Hadith 98

(The book) ‘Kashf Al Ghumma’, from ‘Dalail’ of Al Himeyri – From Umayya Bin Ali who said, ‘I was with Abu Al-Hassan-asws at Makkah during the year in which he-asws performed Hajj. Then he-asws went to Khurasan and with him was Abu Ja’far-asws. And Abu Al-Hassan-asws bade farewell to the house. When he-asws had fulfilled his-asws Tawaaf, he-asws turn to Al-Maqam (of Ibrahim-as). He-asws prayed Salat at it. Abu Ja’far-asws came to the (Black) Stone. He-asws sat by it, and it was prolonged. A facilitator said to him-asws, ‘Arise, may I be sacrificed for you-asws! ’ He-asws said: ‘I-asws do not want to depart from this place of mine-asws, except if Allah-azwj so Desires’ – and he-asws manifested the sorrow in his-asws face. The facilitator came to Abu Al-Hassan-asws. He said to him-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! Abu Ja’far-asws is sitting by the (Black) Stone, and he-asws refuses to stand up! ’
Abu Al-Hassan-asws stood up and came to Abu Ja’far-asws. He-asws said to him-asws: ‘Stand, O my-asws beloved! ’ He-asws said: ‘I-asws do not want to depart from this place of mine-asws! ’ He-asws said: ‘Yes, my-asws beloved’. Then he-asws said: ‘How can I-asws stand and you-asws have bidden farewell to the house and you-asws will not be returning to it? ’ He-asws said: ‘Stand, O my-asws beloved! ’ He-asws stood up with him-asws’’. [111]
And from Ibn Bazie Al Attar who said, ‘Abu Ja’far-asws said: ‘The relief would be thirty months after Al-Mamoun! ’ He (the narrator) said, ‘We looked, and he-asws died after thirty months’’. [112]
And from Muammar Bin Khallad, ‘From Abu Ja’far-asws, or from a man from Abu Ja’far-asws, the doubt is from Abu Ali. He said, ‘Abu Ja’far-asws said: ‘O Muammar, ride! ’ I said, ‘To where? ’ He-asws said: ‘Ride just as it is being said to you’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I rode. I ended up to a valley’, or ‘to a lowland’ – the doubt is from Abu Ali. He-asws said to me: ‘Pause over here! ’ I paused. He-asws came to me. I said to him-asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! Where were you? ’ He-asws said: ‘I-asws have buried my-asws father-asws just now’ – and he-asws was at Khurasan’’. [113]
Qasim Bin Abdul Rahman said, and he was a Zaydite, he said, ‘I went out to Baghdad. While I was at it when I saw the people thronging, and honouring, and standing. I said, ‘What is this? ’ They said, ‘Ibn Al-Reza-asws! Ibn Al-Reza-asws! ’ I said, ‘By Allah-azwj! I shall look at him-asws’. He-asws emerged upon a donkey or a mule. I said, ‘May the Curse of Allah-azwj be upon the companions of Imamate where they are saying that Allah-azwj has Obligated the obedience of this one! ’
He-asws turned to me and said: ‘O Qasim Bin Abdul Rahman! ‘Is it one person from us we should be following? Surely then we would be in straying and madness [54: 24]’. I said within myself, ‘A sorcerer, by Allah-azwj! ’
He-asws turned towards me and said: Has the Zikr been Cast unto him from between us? But, he is an insolent liar! ’ [54: 25]’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I left and said (believed) in the Imamate and I testified that he-asws is a Divine Authority of Allah-azwj upon His-azwj creatures, and I believed’’. [114]