Hadith 375

(The book) ‘Al Kafi’ in Al Rawza – Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from one of his companions, and Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Ibn Abu Umeyr altogether, from Muhammad Bin Abu Hamza, from Humran who said: ‘Abu Abdullah-asws said, and those in his-asws presence mention the bad condition of the Shiites in his-asws presence –
He-asws said: ‘I-asws was walking with Abu Ja’far Al-Mansour, and he was in his procession, and he was upon a horse and in front him were horsemen and behind him were horsemen, and I-asws was upon a mule by his side. He said to me-asws, ‘O Abu Abdullah-asws, it is befitting for you-asws to be happy with what Allah-azwj has Given us from the strength and the victory for us, and the honour, and do not tell your people that you-asws and the People-asws of your-asws Household are more deserving of this Command (Caliphate) than we are, lest you-asws provoke us against you-asws and them’. He-asws said, ‘I-asws said: ‘And the one who has related this to you from me-asws has lied’. He said to me-asws, ‘Will you-asws swear an oath on what you-asws are saying? ’ I-asws said: ‘The people are sorcerers, meaning they would love to spoil me-asws (my-asws position) in front of you. So do not listen to them, for people are more in need of you than you are of us-asws’. He said to me-asws, ‘Do you-asws remember the day when I asked you-asws, ‘Is there a kingdom for us? ’, and you-asws said, ‘Yes, very lengthy, and vast’, you will not cease to be in the time in your command and the space in your world until you will harm us-asws by shedding sacred blood in a sacred Month, in a sacred city? ’
I-asws understood that he has memorized the Hadeeth. I-asws said: ‘Perhaps Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic will Suffice for you, for I-asws did not apply this especially for you, but rather this is a Hadeeth which I-asws reported to you. Maybe it is for someone else from the people of your household who will govern that’. He was silent from me-asws. When I-asws returned to my-asws home, one of our-asws friends came up. He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws. By Allah-azwj, I saw you-asws in the procession of Abu Ja’far (Al-Mansour) and you-asws were upon a mule and he was upon a horse, and he was speaking to you like an overseer speaks to an underling. I said to myself, ‘This is the Divine Authority of Allah-azwj upon the creatures and the Master-asws of this command (Caliphate) who should be followed, and this other one is acting by compulsion, and he kills the children of the Prophets-as, and sheds the blood in the earth by what Allah-azwj does not Like, and he is in his procession, and you-asws are upon a mule’, so that entered a doubt in me to the extent that I feared for my religion and myself’. He-asws said: ‘I-asws said: ‘Had you seen those who were around me-asws, and in front of me-asws, and behind me-asws, and on my-asws right, and on my-asws left from