47-13 In the month of Rajab of the year 339 A.H. (950 A.D.) Hamza ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Zayd ibn Ali ibn Al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib in Qum narrated that Ali ibn Abraham ibn Hashem in the year 307 A.H. (918 A.D.) in a letter to me quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Obayd, on the authority of Abdul Rahman ibn Abi Najran and Safvan ibn Yahya, “Al-Husayn ibn Qiama, who was one of the heads of the Waqafites asked us to ask for an appointment for him with Ar-Ridha’ . We made an appointment for him. When he faced the Imam , he asked, ‘Are you the Divine Leader?’ The Imam said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘I take God to bear witness that you are not the Divine Leader.’ The Imam looked down for a while. Then he raised his head up and asked, ‘How do you know that I am not the Divine Leader?’ Al-Husayn ibn Qiama said, ‘It has been narrated for us upon the authority of Abi Abdullah as-Sadiq that the Divine Leader is not infertile. You are old but do not have any children.’ The Imam looked down again for a while. This time it lasted longer than before. Then he raised his head up and said, ‘I take God to bear witness that in a while the Merciful God will grant me a son.’” Abdul Rahman ibn Abi Najran added, “No more than one year after that passed and God granted Imam Ar-Ridha’ Aba Ja’far .”The narrator added, “Al-Husayn ibn Qiama was amazed and standing somewhere while Imam Musa Al-Kadhim was circumambulating around the Kaaba. When Abul Hassan the first passed by him, the Imam asked him, ‘Why are you standing here? What is wrong with you? May the Sublime God surprise you!’ After this he became one of the Waqafites.”