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
33- حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ نَجِيحٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الصَّادِقَ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ ع يَقُولُ إِنَّ لِلْغُلَامِ غَيْبَةً قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقُومَ قُلْتُ وَ لِمَ ذَاكَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَقَالَ يَخَافُ وَ أَشَارَ بِيَدِهِ إِلَى بَطْنِهِ وَ عُنُقِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ ع وَ هُوَ الْمُنْتَظَرُ الَّذِي يَشُكُّ النَّاسُ فِي وِلَادَتِهِ فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ إِذَا مَاتَ أَبُوهُ مَاتَ وَ لَا عَقِبَ لَهُ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ قَدْ وُلِدَ قَبْلَ وَفَاةِ أَبِيهِ بِسَنَتَيْنِ لِأَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَمْتَحِنَ خَلْقَهُ فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ يَرْتَابُ الْمُبْطِلُونَ.
33 - Narrated to us Muhammad bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Walid رضي الله عنه: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Hasan al-Saffar from Ahmad bin Husain from Uthman bin Isa from Khalid bin Najih from Zurarah bin Ayyan that he heard: Ja’far bin Muhammad عليه السلام say:
“For Qaim عليه السلام, before his uprising there will be an occultation.” I asked: “May I be your ransom, why is it so?” He replied: “He shall fear (for his life),” so saying the Imam gestured towards his belly and neck. Then he said: And he is that awaited one and he is the one in whose birth they shall doubt.
Thus some will say: He died with his father. And his father died heirless and some will say: He was born two years before the passing away of his father. But Allah, the Mighty and Sublime likes to test the people. It is the time when people of falsehood fall in doubt.”
“For Qaim عليه السلام, before his uprising there will be an occultation.” I asked: “May I be your ransom, why is it so?” He replied: “He shall fear (for his life),” so saying the Imam gestured towards his belly and neck. Then he said: And he is that awaited one and he is the one in whose birth they shall doubt.
Thus some will say: He died with his father. And his father died heirless and some will say: He was born two years before the passing away of his father. But Allah, the Mighty and Sublime likes to test the people. It is the time when people of falsehood fall in doubt.”