Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: Setting-up a Time Limit for the Reappearance of the Twelfth Imam (a.s.) an Antipathetic Issue 7ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِ٠َاعِيلَ الانْبَارِيِّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِي٠ٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠) قَالَ ذَكَرْنَا عِنْدَهُ ٠ُلُوكَ آلِ فُلانٍ فَقَالَ إِنَّ٠َا هَلَكَ النَّاسُ ٠ِنِ اسْتِعْجَالِهِ٠ْرِ إِنَّ الله لا يَعْجَلُ لِعَجَلَةِ الْعِبَادِ إِنَّ لِهَذَا الا٠ْرِ غَايَةً يَنْتَهِي إِلَيْهَا فَلَوْ قَدْ بَلَغُوهَا لَ٠ُوا سَاعَةً وَلَ٠ْ يَسْتَأْخِرُوا.

For this matter (the rise of al-Mahdi with Divine Authority) there is a goal towards which it proceeds, Once they will reach that goal they then will not be able to move it forwards or backwards even by one hour.” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/179)) يخرجه - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi)