Yasir has said:
When Mamun left Khorasan for Baghdad along with him came Fadhl, Dhu Riasatayn and we came out with Abul Hasan (a). Ibne Sahl had received a letter from his brother, Hasan while we were on our journey. Hasan had said in the letter, “I studied the Zodiac changes this year according to astrological calculations and found in so and so month on a Wednesday you will feel the test of iron and fire. I urged you to go to a Turkish bath with Mamun and Imam Reza (a) and perform phlebotomies and stain your hands with blood which, will help remove this misfortune from you.
Ibne Sahl wrote about it to Mamun requesting him to request His Holiness Imam Ali Ibne Musa Reza (a) to also join them on the appointed day. Mamun informed the Holy Imam of the contents of that letter and demanded the consent of His Holiness.
In reply to the caliph’s letter Imam Reza (a) wrote, “I will not go to the Turkish bath tomorrow. You and Fadhl also must not go there tomorrow.”
He sent that letter to the Imam (a) twice. Abul Hasan (a) wrote to him, “O chief of believers, I will not go to the Turkish bath. I have seen in a dream the Holy Prophet (a) enjoining me not to go to that Turkish bath. You and Fadhl also must not go to the Turkish bath.”
Mamun replied the letter saying, “You have spoken the truth and so has the Messenger of Allah. I will not go to the Turkish bath tomorrow and Fadhl knows best.”
The narrator has said that Yasir said, “When night fell, Imam Reza (a) told us to say, “We seek refuge in Allah against the misfortune in this night.”
We continued saying the expression. When Reza (a) prayed the Morning Prayer he asked me to climb at the roof and to listen if there is anything.
When I climbed I heard a great deal of commotion and crying and it was increasing. We saw Mamun enter from the door that opened to his quarter from the quarter of Abul Hasan (a) and he said,
“My master, Abul Hasan, may Allah grant you good reward for the death of Fadhl. He refused to cancel his decision for the bath and he went to the Turkish bath. A group of people attacked him with swords and killed him.
Three of the attackers were arrested and one of them was the son of his maternal uncle, the son of Dhul Qalamayn. He then said that the police and the guides and the people of Fadhl present at the door of Mamun said, “He has murdered him.” They killed him. They meant Mamun thereby.” “We revenge him.” They set the door on fire.”
Mamun said to Abul Hasan (a), “My master, please come out to them to calm them down and ask them to disperse.”
The narrator said that Yasir said, “Abul Hasan (a) rode and asked me to ride also. When we were out of the door of the house he looked at the people who were crowded. He made hand gestures to ask them to disperse.”
Yasir said, “People began to fall one on the other and to whoever, that he would make a hand gesture he would run and pass by.”
Uyunul Akhbaar Reza, Vol. 2, Pg. 159; Al-Kafi, Vol. 1, Pg. 490. Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 3.pg.336.
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