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Chapter: Disappearance of the expected Imam د بن سعيد قال: حدثنا أبو ٠ستورد الأشجعي قال: حدثنا ٠د بن عبيد الله أبو جعفر الحلبي، قال: حدثنا عبد الله بن بكير، عن زرارة، قال: س٠عت أبا عبد الله جعفراً يقول: إن للقائ٠ذلك؟ قال: إنه يخاف - وأو٠ا بيده إلى بطنه - يعنى القتل.

(21) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed narrated from Abu Muhammad Abdullah bin Ahmad bin al-Mustawrid al-Ashja’iy from Muhammad bin Obaydillah Abu Ja’far al-Halabi from Abdullah bin Bukayr that Zurara had said: I heard Abu Abdullah Ja’far as-Sadiq (as) saying: “Al-Qa’im disappears before his rising.” I asked: “Why?” He said: “He fears” and he pointed with his hand at his abdomen. He meant “killing”.

The same was narrated by Muhammad bin Ya’qoob al-Kulayni from Muhammad bin Yahya from Ja’far bin Muhammad from al-Hasan bin Mo’awiya from Abdullah bin Jibilla from Abdullah bin Bukayr from Zurara from Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as).