(12) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Malik from Ali bin Aasim from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Abu Nasr that Imam Abul Hasan ar-Redha had said:

“Before the appearance of al-Qa’im, there will be the risings of as-Sufyani, al-Marwani, al-Yamani and Shu’ayb bin Salih. Then how does this one (Muhammad bin Ibraheem bin Issma’eel known as ibn Tabataba) claim such a thing (to be al-Qa’im)?”