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It is narrated in Bihar al-Anwar ‘It has been related that Mansur [Dawaniqi][ One of the Abbasid Caliphs (ed.)] ordered Imam Musa al-Kazim (AS) to sit with him to receive gifts and greetings for the day of Nayruz, so that he may take the gifts presented to him, so Imam replied, ‘Verily I have examined the traditions from my grandfather the Prophet (SAWA) and have not found a single tradition about this festival. Rather it is a practice of the Persians which Islam eradicated, and God forbid that we should revive what Islam has eradicated. So Mansur said, ‘
We only celebrate it as a matter of policy for our army[It is possible that his army consisted of Persians whose favour and allegiance he wished to secure by his observance of their festival (ed.)], so I request you by Allah the Great to sit down, so he sat down …
بحار الأنوار: حُكِيَ أنَّ المَنصورَ تَقَدَّمَ إلى موسَى بنِ جَعفَرٍ عليهماالسلام بِالجُلوسِ لِلتَّهنِئَةِ في يَومِ النَّيروزِ وقَبضِ ما يُحمَلُ إلَيهِ، فقالَ: إنّي قَد فَتَّشتُ الأخبارَ عَن جَدّي رَسولِ اللّهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) فلَم أجِدْ لِهذا العيدِ خَبَراً، وإنَّهُ سُنَّةُ الفُرسِ ومَحاها الإسلامُ، ومَعاذَ اللّهِ أن نُحيِيَ ما مَحاها الإسلامُ، فَقالَ المَنصورُ: إنَّما نَفعَلُ هذا سِياسَةً لِلجُندِ، فسَألتُكَ بِاللّهِ العَظيمِ إلّا جَلَستَ، فجَلَسَ ...