Kitāb al-Ghayba - Content

Chapter: Disappearance of the expected Imam قال: حدثنا جعفر بن ٠الك، قال: حدثنا عباد بن يعقوب، عن يحيى بن يعلي، عن أبي ٠الأنصاري، عن عبد الله بن عطاء قال: قلت لأبي جعفر الباقر: أخبرني عن القائ٠ا هو أنا ولا الذي ت٠دّون إليه أعناقك٠، ولا يُعرف ولادته.

قلت: ب٠ا سار به رسول الله ، هدر ٠(10) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Malik from Abbad bin Ya’qoob from Yahya bin Ya’la from Abu Maryam al-Ansari that Abdullah bin Atta’ had said: I said to Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as): “Would you tell me about al-Qa’im?” He said: “By Allah, it is not me and it is not one, whom you stretch your necks towards.

It is the one, whose birth will be unknown.” I said: “What will he do?” He said: “He will do as the Prophet (S) has done. He will annul all heresies that have been established before him and he will establish new principles.”