The Book of Occultation · Hadith 358 (#Ḥadīth #54)

54 - أخبرنا أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد بهذا الإسناد، عن هشام بن سالم، عن زرارة قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله النداء حق؟ قال: إي والله حتى يسمعه كل قوم بلسانهم. وقال: لا يكون هذا الأمر حتى يذهب تسعة أعشار الناس.

(54) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed narrated from the same previous narrators from Hisham bin Salim that Zurara had said: “Once I asked Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq if the call (from the Heaven) would be true. He said: “Yes, by Allah, until every nation will hear it with its own language.” He also said: “Al-Qa’im will not appear unless nine tenths of people perish.”

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