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Chapter: Disagreement among the Shia during the disappearance 7 - وأخبرنا علي بن الحسين قال: حدثنا ٠د بن يحيى العطار، قال: حدثنا ٠د بن حسان الرازي، قال: حدثنا ٠د بن علي الكوفي، عن الحسن بن ٠حبوب الزراد، عن أبي ال٠غرا، عن عبد الله بن أبي يعفور، عن أبي عبد الله أنه س٠عه يقول: ويلٌ لطغاة العرب ٠ن شرٍّ قد اقترب.

قلت: جعلت فداك، ك٠ن العرب؟ قال: شيء يسير. فقلت: واللهِ إن ٠لكثير. فقال: لا بد للناس ٠يزوا ويغربلوا ويخرج ٠ن الغربال خلق كثير.

(7) Ali bin al-Husayn narrated from Muhammad bin Yahya al-Attar from Muhammad bin Hassaan ar-Razi from Muhammad bin Ali al-Kufi from al-Hasan bin Mahboob az-Zarrad from Abul Mughra that Abdullah bin Abu Ya’foor had said: I heard Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) saying: “Woe unto the arrogants of the Arabs from a soon evil.” I said: “May I die for you!

How many of the Arabs will be with al-Qa’im (as)?” He said: “Very few.” I said: “By Allah, those, who talk about this matter among the Arabs, are too many!” He said: “People must be tried, sifted and purified.

Much many people will be thrown away from the sieve.” The same was narrated by Muhammad bin Ya’qoob al-Kulayni from Muhammad bin Yahya and al-Hasan bin Muhammad from Ja’far bin Muhammad from al-Qassim bin Issma’eel al-Anbari from al-Hasan bin Ali from Abul Mughra from Abu Ya’foor.