By Allah -azwj , nothing has afflicted us ‑asws from the afflictions, and what has passed of the difficulties against us -asws , the People -asws of the Household, except that these two laid the foundations of it at first place, so against these two are the Curses of Allah -azwj , and the Angels, and the people altogether’.
[25] الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْخَيْرَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَانَ يَلْزَمُ بَابَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) لِلْخِدْمَةِ الَّتِي كَانَ وُكِّلَ بِهَا وَ كَانَ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى يَجِيءُ فِي السَّحَرِ فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ لِيَعْرِفَ خَبَرَ عِلَّةِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) وَ كَانَ الرَّسُولُ الَّذِي يَخْتَلِفُ بَيْنَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) وَ بَيْنَ أَبِي إِذَا حَضَرَ قَامَ أَحْمَدُ وَ خَلَا بِهِ أَبِي Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Al Kahyrani, from his father, said, ‘He (my father) had necessitated the door of Abu Ja’far -asws for the service (as a doorman) which he -asws had allocated with, and it was so that Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa used to come during the dawn of every night in order to know the news of the illness of Abu Ja’far ‑asws (9 th Imam -asws ) and there was the messenger who used to come and go between Abu Ja’far ‑asws and my father.
Whenever he (the messenger) was present, Ahmad would arise and my father would be alone with him (the messenger).
فَخَرَجْتُ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ وَ قَامَ أَحْمَدُ عَنِ الْمَجْلِسِ وَ خَلَا أَبِي بِالرَّسُولِ وَ اسْتَدَارَ أَحْمَدُ فَوَقَفَ حَيْثُ يَسْمَعُ الْكَلَامَ فَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ لِأَبِي إِنَّ مَوْلَاكَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ وَ يَقُولُ لَكَ إِنِّي مَاضٍ وَ الْأَمْرُ صَائِرٌ إِلَى ابْنِي عَلِيٍّ وَ لَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ بَعْدِي مَا كَانَ لِي عَلَيْكُمْ بَعْدَ أَبِي So I went out one night and Ahmad stood from the gathering and my father was alone with the messenger, and Ahmad was circling around.
So he paused, when he heard the speech, and the messenger said to my father, ‘Your Master -asws conveys the greetings upon you and is saying to you: ‘I -asws am going to pass away and the command (Imamate) is going to (be with) my -asws son -asws Ali -asws , and for him -asws upon you all, after me -asws would be what is for me -asws upon you after my -asws father -asws ’.