١ - حَدَّثَنا أَبُو الحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ البَزَّازِ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو طاهِرٍ السَّامانِيُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو القاسِمِ بِشرُ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَني أَبُو الحُسَيْنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ ماهانَ قالَ: حَدَّثَني عُبِيْدُ اللَّهِ البَزَّازُ النِيْسابُوريُّ وَكانَ مُسِنّاً قالَ: كانَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ حُمَيدِ بْنِ قَحْطَبَةَ الطَّائيِّ الطُّوسيِّ مُعامِلَةٌ، فَرَحَلتُ إِلَيْهِ فِي بَعْضِ الأَيَّامِ فَبَلَغَهُ خَبَرُ قَدْومي، فَاستَحضَرَنِي لِلوَقتِ وَعَلِيَّ ثِيابُ السَفَرِ لَم اُغَيِّرها وَذلِكَ فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضانَ وَقْتَ صَلاةِ الظُّهرِ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلتُ عَلَيْهِ رَأَيْتُهُ فِي بَيْتٍ يَجْرِي فِيهِ الماءُ فَسَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَجَلَسَتُ، فَأَتي بِطَستٍ وَإِبرِيقٍ، فَغَسَلَ يَدَيْهِ، ثُمَّ أَمَرَنِي فَغَسَلتُ يَدِيَ وَأُحْضِرَتِ المائِدَةُ وَذَهَبَ عَنِّي إِنِّي صائِمٌ وَأَنِّي فِي شَهْرِ رَمَضانَ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرْتُ فَأَمسَكتُ يَدِيَ، فَقالَ حَمِيدٌ: ما لَكَ لا تَأكُلُ؟ فَقُلْتُ: أَيُّهَا الأَمِيرُ هذا شَهْرُ رَمَضانَ وَلَسْتُ بِمَرِيضٍ وَلا بي عِلَّةٌ تُوجِبُ الإِفْطارَ وَلَعَلَّ الأَمِيرَ لَهُ عُذرٌ فِي ذلِكَ أَوْ عِلَّةِ تُوجِبُ الإِفْطارِ، فَقالَ: ما بي عِلَّةٌ تُوجِبُ الإِفْطارَ وَإِنّي لَصَحِيحُ البَدَنِ، ثُمَّ دَمَعَت عَيْناهُ وَبَكى‏، فَقُلْتُ لَهُ بَعْدَ ما فَرَغَ مِن طَعامِهِ: ما يُبكِيكَ أَيُّهَا الأَمِيرُ؟ فَقالَ: أنفَذَ إِلى‏ هارُونُ الرَّشِيدُ وَقْتَ كُونِهِ بِطُوسٍ فِي بَعْضِ اللَّيْلِ أَن أَجِبَ أَمِيرَ المُؤمِنينَ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلتُ عَلَيهِ رَأَيْتُ بِيْنِ يَدَيْهِ شَمعَةً تَتَّقِدُ وَسَيفاً أَخْضَرَ مَسلُولاً وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ خادِمٌ واقِفٌ، فَلَمَّا قُمتُ بَينَ يَدَيْهِ رَفَعَ رَأسَهُ إِلَىَّ، فَقالَ: كَيْفَ طاعَتُكَ لأَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ فَقُلْتُ: بِالنَّفسِ وَالمالِ فَأَطرَقَ، ثُمَّ أَذِنَ لي فِي الاِنْصِرافِ، فَلَم أَلبَث فِى مَنْزِلي حَتّى‏ عادَ الرَّسُولُ إِلَىَّ وَقالَ: أَجِب أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَقُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي: إِنّا لِلَّهِ وَأَنَا أَخافُ أَنْ يَكُونَ قَدْ عَزَمَ عَلَى قَتلِي وَأَنَّهُ لَمّا رَآنِي استَحيى‏ مِنِّي، فَعُدتُ إِلى بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ فَرَفَعَ رَأسَهُ إِلَىَّ فَقالَ:كَيْفَ طاعَتُكَ لأَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ فَقُلتُ بِالنَّفسِ وَالمالِ وَالأَهْلِ وَالوَلَدِ، فَتَبَسَّمَ ضاحِكاً، ثُمَّ أَذِنَ لي فِي الاِنْصِرافِ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلتُ مَنْزِلي لَمْ أَلبَث أَن عادَ إِلىَّ الرَّسُولُ، فَقالَ: أَجِب أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ، فَحَضَرتُ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَهُوَعَلَى حالِهِ، فَرَفَعَ رَأسَهُ إِلَىَّ و قالَ لي‏: كَيْفَ طاعَتُكَ لأَمِيرَ المُؤْمِنِينَ؟ فَقُلْتُ بِالنَّفسِ وَالمالِ وَالأَهْلِ وَالوَلَدِ وَالدِّينِ فَضَحِكَ، ثُمَّ قالَ لي‏: خُذْ هذا السَّيْفَ وَامتَثِل ما يَأْمُركَ بِهِ الخادِمُ. قالَ: فَتَناوَلَ الخادِمُ السَّيْفَ وَناوَلَنِيهِ وَجاءَ بي إِلى‏ بَيْتٍ بابُهُ مُغلَقٌ فَفَتَحَهُ فَإِذا فِيهِ بِئرٌ فِي وَسطِهِ وَثَلاثَةٌ بُيُوتٍ أَبُوابُها مُغلَقَةٌ فَفَتَحَ بابَ بَيتٍ مِنْها، فَإِذا فِيهِ عِشْرُونَ نَفْساً عَلَيْهِمُ الشُّعُورُ وَالذَّوائِبُ شُيُوخٌ وَكُهُولٌ وَشُبَّانٌ مُقَيَّدُونَ، فَقالَ لي‏: إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنينَ يَأْمُرُكَ بِقَتلِ هؤُلاءِ وَكانُوا كُلَّهُم عَلَوِيَّةً مِن وُلْدِ عَلِيٍّ فاطِمَةَعَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ فَجَعَلَ يُخْرِجُ إِلى‏ واحِداً بَعْد واحِدٍ فَأَضرِبُ عُنُقَهُ حَتّى‏ أَتَيْتُ عَلَى آخِرِهِم، ثُمَّ رَمى‏ بِأَجسادِهِم وَرُؤُوسِهِم فِي‏البِئرِ، ثُمَّ فَتَحَ بابَ بَيْتٍ آخَرَ فَإِذا فِيهِ عِشْرُونَ نَفْساً مِنَ العَلَوِيَّةِ مِن وُلْدِ عَلِيٍّ وَفاطِمَةعَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ مُقَيَّدُونَ فَقالَ لي‏: إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنينَ يَأْمُرُكَ بِقَتلِ هؤُلاءِ، فَجَعَلَ يُخْرِجُ إِلَىَّ واحِداً بَعْدَ واحِدٍ فَأَضرِبُ عُنُقَهُ وَيَرمي بِهِ في تِلْكَ البِئرِ حَتّى‏ أَتَيْتُ عَلى‏ آخِرِهِم، ثُمَّ فَتَحَ بابَ البِيْتِ الثالِثِ فَإِذا فِيهِ مِثلُهُمْ عِشْرُونَ نَفْساً مِن وُلْدِ عَلِيٍّ وَفاطِمَةَعَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ مُقَيَّدُونَ عَلَيْهِمُ الشُّعُورُ وَالذَّوائِبُ، فَقالَ لي‏: إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنينَ يَأْمُرُكَ بِقَتلِ هؤُلاءِ أَيْضاً، فَجَعَلَ يُخْرِجُ إِلى‏ واحِداً بَعدَ واحِدٍ فَأَضرِبُ عُنُقَهُ وَيَرمي بِهِ فِي تِلْكَ البِئرِ حَتّى‏ أَتَيْتُ عَلَى تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ نَفْساً مِنْهُمْ، وَبَقِيَ شَيْخٌ مِنْهُمْ، عَلَيْهِ شَعٌر، فَقالَ لي‏: تَبّاً لَكَ يا مَيشُومُ ! أَيُّ عُذرٍ لَكَ يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ إِذا قَدِمتُ عَلَى جَدِّنا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَقَدْ قَتَلتَ مِن أَوْلادِهِ سِتِّينَ نَفساً قَد وُلَّدَهُم عَلِيٌّ وَفاطِمَةَعَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ فَارتَعَشَت يَدِيَ وَارتَعَدَت فَرائِصي، فَنَظَرَ إِلى الخادِمُ مُغضِباً وَزَبَرَنِي فَأَتَيْتُ عَلى‏ ذلِكَ الشَّيخ أَيْضاً فَقَتَلتُهُ وَرَمى‏ بِهِ فِي تِلْكَ البِئرَ، فَإِذا كانَ فَعلي هذا وَقَدْ قَتَلتُ سِتِّينَ نَفْساً مِن وُلْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ فَما يَنفَعَني صَومِي وَصَلاتِي؟! وَأَنَا لا أَشُكُّ إِنِّي مُخَلَدٌ فِي النَّارِ.قالَ مُصَنِّفُ هذا الْكِتابِ: لِلمَنصُورِ مِثلُ هذِهِ الفِعلَةِ فِي ذُرِّيَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ.
9-1 Abul Hassan Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Al-Hussein al-Bazzaz quoted on the authority of Abu Tahir As-Samani on the authority of Abul Qasim Bishr ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Abul Hussein Ahmad ibn Mahan, on the authority of Ubaydillah al-Bazzaz al-Neishaboori who was an old man, “Homayd ibn Qahtaba Al-Ta’ee At-Toosi and I made a deal. I went on a journey to see him. He was informed of my arrival and called me in. I went to see him wearing the clothes with which I had been traveling in at noon. This happened in the (Arabic) month of Ramadhan. Once I entered, I saw him sitting in a house from the middle of which a stream of water was flowing. I greeted him and sat down. They brought a pan and a jar. He washed his hands and then he ordered me to wash mine. They spread out the tablecloth and I forgot that I was fasting and it was the (Arabic) month of Ramadhan. I started to eat, then I remembered and stopped eating. Homayd said, “Why aren’t you eating?” I said, “O Amir! It is the (Arabic) month of Ramadhan and I am neither ill, nor do I have an excuse not to fast. It may be that the Amir has an illness, or an excuse due to which you are breaking your fast.” He said, “No, I am not ill, nor do I have an excuse allowing