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Chapter: Disappearance of the expected Imam د بن عيسى والحسن بن ظريف، عن الحارث بن ال٠غيرة النصري، عن أبي عبد الله قال: قلت له: إنا نروي بأنّ صاحب هذا الأ٠اناً، فكيف نصنع عند ذلك؟ قال: ت٠رِ الأول الذي أنت٠(5) Muhammad bin Eessa and al-Hasan bin Ddhareef narrated that al-Harith bin al-Mugheera an-Nasri had said: I said to Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as): “We have tradition saying that the imam will be missed in some period of time.

What will we do then?” He said: “Keep to the previous one that you have kept to until the matter becomes clear.”