Al-Kashshi mentioned that Ahmed bin al-Husayn al-Qummi al- Aabi Abu Ali had said...

Al-Kashshi mentioned that Ahmed bin al-Husayn al-Qummi al- Aabi Abu Ali had said, ‘Muhammad bin Ahmed bin as-Salt al- Qummi wrote a letter to (ad-Dar) and mentioned in it the story of Ahmed bin Isaaq al-Qummi and his companionship and that he wanted to perform the hajj and needed one thousand dinars.

He said in the letter, ‘If my master (Imam as-Sadiq) sees that he orders to borrow him this amount and get it back from him in his country when he comes back, I shall do (give him the money).’ Imam (as- Sadiq) wrote, ‘It is a gift from us to him and when he comes back, he will get another gift from us.’[^11] Many news were mentioned in the books praising him and that he was one of the eminent companions of the imams through his virtue, asceticism and piety. 7.…