me to break my fast. I am perfectly healthy. Then his eyes filled with tears and he cried. Then after he finished eating, I said, “O Amir! What made you cry?” He said, “One night when Harun Ar-Rashid was in Toos, he sent someone to call me in. When I entered, I saw a lit candle and a green sword drawn out of its sheath in front of him. A servant was standing in front of him. When I stood in front of him, he raised his head and asked me, “How much will you obey the Commander of the Faithful (meaning himself)?” I said, “I am at your service with my wealth and my life.” He looked down and dismissed me. I went home. A short time later, the same man came and said, “The Commander of the Faithful has called you in again.” I told myself, “To God is our return.” I found out that he wanted to kill me, butwas too shy to do it the last time I went there. I went to see him again. He asked, “How much will you obey the Commander of the Faithful (the caliph)?” I said, “With my life, my wealth, my wife and my children.” He laughed and dismissed me again. As soon as I reached home again, the same messenger came to me and said, “The Commander of the Faithful has called you in.” Then I went to see him again. He raised his head as he had done before and asked, “How much do you obey the Commander of the Faithful?” I said, “With my life, my wealth, my wife, my children and my religion.” Then he laughed and said, “Take this sword, and do whatever this servant orders you to do.” The servant picked up the sword, handed it to me and took me to a house. The door was locked. He unlocked it. There was a well in the middle, and there were three locked rooms. He opened one of the doors. There were twenty people imprisoned there. Their hair had grown long. The servant said, “The Commander of the Faithful has ordered you to kill them.” They were all descendants of the Prophet (s). The servant brought them out one by one. I beheaded them. The servant dropped their heads and their corpses into the well. Then he unlocked the other door. There were another twenty descendants of the Prophet (s) imprisoned there. He said, “The Commander of the Faithful has ordered you to kill them.” Then he opened the door and brought them out one at a time. I beheaded them. He dropped the corpses in the well. All twenty were killed. Then he opened the door of the third room. There were twenty other descendants of the Prophet (s) with long hair in chains there. The servant said, “The Commander of the Faithful has ordered you to kill them.” He brought them out of the room one by one. I beheaded them, and the servant dropped them in the well. Nineteen of them were killed in this way. Then an old man with long white hair was left. He faced me and said, “O wicked one! May you be destroyed! What excuse will you have when you are brought on the Resurrection Day to face our grandfather, God’s Prophet (s), for killing sixty of his descendants?” Then my hands started to shake and my body was shivering. The servant looked at me angrily and yelled at me. I walked ahead and killed that old man. The servant dropped his corpse in the well. What is the benefit of praying and fasting for me now that I have killed sixty descendants of God’s Prophet (s)? I have no doubt that I will reside in Hell forever.”The author of this book (Sheikh Sadooq) said, “Such behaviour with the descendants of the Prophet of God (s) were also carried out by Mansour (Dawaniqi). “