Bismilah,
I thought they were evil tyrants an that they were chasing the Imams and the Imams were running away from them and hiding and doing Taqqiyah and acting like ignorants so they won’t suspect them ect… but we see the Imams praising the “Ameer al-Mumineen” of their times,
حدثنا الحاكم أبو علي الحسين بن أحمد البيهقي قال حدثني محمد بن يحيى الصولي قال : حدثني أحمد بن محمد بن إسحاق قال : حدثنا أبي قال : لما بويع الرضا ع بالعهد اجتمع الناس إليه يهنئونه فأومى إليهم فأنصتوا ثم قال بعد أن استمع كلامهم : بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم الحمد لله الفعال لما يشاء لا معقب لحكمه ولا راد لقضائه (يعلم خائنة الأعين وما تخفي الصدور) وصلى الله على محمد في الأولين والآخرين وعلى آله الطيبين الطاهرين أقول وأنا علي بن موسى بن جعفر ع : إن أمير المؤمنين عضده الله بالسداد ووفقه للرشاد عرف من حقنا ما جهله غيره فوصل أرحاما قطعت وآمن نفوسا فزعت بل أحياها وقد تلفت وأغناها إذا افتقرت مبتغيا رضا رب العالمين لا يريد جزاء إلا من عنده (وسيجزي الله الشاكرين ولا يضيع أجر المحسنين ) وأنه جعل إلي عهده والإمرة الكبرى إن بقيت بعده فمن حل عقدة أمر الله تعالى بشدها وقصم عروة أحب الله إيثاقها فقد أباح حريمه وأحل محرمه إذا كان بذلك زاريا على الإمام منتهكا حرمة الإسلام بذلك جرى السالف فصبر منه على الفلتات ولم يعترض بعدها على الغرمات خوفا على شتات الدين واضطراب حبل المسلمين ولقرب أمر الجاهلية ورصد المنافقين فرصة تنتهز وبائقة تبتدر وما أدري ما يفعل بي ولا بكم ؟ أن الحكم إلا لله يقضي الحق
[al-Hakim abu ‘Ali al-Hussein bin Ahmad al-Beihaqi said: Muhammad bin Yaha al-Suwali said: Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Ishaq said: my father said: When al-Reda (as) received the Baya’ah as the heir to the throne, the people gathered around him to congratulate him so he waved his hand and they quieted down, he then said: “In the name of Allah most graceful most merciful, He does what he wishes and no one can reject his blessings, and peace and blessings be upon Muhammad in the first and the last and his kind and pure family, I say and I am ‘Ali bin Musa bin Ja’far (as): “Ameer al-Mumineen may Allah support him with success and guide him to wisdom knew of our rights what others have ignored, so he bridged the family connections that have been cut, and comforted souls that were in fear, he revived what has deteriorated and enriched what was poor, and he is only seeking to please the Lord and does not want a reward except from Allah (And Allah will reward the grateful and the doers of good.) and he offered me the throne as his heir if I should live after him…(until the end of the Hadith).]
Source: ‘Uyoun Akhbar al-Reda vol.1 pg.157.
Question: Didn’t the Shia scholars say it is HARAM to call anyone “Ameer al-Mumineen” except ‘Ali (ra)? didn’t they narrate in volume 8 of their Kafi that:
كُنْتُمْ بِهِ تَدَّعُونَ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) يَا فُضَيْلُ لَمْ يَتَسَمَّ بِهَذَا الِاسْمِ غَيْرُ عَلِيٍّ ( عليه السلام ) إِلَّا مُفْتَرٍ كَذَّابٌ إ
“O Fudayl, no one was given this name except ‘Ali (as) unless he was a lying impostor!”
Suddenly now al-Reda is calling the Caliph of his time “Ameer al-Mumineen”?
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This hadeeth is VERY Da`eef (Weak):
حدثنا الحاكم أبو علي الحسين بن أحمد البيهقي = Majhool
قال حدثني محمد بن يحيى الصولي = Majhool
أحمد بن محمد بن إسحاق = Majhool
أبي = محمد بن إسحاق = Majhool
Nader Zaveri brother whatever is in the favour of Ahlel Sunnah in yours books,it automatically becomes MAJHOOL????OR Yours Imams said when they were under Taqqiya?
Like in Tahzib it is narrated from Ali(r.a) that Mutha was declared Haram by Rasool Allah(pbuh)…Yet when there isn’t MAJHOOL then you call it Imam did Taqqiya???
Whats the proof if Imam said something bad about Shabahs because he just wanted to please his then Shias by way of doing TAQQIYA?????
Taqqiya or MAJHOOL………….Ajeeb Tricks.
One more thing to Shias Bilal(r.a) the first Mozan of Islam is MAJHOOL as well-p
Add this Sahih Shia narration also: Imam Jafar [ra] is calling the Caliph of his time ‘Amir al-Muminin’.
