"I testify in support of Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.
"I testify in support of Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) that he will be the in charge of the task of al- Husayn after him. "I testify that Muhammad ibn Ali will be the in charge of the task of Ali ibn al-Husayn (a.s.) after him. "I testify that Ja'far ibn Muhammad (a.s.) will be the in charge of the task of Muhammad ibn Ali (a.s.). "I testify that Musa will be the in charge of the task of Ja'far ibn Muhammad after him.
"I testify that Ali ibn Musa will be the in charge of the task of Musa ibn Ja'far (a.s.). "I testify that Muhammad ibn Ali (a.s.) will be the in charge of the task of Ali ibn Musa (a.s.) after him. "I testify that Ali ibn Muhammad will be the in charge of the task of Muhammad ibn Ali (a.s.) after him. "I testify that al-Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.) will be the in charge of the task of Ali ibn Muhammad (a.s.) after him.
"I testify in support of a man from the children of al-Hassan who will not be mentioned by his Kunya (father or son of so and so) or his name until he will rise with Divine authority to fill the earth with justice after being filled with injustice. "I offer you my greeting of peace O Amir al-Mu'minin (a.s.) and praay to Allah to grant you blessings and holiness." He then stood up and left.
Amir al-Mu'minin (a.s.) said, "O abu Muhammad follow him and see where went." Al- Hassan ibn Ali (a.s.) went out to find out (and came back) and said, "As soon as he stepped out of the Mosque I could not figure out in which direction of the earth of Allah ddid he disappear.
I returned to Amir al-Mu'minin (a.s.) and informed him." He said, "O abu Muhammad, do you know him?" I said, Allah, the Messenger of Allah and Amir al-Mu'minin (a.s.) know best." He said, "He was al-Khidr (a.s.) " 2 Also Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Saffar from Ahmad ibn abu 'Abdallah from abu Hashim a similar hadith.
Muhammad ibn Yahya has said, "I said to Muhammad ibn al-Hassan, "O abu Ja'far I wish this would have been narrated through a chain of narrators other then Ahmad ibn 'Abdallah ." He said, "He Ahmad ibn 'Abdallah had narrated this to me ten years before the confusion." 3 Muhammad ibn Yahya and Muhammad ibn 'Abdallah have narrated from 'Abdallah ibn Ja'far from al-Hassan ibn Zarif and Ali ibn Muhammad from Salih ibn abu Hammad from Bakr ibn Salih from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Salim from abu Basir from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following "Once my father said to Jabir ibn 'Abdallah al-Ansari, 'I need your help in certain issue.