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Chapter: Disappearance of the expected Imam د بن يعقوب قال: حدثنا ٠د، عن الحسين بن سعيد، عن ابن أبي ع٠، عن أبي عبد الله أنه قال: يقو٠وليس لأحد في عنقه عقد ولا عهد ولا بيعة.

(47) Muhammad bin Ya’qoob narrated from Muhammad bin Yahya from Ahmad bin Muhammad from al-Husayn bin Sa’eed from ibn Abu Omayr from Hisham bin Salim that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) had said: “Al-Qa’im will rise and he has not paid homage to any one nor has he had a bond or a covenant with anyone at all.” There are some traditions narrated from Imam Ali (as) confirming the occurrence of the disappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (aj).

The traditions talk about confusion and seditions (that occur during the absence of al-Qa’im) that no one will be saved from except those, who will be patient before sufferings and distresses.