Then he will appear like a blazing meteor in a dark night.

Then he will appear like a blazing meteor in a dark night. If you should see that time, your heart will find solace.” 7- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne*‘*māni: Ma‘rūf Ibn Khurbūdh says, Said Abu Ja‘far (a.s), “Your stars are like the stars of the heavens. Whenever a star sets, another star rises. So when you point with your fingers and make gestures with your eyebrows, Allah will hide your stars from you. The Children of Hāshim will be equal without any distinction amongst them from one another.

Then your star will rise, so praise your Lord.” 8- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne ‘ māni: ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Atā’ says, I said to Abu Ja‘far (a.s), “Your Shī‘a are many in Iraq and there is no one, by Allah, in your household like you. So why do not you uprise?” He said, “O’ Abdullah Ibn Atā’, you have began lending your ears to the fools.

No, by Allah, I am not your Awaited Patron.” I asked him, “Then who is our Awaited Patron?” He said, “Look who does Allah hide his birth from the people, he is your Awaited Patron.

There is no one of us who is pointed at with fingers or hinted by tongues except that he dies because of being under wrath or because of other causes.” Explanation: It is possible that the two possibilities for causes of death mentioned may be expression of doubt of the narrator and it is possible that death of being under wrath alludes to murder and hatfa anfihi alludes to a death that is not in severe and dire circumstances.

9- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne ‘ māni: ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Atta’ says, I said to Abu Ja‘far (a.s), “Tell me about the Qā'im.” He said, “By Allah, he is neither me, nor the one towards whom you stretch your necks. His birth will not be known.” “What is his conduct according to?” I asked.

5- إكمال الدين: المظفر العلوي، عن ابن العياشي، عن أبيه، عن أبي القاسم قال: كتبت من كتاب أحمد الدهان، عن القاسم بن حمزة، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن أبي إسماعيل السراج، عن خيثمة الجعفي، عن أبي أيوب المخزومي قال: ذكر أبو جعفر الباقر (ع) سيرة الخلفاء الراشدين فلما بلغ آخرهم قال: الثاني عشر الذي يصلي عيسى بن مريم (ع) خلفه عليك بسنته والقرآن الكريم.