Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma

ثم غلطت الناووسية بعد ذلك في أمر الغيبة بعد ما صح وقوعها عندهم بحجة الله على عباده فاعتقدوها جهلا منهم بموضعها في الصادق بن محمد عليهما السلام حتى أبطل الله قولهم بوفاته  عليه السلام وبقيام كاظم الغيظ الأواه الحليم، الامام أبي إبراهيم موسى ابن جعفر عليهما السلام بالامر مقام الصادق  عليه السلام. وكذلك ادعت الواقفية ذلك في موسى بن جعفر عليهما السلام فأبطل الله قولهم باظهار موته وموضع قبره، ثم بقيام الرضا علي بن موسى عليهما السلام بالامر بعده، وظهور علامات الإمامة فيه مع ورود النصوص عليه من آبائه عليهم السلام.

Later on the Nawoosi sect committed a mistake in the matter of occultation. They knew that one of the Imams will have occultation so they related it to Imam Ja’far bin Muhammad al-Sadiq (as) out of their ignorance. This stand was invalidated by the martyrdom of Imam Sadiq (as) and appointment of Imam Abu Ibrahim Musa bin Ja’far (as). Similarly, Waqifiya sect had made a similar claim about Imam Musa bin Ja’far (as) but the Almighty Allah made his martyrdom and the place of mausoleum known to all, appointed Ali bin Musa al-Ridha (as) and exhibited the signs of his Imamate. His Imamate was also proved right by Nass and the traditions of his holy ancestors. Thus the claim of those people was invalidated.

ما حدثني به محمد بن إبراهيم بن إسحاق - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا أحمد بن - محمد بن عمار، قال: حدثني الحسن بن محمد القطعي، عن الحسن بن علي النخاس العدل عن الحسن بن عبد الواحد الخزاز، عن علي بن جعفر، عن عمر بن واقد قال: أرسل إلي  بن شاهك في بعض الليل وأنا ببغداد فاستحضرني فخشيت أن يكون ذلك لسوء يريده بي، فأوصيت عيالي بما احتجت إليه وقلت: إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون، ثم ركبت إليه، فما رآني مقبلا قال: يا أبا حفص لعلنا أرعبناك وأفزعناك، قلت: نعم قال: فليس ههنا إلا خير، قلت: فرسول تبعثه إلى منزلي يخبرهم خبري؟ فقال: نعم ثم قال: يا أبا حفص أتدري لم أرسلت إليك؟ فقلت: لا فقال: أتعرف موسى بن جعفر؟ فقلت: إي والله إني لأعرفه وبيني وبينه صداقة منذ دهر، فقال: من ههنا ببغداد يعرفه ممن يقبل قوله؟ فسميت له أقواما ووقع في نفسي أنه  عليه السلام قد مات، قال: فبعث إليهم وجاء بهم كما جاء بي، فقال: هل تعرفون قوما يعرفون موسى بن جعفر؟ فسموا له قوما، فجاء بهم، فأصبحنا ونحن في الدار نيف وخمسون رجلا ممن يعرف موسى وقد صحبه، قال: ثم قام ودخل وصلينا، فخرج كاتبه ومعه طومار فكتب أسماءنا ومنازلنا وأعمالنا وخلانا، ثم دخل إلى ، قال: فخرج  فضرب يده إلي فقال: قم يا أبا حفص، فنهضت ونهض أصحابنا ودخلنا وقال لي: يا أبا حفص اكشف الثوب عن وجه موسى بن جعفر، فكشفته فرأيته ميتا فبكيت و استرجعت، ثم قال للقوم: انظروا إليه، فدنا واحد بعد واحد فنظروا إليه ثم قال: تشهدون كلكم أن هذا موسى بن جعفر بن محمد؟ قالوا: نعم نشهد أنه موسى بن - جعفر بن محمد، ثم قال: يا غلام اطرح على عورته منديلا واكشفه، قال: ففعل، فقال: أترون به أثرا تنكرونه؟ فقلنا: لا ما نرى به شيئا ولا نراه إلا ميتا، قال: لا تبرحوا حتى تغسلوه وأكفنه وأدفنه، قال: فلم نبرح حتى غسل وكفن وحمل فصلى عليه  بن شاهك، ودفناه ورجعنا، فكان عمر بن - واقد يقول: ما أحد هو أعلم بموسى بن جعفر عليهما السلام مني، كيف تقولون: إنه حي وأنا دفنته.

