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The Book of Occultation · Hadith 187 (#Ḥadīth #53)

Chapter 10 | Disappearance of the expected Imam

14 - حدثنا محمد بن يعقوب، عن محمد بن يحيى، عن جعفر بن محمد، عن إسحاق ابن محمد، عن يحيى بن المثني، عن عبد الله بن بكير، عن عبيد بن زرارة قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله يقول: يفقدُ الناسّ إمامهم، يشهد المواسمَ فيراهم ولا يرونه.

(14) Muhammad bin Ya’qoob narrated from Muhammad bin Yahya from Ja’far bin Muhammad from Iss’haq bin Muhammad from Yahya bin al-Muthanna from Abdullah bin Bukayr that Obayd bin Zurara had heard Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq saying: “People will miss their imam. He attends the seasons of hajj. He sees the people but they do not see him.”

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