158. Ja’far Bin Basheer, from Amro Bin Usmaan, from Abu Shibal who said: ‘I and Suleyman Bin Khalid came up to Abu Abdullah (asws). Suleyman Bin Khalid said to him (asws), ‘The Zaydiites (a sect) are a people who are well known, and tried, and famous among the people, and there is none in the earth who is more praised and more beloved to them than you (asws) are. So I see that if you (asws) can be closer to them and bring them closer to you (asws), then you (asws) should do so (lead them as an Imam (asws))’. So he (asws) said: ‘O Suleyman Bin Khalid! If those fools are intending that they would prevent us (asws) from our (asws) Knowledge, to go to their ignorance, then they are not welcome. However, if they had heeded our (asws) words, and would have waited for our (asws) Command, then there would be nothing wrong with it’.
IsnādJa'far ibn Bashir a rapporté d'Amr ibn Outhman, de Abi Shibl, qui a dit : Je suis entré avec Soulayman ibn Khalid chez Abi Abdillah (sur lui la paix), et Soulayman ibn Khalid lui a dit : Les Zaydites sont un peuple qui a été connu, testé et critiqué par les gens, et sur terre, il n'y a personne qui soit plus aimé d'eux que toi. Si tu vois bon de les rapprocher de toi, fais-le. Alors Abi Abdillah a dit : Ô Soulayman ibn Khalid, si ces sots veulent nous détourner de notre savoir vers leur ignorance, alors qu'ils ne soient ni les bienvenus ni acceptés. Mais s'ils écoutent nos paroles et attendent nos ordres, alors il n'y a pas de mal.