Everyone knew the canonical five volumes of Rijal al-Kashi (also known as Ikhtiyar Ma'rifat al-Rijal ). They contained the biographies of narrators of Hadith — who was trustworthy, who was a liar, who saw the Imam, who sold his soul for a handful of silver.
Faraj, trembling, opened it. The first page read: "These are the men and women whom the later schools forgot. Their chains of narration are broken not by weakness, but by fear." rijal kashi volume 6
“I, Faraj ibn al-Husayn al-Qummi, narrate from Kashi, who narrated from the neglected ones, who narrated from the Imams, who narrated from the Messenger (SAW), who narrated from Jibra’il, who narrated from Allah — the Just, the Hidden, the One who never forgets a single narrator.” Everyone knew the canonical five volumes of Rijal
— A story for Rijal Kashi Volume 6: Where the erased narrators live. The first page read: "These are the men
One footnote read: “If you are reading this, you are in danger. They are still erasing. Look behind you.”
He placed the page in a bottle and buried it under a thorn tree in the Kashi desert.
Centuries later, a child will find it. And the chain will begin again.
