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Hadith 280
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280
Book
Kitāb al-Ghayba
Volume
1
Section
26
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Content
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Shia traditional reports on the topic that Imams are twelve in number
Source
Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī
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H 103 - It is narrated from Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Malik from Muhammad bin Nima Saluli from Wuhaib bin Hafas from Abdullah bin Qasim from Abdullah bin Khalid from Abu Safataj from Jabir bin Yazid from Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s) from Jabir bin Abdullah Ansari that he said
‘I came to Fatima (a.s) and a tablet was placed before her with names of the successors from her progeny. I counted upto twelve, one of them was Al-Qaim (a.s), three were named Muhammad and three were named Ali (peace be on them all).’
103- عنه عن أبيه عن جعفر بن محمد بن مالك عن محمد بن نعمة السلولي عن وهيب بن حفص عن عبد الله بن القاسم عن عبد الله بن خالد عن أبي السفاتج عن جابر بن يزيد عن أبي جعفر عليه السلام عن جابر بن عبد الله الأنصاري قال
دخلت على فاطمة عليها السلام وبين يديها لوح فيه أسماء الأوصياء من ولدها. فعددت اثني عشر اسما آخرهم القائم؛ ثلاثة منهم محمد وثلاثة منهم علي.
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