْنِ إِلا اسْتَحَقَّ الْمَغْفِرَةَ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَوْمَ يَلْقَاهُ

By Him who honored Muhammad (AS) with the Prophetic mission and chose him over all his creatures, whichever one of you who says two units of prayers next to my tomb will deserve to be forgiven by God the Honored the Exalted on the Day (of Judgment) you meet Him.

وَالَّذِي أَكْرَمَنَا بَعْدَ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ بِالإِمَامَةِ وَخَصَّنَا بِالْوَصِيَّةِ إِنَّ زُوَّارَ قَبْرِي لاكْرَمُ الْوُفُودِ عَلَى اللَّهِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ

And by Him who honored us with the Divine Leadership mission after Muhammad (AS) and made us (the twelve Imams) especial by granting us the Testamentary Trustee mission, whoever visits my shrine will be of the noblest ones who reach God on the Resurrection Day.

وَمَا مِنْ مُؤْمِنٍ يَزُورُنِي فَتُصِيبُ وَجْهَهُ قَطْرَةٌ مِنَ السَّمَاء إِلاّ حَرَّمَ اللَّه تَعالى‏ جَسَدَهُ عَلَى النَّارِ.

God the Highest keeps away the Fire from the corpse of any believer who visits me, hits himself on the face and sheds a tear.”