Imam Al-Sadiq

Some people accused him of disagreement with his father on some beliefs. They said that he
associated the Hashawiya and inclined to the doctrine of the Murajea. So, his father al- Sadiq
did not take care of him as he did with his other sons.(541)
His father al- Sadiq admonished him, blamed him and preached him, but his admonishment,
his blame, and his preachment were all in vain. One day, al- Sadiq said to him: "What has
prevented you from becoming like your brother. By Allah I see the light on his face." Abd
Allah said: "Why? Is not my father and his father one? Is not my mother and his mother one?"
Al- Sadiq, peace be on him, said to him: "He is of my self and you are my son."(542)
I think that al- Sadiq, peace be on him, meant Isma'il not Musa, for Isma'il and Abd Allah
belonged to the same parents. For this reason, Abd Allah answered him: "Isn't my father and
his father one? Isn't my mother and his mother one?"
This tradition is enough to show us that Isma'il had an outstanding merit and lofty position
with Allah and his father and that Abd Allah had ignorance and low position with Allah and
his father.
Abd Allah claimed that he was the Imam after his father, for he was the oldest of his brothers.
Al- Sadiq had told his son al- Kazim, peace be on him, that Abd Allah would claim the
Imamate after him. So, he had ordered him not to dispute with Abd Allah. All these things
took place as al- Sadiq predicted."(543)
When Abd Allah claimed the Imamate, a group of the followers of al-Sadiq, peace be on him,
followed him. Most of them refused him and believed in the Imamate of Musa al- Kazim,
peace be on him, when they knew that he had a weak proof for his Imamate while Abu al-
Hasan, peace be on him, had a strong proof for it.(544)
Husham b. Salim and Mu'min al- Taq came to Abd Allah to ask him about the rate of Zakat
while there were some people gathering around him.
They asked: "What is the rate of Zakat?" He answered: "five per two hundred (Dirahms)."
They asked: "What about one hundred (Dirahms)?" he answered: "Two and a half Dirahms."
They said to him: "By Allah, this is what the Murjea says." Abd Allah raised his hands
towards the sky and said: "No, by Allah, I do not know what the Murjea says." So, they knew
that he had no knowledge of Zakat. They left him while they were bewildered. They did not
know were to go. Thus they sat at a lane of Medina, wept, and said: "We do not know where
to go. Shall we go to the Murjea, to the Qadariya (the Fatalists), to the Zaydis, to the
Mu'tazylis, or to the Kharijites?" While they were raising such questions, Husam saw an old
man whom he did not know. The old man beckoned Husham to follow him. But Husham was
afraid of him because he thought that the old man might be among the spies whom al- Mansur