So, my father said to him, ‘Allah -azwj has Prohibited upon...

So, my father said to him, ‘Allah -azwj has Prohibited upon you what you did because Allah -azwj the Exalted is Saying: nor should you spy [49:12] , therefore preserve the testimony for perhaps we would be needy to it one day and beware of manifesting it before its time.’ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ أَبِي كَتَبَ نُسْخَةَ الرِّسَالَةِ فِي عَشْرِ رِقَاعٍ وَ خَتَمَهَا وَ دَفَعَهَا إِلَى عَشْرَةٍ مِنْ وُجُوهِ الْعِصَابَةِ وَ قَالَ إِنْ حَدَثَ بِي حَدَثُ الْمَوْتِ قَبْلَ أَنْ أُطَالِبَكُمْ بِهَا فَافْتَحُوهَا وَ أَعْلِمُوا بِمَا فِيهَا When it was morning, my father copied the message in ten papers and sealed these and handed those over to ten from the clan and said, ‘If there occurs with me an occurrence of death before I seek these from you all, so open these and get to know with whatever is in it.’ فَلَمَّا مَضَى أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) ذَكَرَ أَبِي أَنَّهُ لَمْ يَخْرُجْ مِنْ مَنْزِلِهِ حَتَّى قَطَعَ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ نَحْوٌ مِنْ أَرْبَعِمِائَةِ إِنْسَانٍ وَ اجْتَمَعَ رُؤَسَاءُ الْعِصَابَةِ عِنْدَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْفَرَجِ يَتَفَاوَضُونَ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ فَكَتَبَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْفَرَجِ إِلَى أَبِي يُعْلِمُهُ بِاجْتِمَاعِهِمْ عِنْدَهُ وَ أَنَّهُ لَوْ لَا مَخَافَةُ الشُّهْرَةِ لَصَارَ مَعَهُمْ إِلَيْهِ وَ يَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُ When Abu Ja’far -asws passed away, my father mentioned that he would not come out from his house until about four hundred persons had cut off (from others) upon his hands, and he gathered the chiefs of the community in the presence of Muhammad Bin Al-Faraj negotiating this matter.

فَرَكِبَ أَبِي وَ صَارَ إِلَيْهِ فَوَجَدَ الْقَوْمَ مُجْتَمِعِينَ عِنْدَهُ فَقَالُوا لِأَبِي مَا تَقُولُ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ فَقَالَ أَبِي لِمَنْ عِنْدَهُ الرِّقَاعُ أَحْضِرُوا الرِّقَاعَ فَأَحْضَرُوهَا فَقَالَ لَهُمْ هَذَا مَا أُمِرْتُ بِهِ فَقَالَ بَعْضُهُمْ قَدْ كُنَّا نُحِبُّ أَنْ يَكُونَ مَعَكَ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ شَاهِدٌ آخَرُ My father rode and went over to him, and he found that the people had gathered with him.