١٩ـ وَبِهَذَا الاسْنَادِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ قَالَ كَتَبَ يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ الْحَسَنِ إِلَى مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهما السَّلام) أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي أُوصِي نَفْسِي بِتَقْوَى الله وَبِهَا أُوصِيكَ فَإِنَّهَا وَصِيَّةُ الله فِي الاوَّلِينَ وَوَصِيَّتُهُ فِي الاخِرِينَ خَبَّرَنِي مَنْ وَرَدَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ أَعْوَانِ الله عَلَى دِينِهِ وَنَشْرِ طَاعَتِهِ بِمَا كَانَ مِنْ تَحَنُّنِكَ مَعَ خِذْلانِكَ وَقَدْ شَاوَرْتُ فِي الدَّعْوَةِ لِلرِّضَا مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) وَقَدِ احْتَجَبْتَهَا وَاحْتَجَبَهَا أَبُوكَ مِنْ قَبْلِكَ وَقَدِيماً ادَّعَيْتُمْ مَا لَيْسَ لَكُمْ وَبَسَطْتُمْ آمَالَكُمْ إِلَى مَا لَمْ يُعْطِكُمُ الله فَاسْتَهْوَيْتُمْ وَأَضْلَلْتُمْ وَأَنَا مُحَذِّرُكَ مَا حَذَّرَكَ الله مِنْ نَفْسِهِ فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) مِنْ مُوسَى بْنِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله جَعْفَرٍ وَعَلِيٍّ مُشْتَرِكَيْنِ فِي التَّذَلُّلِ لله وَطَاعَتِهِ إِلَى يَحْيَى بْنِ عَبْدِ الله بْنِ حَسَنٍ أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنِّي أُحَذِّرُكَ الله وَنَفْسِي وَأُعْلِمُكَ أَلِيمَ عَذَابِهِ وَشَدِيدَ عِقَابِهِ وَتَكَامُلَ نَقِمَاتِهِ وَأُوصِيكَ وَنَفْسِي بِتَقْوَى الله فَإِنَّهَا زَيْنُ الْكَلامِ وَتَثْبِيتُ النِّعَمِ أَتَانِي كِتَابُكَ تَذْكُرُ فِيهِ أَنِّي مُدَّعٍ وَأَبِي مِنْ قَبْلُ وَمَا سَمِعْتَ ذَلِكَ مِنِّي وَسَتُكْتَبُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ وَيُسْأَلُونَ وَلَمْ يَدَعْ حِرْصُ الدُّنْيَا وَمَطَالِبُهَا لاهْلِهَا مَطْلَباً لآِخِرَتِهِمْ حَتَّى يُفْسِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَطْلَبَ آخِرَتِهِمْ فِي دُنْيَاهُمْ وَذَكَرْتَ أَنِّي ثَبَّطْتُ النَّاسَ عَنْكَ لِرَغْبَتِي فِيمَا فِي يَدَيْكَ وَمَا مَنَعَنِي مِنْ مَدْخَلِكَ الَّذِي أَنْتَ فِيهِ لَوْ كُنْتُ رَاغِباً ضَعْفٌ عَنْ سُنَّةٍ وَلا قِلَّةُ بَصِيرَةٍ بِحُجَّةٍ وَلَكِنَّ الله تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى خَلَقَ النَّاسَ أَمْشَاجاً وَغَرَائِبَ وَغَرَائِزَ فَأَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ حَرْفَيْنِ أَسْأَلُكَ عَنْهُمَا مَا الْعَتْرَفُ فِي بَدَنِكَ وَمَا الصَّهْلَجُ فِي الانْسَانِ ثُمَّ اكْتُبْ إِلَيَّ بِخَبَرِ ذَلِكَ وَأَنَا مُتَقَدِّمٌ إِلَيْكَ أُحَذِّرُكَ مَعْصِيَةَ الْخَلِيفَةِ وَأَحُثُّكَ عَلَى بِرِّهِ وَطَاعَتِهِ وَأَنْ تَطْلُبَ لِنَفْسِكَ أَمَاناً قَبْلَ أَنْ تَأْخُذَكَ الاظْفَارُ وَيَلْزَمَكَ الْخِنَاقُ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ فَتَرَوَّحَ إِلَى النَّفَسِ مِنْ كُلِّ مَكَانٍ وَلا تَجِدُهُ حَتَّى يَمُنَّ الله عَلَيْكَ بِمَنِّهِ وَفَضْلِهِ وَرِقَّةِ الْخَلِيفَةِ أَبْقَاهُ الله فَيُؤْمِنَكَ وَيَرْحَمَكَ وَيَحْفَظَ فِيكَ أَرْحَامَ رَسُولِ الله وَالسَّلامُ عَلَى مَنِ اتَّبَعَ الْهُدَى إِنَّا قَدْ أُوحِيَ إِلَيْنَا أَنَّ الْعَذَابَ عَلَى مَنْ كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّى قَالَ الْجَعْفَرِيُّ فَبَلَغَنِي أَنَّ كِتَابَ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ (عَلَيْهما السَّلام) وَقَعَ فِي يَدَيْ هَارُونَ فَلَمَّا قَرَأَهُ قَالَ النَّاسُ يَحْمِلُونِّي عَلَى مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ وَهُوَ بَرِي‏ءٌ مِمَّا يُرْمَى بِهِ.  تَمَّ الْجُزْءُ الثَّانِي مِنْ كِتَابِ الْكَافِي وَيَتْلُوهُ بِمَشِيئَةِ الله وَعَوْنِهِ الْجُزْءُ الثَّالِثُ وَهُوَ بَابُ كَرَاهِيَةِ التَّوْقِيتِ وَالْحَمْدُ لله رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَالصَّلاةُ وَالسَّلامُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِهِ أَجْمَعِينَ.
