The Birth of abu Muhammad al-Hassan ibn Ali  عليه السلام — report 16

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16ـ إِسْحَاقُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ شَمُّونٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ كَتَبْتُ إِلَى أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) حِينَ أَخَذَ الْمُهْتَدِي فِي قَتْلِ الْمَوَالِي يَا سَيِّدِي الْحَمْدُ لله الَّذِي شَغَلَهُ عَنَّا فَقَدْ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهُ يَتَهَدَّدُكَ وَيَقُولُ وَالله لاجْلِيَنَّهُمْ عَنْ جَدِيدِ الارْضِ فَوَقَّعَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) بِخَطِّهِ ذَاكَ أَقْصَرُ لِعُمُرِهِ عُدَّ مِنْ يَوْمِكَ هَذَا خَمْسَةَ أَيَّامٍ وَيُقْتَلُ فِي الْيَوْمِ السَّادِسِ بَعْدَ هَوَانٍ وَاسْتِخْفَافٍ يَمُرُّ بِهِ فَكَانَ كَمَا قَالَ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام )

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ENGLISH TRANSLATION

16. Ishaq has said that Muhammad ibn al-Hassan Shammun has said that Ahmad ibn Muhammad narrated to me the following. “I wrote to abu Muhammad عليه السلام when al-Muhtadi had began to kill the Turkish Mawali (slave or supporters). My master, we thank Allah for diverting his (al-Muhtadi’s) attention from us. I have heard that he had threatened you and has said, By Allah, I will wipe them out from the face of the earth.” Abu Muhammad عليه السلام sent in response with his own signature. “This will be much shortening to his life. Count five days from today. On the sixth day he will be killed with humiliation and insults that he will go through.” It then happned exactly as he had said.”

Source & scholarly assessments

Al-Kafi, vol. 1, book 4, chapter 124, report 16

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Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi · ضعيف · Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/160)

Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi · لم يخرجه · Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī

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Source: Thaqalayn (Stichting Thaqalayn), https://thaqalayn.com/hadith/1/4/124/16. Al-Kafi by al-Kulayni. English translation attributed by the digital catalogue to Muhammad Sarwar. CC BY 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. No endorsement implied.