Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Fourth Objection: the People Fell Into Confusion Regarding the Imamate After Al-Sadiq
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حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زِيَادِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْهَمَدَانِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِلرِّضَا عليه السلام يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ زُرَارَةَ هَلْ كَانَ يَعْرِفُ حَقَّ أَبِيكَ عليه السلام فَقَالَ نَعَمْ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَلِمَ بَعَثَ ابْنَهُ عُبَيْداً لِيَتَعَرَّفَ الْخَبَرَ إِلَى مَنْ أَوْصَى الصَّادِقُ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عليه السلام فَقَالَ إِنَّ زُرَارَةَ كَانَ يَعْرِفُ أَمْرَ أَبِي عليه السلام وَ نَصَّ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ إِنَّمَا بَعَثَ ابْنَهُ لِيَتَعَرَّفَ مِنْ أَبِي عليه السلام هَلْ يَجُوزُ لَهُ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ التَّقِيَّةَ فِي إِظْهَارِ أَمْرِهِ وَ نَصِّ أَبِيهِ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَنَّهُ لَمَّا أَبْطَأَ عَنْهُ ابْنُهُ طُولِبَ بِإِظْهَارِ قَوْلِهِ فِي أَبِي عليه السلام فَلَمْ يُحِبَّ أَنْ يُقْدِمَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ دُونَ أَمْرِهِ فَرَفَعَ الْمُصْحَفَ وَ قَالَ اللَّهُمَّ إِنَّ إِمَامِي مَنْ أَثْبَتَ هَذَا الْمُصْحَفُ إِمَامَتَهُ مِنْ وُلْدِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ<br> و الخبر الذي احتجت به الزيدية ليس فيه أن زرارة لم يعرف إمامة موسى بن جعفر عليه السلام و إنما فيه أنه بعث ابنه عبيدا ليسأل عن الخبر.
Narrated to us Ahmad bin Ziyad bin Ja’far al-Hamadani from Ali bin Ibrahim bin Hashim, from Muhammad bin Isa bin Ubaid from Ibrahim bin Muhammad al-Hamadani that he said: I asked Imam Ali al-Ridha (as): O son of Allah’s Messenger, tell me whether Zurarah was aware of the Imamate of your venerable father. He replied: Yes. I further asked: Then why he sent, Ubaid, his son to inquire who Imam Sadiq, Ja’far bin Muhammad (as) had appointed as his successor? Imam Ali al-Ridha (as) said: Indeed, Zurarah was aware of the Imamate of my venerable father and also knew about the clear textual appointment (Nass) of my honorable grandfather about him. And when his son was late in returning, Zurarah was requested to mention his opinion about my father. Since he did not prefer to proceed in this matter without the leave of my father, he picked up the Quran and said: “O Lord, my Imam from among the sons of Imam Ja’far bin Muhammad is one, whose Imamate is proved in this Quran.” <br> [Al-Saduq says:] The narration that Zaidiyyah had presented as an argument does not say that Zurarah was unaware about the Imamate of Musa bin Ja’far. Rather it is proved therein that he sent his son, Ubaid to inquire about something.
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