Book 1, Chapter #17


On Indications of the Divine Leadership of Ar-Ridha (a.s)

Ḥadīth #11

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11 - حَدَّثَنا أَبُو القاسِم عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهبْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ أَبي عَبْدِ اللَّه البَرْقِي رَحْمَةُ اللَّه قالَ حَدَّثَني أَبي وَعَلِىِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ ماجِيلوَيْه جَمِيعاً عَنْ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ أَبي عَبْدِ اللَّه البَرْقِي عَنْ أَبيهِ عَنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّد العَلَوِي قالَ كُنَّا حَوْلَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الرِّضَا وَنَحْنُ شُبَّانٌ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ إِذْ مَرَّ عَلَيْنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْعَلَوِيُّ وَهُوَ رَثُّ الْهَيْئَةِ فَنَظَرَ بَعْضُنَا إِلَى بَعْضٍ وَضَحِكْنَا مِنْ هَيْئَةِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ عُمَرَ فَقَالَ الرِّضَا a.sُ لَتَرَوْنَهُ عَنْ قَرِيبٍ كَثِيرَ الْمَالِ كَثِيرَ التَّبَعِ فَمَا مَضَى إِلا شَهْرٌ أَوْ نَحْوُهُ حَتَّى وُلِّيَ الْمَدِينَةَ وَحَسُنَتْ حَالُهُ فَكَانَ يَمُرُّ بِنَا وَمَعَهُ الْخِصْيَانُ وَالْحَشَمُ وَجَعْفَرٌ هَذَا هُوَ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ‏ a.sُ.

47-11 Abul Qasim Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Abdillah ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Abdillah al-Barqi - may God have Mercy upon him - narrated that his father and Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Majilawayh quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Abi Abdillah Al-Barqi, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Al-Husayn ibn Musa ibn Ja’far ibn Muhammad al-Alawi, “We - a group of young Hashemite fellows - were with Abil Hassan Ar-Ridha’ (a.s) when Ja’far ibn Umar al-Alawi passed us by wearing worn-out clothes. Some of us looked at others and laughed at Ja’far ibn Umar’s clothes. Ar-Ridha’ (a.s) said, ‘You will soon see him very rich with a lot of followers.’ About one month later he became the governor of Medina and his condition improved. When he passed by us he was surrounded by servants and officers.”Ja’far ibn Umar al-Alawi referred to above is Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Umar ibn Hassan ibn Ali ibn Umar ibn Ali ibn Al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s).