The Book of Occultation · Hadith 447 (#Ḥadīth #2)

2 - أخبرنا عبد الواحد بن عبد الله بن يونس قال: حدثنا محمد بن جعفر القرشي، قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، قال: حدثنا محمد بن سنان، عن ابن مسكان، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله أنه قال: الإسلام بدا غريباً وسيعود غريباً كما بدا، فطوبى للغرباء. فقلت: اشرح لي هذا، أصلحك الله. فقال: مما يستأنف الداعي منّا دعاء جديداً كما دعا رسول الله .

(2) Abdul Wahid bin Abdullah bin Younus narrated from Muhammad bin Ja’far al-Qarashi from Muhammad bin al-Husayn bin Abul Khattab from Muhammad bin Sinan from ibn Miskan from Abu Baseer that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq had said: “Islam has begun strange and it will return strange as it has begun. Blessed are the strangers!” Abu Baseer said to him: “Please, explain to me what this means!” He said: “Al-Qa’im will invite to a new mission as the Prophet (S) has done.” The same was narrated by Abdul Wahid bin Abdullah from the previous narrators from Muhammad bin Sinan from al-Husayn bin al-Mukhtar from Abu Baseer from Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq .

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