Ibne Abi Umair has narrated from one of our tradition scholars that he said: Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a) said:
When I escaped from the mischief of Mansur and arrived at Rabadha, one man asked: Mansur wanted to cause harm to you; how did you remain safe from his mischief?
I said: I had recited the following supplication:
“O Allah, you keep me secure from everything and nothing can save one from You. Please keep me secure from his mischief with anything You like, any how You like, in any way You like and whenever You like.”
Mukhrama Kindi says: Mansur Dawaniqi came to Rabadha when Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a) was also present there. Mansur asked, “Who can save me from Ja’far bin Muhammad? By God, I would indeed eliminate him!”
So, Mansur summoned the Imam and when he arrived he said,
“O King, please be kind to me. I will leave you soon.”
Mansur said, “Please go back.” When the Imam went away he said to Isa bin Ali, “Go and ask him whether I would die first or he?”
When Isa bin Ali approached him and posed the question, the Imam said,
“I would die before Mansur.”
Imam Musa Kazim (a) said:
When Mansur Dawaniqi sent for Abu Abdullah (a), intending to kill him, the governor of Medina took him to the caliph. Abul Dawaniq wanted him to be quick and, in his eagerness to kill him, found him slow to arrive. ‘When he came before him, he laughed and greeted him and made him sit by his side. He said:
“O son of the Messenger of Allah, by Allah, I sent for you determined to kill you, but I looked at you and conceived a great affection for you. By Allah, I have not found anyone from my family more beloved than you, nor one more likeable. But, O Abu Abdullah, what is this I hear about you disparaging us and speaking badly of us?”
He replied: “O chief of believers, I have never spoken badly of you.” He smiled and said: “By Allah, you are truer, in my view, than all those who slander you concerning this. My seat is before you, and my ring. So be cheerful, and do not be afraid of me in your affairs, great and small, for I will not hold you back from anything.”
‘Then he commanded him to leave and gave him presents and gifts, but he [Abu Abdullah] refused to accept anything and said: “O chief of believers, I have wealth and sufficiency and much good. But if you are going to free me, you must [do the same] for those of my family who are left behind; remove from them the sentence of death.”
He replied: “I have accepted that, O Abu Abdullah, and I have given orders for 100,000 dirhams [for you], so distribute it among them.” He [Abu Abdullah] said: “You have made close the ties of kinship, O chief of believers.”
When he left his presence, there walked before him the elders and the youth of the Quraish from every tribe. With him was Ayn Abul Dawaniq, who said: “O son of the Messenger of Allah, you gave a look of healing when you came into the presence of the chief of believers, and he did not reproach you for anything except that your lips were moving with something, so what was that?” He replied: “When I looked at him, I said:
‘O He Who is not wronged and is Eternal, and with Him is the making close of the ties of kinship, bless Muhammad and his family and protect me from his evil by Your Power and Your Might.’
By Allah, I did not add anything to what you heard.”
Ayn returned to Abul Dawaniq and informed him of his account. He said: “By Allah, he had not completed what he said when what was in my heart of evil wickedness was removed.”
Tibbul Aimma, Pg. 115, Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s. ) - Vol. 3,Pg.36
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