On Indications of the Divine Leadership of Ar-Ridha عليه السلام
ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā|Volume 2|Book 1|Chapter 17
ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā
Volume 2, Book 1, Chapter 17
On Indications of the Divine Leadership of Ar-Ridha عليه السلام
15 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدِ بْنِ زِيادِ بْنِ جَعْفَر الْهَمَذانيّ قالَ:حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ إِبراهِيمِ بْنِ هاشِم عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَبي حَبِيبٍ البناجي أَنَّهُ قالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ فِي الْمَنَامِ وَقَدْ وَافَى النِّبَاجَ وَنَزَلَ بِهَا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ الَّذِي يَنْزِلُهُ الْحَاجُّ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ وَكَأَنِّي مَضَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَوَقَفْتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَوَجَدْتُ عِنْدَهُ طَبَقاً مِنْ خُوصِ نَخْلِ الْمَدِينَةِ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ صَيْحَانِيٌّ فَكَأَنَّهُ قَبَضَ قَبْضَةً مِنْ ذَلِكَ الَّتمْرِ فَنَاوَلَنِي فَعَدَدْتُهُ فَكَانَ ثَمَانِيَ عَشْرَةَ تَمْرَةً فَتَأَوَّلْتُ أَنِّي أَعِيشُ بِعَدَدِ كُلِّ تَمْرَةٍ سَنَةً فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ عِشْرِينَ يَوْماً كُنْتُ فِي أَرْضٍ بَيْنَ يَدَيَّ تُعْمَرُ لِلزِّرَاعَةِ حَتَّى جَاءَنِي مَنْ أَخْبَرَنِي بِقُدُومِ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ وَنُزُولِهِ ذَلِكَ الْمَسْجِدَ وَرَأَيْتُ النَّاسَ يَسْعَوْنَ إِلَيْهِ فَمَضَيْتُ نَحْوَهُ فَإِذَا هُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي الْمَوْضِعِ الَّذِي كُنْتُ رَأَيْتُ فِيهِ النَّبِيَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَتَحْتَهُ حَصِيرٌ مِثْلُ مَاكَانَ تَحْتَهُ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ طَبَقُ خُوصٍ فِيهِ تَمْرٌ صَيْحَانِيٌّ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَرَدَّ السَّلامَ عَلَيَّ وَاسْتَدْنَانِي فَنَاوَلَنِي قَبْضَةً مِنْ ذَلِكَ الَّتمْرِ فَعَدَدْتُهُ فَإِذَا عَدَدُهُ مِثْلُ ذَلِكَ الْعَدَدِ الَّذِي نَاوَلَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ زِدْنِي مِنْهُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ لَوْ زَادَكَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ لَزِدْنَاكَقالَ مُصَنِّفُ هذا الْكِتاب رَحْمَةُ اللَّه للصادق عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ دِلالَة مثل هذِهِ الدلالة وَقَدْ ذكرتها الدَّلائِلُ.
47-15 Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamadani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Abi Habib an-Benaji, “I saw God’s Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم in my dreams. I saw him عليه السلام reach Benaj and then go to the mosque in which the Hajj pilgrims go every year. It was as if I had gone to visit God’s Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. I greeted him and stood in front of him. I found a woven tray full of dates from Medina in front of him which included some especial Sayhani dates. He picked a bunch of those dates for us and gave them to me. I counted them and there were eighteen dates. I woke up and interpreted that dream to mean that I will live one more year for each of those dates. Twenty days later I was working on the farm and the farmers were cultivating the ground. Suddenly someone came and informed us that Abil Hassan Ar-Ridha’ عليه السلام has come from Medina, has stopped over in that very same mosque, and the people are rushing there from everywhere. I quit work and went to see him. I saw that Ar-Ridha’ عليه السلام was sitting exactly in the same place that the Prophet of God عليه السلام sat in my dreams. There was a straw mat beneath Ar-Ridha’ عليه السلام just as I had seen beneath the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. There was a woven tray full ofdates in front of him in which there were Sayhani dates. I stepped forward and greeted Ar-Ridha’ عليه السلام. The Imam عليه السلام greeted me back and said, “Come forward.” I stepped forward and Ar-Ridha’ عليه السلام handed me a bunch of dates. I counted the dates and they were exactly as many as his grandfather عليه السلام had given me. I said, “O son of the Prophet of God! Please give me some more.” Ar-Ridha’ عليه السلام said, “We would have given you more, if God’s Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم had given you more.”The author of the book - may God have Mercy upon him - said, “There is a similar proof in a narration for As-Sadiq عليه السلام which I have mentioned in Ad-Dala’el.”