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

47-33 Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Waleed - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Washsha’, “Al-Abbas ibn Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn al-Ash’ath asked me to ask Ar-Ridha’ عليه السلام in writing to burn the letters - which Abbas had written to him عليه السلام - after reading them, since he feared that others might get ahold of them. I received a letter from the Imam عليه السلام - before asking him to burn the letters - in which it was written, ‘Inform your friend that I have burned all his letters after reading them.’”