Signs of the Reappearance of Al-Qaim عليه السلام
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 54
12- حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الطَّالَقَانِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي الصَّلْتِ الْهَرَوِيِّ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِلرِّضَا ع مَا عَلَامَاتُ الْقَائِمِ مِنْكُمْ إِذَا خَرَجَ قَالَ عَلَامَتُهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ شَيْخَ السِّنِّ شَابَّ الْمَنْظَرِ حَتَّى إِنَّ النَّاظِرَ إِلَيْهِ لَيَحْسَبُهُ ابْنَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً أَوْ دُونَهَا وَ إِنَّ مِنْ عَلَامَاتِهِ أَنْ لَا يَهْرَمَ بِمُرُورِ الْأَيَّامِ وَ اللَّيَالِي حَتَّى يَأْتِيَهُ أَجَلُهُ.
12 - Narrated to us Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Ishaq Taliqani رضي الله عنه: Narrated to us Ahmad bin Ali Ansari from Abi Salt Harawi that he said: I asked ar-Reza عليه السلام:
“What would be the sign of your Qaim when he reappears?” He replied: “He will be advanced in age but he will seem like a young man. Whoever sees him will say that he is forty or less. The rotation of days and nights does not affect him till his last.”