(10) Muhammad bin Ya’qoob al-Kulayni narrated from Ali bin Muhammad and Muhammad bin al-Hasan from Sahl bin Ziyad and Muhammad bin Yahya from Ahmad bin Muhammad from al-Hasan bin Mahboob that Abu Hamza ath-Thimali had heard Abu Ja’far al-Baqir saying:

“Allah had timed this matter to occur in the year seventy (A.H.) but when al-Husayn was killed, He became so angry and put it off until the year one hundred and forty. We told you of that and you announced it and uncovered the secret, so after that Allah did not reveal any timing to us concerning this matter. Allah said: (Allah makes to pass away and establishes what He pleases, and with Him is the basis of the Book).” Abu Hamza said: “I told Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq of that and he said: “Yes, it was so.”