35- وَ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَتِّيلٍ قَالَ قَالَ عَمِّي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَتِّيلٍ دَعَانِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ السَّمَّانُ الْمَعْرُوفُ بِالْعَمْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَأَخْرَجَ إِلَيَّ ثُوَيْبَاتٍ مُعْلَمَةً وَ صُرَّةً فِيهَا دَرَاهِمُ فَقَالَ لِي يَحْتَاجُ أَنْ تَصِيرَ بِنَفْسِكَ إِلَى وَاسِطٍ فِي هَذَا الْوَقْتِ وَ تَدْفَعَ مَا دَفَعْتُ إِلَيْكَ إِلَى أَوَّلِ رَجُلٍ يَلْقَاكَ عِنْدَ صُعُودِكَ مِنَ الْمَرْكَبِ إِلَى الشَّطِّ بِوَاسِطٍ قَالَ فَتَدَاخَلَنِي مِنْ ذَلِكَ غَمٌّ شَدِيدٌ وَ قُلْتُ مِثْلِي يُرْسَلُ فِي هَذَا الْأَمْرِ وَ يَحْمِلُ هَذَا الشَّيْءَ الْوَتْحَ قَالَ فَخَرَجْتُ إِلَى وَاسِطٍ وَ صَعِدْتُ مِنَ الْمَرْكَبِ فَأَوَّلُ رَجُلٍ يَلْقَانِي سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَطَاةٍ الصَّيْدَلَانِيِ وَكِيلِ الْوَقْفِ بِوَاسِطٍ فَقَالَ أَنَا هُوَ مَنْ أَنْتَ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَتِّيلٍ قَالَ فَعَرَفَنِي بِاسْمِي وَ سَلَّمَ عَلَيَّ وَ سَلَّمْتُ عَلَيْهِ وَ تَعَانَقْنَا فَقُلْتُ لَهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ الْعَمْرِيُّ يَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامَ وَ دَفَعَ إِلَيَّ هَذِهِ الثُوَيْبَاتِ وَ هَذِهِ الصُّرَّةَ لِأُسَلِّمَهَا إِلَيْكَ فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ فَإِنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَائِرِيَ قَدْ مَاتَ وَ خَرَجْتُ لِإِصْلَاحِ كَفَنِهِ فَحَلَّ الثِّيَابَ وَ إِذَا فِيهَا مَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حِبَرٍ وَ ثِيَابٍ وَ كَافُورٍ فِي الصُّرَّةِ وَ كِرَاءِ الْحَمَّالِينَ وَ الْحَفَّارِ قَالَ فَشَيَّعْنَا جَنَازَتَهُ وَ انْصَرَفْتُ.
35 -And informed us Muhammad bin Ali bin Mitteel that he said: My uncle Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Mitteel said: “Abu Ja’far Muhammad bin Uthman al-Samman known as al-Amri, called me and gave me small embroidered garments and a sac of dirhams and said, “You need to go by yourself to Wasit at this time and give what I gave you to the first man who meets you after you climb over your courser to the waterway in Wasit.” A tremendous shock overwhelmed me and I said to myself, “A man of my stature is sent for something like this and is assigned to carry insignificant items. I went to Wasit, dismounted from the courser, and the first man who encountered me, I asked him about al-Hasan bin Muhammad bin Qatat, the pharmacist and the representative of the endowment in Wasit. He said, “I am him. And who are you?” I said, “I am Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Mateel.” He recognized me through my name and gave me greetings. I gave him greetings and we hugged each other. I said to him, “Abu Ja’far al-Amri sends you his greetings and gave me these little garments and this sac to give them to you.” He said “Praise belongs to Allah, Muhammad bin Abdullah al-Amri has just died and I had come out to procure a burial shroud for him.” He opened the garments and there was all he needed, a Yemeni cloak, shrouds and camphor. There was money in the sac for the porters and the diggers. We attended the procession of his burial and then I returned.”
