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The Imam in prison

Abu al-Hasan Musa b. Jafar, for about ten years, performed a single prostration from sunrise until noon.

Hawzah News Agency Thawbani narrated:

كانَت لأبي الحَسَنِ موسَى بنِ‏جَعفَرٍ عليهما السلام بِضعَ عَشَرةَ سِنَةٍ كُلَّ يَومٍ سَجدَةٌ بَعدَ ابيضاضِ الشَّمسِ إلى وَقتِ الزَّوالِ قالَ: فَكانَ هارونُ رُبَّما صَعَدَ سَطحاً يُشرِفُ مِنهُ عَلى الحَبسِ الَّذي حَبَسَ فيهِ أبا الحَسَنِ عليه السلام فَكانَ يَرى أبا الحَسَنِ عليه السلام ساجِداً فَقالَ للرَّبيعِ: ما ذاكَ الثَّوبُ الَّذي أراهُ كُلَّ يَومٍ في ذلك المَوضِعِ؟ قالَ: يا أميرَالمُؤمِنينَ ما ذاك بِثَوبٍ وإنّما هُوَ موسَى بنُ جَعفَرٍ عليهما السلام لَهُ كُلُّ يَومٍ سَجدَةٌ بَعدَ طُلوعِ الشَّمسِ إلى وَقتِ الزَّوالِ، قالَ الرَّبيعُ: فَقالَ لي هارونُ: أما إنَّ هذا من رُهبانِ بَني هاشِمٍ، قُلتُ: فَما لَكَ فَقَد ضَيَّقتَ عَليهِ في الحَبسِ؟! قالَ: هَيهاتَ لابُدَّ مِن ذلك.

'Abu al-Hasan Musa b. Jafar, for about ten years, performed a single prostration from sunrise until noon. [He continued], 'Harun would sometimes climb onto a roof that overlooked the prison cell wherein he had imprisoned Abu al-Hasan. He would see Abu al-Hasan (AS) in prostration. He asked al-Rabi, 'What is that cloth I see on that spot every day?

' He said, 'O commander of the faithful! That is not a cloth but Musa b. Jafar (AS). He performs a prostration every day from sunrise until noon.' Harun said, 'He is indeed one of the holy men from the Bani Hashim.' I asked, 'Then why have you confined him to captivity?' He said, 'Alas! That is how it must be.'

Source: Uyun Akhbar al-Rida (AS), v. 1, p. 95

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