٦ - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدِ بْنِ زِيادِ بْنِ جَعْفَر الْهَمَذانيّ رَحْمَةُاللَّه قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىِّ بْنِ إِبراهِيمِ بْنِ‏عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْد السَّلامُ بْنِ صالِح الهَرَوِيِّ قالَ: جِئْتُ إِلَى بَابِ الدَّارِ الَّتِي حُبِسَ فِيهِ الرِّضَابِسَرَخْسَ وَقَدْ قُيِّدَ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَيْهِ السَّجَّانَ فَقَالَ لا سَبِيلَ لَكُمْ إِلَيْهِ فَقُلْتُ وَلِمَ قَالَ لانَّهُ رُبَّمَا صَلَّى فِي يَوْمِهِ وَلَيْلَتِهِ أَلْفَ رَكْعَةٍ وَإِنَّمَا يَنْفَتِلُ مِنْ صَلاتِهِ سَاعَةً فِي صَدْرِ النَّهَارِ وَقَبْلَ الزَّوَالِ وَعِنْدَ اصْفِرَارِ الشَّمْسِ فَهُوَ فِي هَذِهِ الأَوْقَاتِ قَاعِدٌ فِي مُصَلاهُ يُنَاجِي رَبَّهُ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ فَاطْلُبْ لِي فِي هَذِهِ الأَوْقَاتِ إِذْناً عَلَيْهِ فَاسْتَأْذَنَ لِي عَلَيْهِ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ فِي مُصَلاهُ مُتَفَكِّرٌ قَالَ أَبُو الصَّلْتِ فَقُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مَا شَيْ‏ءٌ يَحْكِيهِ عَنْكُمُ النَّاسُ قَالَ وَمَا هُوَ قُلْتُ يَقُولُونَ إِنَّكُمْ تَدَّعُونَ أَنَّ النَّاسَ لَكُمْ عَبِيدٌ فَقَالَ اللَّهُمَّ فاطِرَ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرْضِ عالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهادَةِ أَنْتَ شَاهِدٌ بِأَنِّي لَمْ أَقُلْ ذَلِكَ قَطُّ وَلا سَمِعْتُ أَحَداً مِنْ آبَائِي‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قَالَهُ قَطُّ، وَأَنْتَ الْعَالِمُ بِمَا لَنَا مِنَ الْمَظَالِمِ عِنْدَ هَذِهِ الأُمَّةِ، وَأَنَّ هَذِهِ مِنْهَا ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ السَّلامِ إِذَا كَانَ النَّاسُ كُلُّهُمْ عَبِيدَنَا عَلَى مَا حَكَوْهُ عَنَّا فَمِمَّنْ نَبِيعُهُمْ فَقُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَدَقْتَ ثُمَّ قَالَ: يَا عَبْدَ السَّلامِ أَمُنْكِرٌ أَنْتَ لِمَا أَوْجَبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَنَا مِنَ الْوَلايَةِ كَمَا يُنْكِرُهُ غَيْرُكَ قُلْتُ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ بَلْ أَنَا مُقِرٌّ بِوَلايَتِكُم.
44-6 Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamadani - may God have Mercy upon him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abdul Salam ibn Salih al-Harawi, “I went to the house in Sarakhs in which Ar-Ridha’  was imprisoned and he  was in a bind there. I asked the prison guard for permission to visit. He said, “There is no way for you to visit him.” I asked him, “Why?” He said, “It is because the Imam  says one-thousand units of prayers in each twenty-four hours. He  only stops to pray for a short time early at daybreak, before the end of the day near dusk, and at times of the yellowness of the sun. Even at these times, he  sits at the place where he prays and chants for his Lord.” Then I said, “Please ask him to grant me permission to visit him.” The prison guard sought his permission and I went to see the Imam  at the appointed time. He  was sitting where he prayed and was thinking. I asked the Imam , “O son of God’s Prophet! What is this that the people have spread around about you?” He  asked, “What is it?” I said, “They say that you claim that the people are your slaves.” He  said, “O God! The Creator of the heavens and the Earth! You are aware of the invisible and the visible world. You are a witness that I have never said this. I have never heard any of my forefathers  say this. You are aware of the oppressions imposed upon us by these people. And this is one such caseof oppression.” Then he  faced me and said, “O Abdul Salam! If they are right about their claim that the people are all our slaves, then have them tell you from whom we have bought them.” I said, “O son of God’s Prophet! You are right.” Then Ar-Ridha’  said, “O Abdul Salam! Do you deny what the Sublime God has made incumbent upon you in regards to our Mastery as others do?” I said, “I take refuge in God! No. I bear witness to your Mastery.”