20- حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْمَتِّيلِيُ قَالَ: جَاءَنِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ فَمَضَى بِي إِلَى الْعَبَّاسِيَّةِ وَ أَدْخَلَنِي خَرِبَةً وَ أَخْرَجَ كِتَاباً فَقَرَأَهُ عَلَيَّ فَإِذَا فِيهِ شَرْحُ جَمِيعِ مَا حَدَثَ عَلَى الدَّارِ وَ فِيهِ أَنَّ فُلَانَةَ يَعْنِي أُمَّ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ تُؤْخَذُ بِشَعْرِهَا وَ تُخْرَجُ مِنَ الدَّارِ وَ يُحْدَرُ بِهَا إِلَى بَغْدَادَ فَتَقْعُدُ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ السُّلْطَانِ وَ أَشْيَاءَ مِمَّا يَحْدُثُ ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي احْفَظْ ثُمَّ مَزَّقَ الْكِتَابَ وَ ذَلِكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَحْدُثَ مَا حَدَثَ بِمُدَّةٍ.
20 - Narrated to me my father: Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah: Narrated to me Abu Ali Matteeli that he said: “Abu Ja’far came to me and took me to al-Abbasiya and led me to a ruin and took out a book and read it to me. It bore the narrative of all that happened in the house. It spoke of the female, who was Umm Abdullah, who would clip her hair and leave the house and would throw it in Baghdad and would sit in front of the ruler. It had other similar stories. Then he said to me, “Remember.” Then he threw the book. This happened long before the incidents that ensued.”
