Imam Al-Sadiq

Dawud b. 'Ali al- 'Abbasi was the governor of al- Mansur over Kufa. He sent for al- Ma'alla b.
Khanis, al- Sadiq's servant, and killed him. Also he did evil to the Imam. Al- Sadiq became
angry. So, he invoked Allah against him. People heard him saying: "This hour! This hour!"
Before he had finished his supplication, people heard an outcry in Dawud's house. Then they
said: "Al- Hakam died suddenly!"(284)
One day, a woman came to al- Sadiq and said: "May I be your ransom, my father and mother
and the members of my house support you." Al-Sadiq said: "You are truthful. What do you
want?" The woman said: "May I be your ransom, son of Allah's Apostle (may Allah bless him
and his family), I have leprosy in my upper arm. Invoke Allah to heal me." Al-Sadiq, peace
be on him, said: "Allah, You heal the blind and the leprous and bring life to the decayed
bones. Forgive her and heal her to see the effect of the acceptance of my supplication." The
woman said: "By Allah, I stood up and I had nothing of leprosy."(285)
Hammad b. 'Isa(286) asked al- Sadiq to implore Allah to give him what helps him to perform
the hajj many times and to give him good, productive lands, a good house, a wife from the
good families, and obedient children. He wanted to perform the hajj for fifty times. Al- Sadiq
implored Allah to fulfill Hammad's needs. So, Allah gave him all his needs. Hammad
performed the hajj for fifty times. Then he wanted to perform the hajj for fifty- one times.
When he arrived at al- Jihfa valley, the flood took him a way. Then his servants brought him
out of the water. He was dead.
His Prediction on the Events:
Al- Sadiq, peace be on him, predicted many events. They occurred as he predicted after a
time. For example, he predicted the end of the authority of the Abbasids: Abu Muslim al-
Khurasani came to al- Sadiq and tired to convince him to take the reins of power. He told him
that there were many people ready to support him. Al- Sadiq, peace be on him, said to him:
"What you are talking about shall not be ours. The children of al- Abbas shall play with
authority." So, Abu Muslim went to Abd Allah b. al- Hasan and asked him to take the reins of
authority. Abd Allah gathered the members of his family and took care of the matter. He
summoned Abu Abd Allah (al- Sadiq), peace be on him, to ask his advice. So, al- Sadiq came
and sat between al- Saffah and al- Mansur. When they asked the advice of al- Sadiq, he patted
al- Saffah's shoulder and said: "No, by Allah, this shall be the first to take the reins of
authority." Then, he patted al- Mansur's shoulder and said: "The children of this shall play
with authority." Then, he stood up and left their meeting.(287)
One day Abd Allah b. al- Hasan summoned al- Sadiq to nominate his son Mohammed to the
Caliphate. Al- Sadiq said to Abd Allah: "By Allah, this matter (the caliphate) is not for you
nor for your children. The caliphate is for this (i.e. al- Saffah), then for this (i.e. al- Mansur),