(8) It was narrated that Zurara bin A’yun had said: “One day I visited Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq . On his right side there was the master of his sons Musa (al-Kadhim) and before him there was a covered coffin. He said to me:

“O Zurara, send for Dawood bin Katheer, Hamran and Abu Baseer to come.” Then al-Mufadhdhal bin Umar came in. I left to bring those persons. People began to come one after the other until we became about thirty men inside the house. When the house became crowded, Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq said: “O Dawood, uncover the face of Issma’eel!” Dawood uncovered Issma’eel’s face. Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq said: “O Dawood, is he alive or dead?” Dawood said: “O my master, he is dead.” Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq asked everyone in the house the same question after showing them the dead body of his son and all of them answered that he was dead. Then he said: “O Allah, witness!” He ordered to wash the dead (according to the Islamic rituals) and to put him into his last clothing. When everything was finished, Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq said to al-Mufadhdhal: “O Mufadhdhal, uncover his face!” Al-Mufadhdhal did. Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq said to him: “Is he alive or dead?” He said: “He is dead.” Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq said: “O Allah, be the witness over them!” Then Issma’eel was carried to his grave. When he was put into the grave, Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq said: “O Mufadhdhal, uncover his face!” He asked the all: “Is he alive or dead?” We said: “He is dead.” He said: “O Allah, witness and you, O people witness because those, who follow falsehood, will doubt. They want to put out the light of Allah with their mouths-he pointed to his son Musa-and Allah will not consent save to perfect His light.” Then we began to pour soil over the dead. He asked us again: “Who is the dead buried inside this grave?” We said: “He is Issma’eel.” He said: “O Allah, witness!” Then he held the hand of his son Musa and said: “He (al-Qa’im) is a truth and the truth is from him until Allah inherits the earth and all there is on it.” I have found this tradition with somone of our companions, who said that he had written it from Abul Murajja bin Muhammad al-Ghamr at-Taghlubi and he mentioned that Abu Sahl had narrated it to him from Abul Faraj the clerk of Bundar al-Qommi from Bundar from Muhammad bin Sadaqa and Muhammad bin Amr from Zurara. Abu al-Murajja mentioned that he had shown this tradition to some of his companions, who had said that al-Hasan bin al-Munthir had narrated it to him from Zurara and added that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq had said: “By Allah, your man will appear to you and he will not have had any homage to anyone at all.” And he said: Your man will not appear until the people of truth will suspect him. “Say: It is a message of importance. (And) you are turning aside from it.”