Hadith 500
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H 279 - Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah from a group of our companions from Uthman bin Isa Kilabi from Khalid bin Najih from Zurarah bin Ayyan that he said
I heard Abi Abdullah (a.s) say: “There is occultation for the Qaim before his reappearance.” I asked: “Why is it so?” He replied: “He is fearful.” And he pointed towards his belly, implying that the Qaim fears for his life. Then he said: “O Zurarah; and he is that awaited one and he is the one in whose birth they shall doubt. Thus some will say: His father died heirless and some will say: He was in the womb of his mother when his father died. Some others will allege that he was born two years before the passing away of his father. And he is the Awaited one; but the Almighty Allah likes to test the Shia. It is the time when people of falsehood will fall in doubts.” Zurarah says: I asked: “If I am able to live till that period, what action should I perform?” He replied: “O Zurarah if you live till that time you must recite the following supplication: ‘O Allah, introduce Yourself to me. For if You don’t introduce Yourself to me, I will not recognize Your Prophet…and so on.”
279- وروى سعد بن عبد الله، عن جماعة من أصحابنا، عن عثمان بن عيسى، عن خالد بن نجيح، عن زرارة بن أعين قال
سمعت أبا عبدالله عليه السلام يقول: إن للغلام غيبة قبل أن يقوم. قلت: ولم؟ قال: يخاف وأومأ بيده إلى بطنه. ثم قال: يا زرارة! وهو المنتظر، وهو الذي يشك الناس في ولادته، منهم من يقول: إذا مات أبوه فلا خلف (له)، ومنهم من يقول: هو حمل، ومنهم من يقول: هو غائب، ومنهم من يقول: (ما ولد ومنهم من يقول:) قد ولد قبل وفاة أبيه بسنتين، وهو المنتظر غير أن الله تعالى يحب أن يمتحن الشيعة، فعند ذلك يرتاب المبطلون. قال: فقلت جعلت فداك وإن أدركت ذلك الزمان فأي شيء أعمل؟ فقال: يا زرارة،إن أدركت ذلك الزمان فادع بهذا الدعاء: اللهم عرفني نفسك، فإنك إن لم تعرفني نفسك لم أعرف نبيك… إلى آخره.
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