The Birth of abu ‘Abdullah Ja‘far ibn Muhammad عليه السلام

2. Certain persons of our people have narrated from ibn Jumhur from his father from Sulayman ibn Sama‘a from ‘Abdallah ibn al-Qasim from al-Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar who has said the following. “Once abu Ja‘far al-Mansur ordered his governor of Makka and Madina, al-Hassan ibn al-Zayd, to set fire to the house of Ja‘far ibn Muhammad عليه السلام to burn him to death. The house of abu ‘Abdallah عليه السلام was set on fire and it burned the door and the corridor. Abu ‘Abdallah عليه السلام came out walking in the fire and stepping on it and would say, ‘I am the son of ’A‘raq al-Thara (’Isma‘il), I am the son of Ibrahim, (Abraham) the beloved friend of Allah.”