Hadith 164

(The book) ‘Al Kharaij Wa Al Jaraih’ – It is reported from Abu Khalid Al Zubaly who said, ‘Abu Al-Hassan Musa-asws arrived at Zubalah, and with him-asws was a group of the companions of Al-Mahdy (caliph) he had sent them in escorting him-asws to him, and he-asws had instructed me with buying needed items, and he-asws looked at me, and I was gloomy. He-asws said: ‘O Abu Khalid! What is the matter I-asws see you so worried? ’
I said, ‘It is your-asws being taken to this tyrant, and I cannot see you-asws being safe from him’. He-asws said: ‘There will be no problem upon me-asws from him. When it will be such and such day, then await me-asws in the first mile’. He (the narrator) said, ‘There was no other concern for me except counting the days. When it was that day, I arrived at the first mile, but did not see anyone until the sun had almost set. So I doubted, and afterwards I looked at a person coming over. I awaited him, and behold, it was Abu Al-Hassan Musa-asws upon a mule having had arrived. He-asws looked at me. He-asws said: ‘Do not doubt’. I said, ‘That has happened’. Then he-asws said: ‘There is an appointment for me and I-asws am not finished from them’. It happened like what he-asws had said’’. [179]