Original Arabic text
Published English translation
5. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Mu‘alla ibn Muhammad from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah from Ali ibn Muhammad al-Nawfali who has said the following. “Muhammad ibn al-Faraj told me that abu al-Hassan (a.s.) has written to him this. “O Muhammad, organize you affairs and be careful.” He said that he began to organize his affairs and did not know what the Imam (a.s.) meant thereby until police came to me and took me out of Egypt as a captive. All of my belongings were confiscated and I remained in prison for eight years. In the prison I received a letter from him that said, “O Muhammad, do not reside in the western location.” I read the letter and said to my self, “He writes me this and I am in prison. This is strange.” Shortly afterwards, I was released, thanks to Allah. The narrator has said that Muhammad ibn al-Faraj wrote to him about his properties. The Imam (a.s.) wrote to him in response, “Your properties will soon be returned to you and even if they are not returned to you it will not harm you.” When Muhammad al-Faraj left to the army camp (Samarra) an order was issued to release his properties but he died before receiving them. The narrator has said that Ahmad ibn al-Khadib wrote to Muhammad ibn al-Faraj asking him to come to the army camp. He wrote to the Imam (a.s.) for his advise in the matter and the response was this. “ Go out. In it there will be happiness and relief for you, by the will of Allah, the Most High..” He left for the journey but very shortly afterwards he died.”
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Attributed scholarly assessments
Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi: ضعيف على المشهور
Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/121)
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Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi: Catalogue non-inclusion note (not an authenticity grade)
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī
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