It is narrated from on the authority of Khayran Asbati, who said:
I (i.e. Khayran Asbati) went to Abul Hasan Ali bin Muhammad Hadi (a), at Medina.
He asked me: “What is the news of Wathiq?”
“May I be sacrificed on you,” I replied, “I left him in good health, but while I am one of the closest people in contact with him, my last contact with him was ten days ago.”
“The Medinans say that he has died,” he told me.
When he told me that ‘the people’ were saying that, I knew that he meant himself.
Then he asked: “What has Ja’far (Mutawakkil) been doing?”
“I left him in the most wretched of predicaments in prison,” I said.
“He is now in control of affairs,” he told me.
“What has Ibne Zayyat been doing?” he asked me.
“The people are with him and the authority is his authority,” I answered.
“Now it is unlucky for him,” he said. Then he fell silent.
He said to me: “There is no escape from the decrees and ordinances of Allah, Khayran. Wathiq has died. Ja’far Mutawakkil sits (on the throne) and Ibne Zayyat has been killed.”
“When, may I be sacrificed on you?” I asked.
“Six days after your departure,” he said.
Al-Kafi, Vol. 1, Pg. 498; Al-Kharaij, Vol. 1, Pg. 407; Irshad, Mufeed, Pg. 329, Miracles of Ahlulbayt (a.s.) - Vol. 4,Pg.112
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