Hadith 204
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(32) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Malik from Muhammad bin al-Husayn bin Abul Khattab, and Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari narrated from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Eessa all from Muhammad bin Sinan from Abul Jarood that Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) had said
“You stretch your heads towards any one of us and say: It is he (our man). And Allah makes them (the imams) die one after the other until He sends for this matter one, whom you do not know whether he is born or not or whether he is created yet or not.”
32 - حدثنا محمد بن همام قال: حدثني جعفر بن محمد بن مالك، عن محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب وقد حدثني عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى قإلاّ جميعاً: حدثنا محمد بن سنان، عن أبي الجارود عن أبي جعفر الباقر قال
لا تزالون تمدّون أعناقكم إلى الرجل منا تقولون: هو هذا فيذهب الله به حتى يبعث الله لهذا الأمر من لا تدرون وُلد أم لم يولد، خُلق أم لم يخلق.
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