" I then asked, "Is that kept secret and hidden for fear from the rulers?

" I then asked, "Is that kept secret and hidden for fear from the rulers?" He said, "There is nothing secret and hidden for which there is no clear evidence available. What is there my father entrusted to me. When he wasw about to leave this world he asked me to call people to bear testimony for him. I then called four people from Quraysh among them was Nafi' salve of 'Abdallah ibn 'Umar.

My father said, "Write down, 'This is how the will of Jacob to his children reads, "God has chosen this religion for you. You must not leave this world unless you are a Muslim (submitted to the will of the Lord of the Universe)." (2:132) Muhammad ibn Ali made the same kind of will to his son, Ja'far ibn Muhammad annd…