Then I said...

Then I said: "I testify that al-Hasan and al-Husayn, peace be upon them, have the same position (as ‘Ali)", and then I continued till I reached his name, and said: "And I testify that you are in the same position as al-Hasan and al-Husayn and the Imams preceding you." He said: "Enough.

You know exactly what you wish, you wish me to give my undertaking on this?" I said: "If you do so, then I will have fulfilled my desire." He said: "I give you my undertaking over it." I said: "May I be your ransom, I was worried about the uprising." He said: "Why?" I said: "Because if Zaid and his companions won the battle, then we would have been in the worst situation.

And if Banu Umayya won, we would have been no better." He said: "Go, no harm will reach you from either." Helping Ahlul Bayt with one's tongue He said: ‘Ali-Sharif Abu Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Hamza al-Tabari reported to me from Abul Hasan ‘Ali ibn Hatim al-Qazwaini, who reported from Abul Abbas Muhammad ibn Ja'far al-Makhzoomi, who…