(5) Abdul Wahid bin Abdullah bin Younus narrated from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Ali bin Rabah az-Zuhri from Muhammad bin al-Abbas bin Eessa al-Hasani from al-Hasan bin Ali al-Bata’ini from Shu’ayb al-Haddad that Abu Baseer had said: “I asked Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq عليه السلام to explain to me the saying of Amirul Mo’mineen عليه السلام “Islam has begun strange and it will return strange as it has begun. Blessed are the strangers!” He said to me: “O Abu Muhammad, when al-Qa’im عليه السلام appears, he will invite to a new mission as the Prophet صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم has done.” I got up, kissed his head and said to him: “I witness that you are my imam in this life and in the afterlife. I support your guardians and resist your enemies. I witness that you are the guardian of Allah.” He said: “May Allah have mercy upon you!”