Imam Al-Sadiq

Al- Sadiq stopped eating- some dates called Tabarzad (i.e. very good, sweet dates) that were
before him. He continued weeping till his handkerchief, his beard, and his chest became wet
due to the tears. Immediately, al- Sadiq and Bashshar went to al- Sahla mosque. There he
performed two ruk'as and recited a supplication.(157)
When he had gone out of the mosque, a man came and told him that the woman had been
released. So, he (al-Sadiq) became happy and sent the woman a gift while she had refused to
take anything from the governor who gave her two hundred dirham, though she was in need
of them.(158) Men always go to the mosque and the mihrab, they recite that supplication to
seek their needs.
There is a mihrab on the bank of al- Husayniya river in Karbala. The mihrab is attributed to
al- Sadiq. Maybe, he prayed in this place on the day when he visited al- Husayn, peace be on
him. In his long tradition which we have mentioned earlier, al- Husayn b. Abu Al- 'Ala' al-
Ta'y has mentioned the visitations of al- Sadiq to Imam Husayn, peace be on him. In his book
'Farhat al- Ghary', b. Tawus has mentioned his visitations. In his book 'Mazar Al- Bihar', al-
Majlisy has mentioned them. Also they have been mentioned in this tradition: "May my father
and mother be ransom for is this. grave from which you have come for you, is this grave al-
Husayn's?" He (al- Sadiq) said: "Yes, by Allah, Shaykh, it is true."
To the north of the western bridge, today known as the ancient bridge, over the river Tigris, at
the western side of Baghdad, there is a place which the people there call the School of Imam
Sadiq (Madrasat al- Imam al-Sadiq). Today, there is no apparent monument of it. Maybe, he
(al- Sadiq) availed people in it when he came to Baghdad during the time of al-Mansur.
In his book, 'Tarikh', al- Khatib has not mentioned al- Sadiq, peace be on him, with those who
came to Baghdad while he has mentioned his son al- Kazim and his grandson al- Jawad,
peace be on them.
What we have mentioned above is enough evidence for the effects of al-Sadiq in Iraq when
al- Saffah and al- Mansur sent for him. So, he increased the importance of ahl al Bayt. And
the stick glows with burning.
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