٨ - وروي عن زرارة بن أعين أنه قال: دخلت على أبي عبد الله وعن يمينه سيد ولده موسى وقدامه مرقد مغطى، فقال لي: يا زرارة، جئني بداود بن كثير الرقي وحمران وأبي بصير، ودخل عليه المفضل بن عمر، فخرجت فأحضرته من أمرني باحضاره، ولم يزل الناس يدخلون واحداً إثر واحد حتى صرنا في البيت ثلاثين رجلاً. فلما حشد المجلس قال: يا داود، إكشف لي عن وجه إسماعيل. فكشف عن وجهه فقال أبو عبد الله: يا داود، أحيٌّ هو أم ميت؟ قال داود: يا مولاي، هو ميت. فجعل يعرض ذلك على رجل رجل حتى أتى على آخر من في الملجس وانتهى عليهم بأسرهم، كلٌ يقول: هو ميت يا مولاي. فقال: اللهم اشهد. ثم أمر بغسله وحنوطه وإدراجه في أثوابه. فلما فرغ منه قال للمفضل: يا مفضل، أحسر عن وجهه. فحسر عن وجهه فقال: أحيٌّ هو أم ميت؟ فقال: ميتٌ. قال: اللهم اشهد عليهم. ثم حمل إلى قبره فلما وضع في لحده قال: يا مفضل، إكشف عن وجهه، وقال للجماعة: أحيٌّ هو أم ميت؟ قلنا له: ميت. فقال: اللهم اشهد واشهدوا فإنه سيرتاب المبطلون، يريدون إطفاء نور الله بأفواههم، - ثم أومأ إلى موسى - والله متمّ نوره ولو كره المشركون. ثم حثونا عليه التراب، ثم أعاد علينا القول فقال: الميت المحنط المكفن المدفون في هذا اللحد مَن هو؟ قلنا: إسماعيل. قال: اللهم اشهد. ثم أخذ بيد موسى وقال: هو حق والحق منه إلى أن يرث الله الأرض ومن عليها. والله ليظهرن عليكم صاحبكم وليس في عنقه لأحد بيعة. فلا يظهر صاحبكم حتى يشك فيه أهل اليقين. قُلْ هُوَ نَبَأٌ عَظِيمٌ {٦٧} أَنْتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ {٦٨}
(8) It was narrated that Zurara bin A’yun had said: “One day I visited Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq . On his right side there was the master of his sons Musa (al-Kadhim)  and before him there was a covered coffin. He said to me: “O Zurara, send for Dawood bin Katheer, Hamran and Abu Baseer to come.” Then al-Mufadhdhal bin Umar came in. I left to bring those persons. People began to come one after the other until we became about thirty men inside the house. When the house became crowded, Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq  said: “O Dawood, uncover the face of Issma’eel!” Dawood uncovered Issma’eel’s face. Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq  said: “O Dawood, is he alive or dead?” Dawood said: “O my master, he is dead.” Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq  asked everyone in the house the same question after showing them the dead body of his son and all of them answered that he was dead. Then he said: “O Allah, witness!” He ordered to wash the dead (according to the Islamic rituals) and to put him into his last clothing. When everything was finished, Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq  said to al-Mufadhdhal: “O Mufadhdhal, uncover his face!” Al-Mufadhdhal did. Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq  said to him: “Is he alive or dead?” He said: “He is dead.” Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq  said: “O Allah, be the witness over them!” Then Issma’eel was carried to his grave. When he was put into the grave, Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq  said: “O Mufadhdhal, uncover his face!” He asked the all: “Is he alive or dead?” We said: “He is dead.” He said: “O Allah, witness and you, O people witness because those, who follow falsehood, will doubt. They want to put out the light of Allah with their mouths-he pointed to his son Musa-and Allah will not consent save to perfect His light.” Then we began to pour soil over the dead. He asked us again: “Who is the dead buried inside this grave?” We said: “He is Issma’eel.” He said: “O Allah, witness!” Then he held the hand of his son Musa and said: “He (al-Qa’im) is a truth and the truth is from him until Allah inherits the earth and all there is on it.” I have found this tradition with somone of our companions, who said that he had written it from Abul Murajja bin Muhammad al-Ghamr at-Taghlubi and he mentioned that Abu Sahl had narrated it to him from Abul Faraj the clerk of Bundar al-Qommi from Bundar from Muhammad bin Sadaqa and Muhammad bin Amr from Zurara. Abu al-Murajja mentioned that he had shown this tradition to some of his companions, who had said that al-Hasan bin al-Munthir had narrated it to him from Zurara and added that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq  had said: “By Allah, your man will appear to you and he will not have had any homage to anyone at all.” And he said: Your man will not appear until the people of truth will suspect him. “Say: It is a message of importance. (And) you are turning aside from it.”