The Book of Occultation — al-Ṭūsī · Hadith 405 (#Ḥadīth #6)

198- وروى محمد بن يعقوب، عن الحسين بن محمد الاشعري، عن المعلى بن محمد، عن أحمد بن محمد قال: خرج عن أبي محمد عليه السلام حين قتل الزبيري: هذا جزاء من افترى على الله وعلى أوليائه. زعم أنه يقتلني وليس لي عقب. فكيف رأى قدرة الله؟ وولد له ولد وسماه محمدا سنة ست وخمسين ومائتين.

H 198 - Narrated Muhammad bin Yaqub from Husain bin Muhammad Ashari from Mualla Ibn Muhammad from Ahmad bin Muhammad that: When Zubairi was killed, a letter came from Imam Hasan Askari as follows: “This is the punishment of one who attributes lies to Allah, the Exalted, with respect to His close friends. He presumed that he would kill me while I do not have an offspring. So how did he witness the might of Allah?” He sired a son and named him Muhammad. This was in the year two hundred and fifty-six.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).