بكير

“Misri and Yamani will appear before Sufyani.”

“How about you if you go and you do not find anyone (to resort to) and you come back and you do not find anyone?”

“It will rain twenty-four times in the year in which Imam Mahdi (a.s) will reappear; and its effects and bounties would be clear.”

“People will miss their imam. He attends the seasons of hajj. He sees the people but they do not see him.”

“People will miss an imam. He attends the seasons (of hajj). He sees the people but they do not see him.”

“Al-Qa’im (as) disappears twice. During one of his disappearances, he attends the seasons of hajj. He sees the people but they do not see him.”

I heard Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) saying: “Al-Qa’im (as) disappears before his rising.” I asked: “Why?” He said: “He fears” and he pointed with his hand at his abdomen. He meant “killing”.

“O Muhammad, whoever narrates to you a tradition from us talking about timing, do not hesitate to consider him as a liar because we do not time to anyone.”

I heard Abu Ja’far al- Baqir (as) saying: “Al-Qa’im disappears before his rising.” I asked: “Why?” He said: “He fears” and he pointed with his hand at his abdomen. He meant “killing”.

I heard Abi Abdullah (a.s) say: “The Imam will be unseen by the people. Then he will witness those who come for Hajj pilgrimage. He will see them, but they will not see him.”

I heard Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) saying: “Al-Qa’im (as) disappears and his kin (companions) deny him.” I said: “Why is that?” He said: “He fears.” And he pointed with his hand at his abdomen showing that he fears to be killed.”

“Al-Qa’im (as) disappears twice. He comes back after one of them but in the second disappearance, no one knows where he is. He attends the seasons of hajj. He sees the people but they do not see him.”

“Once I was with Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) when al-Qa’im (as) was mentioned before him. I said to him: “I hope that he (al-Qa’im) appears sooner without being preceded by the rising of as-Sufyani.” He said: “By Allah, that will not be! It is an inevitable thing.”

I spoke about Humran bin Ayyin and Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s) said: By Allah, he would definitely never apostatize. Then he paused for sometime and then said: Yes, Humran would definitely never apostatize and become a heretic.

I heard Abu Abdullah Ja’far as-Sadiq (as) saying: “Al-Qa’im disappears before his rising.” I asked: “Why?” He said: “He fears” and he pointed with his hand at his abdomen. He meant “killing”. The same was narrated by Muhammad bin Ya’qoob al-Kulayni from Muhammad bin Yahya from Ja’far bin Muhammad from al-Hasan bin Mo’awiya from Abdullah bin Jibilla from Abdullah bin Bukayr from Zurara from Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as).

“As if I see your religion agitating in its blood and then no one will restore it as it has been before except a man from us Ahlul Bayt. He will give you two gifts a year and two livelihoods a month. You will be granted with wisdom at his time until a woman can judge with the Book of Allah and the Sunna of the Prophet (S) in her house.”

In the year Imam Kadhim (a.s) was arrested and imprisoned during the reign of Mahdi Abbaside, Abdullah bin Bukair sent me to Abdullah Kahili and said: Convey my greetings to him and ask him if the news of Imam’s arrest has reached him or not? [Till he said:] Convey greetings to him and tell him on my behalf: Thirty years ago Abul Izar said to me in your Masjid: Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s) said: The master of the affair of Imamate would be taken to Iraq twice: the first time he would be released soon. He would also be given a considerable compensation; but the second time, he would be imprisoned for a long time and would be released from their clutches all of a sudden.

“I heard Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) saying: “A caller will call out from the Heaven that so-and-so is the emir and that Ali and his followers are the triumphants.” I said: “Then who will fight al-Mahdi after that?” He said: “The Satan will call out that so-and-so and his followers are the triumphants-a man of the Umayyads (Uthman).” I said: “Then who will know which the truthful is and which the liar is?” He said: “Those, who used to narrate our traditions, will know that and will know that they are with the truth.”

“It is a thing that has been determined by the will of Allah.” Hamran said: “I hope that the term of as-Sufyani is of the pending ones.” Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) said: “No, it is not. By Allah, it is of the inevitable ones.”

“One day I was with Ja’far bin Muhammad as-Sadiq (as) in a mosque in Mecca. He said to me: “O Abban, Allah will bring three hundred and thirteen men in this mosque. The people of Mecca know that neither their (those men’s) fathers nor grandfathers have been created yet. They will come with their swords on their shoulders. On each sword the name of its keeper, his father’s name, his aspect and lineage are written. Then a caller will call out: “This is al-Mahdi. He judges with the judgments of Prophet David (as) and Prophet Solomon (as). He is not asked to show evidence for his judgements.”