[34] Imam -asws Instructs his -asws Disciples to Adopt Solitude...

[34] Imam -asws Instructs his -asws Disciples to Adopt Solitude: عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو قَالَ قَالَ لِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَا عَبْدَ الْمَلِكِ مَا لِي لَا أَرَاكَ تَخْرُجُ إِلَى هَذِهِ الْمَوَاضِعِ الَّتِي يَخْرُجُ إِلَيْهَا أَهْلُ بِلَادِكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ وَ أَيْنَ فَقَالَ جُدَّةُ وَ عَبَّادَانُ وَ الْمَصِّيصَةُ وَ قَزْوِينُ فَقُلْتُ انْتِظَاراً لِأَمْرِكُمْ وَ الِاقْتِدَاءِ بِكُمْ فَقَالَ إِي وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ كَانَ خَيْراً مَا سَبَقُونَا إِلَيْهِ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ فَإِنَّ الزَّيْدِيَّةَ يَقُولُونَ لَيْسَ بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَ جَعْفَرٍ خِلَافٌ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَا يَرَى الْجِهَادَ فَقَالَ أَنَا لَا أَرَاهُ بَلَى وَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأَرَاهُ وَ لَكِنْ أَكْرَهُ أَنْ أَدَعَ عِلْمِي إِلَى جَهْلِهِمْ Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father, who from ibn abu ‘Urnayr from al-Hakam ibn Miskin from’ Abd al-Malik ibn ‘Amr who has said the following: Abu ‘AbdAllah -asws said to me, ‘O ‘Abd Al- Malik, how is it that I do not see you go to these places where the people of your town go?’ I then asked, ‘Which places do you mean?’ The Imam -asws said, ‘To Judah, ‘Abadan, al-Massisah and Qazwin.’ I then said, ‘I wait for your -asws cause to materialise and follow you -asws .’ He -asws (the Imam) said, ‘That by Allah -azwj is true.

يج، الخرائج و الجرائح عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْحَضْرَمِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ: قُمْتُ مِنْ عِنْدِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ع فَاعْتَمَدْتُ عَلَى يَدِي فَبَكَيْتُ وَ قُلْتُ كُنْتُ أَرْجُو أَنْ أُدْرِكَ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ وَ بِي قُوَّةٌ (The book) ‘Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih’ – From Abu Bakr Al Hazramy, from Abdul Malik Bin Ayn who said, ‘I stood up from the presence of Abu Ja’far -asws and deliberated upon my hands and cried, and I said, ‘I was wishing that I would come across this matter while there was strength with me’.