The Book of Occultation · Hadith 203 (#Ḥadīth #69)

31 - حدثنا علي بن أحمد، عن عبيد الله بن موسى العلوي، قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن محمد بن سنان، عن أبي الجارود، قال: سمعت أبا جعفر يقول: لا يزالون ولا تزال حتى يبعث الله لهذا الأمر مَن لا يدرون خُلق أم لم يخلق.

(31) Ali bin Ahmad narrated from Obaydillah bin Musa al-Alawi from Muhammad bin al-Husayn bin Abul Khattab from Muhammad bin Sinan from Abul Jarood that Abu Ja’far al-Baqir had said: “People are still (confused and distressed) expecting until Allah sends for this matter (deliverance) one that people have not known whether he has been created yet or not.”

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