٣ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ بَعْضِ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ إِنَّ إِخْوَتِي وَبَنِي عَمِّي قَدْ ضَيَّقُوا عَلَيَّ الدَّارَ وَأَلْجَئُونِي مِنْهَا إِلَى بَيْتٍ وَلَوْ تَكَلَّمْتُ أَخَذْتُ مَا فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِيَ اصْبِرْ فَإِنَّ الله سَيَجْعَلُ لَكَ فَرَجاً قَالَ فَانْصَرَفْتُ وَوَقَعَ الْوَبَاءُ فِي سَنَةِ إِحْدَى وَثَلاثِينَ وَمِائَةٍ فَمَاتُوا وَالله كُلُّهُمْ فَمَا بَقِيَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ فَلَمَّا دَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ مَا حَالُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ قَدْ مَاتُوا وَالله كُلُّهُمْ فَمَا بَقِيَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ هُوَ بِمَا صَنَعُوا بِكَ وَبِعُقُوقِهِمْ إِيَّاكَ وَقَطْعِ رَحِمِهِمْ بُتِرُوا أَ تُحِبُّ أَنَّهُمْ بَقُوا وَأَنَّهُمْ ضَيَّقُوا عَلَيْكَ قَالَ قُلْتُ إِي وَالله.
3. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa from certain individuals of our people who has said the following: “Once I (Tsa) said to Abu ‘Abdillah  ‘My brothers and cousins have made life very difficult for me. They have forced me out of the house to another house. If I talk to them I am capable to take away what is in their hands.’ The Imam said, ‘Be patient. Allah will make a way out for you.’ I (the narrator) changed my mind. In the year one hundred thirty-one a plague came and they all died. No one of them was left alive. I (the narrator) then went to see the Imam  and he asked me, ‘How is the condition of your family?’ I said, ‘By Allah, all of them have died and not one is left alive.’ The Imam said, ‘It was because of their failing to maintain good relations with you, suspending you from their favors, withholding kindness from relatives and boycotting them. Do you love and wish that they remained alive even though they caused you difficulties?’ I said, ‘Yes, by Allah (I do wish so).”’ 