Before the rise of thee Children of al-'Abbas
Al-Kāfi|Volume 8|Book 1|Chapter 509
حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الدِّهْقَانِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الطَّاطَرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ بَيَّاعِ السَّابِرِيِّ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ صَبَّاحِ بْنِ سَيَابَةَ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ قَالَ ذَهَبْتُ بِكِتَابِ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ بْنِ نُعَيْمٍ وَ سَدِيرٍ وَ كُتُبِ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) حِينَ ظَهَرَتِ الْمُسَوِّدَةُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَظْهَرَ وُلْدُ الْعَبَّاسِ بِأَنَّا قَدْ قَدَّرْنَا أَنْ يَئُولَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ إِلَيْكَ فَمَا تَرَى قَالَ فَضَرَبَ بِالْكُتُبِ الْأَرْضَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أُفٍّ أُفٍّ مَا أَنَا لِهَؤُلَاءِ بِإِمَامٍ أَ مَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَقْتُلُ السُّفْيَانِيَّ.
509. Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Abu Al-Abbas Ubeydullah Bin Ahmad Al-Dahqan, from Ali Bin Al-Hassan Al-Tatary, from Muhammad Bin Ziyad Baya’ Al-Sabiry, from Aban, from Sabbah bin Sayabat, from Al-Moalla Bin Khuneys who said: I went with the letters of Abdul Salaam Bin Naeem, and Sudeyr, and a letter of someone else to Abu Abdullah عليه الصلاة والسلام, When Al-Musawwadat makes his appearance, before the appearance of the sons of Al-Abbas, we have estimated that this Command would come to you عليه الصلاة والسلام, so what do you عليه الصلاة والسلام see?’ ‘He عليه الصلاة والسلام threw the letters on the ground, and then said: ‘Uff! Uff! I عليه الصلاة والسلام am not an Imam عليه الصلاة والسلام for these ones, but they very well know that he (ajfj) would be killing Al-Sufyani’.
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (16/481)
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