One of them is narrated from Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Ishaq from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Ammar from Hasan bin Muhammad Qatii from Hasan bin Ali Nakhkhas Adl from Hasan bin Abdul Wahid Khazzaz from Ali bin Ja’far from Umar bin Waqid that he said: “One night, Sandi bin Shahik called me. I was staying in Baghdad at that time. I feared that he would hurt me. Hence I willed to my relatives and recited: Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. Then I started towards him. When he saw me coming towards him, he said: O Abu Hafs! May be I have scared you. I nodded in agreement. He said: O Abu Hafs! Do you know why I called you? I replied in negative. He said: Do you know Musa bin Ja’far? I replied: Yes, by Allah. I have been friends with him for a long time. He said: Do you know any trustworthy people in Baghdad who know him? I told him the names of a few groups of such people and I remembered that the Imam has already passed away. Then he summoned those like me and asked them: Do you know anyone who knows Musa bin Ja’far? Those people named a group of such people who were summoned by him. This process continued till morning and more than fifty persons had gathered in his house. Then Sandi got up and went inside. We offered Salaat by that time. His accountant returned with a long scroll in his hands and noted down our names, addresses and profession on it. Then Sandi came out, pointed his finger at me and said: O Aba Hafs! Get up. I got up from my seat along with my companions and we entered (the prison). He told me: O Aba Hafs! Take the cloth off the (holy) face of Musa ibn Ja’far. I took the cloth off only to find that he had attained martyrdom. I cried and said: Indeed we belong to Allah and to Him we shall return. He told the group of those people: Have a look at him. People came forward one by one to look at him. He ordered each one of us to bear witness that he was Musa bin Ja’far bin Muhammad. All of us said: Yes, we bear witness that he is Musa bin Ja’far bin Muhammad. Then he ordered one of his slaves to take off the Imam’s clothes and cover his private parts. The slave did so. Then he asked us: Do you find any wound on his body? We said: No, we don’t find any wound and he has died of a natural death. He said: You all shall not leave this place till you perform his ghusl and I bury him after shrouding him. We waited there till his ghusl was performed and his funeral procession started. Then Sandi bin Shahik offered his funeral prayer and we buried him and returned to our houses. There is no one who knows about Musa bin Ja’far more than me. How can you people say that he is alive when I have already buried him?

حدثنا عبد الواحد بن محمد العطار - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا علي بن محمد بن - قتيبة، عن حمدان بن سليمان النيسابوري، عن الحسن بن عبد الله الصيرفي، عن أبيه قال: توفي موسى بن جعفر عليهما السلام في يد  بن شاهك فحمل على نعش ونودي عليه هذا إمام الرافضة فاعرفوه، فلما أتي به مجلس الشرطة أقام أربعة نفر فنادوا الأمن أراد أن ينظر إلى الخبيث بن الخبيث موسى بن جعفر فليخرج، فخرج سليمان بن - أبي جعفر من قصره إلى الشط فسمع الصياح والضوضاء فقال لولده وغلمانه: ما هذا؟ قالوا:  بن شاهك ينادي على موسى بن جعفر على نعش، فقال لولده وغلمانه: يوشك أن يفعل به هذا في الجانب الغربي، فإذا عبر به فأنزلوا مع غلمانكم فخذوه من أيديهم فان مانعوكم فاضربوهم واخرقوا ما عليهم من السواد، قال: فلما عبروا به نزلوا إليهم فأخذوه من أيديهم وضربوهم وخرقوا عليهم سوادهم ووضعوه في مفرق أربع طرق وأقام المنادين ينادون: الأمن أراد أن ينظر إلى الطيب بن الطيب موسى بن جعفر فليخرج، وحضر الخلق وغسله وحنطه بحنوط وكفنه بكفن فيه حبرة استعملت له بألفي وخمسمائة دينار، مكتوبا عليها القرآن كله، واحتفى ومشى في جنازته، متسلبا مشقوق الجيب إلى مقابر قريش فدفنه  عليه السلام هناك، وكتب بخبره إلى الرشيد، فكتب إلى سليمان بن أبي جعفر: وصلت رحمك يا عم وأحسن الله جزاك، والله، ما فعل  بن شاهك - لعنه الله - ما فعله عن أمرنا.

