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CHAPTER XV
IMAM AL-RIDA AND REGENCY 841
AL-MA'MU`N'S MOTIVES 842
Al-Fadl's Letter to the Ima`m 844
The Attitude of the Ima`m 846
Al-Ma'mu`n sends Messengers to the 846
Ima`m 846
The Imam says Farewell to the Grave 847
of the Prophet 847
The Ima`m orders his family to weep 848
over him 848
The Ima`m appoints his Son al-Jawa`d 848
To the Sacred House of Allah 848
To Khurasa`n 849
In Nisa`bu`r 850
Al-Hadith al-Dhahabi 851
To Tu`s 852
Al-Ma'mu`n receives the Ima`m 854
Al-Ma'mu`n asks the Ima`m to undertake the Caliphate 854
Al-Ma'mu`n's claimed Justifications 855
His false Justifications 856
Al-Ma'mu`n asks the Ima`m to 857
undertake Regency 857
Al-Ma'mu`n forces the Ima`m 857
The Conditions of the Ima`m 858
The Textual Document of Regency 858
The Contents of the Document of 866
Regency 866
The Contents of what the Ima`m has 867
written 867
The Contents of al-Fadl's writing 869
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Ima`m 869
The Way of the Pledge of Allegiance 869
The Ima`m predicts that this Matter will not be achieved 870
Al-Ma'mu`n delivers a Speech 870
Ima`m al-Rida` delivers a Speech 871
Al-'Abba`s delivers a Speech 871
Persons abstain from pledging 872
Allegiance to the Ima`m 872
Al-Ma'mu`n orders them to be executed 872
Important Decrees 873
The Ima`m marries al-Ma'mu`n's 876
Daughter 876
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Ima`m 876
in all Cities 876
1. Medina (Yathrib) 876
2. Egypt 877
3. Mecca 877
4. Ku`fa 878
Persons criticize the Ima`m 879
1. Mohammed Bin 'Arafa 879
2. A Man 880
3. Al-Rayya`n Bin al-Salt 880
4. A Kha`rijite 881
The Indignant with al-Ma'mu`n 882
Deposing al-Ma'mu`n 882
The Pledge of Allegiance to Ibra`him Bin Shakkla 882
Al-Ma'mu`n's Letter to the 'Abba`sids 884

CHAPTER XVI
THE AFFAIRS OF THE IMAM 899
IN KHURASAN 899
POETS VISIT THE IMA`M 899
The Ima`m awards a Prize to Di'bil 901
The Ima`m awards a Prize to Ibra`him 902
The Immortal Poem of Di'bil 902
The Text of the Poem 903
The Ima`m spends all what he has 916
THE IMA`M'S SERMON ON ALLAH'S ONENESS 916
The Sermon which the Ima`m has 921
written to al-Ma'mu`n 921
AL-MA'MU`N ASKS THE IMA`M FOR GOOD 923
POETRY 923
THE IMA`M'S LETTER TO HIS SON AL-JAWA`D 924
THE LETTER OF PRAISE AND CONDITION 925
Al-Ma'mu`n's Signature 932
Ima`m al-Rida`'s Signature 933
WITH HIS BROTHER ZAYD 934
WITH HIS SISTER FA`TIMA 935
THE 'ID PRAYER 936
THE IMA`M'S SUPPLICATION IN ASKING FOR WATER 938
The Ima`m's Supplication 939
The Ima`m's Sermon 940
Admonition and Warning 941
AL-MA'MU`N FEARS THE IMA`M 943
Important Decisions 943
THE IMA`M DOES NOT PRAISE AL-MA'MU`N 946
THE IMA`M REFUSES TO APPOINT GOVERNORS 948
The Ima`m predicts that he will not 948
enter Baghdad 948
THE IMA`M AND AL-FADL BIN SAHL 949
A false Suggestion for assassinating 950
al- Ma'mu`n 950
His informing against the Ima`m 951
His Opposing the Ima`m 951
EPILOG 955
THE IMA`M GIVES SINCERE ADVICE TO 956
AL-MA'MU`N 956
AL-MA'MU`N DECIDES TO RERUN TO BAGHDAD 957
THE PUBLIC BATH-HOUSE OF SARKHAS 957
Al-Fadl is struck down 958
The Ima`m is assassinated 959
Irregular Statements 959
1. His Natural Death 959
2. The 'Abba`sids assassinate the Ima`m 959
3. His Death of Poison 960
TO THE SHELTER GARDEN 960
Al-Ma'mu`n's pretense 964
Concealing the Death of the Ima`m 965
The Body of the Ima`m is escorted 965
At his Final Resting Place 965
Al-Ma'mu`n stays at the Grave of the Ima`m 966
Al-Ma'mu`n and Herthama 966
THE AGE OF THE IMA`M 967
POETS LAMENT FOR THE IMA`M 968
1. Ashja' Bin 'Amru` al-Salami 968
2. Di'bil al-Khaza`'i 970
3. Ibn al-Mushayya' al-Medeni 973
4. Al-Khawa`fi 973
5. Al-Dabi 974
THE EXCELLENCE OF THE VISITATION TO THE IMA`M'S HOLY SHRINE 978

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