Hadith 61
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Mohammed bin al-Hasan bin al-Waleed, Allah may please him, … from al-Mufaddhal bin Qays that Abu Abdullah (a) asked him about the number of the Shia in Kufa. He answered: They are fifty thousand. The Imam (a) said: Do you hope they were less? He went on saying until he said: Do you hope they were twenty individuals? By Allah I swear, I wish they were twenty five individuals provided that they acknowledge our beliefs and say about us nothing but the truth.”
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ اَلْحَسَنِ بْنِ اَلْوَلِيدِ رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَنِ اَلْمُفَضَّلِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ ع قَالَ
كَمْ شِيعَتُنَا بِالْكُوفَةِ قَالَ قُلْتُ خَمْسُونَ أَلْفاً قَالَ فَمَا زَالَ يَقُولُ حَتَّى قَالَ أَ تَرْجُو أَنْ يَكُونُوا عِشْرِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ ع- وَ اَللَّهِ لَوَدِدْتُ أَنْ يَكُونَ بِالْكُوفَةِ خَمْسَةٌ وَ عِشْرُونَ رَجُلاً يَعْرِفُونَ أَمْرَنَا اَلَّذِي نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ وَ لاَ يَقُولُونَ عَلَيْنَا إِلاَّ بِالْحَقِّ .
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