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He thought that the Imam, peace be on him, would respond to him like those whom the world
deluded. He did not know that the Imam, peace be on him, refrained from contacting with him,
for he put before him these words of Him, the Exalted: And do not incline to those who are unjust
lest the fire should touch you. When Imam al‐Sadiq, peace be on him, read al‐Mansur's letter, he
answered him: "We have nothing of the world for which we fear you, nor have you anything of
the hereafter for which we hope you, nor are you in a blessing on which we congratulate you, nor
do you regard it as a wrath, that we may console you for it. Therefore, why do we visit you?"
However al‐Mansur did not understand the Imam's speech, for the world deluded him, and the
love for kingdom and authority blinded his heart. When he read the Imam's letters, he answered
him: "Surely you make friends with us to advise us."
The Imam, peace be on him, wrote an answer to him, saying: "Whoever likes the world should not
advise you; and whoever likes the hereafter should not make friend with you."
Al‐Mansur failed in achieving his hopes. Imam Musa, peace be on him, met with him. Some flies
sat on al‐Mansur's face and he drove them away with his hand, but they came again, to the extent
that he became bored with them, so he turned to the Imam and asked him: "O Abu 'Abd Allah,
why did Allah create flies?"
The Imam, peace be on him, paid no attention to him and indifferently answered him, saying: "In
order to abase tyrants with them!" That answer displeased al‐Mansur, and that the Imam paid no
attention to him annoyed him. As a result he thought for a long time to assassinate him.
The tyrannical one (al‐Mansur) decided to commit the most dangerous atrocity and the greatest
crime in Islam, pay no attention to disgrace and the fire. He gave a deadly poison to his governor
over Yethrib (Medina) and commanded him to put it into food and give it to the Imam to eat.
When the Imam had the food, the poison cut off his intestines. The Imam felt severe pain and
painful aches. When he felt that his decreed death was close at hand, he ordered his family and
his relatives to be brought. When they gathered around him, he gave them this valuable teaching:
"Surely our intercession do not include him who makes light of prayers."
Then he secretly entrusted his son Imam Musa, peace be on him, with his affairs and gave him his
special teachings. He also entrusted the office of the Imamate to five people, who were Abu Ja'far
al‐Mansur, Muhammed b. Sulayman, 'Abd Allah, Musa, and Hamida. He did that because he had
fear for his son of the infidel authority. That became clear after his death. For al‐Mansur wrote to
his governor and commanded him to kill the testamentary trustee of the Imam if he had been
appointed. So his governor wrote back to him that they were five people, and that he was among
them. Al‐Mansur said that he had no way to kill those people.
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