Hadith record

Ali b. Muhammad, from Sahl b. Ziyad, from Muhammad b. Abd al-Hamid, from al-Hasan b. al-Jahm, who said: I said to al-Rida (peace be upon him): “The Commander of the Faithful knew his killer, the night on which he would be killed, and the place where he would be killed. He even said, when he heard the cries of the geese in the house: ‘Cries that will be followed by wailing.’ And Umm Kulthum said to him: ‘If only you would pray inside the house tonight and appoint someone else to lead the people in prayer,’ but he refused her. And he kept going in and out that night without a weapon, even though he knew that Ibn Muljam — may God curse him — would kill him with the sword. Was this not something he should have avoided exposing himself to?” He said: “That is how it was, but he was given a choice on that night, so that the decrees of God, Mighty and Majestic, would come to pass.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.