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that of the Messenger of Allah—peace and blessings be upon him—for his wives and daughters. It has also been narrated that Alī gave Fātima his armor as her dowry. In any event, none of this establishes the virtue of any one of the rulers (1), much less his imamate, although they possess (2) established virtues independently of this (3).
[The Rāfidī’s Remarks Concerning Alī al-Hādī, Son of Muhammad ibn Alī al-Jawād]
Chapter (4)
The Rāfidī said (5): “His son was Alī al-Hādī (6), also called al-Askarī, because al-Mutawakkil had him brought from Medina to Baghdad, and then from there to Surr Man Ra’ā. He stayed at a place nearby (7) called al-Askar, then moved to Surr Man Ra’ā, where he remained for twenty years and nine months. The only reason
(1) N and M read: “In this is something indicating the virtue of one of the matter [sic]”; A and W read: “In this is something indicating the virtue of one of the two matters”; S reads: “In this is something indicating the virtue of one of the rulers”; B reads: “In one of the two matters is something indicating his virtue.”
(2) A, B, N, and M read: “he possesses.”
(3) A, B, N, and M read: “these [virtues].”
(4) H, R, and S read: “Chapter Eleven.”
(5) The following passage appears in K, p. 104 (M), 106 (M).
(6) K reads: “His son was al-Hādī—peace be upon him.” He was Abū al-Hasan Alī ibn Muhammad ibn Alī, known as al-Hādī, the tenth imam according to the Rāfida. He was born in Medina in 214 AH. Al-Mutawakkil summoned him to Baghdad and settled him in Sāmarrā, where he died in 254 AH. See his biography in *Tārīkh Baghdād*, 12/56–57; *Shadharāt al-Dhahab*, 2/128–129; *al-Ibar*, 2/6; and *al-Alām*, 5/140.
(7) A and B read: “within it.”
صَدَاقِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - لِنِسَائِهِ وَبَنَاتِهِ. وَقَدْ رُوِيَ أَنَّ عَلِيًّا أَصْدَقَ فَاطِمَةَ دِرْعَهُ. وَبِكُلِّ حَالٍ فَلَيْسَ فِي هَذَا مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى فَضِيلَةِ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْأُمَرَاءِ
(١)
فَضْلًا عَنْ إِمَامَتِهِ، وَإِنْ كَانَتْ لَهُمْ
(٢)
فَضَائِلُ ثَابِتَةٌ بِدُونِ هَذَا
(٣)
.
[كلام الرافضي على علي الهادي ولد محمد بن علي الجواد]
فَصْلٌ
(٤)
.
قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ
(٥)
: " وَكَانَ وَلَدُهُ عَلِيٌّ الْهَادِي
(٦)
،
وَيُقَالُ لَهُ:
الْعَسْكَرِيُّ، لِأَنَّ الْمُتَوَكِّلَ أَشْخَصَهُ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ إِلَى بَغْدَادَ، ثُمَّ مِنْهَا إِلَى سُرَّ مَنْ رَأَى، فَأَقَامَ بِمَوْضِعٍ عِنْدَهَا
(٧)
يُقَالُ لَهُ: الْعَسْكَرُ، ثُمَّ انْتَقَلَ إِلَى سُرَّ مَنْ رَأَى فَأَقَامَ بِهَا عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً وَتِسْعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ، وَإِنَّمَا
(١) ن، م: فِي هَذَا مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى فَضِيلَةِ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْأَمْرِ، أ، و: فِي هَذَا مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى فَضِيلَةِ وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْأَمْرَيْنِ، ص: فِي هَذَا مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى فَضِيلَةِ وَاحِدَةٍ مِنَ الْأُمَرَاءِ، ب: فِي وَاحِدٍ مِنَ الْأَمْرَيْنِ مَا يَدُلُّ عَلَى فَضْلِهِ. .
(٢) أ، ب، ن، م: لَهُ.
(٣) أ، ب، ن، م: هَذِهِ.
(٤) هـ، ر، ص: الْفَصْلُ الْحَادِيَ عَشَرَ.
(٥) الْكَلَامُ التَّالِي فِي (ك) ص ١٠٤ (م) ١٠٦ (م) .
(٦) ك: وَكَانَ وَلَدُهُ الْهَادِي - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ -. وَهُوَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ، الْمُلَقَّبُ بِالْهَادِي، الْإِمَامُ الْعَاشِرُ عِنْدَ الرَّافِضَةِ، وُلِدَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ سَنَةَ: ٢١٤ وَاسْتَقْدَمَهُ الْمُتَوَكِّلُ إِلَى بَغْدَادَ وَأَنْزَلَهُ فِي سَامَرَّاءَ حَيْثُ تُوُفِّيَ بِهَا سَنَةَ: ٢٥٤. انْظُرْ تَرْجَمَتَهُ فِي: تَارِيخِ بَغْدَادَ ١٢/٥٦٥٧، شَذَرَاتِ الذَّهَبِ ٢/١٢٨١٢٩، الْعِبَرِ ٢/٦، الْأَعْلَامِ ٥/١٤٠.
(٧) أ، ب: مِنْهَا.