Hadith 44-3

حَدَّثَنا الْحاكِم أَبُو عَلِي الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أحْمَد الْبِيْهَقِيُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الصُّوْليُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَتْنِي جَدَّتِي أُمُّ أَبِي وَاسْمُهَا عُذْرٌ قَالَتِ اشْتُرِيتُ مَعَ عِدَّةِ جِوَارٍ مِنَ الْكُوفَةِ وَكُنْتُ مِنْ مُوَلَّدَاتِهَا قَالَتْ فَحُمِلْنَا إِلَى الْمَأْمُونِ فَكُنَّا فِي دَارِهِ فِي جَنَّةٍ مِنَ الأَكْلِ وَالشُّرْبِ وَالطِّيبِ وَكَثْرَةِ الدَّنَانِيرِ فَوَهَبَنِي الْمَأْمُونُ لِلرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فَلَمَّا صِرْتُ فِي دَارِهِ فَقَدْتُ جَمِيعَ مَا كُنْتُ فِيهِ مِنَ النَّعِيمِ وَكَانَتْ عَلَيْنَا قَيِّمَةٌ تُنَبِّهُنَا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ وَتَأْخُذُنَا بِالصَّلاةِ وَكَانَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ أَشَدِّ مَا عَلَيْنَا فَكُنْتُ أَتَمَنَّى الْخُرُوجَ مِنْ دَارِهِ إِلَى أَنْ وَهَبَنِي لَجَدِّكَ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ الْعَبَّاسِ فَلَمَّا صِرْتُ إِلَى مَنْزِلِهِ كَأَنِّي قَدْ أُدْخِلْتُ الْجَنَّةَ. قَالَ الصُّولِيُّ: وَمَا رَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً قَطُّ أَتَمَّ مِنْ جَدَّتِي هَذِهِ عَقْلاً وَلا أَسْخَى كَفّاً وَتُوُفِّيَتْ فِي سَنَةِ سَبْعِينَ وَمِائَتَيْنِ وَلَهَا نَحْوُ مِائَةِ سَنَةٍ فَكَانَتْ تَسْأَلُ، عَن أَمْرِ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ كَثِيراً فَتَقُولُ مَا أَذْكُرُ مِنْهُ شَيْئاً إِلا أَنِّي كُنْتُ أَرَاهُ يَتَبَخَّرُ بِالْعُودِ الْهِنْدِيِّ النِّي‏ءِ وَيَسْتَعْمِلُ بَعْدَهُ مَاءَ وَرْدٍ وَمِسْكاً وَكَانَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ إِذَا صَلَّى الْغَدَاةَ وَكَانَ يُصَلِّيهَا فِي أَوَّلِ وَقْتٍ ثُمَّ يَسْجُدُ فَلا يَرْفَعُ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى أَنْ تَرْتَفِعَ الشَّمْسُ ثُمَّ يَقُومُ فَيَجْلِسُ لِلنَّاسِ أَوْ يَرْكَبُ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ أَحَدٌ يَقْدِرُ أَنْ يَرْفَعَ صَوْتَهُ فِي دَارِهِ كَائِناً مَنْ كَانَ إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَتَكَلَّمُ النَّاسَ قَلِيلاً وَكَانَ جَدِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ يَتَبَرَّكُ بِجَدَّتِي هَذِهِ فَدَبَّرَهَا يَوْمَ وُهِبَتْ لَهُ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ خَالُهُ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الأَخْنَفِ الْحَنَفِيُّ الشَّاعِرُ فَأَعْجَبَتْهُ فَقَالَ لِجَدِّي هَبْ لِي هَذِهِ الْجَارِيَةَ فَقَالَ هِيَ مُدَبَّرَةٌ فَقَالَ الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ الأَخْنَفِ: يَا عُذْرُ زُيِّنَ بِاسْمِكِ الْعُذْرُ وَأَسَاءَ لَمْ يُحْسِنْ بِكِ الدَّهْر

Al-Hakim Abu Ali Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Bayhaqi narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Sowli quoted on the authority of his paternal grandmother called Qadr, “I was purchased along with other female slaves in Kufa where I was born. They took us to Al-Ma’mun. We benefited from food, drinks, perfumes and a lot of money in his paradise-like house. Al-Ma’mun bestowed me upon Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.). When I went to his house, I lost all those benefits. A woman was hired as our teacher. She woke us up at night to pray. This was really hard on us and we all wished we could leave there. Then he (a.s.) donated me to your grandfather Abdullah ibn Abbas. When I went to his house, it was as if I had gone to Heaven.” Al-Sowli added, “I have never seen any woman more generous and intelligent than my grandmother. She died in the year 270 A.H. (882 A.D.) after living nearly one hundred years. The people often asked her about Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.). She replied, “I do not remember anything about him except that he used to evaporate Indian aloes-wood, and then put on rose water and musk. He always said his morning prayer on time at the beginning of the time to pray. Then he prostrated and did not raise his head from that state until sunrise. He would then get up and go to attend to the needs of the people or ride. No one was able to raise his voice in his house - no matter whom he was. He always spoke gently and slowly with the people. My grandfather always sought blessings on account of this female slave. On the same day that she was donated to him, he made a covenant with her to set her free after his death. Once when my grandfather’s maternal uncle, who was a poet called Al-Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf, went to see him and saw her he became interested in her. He told my grandfather, “Can you give her to me?” My grandfather said, “She has been designated to be set free after my death.” Then Al-Abbas ibn al-Ahnaf said,