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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books Selected Narrations about the Twelfth Imam volume 2 Section Twenty-Eight The traditions that indicate he will have a long occultation until Allah, the Exalted, allows him to emerge Comprised of one-hundred traditions Kifāyat al-athar[^1]: Aḥmad b. Ismā’īl, from Muḥammad b. Hammām, from `Abd-Allah b. Ja`far al-Ḥimyarī, from Mūsā b.

Muslim, from Mas`ada who said: I was with (Imam) al-Ṣādiq, peace be on him, when an old man—bent and leaning on his staff—came to him and greeted him. Abū `Abd-Allah replied to his greetings and the old man said, “O son of Allah’s Messenger! Stretch your hand for me so that I may kiss it.” So he stretched his hand and he kissed it (and) then started to cry.

(Imam) Abū `Abd-Allah, peace be on him, said, “Why are you crying, O old man?” He answered, “May I be sacrificed for you [O son of Allah’s messenger]! I have been waiting for your Qā’im for the last one hundred years, saying [to myself that he will come] this month or this year. Now, I have become old, my bones have turned fragile [thin], and my death is approaching me, but I don’t see what I would like to see [and I see concerning you what I dislike].

I see you [Ahl al-Bait] being disdained and turned away. On the other hand, I see your enemies freely doing what they want. Why shouldn’t I cry?” The eyes of Abū `Abd-Allah, peace be on him, filled with tears and he said, “O old man! If Allah allows you to live until you see our Qā’im, you will be with us on the highest pinnacle.

And if death comes to you, you will come on the Day of Judgment along with the weight (thiql) of Muḥammad, Allah’s blessings be upon him and his family, and we are his weight. For indeed, he has said, ‘I leave amongst you two weighty things (thiqls); so fasten to them and you will never be deviated: the Book of Allah and my progeny, my Ahl al-Bait.’” The old man said, “After hearing this tradition, I will no longer be concerned.” He said, “O old man!

Our Qā’im will be from the loin of al-Ḥasan; al-Ḥasan will be from the loin of `Alī; `Alī will be from the loin of Muḥammad; Muḥammad will be from the loin of `Alī; `Alī will be from the loin of this son of mine—he then pointed to (Imam) al-Mūsā, peace be on him—and he is from my loin. We are twelve and all of us are infallible (ma`ṣūmūn) and purified (muṭahharūn).” The old man asked, “O my master! Are some of you nobler than the others?” He answered, “No.