What People will Have to Do about the Occultation
Al-Imāma wa’l-Tabṣira min al-Ḥayra|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 11
Al-Imāma wa’l-Tabṣira min al-Ḥayra
Book 3, Chapter 11
What People will Have to Do about the Occultation
عبداللّه بن جعفر الحميري، عن محمد بن عيسى بن عبيد، عن صالح بن محمد، عن هانيء التمّار، قال: قال أبو عبداللّه عليه السلام: إنّ لصاحب هذا الأمر غيبة، المتمسّك فيها بدينه كالخارط للقتاد، ثمّ قال—هكذا بيده—ثمّ قال: إنّ لصاحب هذا الأمر غيبة، فليتّق الله عبد، وليتمسّك بدينه.
ʿAbd Allāh b. Jaʿfar al-Ḥimyarī, from Muḥammad b. ʿĪsā b. ʿUbayd, from Ṣāliḥ b. Muḥammad, from Hānīʾ al-Tammār, who narrated: “Abū ʿAbd Allāh عليه السلام said: “There is for the Master of this Ordinance an occultation. During it, the one who continues to adhere to his religion is like one who strips the desert thorn with his bare hands.”[1] Then, he said, while gesturing with his hand in this manner: “There is for the Master of this Ordinance an occultation, so let a servant be conscious of Allāh, and let him continue to adhere to his religion.”