١٩ - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحَسَن بْنِ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ الوَلِيدرَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ حَدَّثَني مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحَسَن الصَفَّار عَنْ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ أَحْمَدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبي نَصْرِ البِزَنْطِيِّ قالَ بَعَثَ الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ إِلَيَّ بِحِمَارٍ فَرَكِبْتُهُ وَأَتَيْتُهُ وَأَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ بِاللَّيْلِ إِلَى أَنْ مَضَى مِنْهُ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْهَضَ قَالَ لا أَرَاكَ أَنْ تَقْدِرَ عَلَى الرُّجُوعِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ قُلْتُ أَجَلْ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ فَبِتْ عِنْدَنَا اللَّيْلَةَ وَاغْدُ عَلَى بَرَكَةِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ قُلْتُ أَفْعَلُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَقَالَ يَا جَارِيَةُ افْرُشِي لَهُ فِرَاشِي وَاطْرَحِي عَلَيْهِ مِلْحَفَتِيَ الَّتِي أَنَامُ فِيهَا وَضَعِي تَحْتَ رَأْسِهِ مَخَادِّي قَالَ قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي مَنْ أَصَابَ مَا أَصَبْتُ فِي لَيْلَتِي هَذِهِ لَقَدْ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ لِي مِنَ الْمَنْزِلَةِ عِنْدَهُ وَأَعْطَانِي مِنَ الْفَخْرِ مَا لَمْ يُعْطِهِ أَحَداً مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ بِحِمَارِهِ فَرَكِبْتُهُ وَفَرَشَ لِي فِرَاشَهُ وَبِتُّ فِي مِلْحَفَتِهِ وَوُضِعَتْ لِي مَخَادُّهُ مَا أَصَابَ مِثْلَ هَذَا أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالَ وَهُوَ قَاعِدٌ مَعِي وَأَنَا أُحَدِّثُ فِي نَفْسِي فَقَالَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ يَا أَحْمَدُ إِنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَتَى زَيْدَ بْنَ صُوحَانَ فِي مَرَضِهِ يَعُودُهُ فَافْتَخَرَ عَلَى النَّاسِ بِذَلِكَ فَلا تَذْهَبَنَّ نَفْسَكَ إِلَى الْفَخْرِ وَتَذَلَّلْ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَاعْتَمَدَ عَلَى يَدِهِ فَقَامَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ.
47-19 Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Waleed - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan al-Saffar quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Nasr al-Bezanti, “Ar-Ridha’  sent a horse for me to ride on to go to see him. I rode it and went to see him. I stayed there until the night arrived. When the Imam  wanted to stand up, he  told me, ‘I do not think that you can return to Medina now.’ I said, ‘May I be your ransom! Yes.’ The Imam  said, ‘Then spend the night with us and set out in the morning with the help of the Honorable the Exalted God.’ I said, ‘May I be your ransom! Fine. I will do that.’ The Imam  ordered his maid: ‘Spread my futon out for him. Put my sheet on it and place my pillow for him.’ I asked myself, ‘Who has achieved this much honor and rank that I have? God has granted me a rank near Him which He has not granted to anyone else. Ar-Ridha’  sent me his horse to ride, spread his own futon out for me to sleep on with his own sheet and pillow. None of my friends have ever been in such a position.’ I was thinking and Ar-Ridha’  was next to me. Then suddenly Ar-Ridha’  said, ‘O Ahmad! When Zayd ibn Sohan was ill, Ali - the Commander of the Faithful  went to visit him. Zayd considered this to be a source of pride for him and was haughty with the people because of that. Do not do what Zayd did then, and be humble for the sake of God.’ Then the Imam  put his hands on the ground and got up.”