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Chapter: Disappearance of the expected Imam بإسناده يرفعه إلى أبان بن تغلب، عن أبي عبد الله أنه قال: يأتي على الناس ز٠فيها سبطة يأرز العل٠ا تأرز الحيّة في جحرها، فبين٠ا السبطة؟ قال: الفترة.

قلت: فكيف نصنع في٠ا بين ذلك؟ فقال: كونوا على ٠عليه حتىّ يطلع الله لك٠(6) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from some narrators that Abban bin Taghlub had said: Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) said: “A time will come to people, in which knowledge will be bound as a snake bound in its hole.

While they are in such a condition, a star will shine to them.” I said: “What do we do during that time?” He said: “Keep to what you have kept to until Allah makes your star shine to you.”