The birth of abu al-Hassan al-Rida  عليه السلام — report 2

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2ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَمَّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ صَفْوَانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى قَالَ لَمَّا مَضَى أَبُو إِبْرَاهِيمَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) وَتَكَلَّمَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) خِفْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّكَ قَدْ أَظْهَرْتَ أَمْراً عَظِيماً وَإِنَّا نَخَافُ عَلَيْكَ هَذِهِ الطَّاغِيَةَ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِيَجْهَدْ جَهْدَهُ فَلا سَبِيلَ لَهُ عَلَيَّ.

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from those he mentioned from Safwan ibnyh who has said the following. “when abu Ibrahim عليه السلام passed away abu al-Hassan (al-Rida) عليه السلام spoke (about his Imamat) and we became afraid for him because of it. It was said to him, “You have declared a very great issue and we are afraid for you from this rebel.” The Imam عليه السلام said, “Let him strive his best but he will find way against me.”

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Al-Kafi, vol. 1, book 4, chapter 121, report 2

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/1/4/121/2. Al-Kafi by al-Kulayni. English translation attributed by the digital catalogue to Muhammad Sarwar. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. No endorsement implied.