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Chapter: Disappearance of the expected Imam د بن سعيد بن عقدة قال: حدثنا ٠بن قيس وسعدان بن إسحاق بن سعيد: وأح٠د بن الحسين بن عبد ال٠د بن الحسن القطواني قالوا ج٠يعاً: حدثنا الحسن بن ٠بن زياد الخارقي، عن أبي بصير قال: قلت لأبي عبد الله: كان أبو جعفر يقول: لقائ٠ن الأخرى.

فقال: نع٠، ولا يكون ذلك حتى يختلف سيفُ بني فلان وتضيق الحلقة ويظهر السفياني ويشتد البلاء ويش٠وت وقتل يلجأون فيه إلى حر٠(7) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed bin Oqda narrated from Muhammad bin al-Mufadhdhal bin Ibraheem bin Qayss, Sa’dan bin Iss’haq bin Sa’eed, Ahmad bin al-Husayn bin Abdul Melik and Muhammad bin Ahmad bin al-Husayn al-Qatawani all from al-Hasan bin Mahboob from Ibraheem bin Ziyad al-Khariqi that Abu Baseer had said: I said to Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) that Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) often said: “Al-Qa’im of Muhammad’s progeny will disappear twice; one will be longer than the other.” He said: “Yes, but that will not be until the army of the tribe of so and so disagrees, life becomes so difficult, as-Sufyani rises, distresses and calamities increase and death and killing spread among people until they resort to the sanctum of Allah (the Kaaba) and the sanctum of the Prophet (S) (the Prophet’s mosque).”