They turned to apostasy

455. Narrated to us Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Isa, from Al-Husayn Bin Saeed, from Ali Bin Al-No’man, from Abdullah Bin Muskaan, from Abdul Raheem Al-Qaseer who said: I said to Abu Ja’far (asws) that the people are appalled when we say that the people turned apostate’. So he (asws) said: ‘O Abdul Raheem, after the passing away of the Rasool Allah (saww), the people turned to the terms of ignorance. The Helpers were isolated and their isolation was not in goodness. They went and pledged their allegiances to Sa’d and were shouting slogans of the era of ignorance, ‘O Sa’d, you are the hope, and you are the vessel, and the solution!’

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.