 19. Through the same chain of narrators it is narrated from ‘Abdallah ibn Ibrahim al-Ja’fari who has said the following. “Yahya ibn ‘Abdallah ibn al-Hassan wrote to Musa ibn Ja’far  as herein below. “Therafter, I recommend my self to maintain piety before Allah as I like to recommend you also because it has been the recommendation of Allah to the people of the past as well as to the latr generations. Of the reliable and God fearing people who have come to me have informed me about your sympathy towards us and your refusal to support us. I consulted about calling people to pledge allegiance to such person from the family of Muhammad (s.a) who is acceptable to people. You disagreed and your father had disagreed before you. Since a long time you had claimed what was not for you. You expanded your hopes towards what Allah did not grant you. You followed your desires and strayed. I warn you of what Allah has warned about.” Abu al-Hassan, Musa ibn Ja’far  wrote to him as herein below, “From Musa ibn abu ‘Abdallah , Ja’far  and Ali  who both will share the rewards for their humbleness before Allah and obedience to Him, to Yahya ibn ‘Abdallah ibn Hassan. Thereafter, I warn you of being mindless about Allah as I warn myself about as such about Him. I ask you to know about His painful torments, severe punishments and His complete penalties. I recommend you as well as my self to be pious before Allah. Piety before Allah is the beauty in speech and the establishmmen of the blessings. I received your letter in which you have said that I and my father have the claim (for leadership) from long before and that you have not heard it from me (personally). “Their testimony will soon be recorded and they will be questioned about it. The greed for worldly gains have left nothing to gain from the benefits of the next life, in fact, their gains and the benefits of the next life are destroyed for their worldly desires. You have mentioned that I keep people from following you because of my desire to achieve what you have achieved. In fact, weakness in the (knowledge of) Sunna or lack of understanding of the authoritative evidence are not holding me back from what you are involved in. The fact of the matters is that Allah has created people diffeent from each other in instincts. I like to ask just about two letters. What are called al-‘Atra and al-Sahlaj in human body? Write your answer to me. About yourself, I warn you about disobeying the Khalifa and exhort you to be good to him and obey him. I ask you to request immunity for yourself from him before the paws will catch you and the pressure squeeze everywhere. Then you will try to find relief but you will not find it. Try until Allah will grant you from His blessings na generosity and make Khalifa (may he live long) to sympathize you, be kind to you and preserve in you the relation with the Messenger of Allah With best regards and peace for those who follow guidance. To us it is revealed that punishment is for those reject and turn away (from the truth). Al-Ja’fari has said that it has come to my knowledge that this letter Musa ibn Ja’far  had reached to Harun. When he saw it he said, “People exhort me to act against Musa ibn Ja’far  while he is clean of what they accuse him of.” End of the Second Volume of the book al-Kafi followed by, through the wish of Allah and his support, the third volume and that is ‘detestability of setting time limits. All praise belong to Allah, Lord of the worlds. May peace and blessing be up on Muhammad and his family all of them. Translation Muhammad Sarwar 4/10/1999, New York