Humran b. A`yan

I journeyed to Madina when I was a young man and entered a pavilion of Abi Ja`far عليه السلام in Mina. I saw a group sitting in the tent and no one was at the front of the gathering. I saw a man seated at the back being…

I heard Aba Abdillah عليه السلام saying: Humran used to say: we stretch out a rope [as our marker] then we disassociate from whoever over-steps it whether he be an Alawi or otherwise.

I said to Abi Ja`far عليه السلام: I have made an oath to Allah that I will not depart from Madina until you inform me the answer to what I ask. He said to me: ask. I said: am I of your Shia? He said: yes, in this world…