Then he said...

Then he said: “By Allah, if death came upon me while I was in this condition, it would come upon me while I am (fulfilling) an act of obedience to Allah, by which I make myself withdraw from you and from the (rest of the) people. I would only fear death if it came upon me while I was performing an act of disobedience against Allah.” Then I (Mohammed) replied: “You are truthful.

May Allah have mercy on you, I wanted to warn and you have warned me.”[^12] Al-Mustahal bin ‘Ata`’ Shaykh al-Tu`si numbered him as one of the companions of Ima`m al-Ba`qir and of al-Sa`diq, peace be on them. He (al-Mustahal) reported on their authority.[^13] Mas‘ada bin Zyya`d He was called al-Rib‘i. Shaykh al-Tu`si numbered him as one of the companions of Ima`m al-Ba`qir, peace be on him.[^14] Al-Naja`shi said: “Mas‘ada is trustworthy He has a classified book on the…