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
4 - حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِمْرانالدَّقَّاق رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبيالكُوفِي عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيل البرمكي، عَن مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عرفة قالَ قُلْتُ لِلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى الدُّخُولِ فِي وِلايَةِ الْعَهْدِ فَقَالَ مَا حَمَلَ جَدِّي أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى الدُّخُولِ فِي الشُّورَى.
40-4 Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Imran al-Daqqaq - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Abi Abdullah al-Kufi quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isma’il al-Barmaki, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Arafat that he asked Ar-Ridha’ عليه السلام, “O son of the Prophet of God! What forced you to accept the succession to the throne?” The Imam عليه السلام replied, “The same thing which forced my grandfather the Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام to join the arbItraion council.”