حمدويه بن نصير

Abu al-Hasan عليه السلام said: of the felicities enjoyed by Ali b. Yaqtin is the fact that I remembered him [supplicated for him] at the Mawqif [the plains of Arafa in the Hajj].

I heard Aba Abdillah عليه السلام saying – and Aba al-Khattab had just been mentioned: O Allah curse Aba al-Khattab for he has made me fearful whilst standing, sitting and lying down. O Allah make him taste the heat of the iron [i.e. die by the sword].

I entered upon Abi al-Hasan the First عليه السلام and said to him – may I be made your ransom, supplicate to Allah for me that he grants me a house, a wife, a son, a servant, and the ability to perform Hajj every year. He عليه السلام said: O Allah bless Muhammad and the family of Muhammad and grant him a house, a wife, a son, a servant, and the ability to perform Hajj for fifty years. Hammad said: so when he limited it to fifty years I knew that I will not perform the Hajj exceeding fifty. Hammad also said: I have gone to Hajj for forty eight years, and this is my house which I have been granted, and this is my wife behind the veil hearing my voice, and this is my son, and this is my servant, I have been granted all that …