Traditional reports regarding those who saw the Imam, but did not recognize him at that time or only realized it later, are so many that they cannot be computed. However, we will mention only some of them here:
وأما ما روي من الاخبار المتضمنة لمن رآه عليه السلام وهو لا يعرفه أو عرفه فيما بعد،فأكثر من أن تحصى غير أنا نذكر طرفا منها: