On Indications of the Divine Leadership of Ar-Ridha عليه السلام

47-21 Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad ibn Ibrahim ibn Hisham al-Mokattib - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Al-Husayn ibn Bashshar, “I went to see Ar-Ridha’ عليه السلام after the demise of his father عليه السلام, and asked for explanation of some of the words which Ar-Ridha’ عليه السلام had told me. The Imam عليه السلام told me, ‘O Sama’! Fine.’ I said, ‘May I be your ransom! I swear by God that this was my nickname when I attended school in my childhood.’ The Imam عليه السلام just smiled at me.”