How shall we enter that country which we had fled from...

How shall we enter that country which we had fled from, and the ruler searched for us and his threatening against us was severe?’ He (peace be on him) said, ‘Leave your these two sons with me and I will teach them the knowledge that Allah will honor them with.

As for you, do not pay attention to the slanderers nor to the threat of the ruler, because Allah the Almighty will end it with happiness and bring them to your intercession with him whom you had run away from…’ Abu Ya’qub and Abul Hasan said, ‘They (their fathers) obeyed what they were ordered of and left, but they left us there. We often visited him (the imam) and he met us with the kindness of fathers and close relatives.

One day, he said to us, ‘If the news of the satisfaction of your fathers and the disgrace of their enemies by Allah comes to you and my promise to them comes true, I shall thank Allah by teaching you the interpretation of the Qur'an and some traditions of Muhammad’s progeny (a.s.) so that Allah will exalt you.’ We became delighted at that and said, ‘O son of the messenger of Allah,