Day 7

The lesson

1. Summoned to Iraq under al-Saffah and al-Mansur, he visited Karbala, Najaf, Kufa and al-Hira, and his prayer niches in the Mosque of Kufa and Masjid al-Sahla are remembered (al-Imam al-Sadiq of al-Muzaffar). He visited the grave of Imam Ali, until then hidden, and showed it to companions: Yazid ibn Amr ibn Talha (al-Kafi 4:571) and Yunus ibn Zabyan (Tahdhib al-Ahkam 6:35).
2. He opposed the Ghulat, who called the Imams gods or prophets, and declared them unbelievers and polytheists. He said of them: Do not socialize with them; do not eat, drink, or shake hands with them (Rijal al-Kashshi). And: Be careful lest the Ghulat corrupt your youth. They are the worst enemies of God (al-Amali of al-Tusi).
3. He would carry bread, meat and money to the houses of the poor by night without telling them who he was (al-Kafi 4:8). Once he gave a beggar four hundred dirhams, and when the man thanked him, gave him his ring as well, worth ten thousand dirhams (Bihar al-Anwar).

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