Muhammad ibn Yahya and al-Hassan ibn Muhammad both have narrated from Ja'far ibn Muhammad al-Kufi from al-Hassan ibn Muhammad al-Sayrafi from Salih ibn Khalid from Yaman al-Tammar who has
said the following. "Once we were in the presence of abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) and he said to us, "The in charge of this task (Leadership with Divine Authority) will disappear from public
sight.
At that time following one's religion would like wiping the thorns of cactus plant with one's bare. The Imam (a.s.) made certain hand gestures. Who among you is ready to hold in his hands a
branch of cactus? He then remained quite for a little while and then said, "The in charge of this task (Leadership with Divine Authority) will disappear from public sight. A servant (of Allah)
must maintain piety before Him and hold fast to His religion,"
H 889, Ch. 80, h 2
Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from al-Hassan ibn 'Isa ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Ja'far from his father from his grandfather from Ali ibn Ja'far from his brother, Musa ibn Ja'far (a.s.) who
has said the following.
"When the fifth descendant of the seventh (Imam) will disappear from the public sight at that time for the sake of Allah, for the sake of Allah protect your religion so no one can strip off
of it. My son, it is necessary that the in charge of this task (Leadership with Divine Authority) must disappear from the public sight.
Even those who believe in it would turn away from their belief. It will certainly be a trial from Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, to test His creature. Had your fathers and
ancestors know any other religion more correct than this they would certainly have followed it.
" I then asked, "My master, who is the fifth from the descendants of the seven?" He said, "My son, you intelligence falls shorter to reach it and your understanding remain narrower to
accommodate it but if you would live you will soon comprehend its being."
H 890, Ch. 80, h 3
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn abu Najran from Muhammad ibn al-Musawir from al-Mufaddal ibn 'Umar who has said the following. "I heard abu 'Abdallah (a.s.)
say as herein below. "Beware of publicity. By Allah, your Imam will disappear from the public sight for years of your time and you will be sifted until the only thing that could be said about his
would be, "He is dead, killed, destroyed and no one would know in which of the valleys he may have travelled.
The eyes of the faithful ones will weep for him and you will be turned upside down just the ships face the rough seas and choppy waters. No one will survive this except those from whom
Allah has taken a covenant, written faith in his hear and has supported him with an spirit from His self. You will come to know of twelve similar flags and one would not be able find which is
which.
" The narrator has said, "I then wept and then said, "Whatshall we do?" The Imam (a.s.) then looked to the sun (light) on the deck and said, 'O abu 'Abdallah, our case, (Leadership with
Divine Authority) is more clear than the sun (light) on the deck."
H 891, Ch. 80, h 4
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from ibn Abi Najran from Fadalah ibn Ayyub from Sadir al-Sayrafi who has said that he heard abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) say the following.
"In the (case) of the person in charge of this task (Leadership with Divine Authority, the twelfth Imam (a.s.)) there is a similarity to Yusuf (Joseph) (a.s.)." I then said, "Are you, O Imam,
speaking of his life time or his disappearance.
" The narrator has said that the Imam (a.s.) then said, " What then is it that certain swine-like people of this nation refuse to acknowledge? The brothers of Yusuf were grand children of
the prophets. They did business with Yusus, conducted traded with him and spoke to him. They were his brothers and he was their brother but they could not recognize him until he said, I am Yusu
and this is my brother.
" Why should then (certain people of) this condemned nation refuse to accept if Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Gracious, in a certain time would do to the possessor of His authority
what He did to Yusuf? Yusuf was the in charge of Egypt and there was a distance of twenty eight days of journey between him and his father.
If he wanted to inform him (his father) he could have done so. Jacob and his sons journeyed after they heard the good new for nine days from their Bedouin home to Egypt. Why then this
nation would refuse to accept if Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Gracious, would do to the person who possess His authority what He did to Yusuf? That he would walk in their market place and
step on their furnishings until Allah will grant him permission to reappear in public as He did to Yusuf as they said, "Are you really Yusuf?" He said, "Yes, Yusuf I am ."
H 892, Ch. 80, h 5
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from al-Hassan ibn Musa al-Khashshab from 'Abdallah ibn Musa from 'Abdallah ibn Bukayr from Zurarah who has said the following. "The young boy will disappear
from the public sight before his rise (with divine power)" The narrator has said, "I then asked, "Why (would that has to take place)?" The Imam (a.s.) said, "He will be afraid.
