30. Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Muhammad Bin Sinan, from Is’haq Bin Ammar who said, ‘Narrated to me a man from our companions’, from Al-Hakam Bin Uteyba who said: ‘I was with Abu Ja’far and the house was full of its people when an old man (Sheykh) came up leaning upon his goat (for support) until he paused at the door of the house. He said, ‘Salam un Allaika’ ‘Peace be upon you O son of the Messenger ﷺ of Allah (azwj) and Mercy of Allah (azwj) and His (azwj) Blessings’. Then he was quiet. Abu Ja’far said: ‘And peace be upon you and Mercy of Allah (azwj) and His (azwj) Blessings’. Then the old man turned his face toward the people of the house and said, ‘Peace be upon you’. Then he was quiet until all the people had answered him and returned his greetings. Then he turned his face towards Abu Ja’far , then said, ‘O son of the Messenger ﷺ of Allah (azwj), allow me (to come near you ), may Allah (azwj) Make me to be sacrificed for you , for by Allah (azwj), I love you and love those who love you , and by Allah (azwj) I don’t love you and those who love you for the greed of the world. By Allah (azwj) I hate your enemies and keep away from them, and by Allah (azwj) I do not hate them and keep away from them due to the dispute between me and them. By Allah (azwj), I permit for myself that which you have made it to be permissible, and prohibit to myself that which you have made it to be prohibited, and I await your command. So is there hope for me, may Allah (azwj) Make me to be sacrificed for you?’ Abu Ja’far said: ‘Come near, come near’, until he seated him by his side, then said: ‘O you old man, a man came to my father Ali Bin Al-Husayn and asked him similar to what you has asked me . So my father said to him: ‘If you were to die you would return to the Messenger ﷺ of Allah (azwj), and to Ali , and Al-Hassan , and Al-Husayn , and Ali Bin Al-Husayn . Your heart would be in delight and it would be cooled at what your eyes would recognise, and you would be welcomed by the Spirit and the fragrance along with the Honourable Scribes. If your soul reaches here’ – and he indicated by his hand to his throat – ‘and when you live you will see what delights Allah (azwj) has Kept for your eyes, and you will be with us in the highest peak’. The old man said, ‘What did you say, O Abu Ja’far ’. So he repeated the words for him. The old man said, ‘Allah (azwj) is Great! O Abu Ja’far , if I were to die I would return to the Messenger ﷺ of Allah (azwj), and to Ali , and Al-Hassan , and Al-Husayn , and Ali Bin Al-Husayn , and my eyes would be delighted, and my heart would be cooled, and I would be welcome by the Spirit and the fragrance along with the Honourable Scribes. If my soul reached up to here, and I will live and see what delights Allah (azwj) has Kept for my eyes, so I would be with you in the highest peak’. Then the old man sobbed and wailed saying ‘Haaa, haaa, haaa’, until he rolled upon the ground, and all the people in the house sobbed and wailed upon seeing the condition of the old man, and Abu Ja’far came and wiped his tears from his eyes with his finger then flicked them away. Then the old man raised his head so he said to Abu Ja’far , ‘O son of the Messenger ﷺ of Allah (azwj), give me your hand, may Allah (azwj) Make me to be sacrificed for you ’. So he gave him his hand. So he kissed it and place it upon his eyes and his cheek, then placed it upon his abdomen and his chest. Then he stood up to leave and said, ‘Peace be upon you ’. And Abu Ja’far kissed the scruff of his neck and looked at him when he was leaving. He then turned his face towards the people, so he said: ‘The one who would love to look at a man from the inhabitants of the Paradise, so they should look at this one’. Al-Hakam Al-Uteyba said, ‘I had never seen such mourners at all resembling like that gathering’.