May Allah accept from you and be pleased with them and make...

May Allah accept from you and be pleased with them and make them with us in this life and in the afterlife. So-and-so dinars and so-and-so clothes were sent to you. May Allah bless them for you and bless every gift He has given to you. I have written to an-Nadhr ordering him to refrain from troubling and objecting to you and informing him of your position to me. And I have written to Ayyub ordering him of the same too.

I have written a book to my followers in Hamadan ordering them to obey you and follow your orders and that I have no agent (there) except you.” ^17 This letter shows that Ibrahim bin Muhammad was so trusted and of a high position near the Imam (a.s.).

Ibrahim bin Mahziyar Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Jawad and Imam al-Hadi’s companions.[^18] An-Najashi said he had written a book called al-Bisharat.[^19] Al-Kashshi mentioned a tradition narrated by Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Mahziyar that he said, “When my father (Ibrahim) was about to die, he gave me some money and gave me a certain sign. No one knew about this sign except Allah the Almighty.

He said to me, ‘Whoever show you this sign, you have to give him this money.’ I went to Baghdad and stopped at an inn. On the following day, someone came and knocked the door. I asked the servant to see who he was. The servant said, ‘An old man at the door.’ I said, ‘Let him come in.’ The old man came in, took a seat and said, ‘I am al-Umari.

Give me the money that is with you which is so-and-so.’ He showed me the sign and I gave him the money.[^20] This tradition shows that Ibrahim was the agent of the Imam in receiving the legal dues and definitely he was fair and reliable in order to be the Imam’s agent. Ibrahim ad-Dahqan Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi’s companions.[^21] Ahmad bin Isaaq bin Abdullah al-Ash’ari al-Qummi He was the deputy of the people of Qum.

He narrated traditions from Imam Abu Ja’far the second (al-Jawad) and Imam Abul Hasan al-Hadi (a.s.). He was from the close companions of Imam Abu Muhammad al-Askari (a.s.). He had written some books such as Ilal as-Sawm, Masa’il ar-Rijal of Imam al-Hadi, and Ilal as-Salat. He was one of those who saw Imam al-Mahdi (a.s.) and there were many traditions narrated on praising him. Ahmad bin Isaaq ar-Razi Sheikh at-Tusi mentioned him as one of Imam al-Hadi’s companions.