(623) From my sheikh by his chain to al-Sadiq — exalted be his glory: a man recited before him the words of Jarir:

Lower your gaze, for you are of Numayr; you have reached neither [the rank of] Ka‘b nor Kilab.

al-Sadiq — exalted be his glory — then said: "May God curse the speaker of this poetry. Indeed, God has a secret in Numayr that he must surely reach."

(624) By his chain from our Lord Abu al-Khattab — peace be upon him: that he heard a singer singing:

O blackness (sawadu) of the eye, tell me, will my eye ever see you?

Abu al-Khattab — peace be upon him — said: "By God, the singer does not know what he says." Some of those present asked: "O our Lord, and how should he say it?" He replied: "He should say:

O Numayr of the eye, tell me, will my eye ever see you?"

And his saying — peace be upon him: "I used to be called in the Hashemite Cycle Muhammad ibn Abi Kabsha; today I am called Muhammad ibn Abi Zaynab; and I shall be called Muhammad ibn Nusayr."

(625) al-Sadiq — exalted be his glory — said: "When God loves a tribe, He appears within it."

(626) By the chain from Fadaweih al-Kurdi, who said to our Master al-Hasan al-Askari — exalted be his glory: "Many claims have spread and opinions have differed; with whom is the Truth that we may follow him?"

He replied: "The Truth is with him whom the common folk curse, whom the Shia disavow, and whom the Monotheists label a disbeliever." The narrator said: "I found none with this description except my Lord Abu Shu’ayb; so I informed my Master of that." He replied: "O Fadaweih, follow him, for indeed the Truth is with him and he is my Gate through which I am approached."