What Al-Baqir عليه السلام Informed Regarding the Occurrence of the Occultation

Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 31
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma

Book 2, Chapter 31

What Al-Baqir عليه السلام Informed Regarding the Occurrence of the Occultation

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ النَّخَعِيُّ عَنْ عَمِّهِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ النَّوْفَلِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام يَقُولُ‌ فِي صَاحِبِ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ سُنَّةٌ مِنْ مُوسَى وَ سُنَّةٌ مِنْ عِيسَى وَ سُنَّةٌ مِنْ يُوسُفَ وَ سُنَّةٌ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ص فَأَمَّا مِنْ مُوسَى فَخَائِفٌ يَتَرَقَّبُ وَ أَمَّا مِنْ عِيسَى فَيُقَالُ فِيهِ مَا قَدْ قِيلَ فِي عِيسَى وَ أَمَّا مِنْ يُوسُفَ فَالسِّجْنُ وَ الْغَيْبَةُ وَ أَمَّا مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ص فَالْقِيَامُ بِسِيرَتِهِ وَ تَبْيِينُ آثَارِهِ‌ ثُمَّ يَضَعُ سَيْفَهُ عَلَى عَاتِقِهِ ثَمَانِيَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فَلَا يَزَالُ يَقْتُلُ أَعْدَاءَ اللَّهِ حَتَّى يَرْضَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ قُلْتُ وَ كَيْفَ يَعْلَمُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ تَعَالَى قَدْ رَضِيَ قَالَ يُلْقِي اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ فِي قَلْبِهِ الرَّحْمَةَ.
Narrated to us Ali bin Ahmad bin Muhammad رضي الله عنه: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Abi Abdullah Kufi: Narrated to us Musa bin Imran Nakhai from his uncle Husain bin Yazid Naufali from Hasan Ibne Ali bin Abi Hamza [from his father] from Abi Baseer that he said: I heard Aba Ja’far عليه السلام say: “In the master of this affair there is a similarity to Musa, to Isa, to Yusuf and Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. As for the similarity to Musa: It is being fearful and watchful. And as for Isa, it is that it would be said about him what was said about Isa. And as for Yusuf it is the prison and the occultation. And as for Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم it is rising with the sword and he will follow the style of His Eminence and expound his traditions. At that time he would carry his sword in his right hand for eight months and continuously go on eliminating his enemies till the Almighty Allah is satisfied. I asked, How do we know that the Almighty Allah is satisfied? He replied, ‘The Almighty Allah will instill mercy into his heart.’”