16- حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ الْآبِيُّ الْأَزْدِيُّ الْعَرُوضِيُ بِمَرْوَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْقُمِّيُ قَالَ: لَمَّا وُلِدَ الْخَلَفُ الصَّالِحُ ع وَرَدَ عَنْ مَوْلَانَا أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع إِلَى جَدِّي أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ كِتَابٌ فَإِذَا فِيهِ مَكْتُوبٌ بِخَطِّ يَدِهِ ع الَّذِي كَانَ تَرِدُ بِهِ التَّوْقِيعَاتُ عَلَيْهِ وَ فِيهِ وُلِدَ لَنَا مَوْلُودٌ فَلْيَكُنْ عِنْدَكَ مَسْتُوراً وَ عَنْ جَمِيعِ النَّاسِ مَكْتُوماً فَإِنَّا لَمْ نُظْهِرْ عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا الْأَقْرَبَ لِقَرَابَتِهِ وَ الْوَلِيَّ لِوَلَايَتِهِ أَحْبَبْنَا إِعْلَامَكَ لِيَسُرَّكَ اللَّهُ لَهُ مِثْلَ مَا سَرَّنَا بِهِ وَ السَّلَامُ.
16 -Narrated to us Abul Abbas Ahmad bin Husain bin Abdullah bin Mehran Abi Azdi Uruzi in Merv: Narrated to us Ahmad bin Hasan bin Ishaq Qummi that he said:
“When the righteous successor was born, a letter came from my master, Abu Muhammad Hasan bin Ali 
to my grandfather, Ahmad bin Ishaq. It was written in his handwriting in which his letters would come to my grandfather: The infant is born. This must remain a secret with you and hidden from all people, for we have not revealed it but to the closest of his relations and the fondest of his devotees. We desired to inform you, so may Allah make you happy through him as He has made us. And peace.”