It is narrated from Abdul Wahd bin Muhammad al-attar from Ali bin Muhammad bin Qutaibah from Hamadan bin Sulaiman Nishapuri from Hasan bin Abdullah Sairani from his father that he said: “Musa bin Ja’far was martyred by Sandi bin Shahik. Then his funeral procession started and it was announced – know him, this is the Imam of Rafidis. When his bier was brought to the soldiers, four persons lifted it and shouted: “Know that, whoever wants to have a look at the evil son of an evil person, Musa bin Ja’far should come out.” Sulaiman bin Abu Ja’far came out of his palace and walked towards river. Suddenly he heard cries and shouts. He asked his sons and slaves: What is this commotion? They said: Sandi bin Shahik is shouting at the funeral of Musa bin Ja’far. He told his sons and slaves: A similar scene would happen at the western side of the river. When they pass by, come down along with slaves and take the bier from them. If they refuse to give, fight with them and defeat them. When they passed by, the slaves moved towards them and took the bier from them. The slaves also beat them up and defeated them. They brought the bier at a crossroad and announced: Know it, whoever wants to have a look at Musa bin Ja’far, the pure son of a pure person should come out. People came out and performed his ghusl, brought a Yemeni cloth worth twenty-five hundred dinar, which had whole Holy Quran inscribed on it. He came to his corpse barefoot and moved behind wearing clothes for mourning occasions with his collar torn. He came near the graves of Quraish and buried the Imam over there. He wrote to Rashid (Harun) about this news. He replied to Sulaiman bin Abi Ja’far: O Uncle! You have done good to your relative and will be rewarded for it. By God, whatever Sandi bin Shahik (l.a.) did was not ordered by us.

حدثنا أحمد بن زياد الهمداني - رضي الله عنه - قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم عن أبيه إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن محمد بن صدقة العنبري قال: لما توفي أبو إبراهيم موسى ابن جعفر عليهما السلام جمع هارون الرشيد شيوخ الطالبية وبني العباس وسائر أهل المملكة والحكام وأحضر أبا إبراهيم موسى بن جعفر عليهما السلام فقال: هذا موسى بن جعفر قد مات حتف أنفه وما كان بيني وبينه ما استغفر الله منه في أمره يعني في قتله فانظروا إليه فدخل عليه سبعون رجلا من شيعته فنظروا إلى موسى بن جعفر عليهما السلام وليس به أثر جراحة ولا سم ولا خنق، وكان في رجله أثر الحناء فأخذه سليمان بن أبي جعفر وتولى غسله وتكفينه واحتفى وتحسر في جنازته

It is narrated from Ahmad bin Ziyad Hamadani from Ali bin Ibrahim from his father Ibrahim bin Hashim from Muhammad bin Sadaqa Anbari that he said: “When Abu Ibrahim Musa bin Ja’far was martyred, Harun Rashid gathered the seniors of Taalbiya, Abbasids and the rulers of all the states and showed them the body of Abu Ibrahim Musa bin Ja’far and said: This is Musa bin Ja’far who died a natural death and I did nothing to him, for which I will have to repent in front of God. Come and have a look at him. Come forward and look at him. Seventy of his Shias entered and saw Musa bin Ja’far. There was no injury or a sign of poisoning on his body. His hands had color of henna. Sulaiman bin Abu Ja’far lifted his body and took the responsibility of performing his ghusl, shrouding and burying him. He went to the funeral bare-feet sans his turban.

حدثنا جعفر بن محمد بن مسرور - رحمه الله - قال: حدثنا الحسين بن محمد بن عامر عن المعلى بن محمد البصري قال: حدثني علي بن رباط قال: قلت لعلي بن موسى الرضا عليهما السلام: إن عندنا رجلا يذكر أن أباك  عليه السلام حي وأنك تعلم من ذلك ما تعلم؟ فقال  عليه السلام: سبحان الله مات رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله، ولم يمت موسى بن جعفر؟! بلى والله لقد مات وقسمت أمواله ونكحت جواريه.

It is narrated from Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Masroor from Husain bin Muhammad bin Aamir from Mualla bin Muhammad Basri from Ali bin Rabat that he said: “I asked Ali bin Musa al-Ridha: There is a person who says that your holy father is alive though you know about him very well. Imam said: Glory be to Allah! The Holy Prophet has passed away and Musa bin Ja’far has not? Yes, by Allah, certainly he has passed away, his property is distributed among his heirs and his slave-girls have remarried.”