Before the rise of thee Children of al-'Abbas
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حُمَيْدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْعَبَّاسِ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الدِّهْقَانِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ الطَّاطَرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ بَيَّاعِ السَّابِرِيِّ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنْ صَبَّاحِ بْنِ سَيَابَةَ عَنِ الْمُعَلَّى بْنِ خُنَيْسٍ قَالَ ذَهَبْتُ بِكِتَابِ عَبْدِ السَّلَامِ بْنِ نُعَيْمٍ وَ سَدِيرٍ وَ كُتُبِ غَيْرِ وَاحِدٍ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) حِينَ ظَهَرَتِ الْمُسَوِّدَةُ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَظْهَرَ وُلْدُ الْعَبَّاسِ بِأَنَّا قَدْ قَدَّرْنَا أَنْ يَئُولَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ إِلَيْكَ فَمَا تَرَى قَالَ فَضَرَبَ بِالْكُتُبِ الْأَرْضَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أُفٍّ أُفٍّ مَا أَنَا لِهَؤُلَاءِ بِإِمَامٍ أَ مَا يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَقْتُلُ السُّفْيَانِيَّ.
509. Humeyd Bin Ziyad, from Abu Al-Abbas Ubeydullah Bin Ahmad Al-Dahqan, from Ali Bin Al-Hassan Al-Tatary, from Muhammad Bin Ziyad Baya’ Al-Sabiry, from Aban, from Sabbah bin Sayabat, from Al-Moalla Bin Khuneys who said: I went with the letters of Abdul Salaam Bin Naeem, and Sudeyr, and a letter of someone else to Abu Abdullah (asws), When Al-Musawwadat makes his appearance, before the appearance of the sons of Al-Abbas, we have estimated that this Command would come to you (asws), so what do you (asws) see?’ ‘He (asws) threw the letters on the ground, and then said: ‘Uff! Uff! I (asws) am not an Imam (asws) for these ones, but they very well know that he (ajfj) would be killing Al-Sufyani’.