Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
15. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from abu Ayyub al-Khazzaz from Muhammad ibn Muslim who has said the following: “When an Occultation reaches you all from your Companion, do not reject it.”
The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
16. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Washsha’ from Ali ibn abu Hamza from abu Basir from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “It is necessary for the person in charge of this task (Leadership w
The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
17. through the same chain of narrators it is narrated from al-Washsha’ from Ali ibn al-Hassan from Aban ibn Taghlib who said: “How would it be with you when an large scale attack would take place between the two mosques. Thereafter, knowledge will become obs
The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
18. Through the same chain of narrators it is narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from his father, Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from ibn Bukayr from Zurara who has said the following. “ Al-Qa’im (the one who will rise with Divine Authority) will disappear before he will ri
The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
19. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from ibn Mahbub from Ishaq ibn ‘Ammar who has said the following. “Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) has said, Al-Qa’im ((the one who will rise with Divine Authority) will have two disappearances. One of them
The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
20. Muhammad ibn Yahya and Ahmad ibn Idris have narrated from al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Kufi from Ali ibn Hass’an from his paternal uncle, ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Kathir from Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar who has said the following. “I heard abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) say, “The in char
The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
21. Ahmad ibn Idris has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad from Ja’far ibn al-Qasim from Muhammad ibn al-Walid al-Khazzaz from al-Walid ibn ‘Uqba from al-Harith ibn Ziyad from Shu‘ayb from abu Hamza who has said the following. “ Once I went to see abu ‘Abdallah
The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
22. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from from Ja’far ibn Muhammad from Musa ibn Ja’far al-Baghdadi from Wahab ibn Shadhan from al-Hassan ibn abu al-Rabi‘ from Muhammad ibn Ishaq from ’Umm Hani who has said the following. “I asked abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali (a.
The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
23. A number of our people has narrated from Sa‘d ibn ‘Abdallah from Ahmad ibn al-Hassan from ‘Umar ibn Yazid from al-Hassan ibn al-Rabi ‘ al-Hamdani who has said that Muhammad ibn Istaq narrated to us from ’Usayd ibn Tha‘laba from ’Umm Hani who has said the
Chapter on Asking the Scholar and Discussing with him
7. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Muhammad ibn Sinan from abu al-Jarud from abu Ja’far (a.s.) who has said the following. “May Allah grant forgiveness to a man who revives knowledge.” Abu al-Jarud has said, “I asked the
The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
24. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from certain ones of our people from Ayyub ibn Nuh from abu a1-Hassan, the third, (a.s.) who has said the following. “When your knowledge that is with you will banish then expect glad news to emerge beneath your feet.”
The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
25. A number of our people has narrated from Sa‘d ibn ‘Abdillah from Ayyub ibn Nuh who has said the following: “I said to abu al-Hassan al-Rida (a.s.), ’I hope that you will be incharge of this task (Leadership with Divine Authority). Allah will drive it to y
The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
26. Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad and others have narrated from Ja’far ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-‘Abbass ibn ‘Amir from Musa ibn Hilal al-Kindi from ‘Abdallah ibn ‘Ata’, fron abu Ja’far (a.s.) the following. “I said to him, ‘Your Shi‘a (followers) in Iraq are man
The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
27. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following. “Al-Qa’im (the one who will rise with Divine Authority) will rise and he will
The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
28. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from ibn Faddal from al-Hassan ibn Ali al-‘Attar from Ja’far ibn Muhammad from Mansur from the person he mentioned the following from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) “I askked him, “If I passthe day and night a
The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
29. Al-Husayn ibn Ahmad has narrated from from Ahmad ibn Hilal who has said that ‘Uthman ibn ‘Isa narrated to us from Khalid ibn Najih from Zurara ibn A‘yan that abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) has said the following. “It will be necessary for the young boy to diappear
The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
30. Abu Ali al-Ash‘ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn Hassa’n from Muhammad ibn Ali from ‘Abdallah ibn al-Qasim from al-Mufaddal ibn ‘Umar from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has said the following about the words of Allah. “When the trumpet is sounded,” (74:8) Fro
The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight
31. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ja’far ibn Muhammad from Ahmad ibn al-Husayn from Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah from Muhammad ibn al-Faraj who has said the following. “Abu Ja’far (a.s.) wrote to me, ‘when Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, is angry with H
The Criterion to Discern the Truthful and False Claims of Entitlement to Imamat (Leadership with Divine Authority)
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashim has narrated from his father from ibn Mahbub from Salam ibn ‘Abdallah and Muhammad ibn al-Hassan and Ali ibn Muhammad from Sahl ibn Ziyad and abu Ali al-Ash‘ari from Muhammad ibn Hassa’n. All of them have narrated from Muhammad i
The Criterion to Discern the Truthful and False Claims of Entitlement to Imamat (Leadership with Divine Authority)
2. Ali ibn Muhammad and Muhammad ibn al-Hassan have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad and abu Ali al-Ash‘ari from Muhammad ibn Hassa’n, all of them from Muhammad ibn Ali, Nasr ibn Muzahim from ‘Amr ibn Sa‘id from Jarrah ibn ‘Abdallah from Rafi‘ ibn Salama who has