Hadith 64

(The book) ‘Basaair Al Darajaat’ – Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbar, from Abu Abdullah Al Barqy, from fazalat Bin Ayoub, from a man from Al Masamia, his name was Misma’a, and his title was Kirdeyn, ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws, he (the narrator) said, ‘I entered to see him-asws and in his-asws presence was Ismail, and whenever it was that we used to follow him after his-asws father’. He (the narrator) mentioned in a lengthy Hadeeth that a man heard Abu Abdullah-asws different to what was thought regarding him. I came to two men from the people of Al-Kufa who were saying with it and informed them. One of them said, ‘I hear and I obey, and am please and submit’. And the other one said, and he gestured by his hand towards his pocket and tore it, then said, ‘No, by Allah-azwj! I will not listen, nor obey, nor am pleased until I hear it from him-asws (directly)’. Then he said, ‘He went out heading to Abu Abdullah-asws, and I followed him. When we were at the door, we sought permission. He-asws permitted for me and I entered before he did. Then he-asws permitted for him, so he entered. When he entered, Abu Abdullah-asws said to him: ‘O so and so! Does every person from you wants to be Given pages spread out [74: 52]? That which I-asws informed so and so with is the truth’. He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! I desired to hear it from you-asws (directly)’. He-asws said: ‘So and so is your Imam-asws and your Master-asws from after me-asws – meaning Abu Al-Hassan-asws. Nobody (else) would claim it between me-asws and him-asws except a liar, fabricator’. Al-Kufy turned to me, and he was good in the Nabatean speech, and he was a chief of the tribes. He said to me, ‘Darfah’ (in Nabatean)’. Abu Abdullah-asws said: ‘In the Nabatean (language) ‘Darfah’ (means) ‘Take it’. Yes, so take it’. We went out from his-asws presence’’. [70]