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of creation to us and you, and that they had no right (to assume) this authority; nevertheless, by
Allah, I did not wrong them, nor did they hear any evil from me, though I turned away from them.
O Commander of the faithful, how do I do that while you are my cousin, the nearest of the
creation to me in womb kinship, the greatest of them in giving and kindness to me? So how do I
do that?" Al‐Mansur bowed his head for an hour. Then he raised his head and said: "You are false
and sinful!"
He brought out a file of letters. He threw the file to him and said to him: "These are your letters to
the people of Khuresan. In them you have summoned them to break their pledge of allegiance to
me and to pledge allegiance to you instead of me."
The Imam said to him: "By Allah, O Commander of the faithful, I have not done that. I do not
regard that as lawful, nor it is of my creed. I am among those who believe in obeying you in all
circumstances. I have reached an age that has made me too weak to do that. If I intended to do
that, then send me to one of your prisons until death comes to me, for it is close to me!"
The wicked, ignoble one (al‐Mansur) shouted at him: "No! No dignity!"
He bowed his head. Then he stretched his hand to the sword, drew a span of the hand of it,
caught its hilt, and then he sheathed it. After that he said rude words to the Imam: "O Ja'far, do
you not feel shame of this white hair and this lineage? Why do say false words and sow dissension
among the Muslims? You want to shed blood and stir up discord between the subjects and the
rulers!" The Imam said to him: "No, by Allah, O Commander of the faithful, I have not done that.
These are not my letters, nor that is my hand writing, nor that is my seal."
Al‐Mansur drew a cubit of the sword, and then he sheathed it. He admonished the Imam, and he
apologized to him. He drew the sword except a little bit of it, and then he sheathed it. He bowed
his head, and then he raised it and said: "I think that you are truthful!" He commanded al‐Rabi' to
bring him a perfume of musk and ambergris (ghaliya). He took some of it and put it on the Imam's
beard. The Imam's beard was white, and it turned black due to the perfume. He went too far in
honoring and magnifying the Imam. The reason for that is that he saw a proof of his Lord, so he
pardoned him.[1]
[1] Bihar al‐Anwar, vol. 47, pp.195‐199. Muhajj al‐Da'awat, p. 192.
Al‐Mansur harbored malice against Imam al‐Sadiq because the Muslims had unanimously agreed
that he was great. Al‐Mansur's name went out before the Imam's brilliant name. The Islamic
world talked about his reputation and carried his merits and knowledge. The tyrannical, arrogant
one (al‐Mansur) tried to bring the Imam gradually to his procession when he wrote to him: "Why
do you not visit us just as the people do?"
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