The Book of Occultation — al-Ṭūsī · Hadith 110 (#Ḥadīth #27)

50- قال: وأخبرني أعين بن عبد الرحمن بن أعين قال: بعثني عبد الله بن بكير إلى عبد الله الكاهلي سنة أخذ العبد الصالح عليه السلام زمن المهدي،فقال: أقرئه السلام وسله أتاه خبر…إلى أن قال: أقرئه السلام وقل له: حدثني أبو العيزار في مسجدكم منذ ثلاثين سنة وهو يقول: قال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: يقدم لصاحب هذا الأمر العراق مرتين؛ فأما الأولى فيعجل سراحه ويحسن جائزته،وأما الثانية فيحبس فيطول حبسه ثم يخرج من أيديهم عنوة.

H 50 - Narrated to me Ayyin bin Abdur Rahman bin Ayyin that: In the year Imam Kadhim 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 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.

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