Ali Bin Yaqtin was one the close\nfriends of Harun al-Rashid on the surface, but deep down, he was a follower of\nImam Musa al-Kadhim (PBUH). He was in continuous private communication with\nImam Kadhim (PBUH); he always sent a fifth of any income he had to Medina, for\nImam Kadhim (PBUH).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One day Harun al-Rashid gave Ali Bin\nYaqtin a number of ornamental outfits among which there was a golden top (vest)\nwhich was made with real gold; the top was an exclusive type which belonged to\ncaliphs and normal people couldn\u2019t get their hands on such piece of outfit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ali sent the top with a number of\nother gifts to Medina for Imam Kadhim (PBUH). Imam (PBUH) accepted all gifts\nbut returned the golden top and wrote back: \u201cTake good care of this top as it\nwill have a unique position and story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a while one of Ali\u2019s servants\nwhen to Harun and told him: \u201cAli Bin Yaqtin is a follower of Imam Kadhim (PBUH)\nand he pays a fifth of his income to Imam annually, from which the golden vest\nthat you had generously offered him was also sent to Imam Kadhim (PBUH).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harun said: \u201cIf Ali has sent the top,\nthen that would make him a follower of Musa Bin Ja\u2019far (PBUH).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thus, he immediately called for Ali\nBin Yaqtin and asked him: \u201cWhat did you do with the top I gave you?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ali replied: \u201cI put musk on it and\nplaced it in a box; every morning I open the box and place the top on my eyes\nand head and then put it back in the box.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harun said: \u201cBring it here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Harun ordered his servants to bring\nthe box from Ali’s home. When Harun opened the box he found the top honorably\nplaced in the box. Harun cheered and admired Ali.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And this is how Imam Kadhim\u2019s (PBUH)\nmunificence and kindness was revealed for Ali Bin Yaqtin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The narration also shows that how Imam\n(PBUH) was always aware of his follower\u2018s situation and how he cared and\nsupported them in difficulties\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Kashf\nal-Ghummah, by Ali ibn ‘Isa Irbili, with some summarization and addition)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Roshd Website\ncongratulates all Muslims, especially you dear friend on the 7th of Safar, the\nbirth anniversary of the seventh divine chosen leader, the successor of the\nrighteous, the leader of the selected servants, and the holder of the light of\nknowledge, Imam Musa ibn Ja\u2019far al-Kadhim (PBUH).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ali Bin Yaqtin was one the close friends of Harun al-Rashid on the surface, but deep down, he was a follower of Imam Musa al-Kadhim (PBUH). He was in continuous private communication with Imam Kadhim (PBUH); he always sent a fifth of any income he had to Medina, for Imam Kadhim (PBUH). One day Harun […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28248],"tags":[21962,21964,21824,21961,18855,21965,18418,21963],"class_list":["post-4466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-occasional-letters","tag-2013-12-10","tag-gold","tag-imam-musa-ibn-jafar","tag-imam-watching-his-followers","tag-medina","tag-number","tag-occasion-letters","tag-private"],"yoast_head":"\n