[53] And it was reported in the aforementioned book, just as it was reported in the book Qada’ Amir al-Mu'minin by Sheikh Muhammad Taqi al-Tustari,
the following account: (The fifth, therein also raised (marfu'an) to Maytham al-Tammar, who said: I was in the presence of the Commander of the Faithful—His might was mighty—in the Mosque of Kufa among a group of his companions and the companions of the Messenger of Allah—His might was mighty—while he was as if the full moon among the stars. Suddenly, there entered upon him from the door of the mosque a tall man wearing an Awkan silk cloak and he had wound a yellow turban, and was girt with two swords. He entered and knelt down without offering a greeting (salam) and did not utter a word. Necks craned toward him and people stared at him from the corners of their eyes, while our master the Commander of the Faithful—His might was mighty—did not raise his head toward him.




