69, h 2 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from 'Imran ibn Musa...
69, h 2 Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from 'Imran ibn Musa from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn 'Abdallah from 'Isa ibn 'Abdallah from his father that his grandfather who has said the following. "Ali ibn al-Husayn looked at his sons when he was about to leave this world and they had all gathered around him.
He then looked at his son, Muhammad ibn Ali and said, "O Muhammad, take this box to your house." He said, "It was not full of Dirhams and Dinars (valuable properties), it, however, was full of knowledge." H 789, Ch. 69, h 3 Muhammad ibn al-Hasan has narrated from Sahl from Muhammad ibn 'Isa from Fadala ibn Ayyub from al-Husayn ibn abu al-'ala' who has said that he heard abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) say the following.
"'Umar ibn 'ad al-'Aziz wrote ibn Hazm to send him the endowment documents of Ali, 'Umar and 'Uthman. Inb Hazm sent a person to Zayd ibn al-Hassan (a.s.) who was the eldest among them and asked him about the documents. Zayd said, "The high authority after Ali was al-Hassan and after him al-Husayn and Ali ibn al-Husayn was after al-Husayn and after Ali ibn al-Husayn Muhammad ibn Ali was the high authority. Send to him.
Ibn Hazm then sent to my father and my father sent me with document to him and I went and delivered it to ibn Hazm." The narrator has said that some of our people asked The Imam (a.s.), "did the sons of al- Hassan (a.s.) know this." The Imam (a.s.) said, "They knew it just as they know that this is night but envy influences them. Had they sought truth with truth it would have been better for them but they seek the worldly things.
* Abu Baker ibn Muhammad ibn 'Amr ibn Hazm al-Ansari (37/657 -120/738), the judge of Madina from 87/706 appointed by 'Umar ibn 'Abdi al-'Aziz when he was governor of Madina. When 'Umar became the Caliph he also appointed ibn Hazm governor of Madina. (al-Tabari, vol.2, pp.ll91, 1255, 1305, 1346, 1372 - 1375, 1437, 1452; vol.3, p.2460; ibn al- Athir, vol.5, pp.55,67; Tahdhib al-Takdhib, vol.l2, pp.38 -40.
Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu'alla ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Washsha' from 'Abd al-Karim ibn 'Amr from ibn abu Ya'fur who has said that he heard abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) say the following. " 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz wrote ibn Hazm. He then have narrated a hadith similar to the above one except that he has said, "Ibn Hazm sent to Zayd ibn al-Hassan who was older than my father." A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Washsha' a similar hadith.