Imam Al-Sadiq

Allah saved him from their evil plan.
'Ali b. Yaqtin died in Baghdad in the year 182 (A.H.). The crown prince Mohammed al-
Amin b. al- Rashid prayed over him. His father Yaqtin died after him in the year 185 (A.H.),
the mercy of Allah be on them.
Ammar al- Dihny:
Abu Mu'awiya Ammar b. Khabab al- Bajly al- Dihny al- Kufi, Dihn is a part from Bajila, was
a reliable companion of al- Sadiq, peace be on him. His family was among the famous Shi'te
families in Kufa then. It was said that his father was called Mu'awiya, too.
It was said to al- Sadiq, peace be on him: "Today, Ammar al- Dihny witnessed before b. Abu
Layla(578) the judge of Kufa. The judge said to him: "Ammar, stand up. We know you. We
do not accept your witness because you are apostate (rafidi). 'Ammar stood up while he was
shaking all over and weeping. So, b. Abu Layla said to him: "You are a man, you are among
the people of knowledge and tradition. If the word apostate, (rafidi) hurts you, then disown
yourself of apostasy (rafd). Then you will be one of our brothers." 'Ammar said to him: "By
Allah, I am not weeping over what you are saying. However, I am weeping over you and over
my self. I am weeping over myself because you have attributed me to a noble rank of which I
am not worthy. You have claimed that I am an apostate (rafidi).
Woe upon you! Al- Sadiq, peace be on him told me that pharaoh was the first to use the word
'rafida' (apostates) for those magicians who apostatized the religion of pharaoh and obeyed
Moses' orders. Then the rafidi (apostate) is he who renounces what Allah hates and does what
Allah orders. Is there such a person in our present time? I am weeping over myself because I
am afraid that Allah may set a seal upon my heart while I had accept this noble name (i.e.
rafidi) before. So, my Lord will admonish me and say: "Ammar you renounced the false and
did the obligations as He said to you." Then that will decreases my degree when He forgives
me and causes a severe punishment because he discussed with me, except when the Imams
guard (me) against that with their intercession. And as for my weeping over you was because
you told a great lie when you called me with a name other than my name and because I felt
compassion for you because of the punishment of Allah, the Exalted, when I renounce the
holy names and follow the low ones. Then how will you be patient towards the torture of your
world?" So, al- Sadiq, peace be on him, said: "If 'Ammar had sins greater than the skies and
the earth, Allah would forgive him his sins for these words, and He would increase his
rewards for them."
These words, as you see, indicate his firm beliefs. Also they show that emotions did not turn
him away from his thought. He had a book (a group of traditions). A group of the reliable
narrators reported the book. Also a group of the Sunni great figures reported traditions on his