On The Reasons why Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha عليه السلام accepted the succession to the throne from Al-Ma’mun, what Went On, those who were displeased and those who were pleased
ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 10
ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā
Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 10
On The Reasons why Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha عليه السلام accepted the succession to the throne from Al-Ma’mun, what Went On, those who were displeased and those who were pleased
25 - حَدَّثَنا الْحاكِم أَبُو عَلِي الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أحْمَدالْبِيْهَقِيُّ قالَ حَدَّثَني مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الصُّوليُّ قالَ حَدَّثَني مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبي الموج بْنِ الحُسَيْن الرَّازِيُّ قالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبي يَقُولُ: حَدَّثَني من سمع الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ يَقُولُ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي حَفِظَ مِنَّا مَا ضَيَّعَ النَّاسُ وَرَفَعَ مِنَّا مَا وَضَعُوهُ حَتَّى قَدْ لُعِنَّا عَلَى مَنَابِرِ الْكُفْرِ ثَمَانِينَ عَاماً وَكُتِمَتْ فَضَائِلُنَا وَبُذِلَتِ الأَمْوَالُ فِي الْكَذِبِ عَلَيْنَا وَاللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَأْبَى لَنَا إِلا أَنْ يُعْلِيَ ذِكْرَنَا وَيُبَيِّنَ فَضْلَنَا وَاللَّهِ مَا هَذَا بِنَا وَإِنَّمَا هُوَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَقَرَابَتِنَا مِنْهُ حَتَّى صَارَ أَمْرُنَا وَمَا نَرْوِي عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ بَعْدَنَا مِنْ أَعْظَمِ آيَاتِهِ وَدَلالاتِ نُبُوَّتِهِ.
40-25 Al-Hakim Abu Ali Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Bayhaqi narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Sowli quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abi al-Moaj ibn Al-Husayn al-Razi, on the authority of his father that he had heard someone quote Ar-Ridha’ عليه السلام as having said, “Praise be to God who protected for us what the people had ruined, and promoted us no matter how much the people debased us. They cursed us while lecturing on the atheists’ pulpits for eighty years. They covered up our nobilities. They spent money and attributed it to us. However, God the Highest wished to increase our remembrance and elucidate our nobility. By God, what was done to us was not just aimed at us. It was truly aimed at God’s Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, and it was due to our closeness to him. That is why we were oppressed so much. However, our leadership and what we narrated about him will be the greatest signs and proofs of his Prophethood after us.”