On the Proof of His Rightfulness Due to Ar-Ridha’’s (a.s.) Prediction that He Will be Buried Next to Harun

حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدِ بْنِ زِيادِ بْنِ جَعْفَر الهَمْدانِيَّ قالَ حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ إِبراهِيمِ بْنِ هاشِم عَنْ أَبيهِ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ مِهْرانِ قالَ رَأَيْتُ عَلِيَّ بْنَ مُوسَى الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَهَارُونَ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ فَقَالَ أَتَرَوْنَنِي وَإِيَّاهُ نُدْفَنُ فِي بَيْتٍ وَاحِدٍ. أَخْبَرَنِي مَنْ سَمِعَ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ وَهُوَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى هَارُونَ بِمِنًى أَوْ بِعَرَفَاتٍ فَقَالَ أَنَا وَهَارُونُ هَكَذَا وَضَمَّ بَيْنَ إِصْبَعَيْهِ فَكُنَّا لا نَدْرِي مَا يَعْنِي بِذَلِكَ حَتَّى كَانَ مِنْ أَمْرِهِ بِطُوسَ مَا كَانَ فَأَمَرَ الْمَأْمُونُ بِدَفْنِ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ إِلَى جَنْبِ قَبْرِ هَارُونَ.

Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamadani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Musa ibn Mihran, “I saw that Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) in Medina's mosque while Harun was delivering a sermon. Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) said, ‘You will see that both him and I will be buried in one place.’”

حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِى ماجِيلوَيْه رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ عَمِّهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبي القاسِم قالَ حَدَّثَني مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِى القُرَشِي عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الفُضَيْلِ قالَ.

Muhammad ibn Ali Majilawayh - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his uncle Muhammad ibn Abil Qasim quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ali al-Qurashi, on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Fodhayl, “I heard someone narrate that he had heard Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) say the following while he was looking at Harun in Mina or Arafat, ‘He and I will be buried this way’ while he held two of his fingers side by side. We could not understand what Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) meant until his life ended in Toos as it did [1] . Then Al-Ma’mun ordered to bury Ar-Ridha’ (a.s.) next to Harun Ar-Rashid.