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[1] Tuhfat al‐Azhar.
[2] Bihar al‐Anwar, vol. 13, p. 65. 'Uyun Akhbar al‐Rida, p. 346.
Al‐Hasan b. al‐Jahm reported, saying: “I visited al‐Rida, peace be on him, and was with him his
brother Zayd b. Musa. The Imam turned to him and scolded him, saying: ‘O Zayd, fear Allah, for
we attained what we have attained through fear of Allah. So whoever does not fear Allah, he is
not of us, nor are we of him. O Zayd, beware of insulting our Shi‘ites through whom you assault,
so the light of your face goes. O Zayd, the people have detested our Shi‘ites, showed enmity
toward them, regarded their blood and properties as lawful because of their love for us and their
faith in following us. So if you perform evil deeds toward them, then you will wrong yourself and
invalidate your right.”[1] In other narrations Imam al‐Rida, peace be on him, has shown his
displeasure with him.
C. His Death
Those who wrote the biography of Zayd have differed over the time of his death. So it was said
that he died during the days of al‐Ma’mun, and that it was he who poisoned him, and he died of
it.[2] It was said that he lived until the end of the Caliphate of al‐Mutawakil and died in
Saamrraa’.[3] It was said that he died during the days of al‐Musta‘een.[4] As for his grave,
according to the first viewpoint, is in Selhad, a village in Asfehan. A dome has been built over it,
and it has a shrine.[5]
12. Al‐‘Abbas
In his book al‐Rijal, al‐Shaykh al‐Tusi has numbered him as among the companions of Imam al‐
Kazim, peace be on him, and he has said: “Al‐‘Abbas is trustworthy. Some traditionists have
condemned his being trustworthy due to his dispute with Imam al‐Rida, peace be on him, without
any right. In Usool al‐Kaafi, Chapter on the Textual Nomination of the Imamate of Imam al‐Rida,
peace be on him, al‐Kulayni has narrated the will of his father Imam Musa, peace be on him. We
will mention its text in the following chapters of this book. In it the Imam required his children not
to open it. When he, peace be on him, died, one of his children brought a suit against Imam al‐
Rida, peace be on him, before the judge of Medina, and he ordered Imam al‐Rida, peace be on
him, and his brothers to be brought. When they were brought, al‐‘Abbas addressed the judge,
saying: “May Allah set you right and make (us) enjoy you, surely at the bottom of this letter a
treasury and jewels. He (Imam al‐Rida) wants to veil it and to take it alone. Our father has left
every thing for him and has left us dependent. Were it not for that I prevented myself, I would
openly tell you a bout a certain thing.”
These rude words angered Ibrahim b. Muhammed, and he said to him: “Therefore, by Allah, you
telling about something we do not accept from you, nor do we
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