`Ali b. Ahmad b. Musa al-Qaqqaq narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Abi `Abdullah al-Kufi narrated to us. He said: Muhammad b. Isma`il al-Barmaki narrated to us. He said: Al-Husayn b. Haytham narrated to us. He said: `Abbad b. Ya`qub al-Asadi narrated to us. He said: `Anbasa b. Bijad al-`Abid narrated to me. He said:

When Isma`il b. Ja`far b. Muhammad died and we left his funeral, al-Sadiq Ja`far b. Muhammad sat down, and we sat down around him. He was melancholy. Then, he raised his head and said: O people! This world is the abode of departure – an abode of crookedness and not an abode of straightness. Departure is a tragedy that cannot be repelled and a woe that cannot be deterred. Surely, people are only distinguished by beautiful mourning and good contemplation. Whoever does not mourn for his brother, his brother will mourn for him. Whoever does not have a child, then he is the one who will proceed [toward death] without a child. Then, he presented the poem of Abi Khurash al-Hadhali when he mourned for his brother: “Do not think that I have forgotten his covenant, but rather, my patience – O Amim – is beautiful.”