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفُضَيْلِ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ أَبِي الْمِقْدَامِ قَالَ كُنْتُ شَاهِداً عِنْدَ الْبَيْتِ الْحَرَامِ وَ رَجُلٌ يُنَادِي بِأَبِي جَعْفَرٍ الْمَنْصُورِ وَ هُوَ يَطُوفُ وَ يَقُولُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّ هَذَيْنِ الرَّجُلَيْنِ طَرَقَا أَخِي لَيْلًا فَأَخْرَجَاهُ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ فَلَمْ يَرْجِعْ إِلَيَّ وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا صَنَعَا بِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا مَا صَنَعْتُمَا بِهِ فَقَالَا يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كَلَّمْنَاهُ فَرَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمَا وَافِيَانِي غَداً صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ فَوَافَوْهُ مِنَ الْغَدِ صَلَاةَ الْعَصْرِ وَ حَضَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ( عليه السلام ) وَ هُوَ قَابِضٌ عَلَى يَدِهِ يَا جَعْفَرُ اقْضِ بَيْنَهُمْ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ اقْضِ بَيْنَهُمْ أَنْتَ فَقَالَ لَهُ بِحَقِّي عَلَيْكَ إِلَّا قَضَيْتَ بَيْنَهُمْ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ جَعْفَرٌ ( عليه السلام ) فَطُرِحَ لَهُ مُصَلَّى قَصَبٍ فَجَلَسَ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ جَاءَ الْخُصَمَاءُ فَجَلَسُوا قُدَّامَهُ فَقَالَ مَا تَقُولُ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ إِنَّ هَذَيْنِ طَرَقَا أَخِي لَيْلًا فَأَخْرَجَاهُ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ فَوَ اللَّهِ مَا رَجَعَ إِلَيَّ وَ وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَدْرِي مَا صَنَعَا بِهِ فَقَالَ مَا تَقُولَانِ فَقَالَا يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ كَلَّمْنَاهُ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ فَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ ( عليه السلام ) يَا غُلَامُ اكْتُبْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) كُلُّ مَنْ طَرَقَ رَجُلًا بِاللَّيْلِ فَأَخْرَجَهُ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ فَهُوَ لَهُ ضَامِنٌ إِلَّا أَنْ يُقِيمَ الْبَيِّنَةَ أَنَّهُ قَدْ رَدَّهُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ يَا غُلَامُ نَحِّ هَذَا فَاضْرِبْ عُنُقَهُ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهِ مَا أَنَا قَتَلْتُهُ وَ لَكِنِّي أَمْسَكْتُهُ ثُمَّ جَاءَ هَذَا فَوَجَأَهُ فَقَتَلَهُ فَقَالَ أَنَا ابْنُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ يَا غُلَامُ نَحِّ هَذَا وَ اضْرِبْ عُنُقَ الْآخَرِ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ وَ اللَّهِ مَا عَذَّبْتُهُ وَ لَكِنِّي قَتَلْتُهُ بِضَرْبَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ فَأَمَرَ أَخَاهُ فَضَرَبَ عُنُقَهُ ثُمَّ أَمَرَ بِالْآخَرِ فَضَرَبَ جَنْبَيْهِ وَ حَبَسَهُ فِي السِّجْنِ وَ وَقَّعَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ يُحْبَسُ عُمُرَهُ وَ يُضْرَبُ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ خَمْسِينَ جَلْدَةً
al-Kafi 7/287.
Majlisi said “SAHIH” 24/39
‘Amro bin abi al-Miqdam said: I was present near the Ka’abah when a man started calling on abu Ja’far al-Mansoor while he was making Tawaf, he would say: “O Ameer al-Mumineen, these two men knocked on my brother at night and they took him out of his house and by Allah he never returned to me, I do not know what they might have done to him!” So al-Mansoor said: “What have you two done to him?” they answered: “We only spoke to him and then he returned home.” so he said to them: “You two meet me tomorrow during the ‘Asr prayer in this same place.” So they did that on the next day, al-Mansoor then said to abu ‘Abdullah Ja’far bin Muhammad (as) while holding his hand: “O Ja’far, you judge between them.” abu ‘Abdullah (as) said: “O Ameer al-Mumineen, you judge between them.” so al-Mansoor said: “By my right on you, you need to judge between them.” so they prepared a place for abu ‘Abdullah to sit in and the men sat in front of him, he (as) said: “What say you?” the man said: “O son of Rassul-Allah (SAWS) these two knocked on my brother at night and they accompanied him out of his house and by Allah he never returned, I do not know what they did to him.” he (as) said: “What do you two say?” they said: “O son of Rassul-Allah (SAWS) we spoke to him and then he went back home.” so Ja’far said: Write down: In the name of Allah, the Prophet (SAWS) said: “every man who knocks on another at night and accompanies him out of his home must guarantee him, unless he can prove that he returned him back to his house.” Ja’far then said: “Boy, let that one step aside and strike the neck of this one.” The man said: “O son of Rassul-Allah (SAWS), by Allah I did not kill him, I only held him and that man came and stabbed him.” so Ja’far said: “Boy! let that one step aside and strike the neck of the other one.” So the man said: “O Son of Rassul-Allah (SAWS), I did not torture him, I killed him with one blow.” So he ordered that his neck be struck and ordered that the sides of the second man be struck and he was imprisoned for life and lashed fifty times every year.