" He pointed out with his hand to his midsection. Then he said, "O zurara, "He is the one whose reappearance is expected. He is the one whose coming to this world through birth will be
doubted. Certain people will say, "his father died without leaving any son behind." Certain others will say, "Just before the dead of his father his mother conceived him." Still others will say,
"He was born two years before the death of his father." He is the one whose reappearance is expected.
The fact is that Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, loves to try and test the Shi'a (his followers). It in such a condition that people of falsehood will raise doubts, O
Zurara)."
The narrator has said, "I then said, May Allah take my soul in service for your cause, if will be alive at the time of his rise with divine power what should I do?" The Imam (a.s.) said, "O
Zurara, if you will live up to such time then say the following prayer. "O Lord make me know You for if you would not make me know You I will not know Your prophet.
O Lord, make me know Your Messenger, for if You would not make me know your Messenger I will not know the one who possesses Your authority over the creatures. O Lord make me know the one
who possesses Your authority over the creatures for if You will not make me know him I will stray away from my religion." Then he said, "O Zurara, it is necessary that a young boy must be
murdered in the city of Madina.
" I then said, "May Allah take my soul in service for your cause, would he not be killed in the hands of the army of al-Sufyani?" He said, "No, but the army of the tribe of so and so will
kill him. They will come to inter Madina, thus, they take hold of the young boy and kill him. When they will murder him in transgression, animosity and injustice they will not then be given
respite. At such time good news will be expected, if Allah would so will."
H 893, Ch. 80, h 6
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ja'far ibn Muhammad from Ishaq ibn Muhammad from Yahya ibn al-Muthanna from 'Abdallah ibn Bukayr from 'Ubayd ibn Zurara who has said the following. "I
heard abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) say as herein below. "People will miss their Imam (a.s.). He will attain Hajj and see them but they will not see him."
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Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from 'Abdallah ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid who has said that Mundhir ibn Muhammad ibn Qabus narrated to us from Mansur ibn al-Sindi from abu Dawud al-Mustariq from
Tha'laba ibn Maymun from Malik al-Juhanni from al-Harith ibn al- Mughirah from al-Asbagh ibn Nubata who has said the following.
"Once I went to see Amir al-Mu'minin (a.s.) and found him thinking and he drawing lines on the ground. I then said, "O Amir al-Mu'minin (a.s.) I can see you thinking and drawing lines on
the ground. Have you become interested in it (worldly things) ?" He said, no, by Allah, I have not become interested in it and the whole world not even for a day but I thought about a baby from
my descendants, the eleventh generation. He will be al-Mahdi who will fill the earth with justice and fairness after its being filled with suffering and injustice. He will disappear from the
public sight and in confusing conditions.
Certain people will deviate and others find the path of guidance." I then asked, "O Amir al-Mu'minin (a.s.), how long will be the duration of confusion and the disappearance?" He said, "Six
days or six months or six years." I then said, "Will this really come to pass?" He said, "Yes, just his creation will be necessary (so also will be his disappearance).
However, O Asbagh, this is not your concern. Those people will of the best in this nation with the best virtuous ones of this family (Ahl al- Bayt)." I then said, "What then will happen
afterwards?" He said, "Allah will do whatever He will so decide. He possesses, Bada's, (seemingly change of plan) wills, goals and ends."
H 895, Ch. 80, h 8
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hannan ibn Sadir from Ma'ruf ibn Kharrabudh from abu Ja'far (a.s.) who has said the following. "We are only like the stars in the heavens.
Whenever one star disappears (from sight) another one comes in view until you will point out with your fingers and make a gesture with your necks. Allah will cause your star to disappear from
your sight. The descendants of 'Abd al-Muttalib will all look similar as such that one would not know which is which. When your star will reappear then you must give thanks to
Allah."
H 896, Ch. 80, h 9
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ja'far ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Mu'awiya from 'Abdallah ibn Jabala from 'Abdallah ibn Bukayr from Zurara who has said the following. "I heard abu
'Abdallah (a.s.) say as herein below. "The person who will rise to Divine power on earth will disappear from the public sight before he will do so." I then asked, "Why, will happen so?" He said,
"He will be afraid." He then pointed to his midsection meaning thereby being murderd."
H 897, Ch. 80, h 10
Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from from his father from ibn abu "Umayr from abu Ayyub al- Khazzaz from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following. "I heard abu 'Abdallah (a. s.) say, "I
the person in charge of this task (Leadership with Divine Authority) will disappear from public sight you must not reject it."
