Hadith 8-2

حَدَّثَنا أَبي‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّه، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى اليَقْطِيني، عَنِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَشَّار قالَ: حَدَّثَني شَيْخٌ مِنْ أَهْل قَطِيعَةِ الرَّبِيعِ مِنَ العامَّةِ مِمَّنْ كانَ يُقْبَلُ قَوْلُهُ: قالَ: قالَ لي: رَأَيْتُ بَعْضَ مِنْ تُقِرُّونَ بِفَضْلِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ هذا البِيْتِ، فَما رَأَيْتُ مِثْلَهُ قَطُّ نُسْكِهِ وَفَضْلِهِ، قالَ: قُلْتُ مَنْ هُوَ؟ وَكَيْفَ رَأَيْتَهُ؟ قالَ: جُمِعْنا أيَّامَ السَّنْدِي بْنِ شاهَكَ وَنَحْنُ ثَمانُونَ رَجُلاً فَادْخِلْنا عَلَى مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ فَقالَ لَنا السَّنْدِيُّ: يا هؤُلاء انظُرُوا إِلى هذا الرَّجُلِ هَلْ حَدَثَ بِهِ حَدَثٌ؟ فَإِنَّ النَّاسَ يَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّهُ فُعِلَ بِهِ مَكْرُوهٌ، وَيَكْثِرُونَ فِي ذلِكَ، هذا مَنْزِلُهُ وَفِراشُهُ مُوَسَّعٌ عَلَيْهِ غَيْرُ مُضَيَّقٍ، وَلَمْ يُرِدْ بِهِ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنينَ سُوءاً وَإِنَّما يَنْتَظِرُهُ أَن يَقْدَمَ فَيُناظِرُهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنينُ، وَهاهُوَذا هُوَصَحِيحٌ فَسَلُوهُ. فَقالَ: أَمَّا ما ذَكَرَ مِنَ التَّوْسِعَةِ فَهُوَعَلَى ما ذَكَرَ، غَيْرَ إِنِّي أَخْبِرُكُمْ أَيُّهَا النَّفَرُ: أَنِّي قَدْ سُمِمْتُ فِي تِسْعِ تَمْراتٍ، وَإِنِّي أَخْضَرُّ غَداً، وَبَعْد غَدٍ أَمُوتُ. قالَ: فَنَظَرْتُ إِلى السَّنْدِي بْنِ شاهَكَ تَرْتَعِدُ فَرائِصُهُ يَضْطَرِبُ مِثْلَ السَّعَفَةِ. قالَ الحَسَنُ: وَكانَ هذا الشَّيْخُ مِنْ خِيارِ العامَّةِ، شَيْخٌ صَدُوقٌ مَقْبُولُ القَوْلِ، ثِقَةٌ جِدّاً عِنْدَ النَّاسِ.

(The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isa al-Yaqteeni, on the authority of Al-Hassan Muhammad ibn Bashshar, “One of the elders of the Qatia al-Rabee’ who is an honest Sunni told me that he has seen one of the Members of the Holy Household whom the people confess to be noble. He said that he has not seen anyone like him in nobility regarding piety and worshipping.” Hassan ibn Muhammad asked, “Who do you mean? How did you find him?” He replied, “There were eighty of us who gathered around As-Sandi ibn Shahak. Then he brought in Musa ibn Ja’far (a.s.). As-Sandi told us, “Look at this man. Has anything been done to him? The people think that something wrong has been done to him. They say a lot of these things. This is his house. This is his seat where he is comfortable. The Commander of the Faithful (Harun) does not have any bad intentions regarding him (a.s.). He is waiting for him to go there and converse with each other. Look at him. He is perfectly healthy. Ask him.” The narrator added, “The Imam (a.s.) said, “Regarding my convenience, he is right. However, I want to let you know that I have been poisoned with nine dates. My body will turn green tomorrow and I will die the following morning.” The narrator added, “Then I looked at As-Sandi ibn Shahak. His body was shaking like a willow tree.” Al-Hassan ibn Muhammad says, “This Sunni man was one of the pious Sunnis. He was an elder whose words were accepted, and he was trusted by the people.”