It will happen...

It will happen, however, after an occultation and a bewilderment in which no one remains on his religion, but the sincere ones who are touched by the spirit of certainty, people from whom Allah has taken covenant for our guardianship and inscribed faith in their hearts and has endorsed them with a spirit from Himself.” 3- Ikmaaluddin: Shaykh Saduq narrates from his father from Ali bin Ibrahim from Muhammad bin Sinan from Ziyad Makfuf from Abdullah Ibne Abi Afif, the poet that he said: I heard Amirul Momineen Ali Ibne Abi Talib (a.s.) say, “It is as if I see, O congregation of Shia, you will be striding like camel herds searching for a pasture, yet you will not find him.” Ikmaaluddin narrates this tradition again through another chain of narration.

4- Muqtadhib: It is narrated from Ayyash from Shaykh Thiqa Abul Hasan bin Abdus Samad bin Ali in Sunnat Khamsa wa Thamaneen wa Miyatain with Ubaid bin Kathir from Nuh bin Darraj from Yahya from Amash from Zaid bin Wahab from Abu Jahifa and Harith bin Abdullah Hamadani and Harith Ibne Sharb that: They were all with Amirul Momineen (a.s.).

It was customary that when his son Hasan would come, he would say, “Blessed be you, O son of Allah’s Messenger.” And when his son Husain would come, he would say, “My father be the ransom of you, O father of the son of the best of bond maids.” He was asked, “O Chief of believers, why do you address Hasan this way and Husain that way?

And who is the son of the best of slave girls?” He said: “He is the lost one, the fugitive, the abandoned one, MHMD Ibne Hasan Ibne Ali Ibne Muhammad Ibne Ali Ibne Musa Ibne Ja’far Ibne Muhammad Ibne Ali Ibne Husain,” putting his hand on Husain’s head.

5- Ghaibat Tusi: It is narrated from Ja’far bin Muhammad from Muhammad bin Husain from Ibne Yazi from Asim from Ibne Siyabah from Imran bin Mitham from Abaya Asadi that he says: I heard Amirul Momineen (a.s.) say: “How would you be like when you are left without an Imam of guidance or a visible standard, when some of you are turning away one from the other with disdain!” 6- Irshad : Shaykh Mufeed has narrated from Masada Ibne Sadaqah that he said: I heard Abu Abdullah Ja’far Ibne Muhammad (a.s.) say, Amirul Momineen (a.s.) addressed people in Kufa.

He praised and extolled Allah and then said: “I am the doyen of the aged people. In me is a mark from Ayyub and Allah will gather for me my household as He brought together the scattered house of Prophet Yaqub.