وَ قَدْ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ...
وَ قَدْ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ وَ قُلْتُ مَنْ أُعَامِلُ أَوْ عَمَّنْ آخُذُ وَ قَوْلَ مَنْ أَقْبَلُ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَمْرِيُّ ثِقَتِي فَمَا أَدَّى إِلَيْكَ عَنِّي فَعَنِّي يُؤَدِّي وَ مَا قَالَ لَكَ عَنِّي فَعَنِّي يَقُولُ فَاسْمَعْ لَهُ وَ أَطِعْ فَإِنَّهُ الثِّقَةُ الْمَأْمُونُ And Abu Ali Ahmad Bin Is’haq informed me from Abu Al-Hassan -asws (10 th Imam -asws ) saying, ‘I asked him -asws and said, ‘So who is the office bearer, or from whom should I take, and whose word should I accept?’ So he -asws said to him: ‘Al-Amiry is my -asws reliable one, therefore whatever he brings to you from me -asws , so I -asws have put it across, and whatever he says to you from me -asws , so I -asws have said it.
Therefore, listen to him and obey, for he is the reliable, the trustworthy’. وَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ ( عليه السلام ) عَنْ مِثْلِ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْعَمْرِيُّ وَ ابْنُهُ ثِقَتَانِ فَمَا أَدَّيَا إِلَيْكَ عَنِّي فَعَنِّي يُؤَدِّيَانِ وَ مَا قَالَا لَكَ فَعَنِّي يَقُولَانِ فَاسْمَعْ لَهُمَا وَ أَطِعْهُمَا فَإِنَّهُمَا الثِّقَتَانِ الْمَأْمُونَانِ فَهَذَا قَوْلُ إِمَامَيْنِ قَدْ مَضَيَا فِيكَ And Abu Ali informed me that he asked Abu Muhammad -asws (11 th Imam -asws ) about similar to that, so he -asws said to him: ‘Al-Amiry and his son are two reliable ones.
So whatever they both bring to you from me -asws , so I -asws have put it across to them, and whatever they both say to you, so I -asws have said it to them. Therefore, listen to them both and obey them, for they are both reliable ones, trustworthy ones. So these are the words of two Imams -asws proceeding with regards to you’.
قَالَ فَخَرَّ أَبُو عَمْرٍو سَاجِداً وَ بَكَى ثُمَّ قَالَ سَلْ حَاجَتَكَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَنْتَ رَأَيْتَ الْخَلَفَ مِنْ بَعْدِ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ ( عليه السلام ) فَقَالَ إِي وَ اللَّهِ وَ رَقَبَتُهُ مِثْلُ ذَا وَ أَوْمَأَ بِيَدِهِ He said, ‘So Abu Amro fell prostrating and wept. Then he said, ‘Ask your need’.
So I said to him, ‘You have seen the replacement (Imam -asws ) from after Abu Muhammad -asws ?’ So he said, ‘Yes, by Allah -azwj , and his -asws neck was similar to that’, and he gestured by his hand.
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