١٦ - حَدَّثَنا الْحاكِم أَبُو عَلِي الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أحْمَدالْبِيْهَقِيُّ قالَ حَدَّثَني مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الصُّوليُّ قالَ حَدَّثَني أَحْمَدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحاق قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبي قالَ لَمَّا بُويِعَ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ بِالْعَهْدِ اجْتَمَعَ النَّاسُ إِلَيْهِ يُهَنِّئُونَهُ فَأَوْمَأَ إِلَيْهِمْ فَأَنْصَتُوا ثُمَّ قَالَ بَعْدَ أَنِ اسْتَمَعَ كَلامَهُمْ: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ‏. الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الْفَعَّالِ لِمَا يَشَاءُ، لا مُعَقِّبَ لِحُكْمِهِ، وَلا رَادَّ لِقَضَائِهِ، يَعْلَمُ خــائِنَةَ الأَعْيُنِ وَمــا تُخْفِي الصُّدُورُ، وَصَلَّى اللَّهُ عَـلَى مُحَمَّدٍ فِي الأَوَّلِينَوَالآْخِرِينَ وَعَلَى آلِهِ الطَّيِّبِينَ أَقُولُ وَأَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَضَّدَهُ اللَّهُ بِالسَّدَادِ وَوَفَّقَهُ لِلرَّشَادِ عَرَفَ مِنْ حَقَّنَا مَا جَهِلَهُ غَيْرُهُ فَوَصَلَ أَرْحَاماً قُطِعَتْ وَآمَنَ أَنْفُساً فُزِعَتْ بَلْ أَحْيَاهَا وَقَدْ تَلِفَتْ وَأَغْنَاهَا إِذَا افْتَقَرَتْ مُبْتَغِياً رِضَا رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ لا يُرِيدُ جَزَاءً مِنْ غَيْرِهِ وَسَيَجْزِي اللَّهُ الشَّاكِرِينَ وَلا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ الُْمحْسِنِينَ وَإِنَّهُ جَعَلَ إِلَيَّ عَهْدَهُ وَالإِمْرَةَ الْكُبْرَى إِنْ بَقِيتُ بَعْدَهُ فَمَنْ حَلَّ عُقْدَةً أَمَرَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بِشَدِّهَا وَفَصَمَ عُرْوَةً أَحَبَّ اللَّهُ إِيثَاقَهَا فَقَدْ أَبَاحَ حَرِيمَهُ وَأَحَلَّ حُرَمَهُ إِذْ كَانَ بِذَلِكَ زَارِياً عَلَى الإِمَامِ مُنْهَتِكاً حُرْمَةَ الإِسْلامِ بِذَلِكَ جَرَى السَّالِفُ فَصَبَرَ مِنْهُ عَلَى الْفَلَتَاتِ وَلَمْ يَتَعَرَّضْ بَعْدَهَا عَلَى الْعَزْمَاتِ خَوْفاً مِنْ شَتَاتِ الدِّينِ وَاضْطِرَابِ حَمْلِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَلِقُرْبِ أَمْرِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَرَصَدِ الْمُنَافِقِينَ فُرْصَةً تَنْتَهِزُ وَبَائِقَةً تَبْتَدِرُ وَما أَدْرِي ما يُفْعَلُ بِي وَلا بِكُمْ إِنِ الْحُكْمُ إِلا لِلَّهِ يَقُصُّ الْحَقَّ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ الْفاصِلِينَ.
40-16 Al-Hakim Abu Ali Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad al-Bayhaqi narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Sowli quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq, on the authority of his father, “When they pledged allegiance to Ar-Ridha’ , the people gathered around him and congratulated him. He made a gesture to them to become silent and after hearing their words, he said, ‘In the Name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Praise be to God who does whatever He wills. No one can object to His Decrees. No one can reject His Destiny. He knows whatevertreason that lies in one’s heart from the sight and whatever is hidden in the hearts. May God’s Blessings be upon Muhammad, upon the first and the last creatures, upon his good and pure Household.’ He then added, ‘I am Ali ibn Musa ibn Ja’far. Indeed the Commander of the Faithful (Al-Ma’mun) - may God assist him in righteousness and make him successful in being rational - has recognized one of our rights which others were ignorant about. He has established ties of kinship which others have broken. He has granted security to people who lived in fear. He even revived them and rescued them from destruction. He enriched them when they were in need. He was seeking the pleasure of the Lord of the Two Worlds in doing all this. He did not ask anyone but Him to reward him. God will reward the ones who are grateful. He will not let the reward of the good-doers be forgotten. He turned over the succession to the throne to me. He has entrusted his great rule to me after him. And whoever breaks a contract that God has ordered to be safeguarded, and loosens ties which God likes to be tightened has indeed underestimated God’s Bounds, and has allowed what God has forbidden. In this way, he has denied the leader of his right and has disobeyed his orders. He has thus disrespected Islam as was done in the past. The Trustee (Ali ibn Abi Talib ) put up with all the instances of breaching of the covenants, and did not even object to those later when he was in power, fearing dispersion in the religion and turmoil in the ties which held the Muslims together. This was because the ideas of the Age of Ignorance were still in their minds and the hypocrites were on the watch to get a chance to create havoc. Now I do not know what is going to happen to me and you. Indeed there is no arbitrator but God. He is the only One who clarifies the truth. He is the best Separator.”