H 898, Ch. 80, h 11
Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn Yahya have narrated from Ja'far ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Mu'awiya from 'Abdallah ibn Jabala from Ibrahim ibn Khalaf ibn 'Abbad al-Anmati from
Mufaddal ibn 'Umar who has said the following.
"Once I was in the presence of abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) and there other people also were present so I thought the Imam (a.s.) meant people other thanme when he said, "By Allah, the in chrage of
this task (Leadership with Divine Authority) will disappear from your sight and this (case) will become so obscure that people will say, "He is dead, destroyed or no one knows in which valley has
he traveled. You will be shaken just as the ship is shaken in the rough seas and choppy water.
No one will remain safe except those in whose hear He has written faith and has supported with an spirit from Him. You will raise twelve identical flags so much so that one would not know
which is which." The narrator has said, "I then wept." The Imam (a.s.) asked, "what has caused you to weep, O abu 'Abdallah ?" I then said, "May Allah take my soul in service for your
cause,
"How can I stop weeping when you say, "Twelve identical flags. . . " The narrator has said that the place of gathering sun light had come in through a whole. The Imam (a.s.) said, "Is this
(sun light on the spot) clear?" I said, "Yes, it is clear." The Imam (a.s.) said, " our case is clear even more than this."
H 899, Ch. 80, h 12
Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ja'far ibn Muhammad from al-Qasim ibn 'Isma'il al-Anbari from Yahya ibn al- Muthanna from 'Abdallah ibn Bukayr from 'Ubayd ibn Zurara from abu
'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. "Al-Qa'im (the one who rise with Divine Authority) will disappear from the public sight twice. In one of them he will attain Hajj. He will see the
people but they will not see him."
H 900, Ch. 80, h 13
Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and Muhammad ibn Yahya and others from Ahmad ibn Muhammad and Ali ibn Ibrahim from his father, all three of them from ibn Mahbub from
Hisham ibn Salim from abu Hamza from abu Ishaq al-Sabi'Isma'il from a reliable one of the companions of Amir al-Mu'minin (a.s.) who has said the following.
"Amir al-Mu'minin (a.s.) once spoke the words herein below from the pulpit in Kufa and I memorized them. "O Lord it is certain that You must have a person with Your Authority on Yaour
earth. Such persons would come one after the other whith Your authority over the creatures who would guide people in your religion and teach them your knowledge so that your friends would not
scatter.
They can be in the public sight but disobeyed or out of public sight whose reappearance would be expected. Even though their persons will be hidden form the people in peace time but their
knowledge that has spread before will not be hidden from the people. Their discipline will firmly be established in the hearts of people and they will act up on them."
In another part of this sermon he has (a.s.) said, "Who would it be to have such discipline?" For this reason knowledge becomes obscure when it does not find any one to bear, protect and
narrate it to others just as they have heard it from the scholars and speak truthfully from them in it. O Lord, I know that all the knowledge will not become obscure and all of its sources will
not banish. You will not leave your earth without a person with Your authority over Your.
He may either live in public sight but is not obeyed and followed or is afraid and hidden from public sight so that Your authority is not invalidated and Your friends are not mislead after
You have granted them guidance. In fact, where are they and how many are they? They are very few in number but of very great honor and respect before Allah."
H 901, Ch. 80, h 14
Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad from Musa ibn al-Qasim ibn Mu'awiya al-Bajali from Ali ibn Ja'far from his brother, Musa ibn Ja'far (a.s.) who has said the following about
the words of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious. "Say, "Have you not thought that if your water was to dry up, who would bring you water from the spring?" (67:30).The Imam (a.s.) said,
"When your Imam would disappear from your sight then who will bring for you a new Imam?"
H 902, Ch. 80, h 15
A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following. "When you would hear about
the disappearance of your companion (Leader with Divine Authority) from public sight do not reject it."
H 903, Ch. 80, h 16
A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali al- Washsha' from Ali ibn abu Hamza from abu Basir from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following.
"It is necessary for the person in charge of this task (Leadership with Divine Authority) to disappear from the public sight and in his disappearance form public sight he must remain away from
public. How good is Tayba, the city of Madina, for dwelling and living with thirty people is not frightening isolation."
