\n Narrated to us Ali bin Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Abi Abdullah Barqi...

\n Narrated to us Ali bin Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Ahmad bin Abi Abdullah Barqi: Narrated to us my father from my grandfather Ahmad bin Abi Abdullah from his father Muhammad bin Khalid from Muhammad bin Sinan and Abi Ali Zarrad, all of them from Ibrahim Al-Karkhi that he said: \n \u201cI went to Abu Abd Allah Ja\u2019far -asws Ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq -asws and was sitting in his -asws presence when Abu Al-Hasan Musa -asws Ibn Ja\u2019far -asws entered while he -asws was a boy.

I stood up, kissed him -asws and sat with him -asws . Then Abu Abdullah -asws remarked, \u201cO Ibrahim! Know that, he -asws is your master after me -asws . Know that, concerning him one group will be destroyed while another will be saved. Then may Allah -azwj Curse his -asws killer and multiply His -azwj Chastisement for the one who fights against him -asws . Know that, certainly Allah -azwj will Bring out from his -asws progeny the best of the inhabitants of the earth in his -ajfj time.

He -ajfj will be named after his -ajfj grandfather, he -ajfj will be the inheritor of this knowledge and his -saww laws in his -ajfj judgments, the treasure-chest of Imamate and the fountainhead of wisdom. The tyrant king of Bani (Abbas) will kill him -asws after his -asws amazing acts, due to envy. But Allah -azwj (Mighty and Glorified be He) will convey His -azwj Affairs even if the polytheists dislike it.

\n And Allah -azwj will Bring forth from his -asws progeny the completion of twelve Mahdi (guided leaders). Allah -azwj has Chosen them for His -azwj Nobility, Permitted for them the abode of His -azwj Holiness and the twelfth awaited one -ajfj is from them, as if with an open sword standing in front of Rasool Allah -saww in his defence.\u201d Then a person from the friends of Bani Umayyah entered due to which Imam -asws had to cut short his speech.

\n I returned to Abu Abd Allah -asws eleven times after that so that he -asws may complete his -asws discourse but he -asws was unable to do so (due to the presence of government spies). In the coming year, which was the second year, I went to him -asws while he -asws was sitting. He -asws said, \u201cO Ibrahim! He -ajfj is the one who will provide salvation to his -ajfj Shias after intense straitening, lengthy calamities, grief and fear. Then congratulations to one who lives till his -ajfj time.