مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ عَنِ الْفَضْلِ الْكَاتِبِ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) فَأَتَاهُ كِتَابُ أَبِي مُسْلِمٍ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ لِكِتَابِكَ جَوَابٌ اخْرُجْ عَنَّا فَجَعَلْنَا يُسَارُّ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضاً فَقَالَ أَيَّ شَيْ‏ءٍ تُسَارُّونَ يَا فَضْلُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ ذِكْرُهُ لَا يَعْجَلُ لِعَجَلَةِ الْعِبَادِ وَ لَإِزَالَةُ جَبَلٍ عَنْ مَوْضِعِهِ أَيْسَرُ مِنْ زَوَالِ مُلْكٍ لَمْ يَنْقَضِ أَجَلُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ فُلَانَ بْنَ فُلَانٍ حَتَّى بَلَغَ السَّابِعَ مِنْ وُلْدِ فُلَانٍ قُلْتُ فَمَا الْعَلَامَةُ فِيمَا بَيْنَنَا وَ بَيْنَكَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ لَا تَبْرَحِ الْأَرْضَ يَا فَضْلُ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ السُّفْيَانِيُّ فَإِذَا خَرَجَ السُّفْيَانِيُّ فَأَجِيبُوا إِلَيْنَا يَقُولُهَا ثَلَاثاً وَ هُوَ مِنَ الْمَحْتُومِ.
412. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al-Husayn, from Abdul Rahmaan Bin Abu Hashim, from Al-Fazl Al-Katib who said: I was in the presence of Abu Abdullah  when a letter of Abu Muslim came to him ’. So he  said: ‘There is no answer to your letter. Exit from us ’. So some of us left the others. He  said: ‘Which thing are you walking upon, O Fazl? Allah (azwj) does not Make Haste due to the hastiness of the servants. And removing a mountain from its place is easier than toppling a government whose term has not ended’. Then said: ‘So and so, son of so and so’ – until he  reached seven from the sons of so and so’. I said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you , so what are the signs with regards to what is in between us and you ?’ He  said: ‘The earth will not depart (end), O Fazl, until the Sufyani comes out. So if the Sufyani comes out, so answer to us  (to our  call)’. And he  said it thrice: ‘And it is inevitable’.