Hadith 367

(The book) ‘Rijal’ of Al Kashy – Hamdawiya, from Abu Ayoub Bin Nuh, from Safwan Bin Yahya, from Aasim Bin Humeyd, from Sallam Bin Saeed Al Jumahy, from Aslam a slave of Muhammad Bin Al Hanafiya who said, ‘I was with Abu Ja’far-asws leaning my back to Zamzam (well). Muhammad Bin Abdullah son of Al-Hassan-asws passed by us and he was performing Tawaaf of the House (Kabah). Abu Ja’far-asws said: ‘O Aslam! Do you know this youth? ’ I said, ‘Yes, he is Muhammad Bin Abdullah son of Al-Hassan-asws’. He-asws said: ‘But he-asws will be prevailing and be killed in a wasteful state’. Then he-asws said: ‘O Aslam! Do not narrate with this Hadeeth to anyone, for it is an entrustment with you’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I narrated with it to Marouf Bin Kharbuz and took upon him similar to what had been taken upon me’. He (the narrator) said, ‘And we used to be in the presence of Abu Ja’far-asws morning and evening, four from the people of Makkah. Marouf asked him-asws, he said, ‘Inform me about this Hadeeth, which is being narrated, for I would love to hear it from you-asws’. He (the narrator) said, ‘He-asws turned to Aslam, and said to him: ‘O Aslam! ’ He said, ‘May I be sacrificed for you-asws! I took upon him similar to that which you-asws had taken upon me’. He (the narrator) said, ‘Abu Ja’far-asws said: ‘Even if the people, all of them, were to be Shias of ours-asws, three-quarters of them would be doubtful of us-asws, and the other quarter would be foolish’’. [245]