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him Dawud al‐Raqqi, Hamran, and Abu Baseer. I went out to bring them and came across al‐
Mufaddal b. 'Amr, who was heading for the Imam. (Meanwhile) I saw the people going to the
house of the Imam. I quickly went and brought the people to him. When they had the honor of
meeting him, he, peace be on him, turned to Dawud al‐Raqqi and said to him: 'Uncover Isma'il's
face.' He uncovered his face and he was a motionless corpse. He, peace be on him, asked Dawud
al‐Raqqi: 'Dawud, is he alive or dead?'
"'My master, he is dead.'"
He showed him to all those who attended his assembly to make them bear witness to his death;
he asked them to acknowledge and admit his death. He did that to refute the claims of some
Shi'ites who maintained that Isma'il would be the Imam after his father, for he was righteous and
abundantly knowledgeable. He, peace be on him, wanted to return them to reason and
correctness and to tell them that the Imam after him was his son Musa. Then he ordered Isma'il to
be prepared for burial. He was washed and shrouded. Then the Imam ordered al‐Mufaddal b.
'Amr to uncover Isma'il's face again that the people might see him and be sure of his death and
that they would have no doubt about that. After that he wanted to increase them in certainty and
to remove doubt from them, so he turned to all his companions and asked them: "Is he alive or
dead?"
[1] Ibid., p. 237.
[2] Zarara b. A'yun al‐Shaybani was among the leading Shi'ites and on top of their religious
scholars in jurisprudence, tradition, and theology, as Ibn al‐Nadeem said. Imam Abu 'Abd Allah
was so proud of him that he appointed him as a jurist to give religious decisions to the Shi'ites. He
said to al‐Fayd b. al‐Mukhtar: "If you want a tradition, take it from this sitting one." He indicated
to Zarara with his hand. He, peace be on him, said: "Were it not for Zarara and the like of him, my
father's traditions would come to an end." Zarara narrated many traditions on the jurist of Ahl al‐
Bayt. All what he narrated were correct and acceptable. As he had close relationship with Ahl al‐
Bayt, his opponents criticized him. They accused him of many accusations and criticism. However,
they did not degrade his position and his dignity. For all the people know that Zarara served
knowledge and religion. He, may Allah have mercy on him, died in the year 150 A. H. See his
biography in Al‐Keshi, al‐Najashi, al‐Fihrast, al‐Ta'liqat, Lisan al‐Mizan, and the like.
They all confessed his death, so the Imam, peace be on him, raised his hands towards the heaven,
saying: "O Allah, bear witness, for surely those who say untrue things will have doubt about him.
They desire to put out the light of Allah‐he pointed to his son Musa‐ with their mouths, but Allah
will perfect His light, though the unbelievers may be averse. Then the Imam ordered Isma'il to be
buried in his final resting place. After he had laid him to rest in the narrow space within the grave
and poured the earth over him, he turned to his companions to remove doubts and suspicions
from them, asking: "Who is the one who is dead, shrouded, perfumed, and buried in the grave?"
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