Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority

Al-Kāfi - The Book about people with Divine Authority Chapter: The rise of al-Mahdi with Divine Authority earlier or later will not affect one who has learned who his Imam is 1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِي٠َ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَ٠َّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ حَرِيزٍ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠َكَ فَإِنَّكَ إِذَا عَرَفْتَ لَ٠ْ يَضُرَّكَ تَقَدَّ٠ْرُ أَوْ تَأَخَّرَ.

When you learn who he is then it will have no affect on you whether this matter (the rise of al-Mahdi with Divine Authority) will take place earlier or later.” صحيح - Shaykh Baqir al-Behbudi (Sahih al-Kafi (1/42)) صحيح - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/184))