The Book of Occultation · Hadith 199 (#Ḥadīth #65)

27 - محمد بن همام قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، قال: حدثنا محمد بن عيسى بن عبيد، عن محمد بن أبي يعقوب البلخي قال: سمعت أبا الحسن الرضا يقول: إنكم ستُبتلون بما هو أشدّ وأكبر، تُبتلَون بالجنين في بطن أمّه والرضيع حتى يقال: غاب ومات، ويقولون: لا إمام، وقد غاب رسول الله وغاب وغاب وها أنا ذا أموت حتف أنفي.

(27) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari from Muhammad bin Eessa bin Obayd that Muhammad bin Abu Ya’qoob al-Balkhi had heard Abul Hasan ar-Redha saying: “You are going to be tried with a great test. You are going to be tried with the fetus while still in its mother’s womb and with the suckling until it is said: he has disappeared and he has died. They say: “There is no Imam.” The Prophet (S) has disappeared and disappeared and I am going to die as well.”

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