Usurpation of the donkey of the imam

48. From him, from Ahmad, from Al-Barqy, from Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Hammaad Bin usmaan who said: ‘Musa Bin Isa was in his house which was in the place of Sa’ee (nearby the Kaaba), overlooking it when he saw Abu Al-Hassan Musa عليه الصلاة والسلام coming from Al-Marwa upon his عليه الصلاة والسلام mule. So he ordered Ibn Hayyaaj, a man from Hamdaan who was very close to him عليه الصلاة والسلام to go and hold on to the reins and make a claim for the mule. So he came up to him عليه الصلاة والسلام, held on to the reins, and staked a claim for the mule. Abu Al-Hassan عليه الصلاة والسلام took his عليه الصلاة والسلام feet off and dismounted from it and said to his عليه الصلاة والسلام servant: ‘Take the saddle and hand (the mule) over to him’. He said, ‘And the saddle is mine as well’. So Abu Al-Hassan عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘You are lying, for we عليه الصلاة والسلام have clear proof that it is the saddle of Muhammad عليه الصلاة والسلام Bin Ali عليه الصلاة والسلام, and as for the mule, so we عليه الصلاة والسلام have bought it not so long ago and you know it, and what you are saying’.