About the Prohibition on Uttering his Given Name عليه السلام

Al-Imāma wa’l-Tabṣira min al-Ḥayra|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 9
Al-Imāma wa’l-Tabṣira min al-Ḥayra

Book 3, Chapter 9

About the Prohibition on Uttering his Given Name عليه السلام

سعد بن عبداللّه، عن جعفر بن محمد بن مالك، عن عليّ بن الحسن بن فضال عن الرّيان بن الصلت، قال: سُئِلَ الرضا عليه السلام عن القائم عليه السلام فقال: لا يرى جسمه ولا يسمّى باسمه.
Saʿd b. ʿAbd Allāh, from Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. Mālik, from ʿAlī b. al-Ḥasan b. Faḍḍāl from al-Rayyān b. al-Ṣalt, who narrated: “Al-Riḍā عليه السلام was asked about the Qāʾim عليه السلام, so he said: “He is not (to be) physically seen, nor mentioned by his given name.”