Muhammad b. Ali, le Commandeur des Croyants

1. [1/248] Tawhid al-Saduq: Ibn al-Walid from al-Saffar from Ibn Abi al-Khattab from Ibn Bashir from al-Husayn b. Abi Hamza who said: I heard Aba Abdillah عليه السلام saying: My father [al-Baqir] عليه السلام said: Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya was a man with a fearless heart – and he [the Imam] pointed with his hand [to his chest]. He [Ibn al-Hanafiyya] was making Tawaf around the House [Ka’ba] when Hajjaj encountered him. He [Hajjaj] said: I desire to strike that which holds your eyes [i.e. cut off your head]! Muhammad said to him: Never! Verily Allah – Blessed is His Name – has three hundred moments each day over His creatures [in which his decree is enacted], perhaps one of them [these moments] can get rid of you for me.

قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله عليه السلام يقول: قال أبي عليه السلام: إن محمد بن الحنفية كان رجلا رابط الجأش – وأشار بيده – وكان يطوف بالبيت فاستقبله الحجاج، فقال: قد همت أن أضرب الذي فيه عيناك، قال له محمد: كلا إن الله تبارك اسمه في خلقه في كل يوم ثلاثمائة لحظة أو لمحة، فلعل إحداهن تكفك عني