The Book of Occultation · Hadith 197 (#Ḥadīth #63)

25 - حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد قال: حدثنا حميد بن زياد قراءة عليه من كتابه قال: حدثنا الحسن بن محمد الحضرمي، قال: حدثنا جعفر بن محمد . وعن يونس بن يعقوب عن سالم المكي، عن أبي الطفيل قال: قال لي عامر بن واثلة: إنّ الذي تطلبون وترجون إنما يخرج من مكة، وما يخرج من مكة حتى يرى الذي يحب، ولو صار أن يأكل الأغصان أغصان الشجرة.

(25) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed narrated from Hameed bin Ziyad from al-Hasan bin Muhammad al-Hadhrami and also it was narrated by Younus bin Ya’qoob from Salim al-Mekki from Abut-Tufayl Aamir bin Wathila that Abu Ja’far bin Muhammad as-Sadiq had said: “The one, whom you want and expect, will rise (and set out) from Mecca. He will not rise until he sees what pleases him even if he is obliged to eat the leaves of the trees.” Is there another way clearer than the way, with which the infallible imams have declared and explained the matter of the disappearance to their Shia? Will one doubt the disappearance and the reappearance of al-Qa’im after all these clear traditions?

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