Ja`far b. Muhammad b. Masrur narrated to us. He said: al-Husayn b. Muhammad b. `Amer narrated to us from his uncle `Abdullah b. `Amer. He said: Abu Ahmad Muhammad b. Ziyad al-Azdi narrated to us from Aban b. `Uthman. He said: Aban b. Taghlub narrated to us from `Ikrama from Ibn `Abbas. He said:

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: If it makes one happy to live my life, die my death, join my rank in the Garden of Eden, and grasp onto the bark [of a tree] planted by my Lord – after which He said “be! And it is” – then he should align with `Ali b. Abi Talib and accept the deputies from his descendants; for they are my progeny, who were created from my clay. I complain to Allah about their enemies from my Nation, who deny their virtue, who cut away my bloodline through them. By Allah! My son, al-Husayn, will be killed after me – and Allah will not give them my intercession.