Abu Al-Hassan Al-Ridha (asws) said to me: ‘Al-Ma’moun said to me (asws), ‘O Abu Al-Hassan (asws), if you (asws) could write to some of the ones who are obedient to you (asws) in these areas in which their relationship with us is spoilt’. I (asws) said to him: ‘O Chief of believers, if you fulfil (your commitment) to me (asws), I (asws) would (fulfil my (asws) commitment) to you, but rather, I (asws) have entered into this matter in which I (asws) have been entered into, I (asws) do not issue commands, nor do I (asws) prohibit, nor do I (asws) appoint anyone, nor do I (asws) dismiss anyone, and this matter which I (asws) have entered into has not increased anything for me (asws) regarding the favours. And I (asws) used to be in Al-Medina, and my (asws) letter would be established in the east and the west, and I (asws) would ride upon my (asws) mule and pass by in the markets of Al-Medina, and there would be no one more prestigious than me (asws), and there was none among them who would question me (asws) for a need with the possibility of my (asws) fulfilling it, except that I (asws) would fulfill it for him’. He said, ‘I will fulfill (my commitment) to you (asws)’.