Mention of the Signed Letters (tawqi‘at) Issued by the qa'im
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 43
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma
Book 2, Chapter 43
Mention of the Signed Letters (tawqi‘at) Issued by the qa'im
24- قَالَ وَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: بَعَثْنَا مَعَ ثِقَةٍ مِنْ ثِقَاتِ إِخْوَانِنَا إِلَى الْعَسْكَرِ شَيْئاً فَعَمَدَ الرَّجُلُ فَدَسَّ فِيمَا مَعَهُ رُقْعَةً مِنْ غَيْرِ عِلْمِنَا فَرُدَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الرُّقْعَةُ مِنْ غَيْرِ جَوَابٍ
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْكِنْدِيُّ قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو طَاهِرٍ الْبِلَالِيُّ التَّوْقِيعُ الَّذِي خَرَجَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ ع فَعَلَّقُوهُ فِي الْخَلَفِ بَعْدَهُ وَدِيعَةٌ فِي بَيْتِكَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أُحِبُّ أَنْ تَنْسَخَ لِي مِنْ لَفْظِ التَّوْقِيعِ مَا فِيهِ فَأَخْبَرَ أَبَا طَاهِرٍ بِمَقَالَتِي فَقَالَ لَهُ جِئْنِي بِهِ حَتَّى يَسْقُطَ الْإِسْنَادُ بَيْنِي وَ بَيْنَهُ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ ع قَبْلَ مُضِيِّهِ بِسَنَتَيْنِ يُخْبِرُنِي بِالْخَلَفِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَيَّ بَعْدَ مُضِيِّهِ بِثَلَاثَةِ أَيَّامٍ يُخْبِرُنِي بِذَلِكَ فَلَعَنَ اللَّهُ مَنْ جَحَدَ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ حُقُوقَهُمْ وَ حَمَلَ النَّاسَ عَلَى أَكْتَافِهِمْ وَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ كَثِيراً.
24 - He said: and narrated to me Abu Ja’far that:
“We sent some religious dues with a very reliable brother of ours to the Askar. This brother left for his destination and inserted a letter without telling us amongst the things he was carrying from us. His letter was returned to him without any answer.”
Abu Abdillah Husain bin Ismail Kindi that: Said to me Abu Tahir Bilali that:
“The letter that came to me from Abu Muhammad عليه السلام and later on after his demise they sent it as a trust, is at your house.” I said to him, “I like that you write for me the words of the letter.” Abu Abdullah told Tahir what I had said and he said to him, “Bring him to me, so he may narrate this from me without any narrator between us. ‘A letter came to me from Abu Muhammad عليه السلام two years before his demise, foretelling me about the successor after him.
Then another letter came to me from him three days before his demise, informing me of the same. So may Allah curse whoever denies the proximate friends of Allah their rights and leads the people to their challengers and may excessive praises be for Allah.”