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The Source of Traditions on Imam al-Riḍā (Vol 2) · Hadith 552 (#Ḥadīth #1)

Chapter 35 | On An Elegy Recited About Ar-Ridha

1 - حَدَّثَنا تميم بن عَبدُ اللَّه بن تميم القرشي رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُقالَ حَدَّثَنا أبي عَن أَحمَد بن عَلِيٍّ الأنصاري قالَ قالَ ابن المشيع المدني يَرْثِي الرِّضَا صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ وَسَلامُهُ عَلَيْهِ:يَا بُقْعَةً مَاتَ بِهَا سَيِّدِيمَاتَ الْهُدَى مِنْ بَعْدِهِ وَالنَّدَىلا زَالَ غَيْثُ اللهِ يَا قَبرَهُكَانَ لَنَا غَيْثاً بِهِ نَرْتَوِيإنَّ عَلِيَّ بْنَ مُوسَى الرِّضَايَا عَيْنُ فَابْكِي بِدَمٍ بَعْدَهُمَا مِثْلُهُ فِي النَّاسِ مِنْ سَيِّدِوَشَمَّرَ الْمَوْتُ بِهِ يَقْتَدِيعَلَيْكَ مِنْهُ رَائِحاً مُغْتَديوَكَانَ كَالنَّجْمِ بِهِ نَهْتَدِيقَدْ حَلَّ وَالسُّؤْدَدُ فِي مَلْحَدِعَلَى انْقِرَاضِ الْمَجْدِ وَالسُّؤْدَدِوَلِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْخَوَافِي يَرْثِي الرِّضَا عَلَيْهِ أَفْضَلُ الصَّلَوَاتِ وَأَكْمَلُ التَّحِيَّاتِ:يَا أَرْضَ طُوسٍ سَقَاكَ اللهُ رَحْمَتَهُطَابَتْ بِقَاعُكِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَطَيَّبَهَامَاذَا حَوِيتِ مِنَ الْخَيْرَاتِ يَا طُوسُشَخْصٌ ثَوَى بِسَنابَادٍ مَرَمّوسُشَخْصٌ عَزِيزٌ عَلَى الإسْلامِ مَصْرَعُهُيَا قَبْرَهُ أَنْتَ قَبْرٌ قَدْ تَضَمَّنَهُفَخْراً فَإنَّكَ مَغْبُوطٌ بَجُثَّتِهَفِي رَحْمَةِ اللهِ مَغْمُورٌ وَمَغْمُوسُحِلْمٌ وَعِلْمٌ وَتَطْهِيرٌ وَتَقْدِيسُوَبِالمَلائِكَةِ الأَبْرَارِ مَحْرُوسُ

65-1 Tamim ibn Abdullah ibn Tamim al-Qurashi - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his father quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Ali al-Moshaya al-Madani who eulogized Ar-Ridha’ in the following elegy:O the shrine of the Master!No one else existed like the MasterGuidance perished after himAnd death followed it.O his shrine! May not God’s blessings upon you ever endEvery evening and every dawn, like a breeze;To us he was like a rain full of mercy;From which we were nourished.To us he was like a bright star;With whose light we could find our way.Then indeed sunk Ali ibn Musa Ar-Ridha’ in mireand sovereignty is with the unbeliever.O eyes, then I shall cry blood after himOver the extinction of glory and sovereignty!Also Ali ibn Abu Abdullah al-Khawwafi eulogized Ar-Ridha’ in the following poem:May God’s Grace water thee, O land of Toos!What treasures has your land down deep!In the world your land is known to be goodMade good by one in Sanabad asleep,A man whose murder was hard on IslamA man wrapped and drenched in God’s Mercy.O the grave of his (ar-Ridha’)! In thee clemency,Knowledge, purity, and glory abound.O envied grave! Angels do thee guard!

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).