The Book of Occultation — al-Ṭūsī · Hadith 293 (#Ḥadīth #1)

ويدل أيضا على إمامة ابن الحسن عليه السلام وصحة غيبته ما ظهر وانتشر من الأخبار الشائعة الذائعة عن آبائه عليه السلام قبل هذه الأوقات بزمان طويل من أن لصاحب هذا الأمر غيبة وصفة غيبته وما يجري فيه من الاختلاف ويحدث فيها من الحوادث وأنه يكون له غيبتان إحداهما أطول من الأخرى وأن الأولى يعرف فيها خبره والثانية لا يعرف فيها أخباره فوافق ذلك على ما تضمنته الأخبار. ولو لا صحتها وصحة إمامته لما وافق ذلك لأن ذلك لا يكون إلا بإعلام الله تعالى على لسان نبيه صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم وهذه أيضا طريقة معتمدة اعتمدها الشيوخ قديما.

Also, a proof of the Imamate of Ibn Hasan and his occultation are the widespread and well-known traditions and sayings from his forefathers, peace be on them, which were uttered long before these times. These traditions state that the Master of the Age will have occultations and they describe its qualities and the disputes and events that will take place during it. They state that he will have two occultations, one of which will be longer than the other, and that in the first one communication will be open with him and in the second, his news will not be coming. The later events unfolded as predicted by the traditions. Had they not been correct, and had his Imamate not been valid, they had not corresponded with events, which happened later, because that cannot happen, but through God’s delivery through the tongue of His Messenger. This path of reasoning is also a measure on the basis of which scholars have previously argued.

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).