When he saw al-Rashīd, he threw himself off the donkey he was riding. Al-Rashīd shouted, 'No, by God! Only onto my carpet!' So the chamberlains prevented him from dismounting, and we all looked upon him with veneration and exaltation. He continued to ride his donkey until he reached the carpet, with the chamberlains and commanders surrounding him. He dismounted, and al-Rashīd stood up to meet him at the end of the carpet, kissed his face and his eyes, and took his hand until he made him sit at the head of the assembly. He sat him with himself and began to talk with him, turning his face towards him and asking about his conditions.1
Al-Ma'mūn said, after a long narration: "Then Abū al-Ḥasan Mūsā ibn Ja‘far approached me secretly, just between him and me, and gave me good news of the Caliphate. He said to me, 'When you possess this authority, be kind to my descendants.' Then we departed, and I was the boldest of my father's children toward him. When the assembly was over, I said, 'O Amir Al-Mouminine, who is this man whom you have so exalted and magnified, and to whom you rose from your seat, met, sat at the head of the assembly, and sat below him, then ordered us to hold his stirrup?' He said, 'This is the Imām of the people, God’s Proof over His creation, and His Caliph over His servants.'2
Compare the statement of the al-Muqaṣṣir (one who falls short) and the al-Nāṣib (one who shows enmity) regarding the immense majesty of my Patron al-Kāẓim (whose glory is mighty) in these two narrations, so that the reality of their saying (whose glory is mighty) becomes clear: that al-Nawāṣib (those who show enmity) are your enemies, and al-Muqaṣṣirah are our enemies!!3
So how can the Patron be despairing of his soul, fearful, and trembling!!