خَرَجْتُ وَ أَنَا أُرِيدُ دَاوُدَ بْنَ عِيسَى بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ كَانَ يَنْزِلُ بِئْرَ مَيْمُونٍ وَ عَلَيَّ ثَوْبَانِ غَلِيظَانِ فَرَأَيْتُ امْرَأَةً عَجُوزاً وَ مَعَهَا جَارِيَتَانِ فَقُلْتُ يَا عَجُوزُ أَ تُبَاعُ هَاتَانِ الْجَارِيَتَانِ فَقَالَتْ نَعَمْ وَ لَكِنْ لَا يَشْتَرِيهِمَا مِثْلُكَ قُلْتُ وَ لِمَ قَالَتْ لِأَنَّ إِحْدَاهُمَا مُغَنِّيَةٌ وَ الْأُخْرَى زَامِرَةٌ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى دَاوُدَ بْنِ عِيسَى فَرَفَعَنِي وَ أَجْلَسَنِي فِي مَجْلِسِي فَلَمَّا خَرَجْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ قَالَ لِأَصْحَابِهِ تَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ هَذَا هَذَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُوسَى الَّذِي يَزْعُمُ أَهْلُ الْعِرَاقِ أَنَّهُ مَفْرُوضُ الطَّاعَةِ .
Translation
Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Moamar Bin Khallad, (It has been narrated) from Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I<sup>asws</sup> went out and I<sup>asws</sup> wanted to see Dawood Bin Isa Bin Ali, and he was lodged at the well of Maymoun, and upon me<sup>asws</sup> were two coarse clothes. So I<sup>asws</sup> saw an old woman and with her were two slave girls, so I<sup>asws</sup> said, ‘O old woman! Would you like to sell these two slave girls?’ So she said, ‘Yes, but the likes of you<sup>asws</sup> cannot buy these two’. I<sup>asws</sup> said, ‘And why do you say so?’ She said, ‘Because one of them is a singer and the other one is a musician’. So I<sup>asws</sup> went over to Dawood Bin Isa, so he stood up for me<sup>asws</sup> and made me<sup>asws</sup> to sit in his seat. So when I<sup>asws</sup> went out from his presence, he said to his companions, ‘Do you know who this is? This is Ali<sup>asws</sup> Bin Musa<sup>asws</sup> whom the people of Al-Iraq are alleging that obedience to him<sup>asws</sup> is an Obligation’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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