H 904, Ch. 80, h 17
through the same chain of narrators it is narrated from al-Washsha' from Ali ibn al-Hassan from Aban ibn Taghlib who has said the following. "How would it be with you when an lagre scale
attack would take place between the two mosques. Thereafter, knowledge will become obscure as the snake goes in to its hiding place.
The Shi'a (Muslims) will hold differences and one group will call the group liars and one group will spit onto the faces of the aother." I then said, "May Allah take my soul in service for
your cause, there will be nothing good in such conditions." The Imam (a.s.) said, "All goodness will be there." He said it three times.
H 905, Ch. 80, h 18
Through the same chain of narrators it is narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from his father, Muhammad ibn 'Isa from ibn Bukayr from Zurara who has said the following. " AlQa'im (the one who
will rise with Divine Authority) will disappear before he will rise with divine power. He will suffer fear. The Imam (a.s.) pointed to his midsection, meaning thereby being
murdered."
H 906, Ch. 80, h 19
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from ibn Mahbub from Ishaq ibn 'Ammar who has said the following. "Abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) has said, Al-Qa'im ((the one who will
rise with Divine Authority) will have two disappearances. One of them will be for a short time and the other for a longer time. No one would know his place during the shorter disappearance except
the special persons from his Shi'a. During his longer disappearance no one will see him except very special persons from his friends."
H 907, Ch. 80, h 20
Muhammad ibn Yahya and Ahmad ibn Idris have narrated from al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Kufi from Ali ibn Hass'an from his paternal uncle, 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Kathir from Mufaddal ibn 'Umar who has
said the following. "I heard abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) say, "The in charge of this task (Leadership with Divine Authority) will disappear from the public sight twice. From one them he will return to
his family but in the other one it will be said that he is dead or no one knows in which of the valleys has he traveled." I then asked, "What shall we do in such conditions?" The Imam (a.s.)
said, "If any one would claim to have such authority you then should ask him about several things in which he must answer like him (Leader with Divine Authority)." H 908, Ch. 80, h 21 Ahmad ibn
Idris has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad from Ja'far ibn al-Qasim from Muhammad ibn al-Walid al-Khazzaz from al-Walid ibn 'Uqba from al-Harith ibn Ziyad from Shu'ayb from abu Hamza who has said
the following. " Once I went to see abu 'Abdallah (a. s.) and said to him, "Are you the in charge of this task ((to rise with divine power)?" he said, "No, I am not he.
" I then asked, "Is he your son?" He said, "No, my son will be he either." I then asked, "Will the son of your son be he?" He said, "No, my grandson will not be he." I then asked will your
great grandson be he?" The Imam (a.s.) said, "No, my great grandson will not be he also.
" I the asked, "Who then be he?" The Imam (a.s.) said, "He will be the one who will fill the earth with justice after its being filled with injustice and cruelty. (He will come) at a time
when the Imams will be absent just as the Messenger of Allah was raised (to preach) when for a long time there had come no messengers."
H 909, Ch. 80, h 22 Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from from Ja'far ibn Muhammad from Musa ibn Ja'far alBaghdadi from Wahab ibn Shadhan from al-Hassan ibn abu al-Rabi' from Muhammad ibn
Ishaq from 'Umm Hani who has said the following. "I asked abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ali (a. s.) about the meaning of the words of Allah.
"I do not (need to) swear by the orbiting (81:15) stars which are visible during the night (81:16) and sit during the day,. . ". (81:17)" She has said that then he said, "It refers to the
Imam who will disappear in the year two hundred sixty then he will rise like a shooting star that shines during the dark night. If you would attain such time it will brighten your eyes with
happiness."
H 910, Ch. 80, h 23
A number of our people has narrated from Sa'd ibn 'Abdallah from Ahmad ibn al-Hassan from 'Umar ibn Yazid from al-Hassan ibn al-Rabi ' al-Hamdani who has said that Muhammad ibn Istaq
narrated to us from 'Usayd ibn Tha'laba from 'Umm Hani who has said the following. "Once I met abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn Ali (a.s.) and asked him about he meaning of "I do not (need to) swear by
the orbiting (81:15) stars which are visible during the night (81:16) and sit during the day,. . ". (81:17)
" The Imam (a.s.) said, "Al-Khunnas, refers to the imam who will disappear in his time when the knowledge about him will be cut off from people in the year two hundred sixty. Then he will
reappear like a shooting star in the dark night. If you will attain such time it will light up your eyes with delight."
