Question of a Man from Abu Ja’afar, ‘Alayhi al-Salam
Al-Kāfi|Volume 8|Book 1|Chapter 216
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ سَدِيرٍ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) فَذَكَرْنَا مَا أَحْدَثَ النَّاسُ بَعْدَ نَبِيِّهِمْ (صلى الله عليه وآله) وَ اسْتِذْلَالَهُمْ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عليه السلام) فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ فَأَيْنَ كَانَ عِزُّ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ وَ مَا كَانُوا فِيهِ مِنَ الْعَدَدِ فَقَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) وَ مَنْ كَانَ بَقِيَ مِنْ بَنِي هَاشِمٍ إِنَّمَا كَانَ جَعْفَرٌ وَ حَمْزَةُ فَمَضَيَا وَ بَقِيَ مَعَهُ رَجُلَانِ ضَعِيفَانِ ذَلِيلَانِ حَدِيثَا عَهْدٍ بِالْإِسْلَامِ عَبَّاسٌ وَ عَقِيلٌ وَ كَانَا مِنَ الطُّلَقَاءِ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ أَنَّ حَمْزَةَ وَ جَعْفَراً كَانَا بِحَضْرَتِهِمَا مَا وَصَلَا إِلَى مَا وَصَلَا إِلَيْهِ وَ لَوْ كَانَا شَاهِدَيْهِمَا لَأَتْلَفَا نَفْسَيْهِمَا.
216. Muhammad Bin yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ali Bin Al-No’man, from Abdullah Bin Muskaan, from Sudeyr who said: We were in the presence of Abu Ja’far عليه السلام, so we mentioned what the people had done after their Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, and their humiliating Amir-ul-Momineen عليه السلام. So a man from the people said, ‘May Allah keep you well, so where were the strong ones of the Clan of Hashim عليه السلام and what was their number?’ So Abu Ja’far عليه السلام said: ‘And from those ones of the Clan of Hashim عليه السلام that remained were Ja’far عليه السلام and Hamza عليه السلام who had passed away (martyred), and there remained with them two men who were weak, disgraceful, new ones in the era of Al-Islam, Abbas and Aqeel who were from the freed ones. By Allah! If Hamza عليه السلام and Ja’far عليه السلام were present among them, they would not have achieved what they achieved. And had they seen them عليه السلام two, they would not have damaged themselves’.
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/83)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 3, p. 393