خبرنامه وب سایت:After reaching Sanabad with Imam Reza (A.S.), Mamun took up residence at the palace of Hamid bin Qahtaba.
On the morning of 30th Safar 203 Ah (818 AD), Mamun's slave went to the Imam's residence with a message that the caliph wanted to see him. Imam Reza (A.S.) went to Mamun's palace. The caliph stood up and greeted the Imam, and after kissing his forehead, requested him to beside him. Then he took a bunch of poisoned grapes and offered it to Imam Reza (A.S.), who politely decline to taste them. Mamun picked up a bunch of wholesome grapes and ate them, admiring their taste and quality. He again offered the poisoned ones to the Imam, persisting in his offer for him to have some. The Imam, having no choice, put the poisoned grapes to his month and immediately fell unconscious.
So fatal was the effect of the poisoned grapes, that on the same afternoon, the Eighth divinely-appointed Imam of mankind left for his heavenly abode, a martyr. He breathed his last while resting in the lap of his young son Muhammad Taqi al-Jawad (A.S.) who although not present in Khorasan, had miraculously arrived from Medina for the last moments of his father's life.
Mamun, having accomplished his sinister plan, feigned sorrow, and in order to quell public suspicions, put on the mourning grab and joined in the funeral rites. Aware of the Imam's love and respect among the masses, he was afraid of a public uprising. He postponed the funeral for a day, and in the night had Imam Reza (A.S.) laid to rest at the spot which the Imam himself had marked on the southern side of Harun ar Rashid's grave. At the time of his martyrdom the Eighth Imam was 53 years, 3 months and 19 days old.
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