(4) Ali bin Ahmad narrated from Obaydillah bin Musa al-Alawi from Muhammad bin al-Husayn from Muhammad bin Sinan from Qutayba al-A’sha that Abban bin Taghlub had said: “Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq said: “When the banner of the truth (al-Mahdi) appears, the people of the east and the west will curse it. Do you know why?” I said: “No, I do not.” He said: “That is because of what harms the people receive from his (al-Mahdi’s) family before his appearance.”