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your adversary on the Day of Resurrection.’

Yahyā replied:

“By Allah, I have learned (1) nothing but good about him.”

He continued:

“When I entered al-Mutawakkil’s presence, I told him of Alī’s upright conduct, scrupulous piety, and asceticism, so al-Mutawakkil treated him with honor. Al-Mutawakkil then fell ill and vowed that, if he recovered, he would give a large sum of dirhams in charity. He asked the jurists [about this] (2), but found no answer among them. He therefore sent for Alī al-Hādī (3) and asked him (4). Alī said, ‘Give eighty-three dirhams in charity.’ Al-Mutawakkil asked him why, and he replied:

“Because Allah Most High says, ‘Allah has certainly granted you victory on many battlefields’ [Sūrat al-Tawbah: 25]. Those battlefields amounted to this total (5), for the Prophet—peace and blessings be upon him—took part in twenty-seven military campaigns (6) and dispatched fifty-six expeditions.”

Al-Masūdī (7) said: A report was conveyed (8) to al-Mutawakkil against Alī ibn Muhammad (9), alleging that his house contained weapons sent by his followers from Qum and that he intended to seize power (10). He therefore sent to him a group of

(1) K reads: “I did not learn…” (2) “About this” is absent only from N. (3) K and W read: “al-Hādī—peace be upon him.” (4) “And asked him” is absent from K. (5) N alone reads: “And these battlefields constituted the total.” (6) A and B read: “a military campaign.” (7) Al-Masūdī, Murūj al-Dhahab wa Ma'ādin al-Jawhar (Meadows of Gold and Mines of Gems), 4/9394, edited by Shaykh Muhammad Muhyī al-Dīn Abd al-Hamīd—may Allah have mercy on him—3rd ed., 1377/1958. (8) A and B read: “And a report was conveyed”; Murūj al-Dhahab reads: “A denunciation was made.” (9) K reads: “against Alī ibn Muhammad—peace be upon him.” (10) K reads: “intent on attaining sovereignty.”

خَصْمَكَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ يَحْيَى: وَاللَّهِ مَا وَقَعْتُ (١) مِنْهُ إِلَّا عَلَى خَيْرٍ، قَالَ: فَلَمَّا دَخَلْتُ عَلَى الْمُتَوَكِّلِ أَخْبَرْتُهُ بِحُسْنِ سِيرَتِهِ وَوَرَعِهِ وَزُهْدِهِ، فَأَكْرَمَهُ الْمُتَوَكِّلُ، ثُمَّ مَرِضَ الْمُتَوَكِّلُ فَنَذَرَ إِنْ عُوفِيَ تَصَدَّقَ بِدَرَاهِمَ كَثِيرَةٍ، فَسَأَلَ الْفُقَهَاءَ [عَنْ ذَلِكَ] (٢) فَلَمْ يَجِدْ عِنْدَهُمْ جَوَابًا، فَبَعَثَ إِلَى عَلِيٍّ الْهَادِي (٣) ، فَسَأَلَهُ (٤) فَقَالَ: تَصَدَّقْ بِثَلَاثَةٍ وَثَمَانِينَ دِرْهَمًا، فَسَأَلَهُ الْمُتَوَكِّلُ عَنِ السَّبَبِ، فَقَالَ: لِقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ اللَّهُ فِي مَوَاطِنَ كَثِيرَةٍ} [سُورَةُ التَّوْبَةِ: ٢٥] ، وَكَانَتِ الْمَوَاطِنُ هَذِهِ الْجُمْلَةَ (٥) ، فَإِنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - غَزَا سَبْعًا وَعِشْرِينَ غَزَاةً (٦) وَبَعَثَ سِتًّا وَخَمْسِينَ سَرِيَّةً. قَالَ الْمَسْعُودِيُّ (٧) : نُمِيَ (٨) إِلَى الْمُتَوَكِّلِ بِعَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ (٩) أَنَّ فِي مَنْزِلِهِ سِلَاحًا مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ قُمَّ، وَأَنَّهُ عَازِمٌ عَلَى الْمُلْكِ (١٠) ، فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهِ جَمَاعَةً مِنَ

(١) ك: مَا وَقَفْتُ. . (٢) عَنْ ذَلِكَ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) فَقَطْ. (٣) ك، و: الْهَادِي - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ -. (٤) فَسَأَلَهُ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ك) . (٥) ن (فَقَطْ) : وَكَانَتْ هَذِهِ الْمَوَاطِنُ الْجُمْلَةَ. (٦) أ، ب: غَزْوَةً. (٧) فِي كِتَابِهِ " مُرُوجِ الذَّهَبِ وَمَعَادِنِ الْجَوْهَرِ " ٤/٩٣٩٤، تَحْقِيقِ الشَّيْخِ مُحَمَّد مُحْيِي الدِّين عَبْد الْحَمِيد رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ، الطَّبْعَةِ الثَّالِثَةِ، ١٣٧٧/١٩٥٨. (٨) أ، ب: وَنُمِيَ، وَفِي " مُرُوجِ الذَّهَبِ ": سُعِيَ. (٩) ك: بِعَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ - عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ -. (١٠) ك: إِلَى الْمُلْكِ.