He said: Abul Hasan ALI b. Muhammad al-Katib reported to me from al-Hasan b. ALI al-Zafarani, who reported from Ibrahim b. Muhammad al-Thaqafi, who reported from Ismail b. Aban, who reported from Fadhl b. al-Zubair, from Imran b. Mitham, from Abayah al-Asadi, who said:
I heard ALI (ASWS) peace be upon him, say: "I am the master of the aged ones. And in me is the tradition of Ayyub (i.e. his sufferings), and by ALLAH (SWT), He will gather together my family for me, the way He did for Ya'qoob."
(Ref: Al-Amali Shaikh Mufeed : The Eighteenth Assembly : Hadees no.4)