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[1] 'Uyun Akhbar al‐Rida, pp. 348‐349.
[2] Al‐'Umda.
[3] 'Uyun Akhbar al‐Rida, p. 347.
[4] Jamharat Ansab al‐'Arab, p. 55.
[5] Tuhfat al‐Azhar.
believe you in it. Then you are with us blamed and cast away. We know that you are a liar young
and grown‐up. You father was more knowledgeable (than us) of you, if you were good. You father
knew you outwardly and inwardly. He did not entrust you with two dates.” Ishaq b. Ja‘far seized
him by the neck and said to him: “Surely you are stupid, weak, foolish along with that which
issued from you yesterday.” The people unanimously agreed on blaming and scolding him. As a
result the judge turned to Imam al‐Rida, peace be on him, and said to him: “O Abu al‐Hasan, rise.
That is enough lest you father should curse me today. No, by Allah, none is more knowledgeable
of a son than his own father. No, by Allah, in our viewpoint, your father is not light in his reason,
nor is he weak in his opinion.” Accordingly, al‐‘Abbas turned to the judge and asked him:
‐May Allah set you right, open the letter and read what is in its bottom. ‐That is enough lest your
father should curse me. ‐I will open it.
‐That is up to you. Al‐‘Abbas rose without shame. He took the will and opened it. He found that he
was excluded from the will and that the only one whom the will included was Imam al‐Rida, peace
be on him. Al‐‘Abbas was exposed and was befallen by abasement and humiliation. So Imam al‐
Rida, peace be on him, turned and said to al‐‘Abbas and his brother: “O My brother, surely I know
what has incited you to do that; it is the debts against you.” Then he, peace be on him, turned to
his retainer Sa‘eed and ordered him to repay the debts against his brother and to spend on them.
He said to them: “By Allah, I will not leave helping you and showing kindness to you as long as I
walk on earth; therefore, say whatever you wish.”
However, al‐‘Abbas said to him: “You give us something of the surpluses of our properties; what
we have with you is more!” The Imam, peace be on him, answered him with clemency, mercy, and
pardon, saying to him: “Say whatever you wish, for the honor is yours; so if you do well, then that
is for you with Allah; and if you do evil, surely Allah is Merciful, Forgiving. Most surely, you know
that on this day of mine I have no child nor inheritor other than you. If I have banned or saved up
something of which you think, it will be for you and return to you. By Allah, since the death of
your father, I have spent all things in the way you see.”
Yet, al‐‘Abbas said: “By Allah, it is not so; and Allah has not given you an opinion over us, but you
clearly envy us!” Then he said some rude words, so Imam al‐Rida, peace be on him, said to him:
“There is neither force nor strength save through Allah, the Most High, the Great!
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