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
18- حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالا حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَلَّى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُمْهُورٍ وَ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ فِي الْقَائِمِ سُنَّةٌ مِنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ ع فَقُلْتُ وَ مَا سُنَّةُ مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ فَقَالَ خَفَاءُ مَوْلِدِهِ وَ غَيْبَتُهُ عَنْ قَوْمِهِ فَقُلْتُ وَ كَمْ غَابَ مُوسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ ع عَنْ قَوْمِهِ وَ أَهْلِهِ فَقَالَ ثَمَانِيَ وَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.
18 - Narrated to us my father: Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah: Narrated to us Mualla bin Muhammad Basri from Muhammad bin Jumhur and others from [Muhammad] bin Abi Umair from Abdullah bin Sinan that he heard Abu Abdillah عليه السلام say: “In the Qaim عليه السلام is a resemblance to Musa bin Imran. I asked: What is that resemblance to Musa bin Imran عليه السلام? He replied: His concealed birth and his disappearance from the people. I asked: For how long did Musa bin Imran remain concealed from the people and his family? He replied: Twenty eight years.”