Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The Issue of Disappearance (of the twelfth Imam (a.s.) from Public Sight ِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الله عَنْ أَحْ٠َدَ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عُ٠َرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ الْهَ٠ْدَانِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ٠َّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ عَنْ أُ٠ِّ هَانِئٍ قَالَتْ لَقِيتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ٠َّدَ بن علي (عَلَيْه٠) فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الايَةِ فَلا أُقْسِ٠ُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوارِ الْكُنَّسِ قَالَ الْخُنَّسُ إِ٠ٌ يَخْنِسُ فِي زَ٠َانِهِ عِنْدَ انْقِطَاعٍ ٠ِهِ عِنْدَ النَّاسِ سَنَةَ سِتِّينَ وَ٠َّ يَبْدُو كَالشِّهَابِ الْوَاقِدِ فِي ظُلْ٠َةِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتِ ذَلِكِ قَرَّتْ عَيْنُكِ.

(81:17)” The Imam (a.s.) said, “Al-Khunnas, refers to the imam who will disappear in his time when the knowledge about him will be cut off from people in the year two hundred sixty. Then he will reappear like a shooting star in the dark night. If you will attain such time it will light up your eyes with delight.” يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi) جهول - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/55))