80. We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan, that he said: We were told by Muhammed bin Hasan al-Saffar, that he said: We were told by Ahmad bin Muhammed, from Uthman bin Isa, from Saleh bin Maitham, from ‘Abaya al-Asadi, that he said:

I heard the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, while he was sitting and I was standing: I will surely come to Egypt to bring death, and I will surely come to demolish Damascus, stone by stone, and I will surely bring the Jews and the Christians out of all the nests of the Arabs, and I will surely drag the Arabs with this staff of mine. He said: I said to him: O Commander of the Believers, it is as if you are informing us that you will be revived after you die? He said: May such not be, O ‘Abaya. You thought into another direction of thoughts which a man from me knows. The compiler of this book, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Indeed, the Commander of the Believers, peace be upon him, used Taqiya with ‘Abaya al-Asadi in this narration, and he used Taqiya with Ibn al-Kawra’ in the previous narration, because they could not bear the secrets of the Family of Muhammed, peace be upon them.