H 911, Ch. 80, h 24
Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from certain ones of our people from Ayyub ibn Nuh from abu a1-Hassan, the third, (a.s.) who has said the following. "When your knowledge that is with you will
banish then expect glad news to emerge beneath your feet."
H 912, Ch. 80, h 25
A number of our people has narrated from Sa'd ibn 'Abdallah from Ayyub ibn Nuh who has said the following. "I said to abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.), 'Isma'il hope that you will become the
inchrge of this task (Leadership with Divine Authority). Allah will drive it to your control with the sword now that the pledge of allegiance is offered to you and currency coins are printed in
your name.
" The Imam (a.s.) said, "There has been no one from us with whom letters had been exchanged, being pointed out with the gesture of fingers, questions asked and properties delivered to him
but that he was murdered or died in his bed. (It will be as such) until Allah will raise for this task (Leadership with Divine Authority) a young boy from us whose birth place and upbringing
would be unknown (to people) but not his ancestors."
H 913, Ch. 80, h 26
Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad and others have narrated from Ja'far ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-'Abbass ibn 'Amir from Musa ibn Hilal al-Kindi from 'Abdallah ibn 'Ata', fron abu Ja'far (a.s.) the
following. "I said to him, 'Your Shi'a (followers) in Iraq are many. By Allah, there is no one like you in your family. Why do you not rise (for leadership)?" The narrator has said that he said,
"O 'Abdallah ibn 'Ata', you have began to open your ears to silliness.
Yes, by Allah, I am not your companion (the one who will rise with Divine Authority)." The narrator has said that I said to him, "Who then is our companion (the one who will rise with
Divine Authority)?
" The Imam (a.s.) then said, "Find out whose time and place of birth is unknown to people, such person will be your companion (the one who will rise with Divine Authority). There is no one
among us towards whom people point out their fingers so much and tongues will mention him so much, but that has died in frustration or due sorrow for being neglected."
H 914, Ch. 80, h 27
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa'id from ibn abu 'Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. "Al-Qa'im
(the one who will rise with Divine Authority) will rise and he will not be obliged to any one under any covenant, agreement or oath of allegiance."
H 915, Ch. 80, h 28
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal from al- Hassan ibn Ali al-'Attar from Ja'far ibn Muhammad from Mansur from the person he mentioned the following
from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) "I askked him, "If I passthe day and night and do not find Imam to follow then what should I do?" The Imam (a.s.) said, "love those whom you love and hate those whom you
hate until Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, will grant him permission to reappear."
H 916, Ch. 80, h 29
Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad has narrated from from Ahmad ibn Hilal who has said that 'Uthman ibn 'Isa narrated to us from Khalid ibn Najih from Zurara ibn A'yan that abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) has said
the following. "It will be necessary for the young boy to diappear from the public sight." I then asked, "Why it will be necessary?" He said, "Because he will have fear- he then pointed towards
his midsection.
He will be the one whose reappearance will be intensely expected. It will be he in whose being born people will have doubts. Certain people will say, "His mother has just conceived him."
Others will say, "His father died but left no surviving son." Certain others will say, "He was born two years before the death of his father.
" Zurara has said, "I said to him, 'What do you command me if will attain that time?" The Imam (a.s.) said, "Pray to Allah in the following words. "O Lord, make me know You for if you would
not make me know You I will not know You.
O Lord, make me know Your prophet, for if You would not make me know your Messenger I will never know him. O Lord, make me know the one who possesses Your authority over the creatures for
if You will not make me know him I will stray away from my religion." Ahmad ibn Hilal has said, "I had heard this hadith fifty six years ago."
H 917, Ch. 80, h 30
Abu Ali al-Ash'ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn Hassa'n from Muhammad ibn Ali from 'Abdallah ibn al-Qasim from al-Mufaddal ibn 'Umar from abu 'Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following
about the words of Allah. "When the trumpet is sounded," (74:8) From us there will be a triumphant Imam. behind the cover. When will want to grant him permission to (rise with Divine Authority
and power He will place a dot in his heart. He will then reappear in public sight and will rise (with divine power) by the command Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High."
H 918, Ch. 80, h 31
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ja'far ibn Muhammad from Ahmad ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn 'Abdallah from Muhammad ibn al-Faraj who has said the following. "Abu Ja'far (a.s.) wrote
to me, 'when Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, is angry with His creatures He keeps us away from their neighborhood."
