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Hadith 170
Hadith #
170
Book
Kitāb al-Ghayba
Volume
1
Section
10
Part
Content
Chapter
Disappearance of the expected Imam
Source
Abū ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Nuʿmānī
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(8) Ali bin Ahmad narrated from Obaydillah bin Musa al-Alawi from Muhammad bin Ahmad al-Qalanisi from Ali bin al-Hasan from al-Abbas bin Aamir from Musa bin Hilal that Abdullah bin Atta’ al-Mekki had said
“I came from Wassit to perform the hajj. I visited Abu Ja’far Muhammad bin Ali (al-Baqir) (as). He asked me about the people and the markets there. I said: the people have looked forward to you. If you rise, a great number of people will follow you.” He said: “O bin Atta’, you have spread your ears to the fools. By Allah, I am not your man. None of us, who is pointed at with fingers or towards whom eyebrows are stretched, unless he is killed or he dies because of anger until Allah will send one, whose birth will be vague.” I said: “And who is he, whose birth will be vague?” He said: “See who that people do not know whether he is born or not. That will be your man.”
8 - حدثنا علي بن أحمد، عن عبيد الله بن موسى العلوي قال: حدثني محمد بن أحمد القلانسي بمكة سنة سبع وستين ومائتين قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسن، عن العباس بن عامر، عن موسى بن هلال، عن عبد الله بن عطاء المكي قال
خرجت حاجّاً من واسط فدخلتُ على أبي جعفر محمد بن علي فسألني عن الناس والأسعار، فقلت: تركت الناسَ مادّينَ أعناقهم إليك لو خرجت لاتَّبَعك الخلقُ. فقال: يا بن عطا، قد أخذتَ تفرش أذُنَيك للنوكى! لا والله ما أنا بصاحبكم ولا يُشار إلى رجل منّا بالأصابع ويمطّ إليه بالحواجب إلاّ مات قتيلاً أو حتف أنفه. قلت: وما حتفُ أنفه؟ قال: يموت بغيظه على فراشه، حتىّ يبعث الله مَن لا يؤبَه لولادته. قلت: ومَن لا يؤبه لولادته؟ فقال: انظر مَن لا يدري الناس أنّه وُلد أم لا، فذاك صاحبكم.
Tags OccultationImam MahdiSigns of Reappearance

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