Imam Al-Sadiq

Allah b. al- Hasan as he summoned al- Sadiq, peace be on him.(152)
He (al- Majlisy) also reported on the authority of Abu al- 'Ala' al- Ta'y,(153) a long tradition
in which he has mentioned the coming of al- Sadiq to al-Hira, spreading the news in Kufa, his
sitting to wait for him, his question about the grave of Amir al- Mu'minin, peace be on him,
and the following words of al- Sadiq: "Yes, Shaykh, by Allah, it is true." He (al- Majlisy)
reported on the authority of Safwan that he (Safwan) came to the grave after al- Sadiq, peace
be on him, had told him about it and prayed at it for twenty years.
In his book 'Farhat Al- Ghary', the great Sayyid Abd Al-karim b. Tawus has reported the
above- mentioned visitations and many others. It is not our purpose to tell you about every
visitation which has been reported from him (al- Sadiq). But our purpose is to tell you about
that foolish policy which the Abbasids adopted against Abu Abd Allah, peace be on him, and
the effects of his frequent coming to Iraq. In other words, he was able to reveal the
importance of ahl al Bayt.
Al- Sadiq, peace be on him, brought one or another of his companions with him in each
visitation to show them the grave. Then he brought other than them in the following visitation
to make many people know and visit the grave. So, many of his companions reported these
visitations. Some of them were Safwan al- Jammal, Mohammed b. Muslim al- Thaqafy, Abu
Basir, Abd Allah b. 'Ubayd b. Zayd, Abu al- Faraj al- Sindy, Aban b. Taghlub, Mubarak al-
Khabbazz,(154) Mohammed b. Ma'ruf al- Hilaly,(155) Abu al- 'Ala al- Ta'y, al- Ma'alla b.
Khanis, Zayd b. Talha, 'Amr b. Zayd, Yazid b. 'Amru, Abd Allah b. Talha al- Hindy, Yunus
b. Zabyan, and the like.
Al- Sadiq, peace be on him, gave Safwan al- Jammal some dirhams to rebuild the grave
because a flood had swept it away. From here you know that the grave was apparent even
though ahl al Bayt and their companions visited it secretly to keep it hidden from the
Kharijites and banu Marwan. For this reason, Abu al- 'Ala' asked al- Sadiq whether the grave
was for Amir Al- Mu'minin or not. When al- Sadiq sank to the grave, Safwan asked him:
"Whose grave is this?" This means that the grave was apparent for them. People knew the
grave during the time of al- Sadiq, peace be on him, because they visited it frequently. So,
they did not ask al-Sadiq about the place and the owner of the grave as Mohammed b.
Muslim, Safwan, Yunus b. Zabyan, and the like did. Rather, they asked him about the
manners necessary to visit it.
Among the acts of al- Sadiq, peace be on him, in Iraq is his mihrab (prayer niche). It is to the
east of the mosque near Surah near the grave of Muslim, peace be on him. It is apparent and
known in the mosque because there is no mihrab near it. There are certain prayers and
supplication for it. Al- Sadiq's mihrab was in the mosque of Suhayl (al- Sahla) and it is in the
middle of the mosque. And there are certain prayers and supplication for it. The reason for
that is clear one day, al- Sadiq, peace be on him, was in Kufa. Bashshar al-. Mikary(156)
came to him. He told him that there was a police man taking a woman to prison and hitting
her head while the woman was shouting loudly: "I am calling for the help of Allah and his
Apostle, but no one is helping her." Al- Sadiq asked Bashshar"' Why is he taking her to prison
and hitting her?" Bashshar answered: "I heard people saying: She stumbled and said: May
Allah curse those who oppressed you, Fatima." So, the police man behaved in such a manner.