Kitāb al-Ghayba - Content

Chapter: Forbidding timing and naming al-Qa’im ة بن الخطاب، عن علي بن حسان، عن عبد الرح٠ن بن كثير، قال: كنت عند أبي عبد الله إذ دخل عليه ٠، فقال له: جعلت فداك أخبرني عن هذا الأ٠، كذب الوقاتون، وهلك ال٠ستعجلون، ونجا ال٠(11) Muhammad bin Ya’qoob narrated from Muhammad bin Yahya from Salama bin al-Khattab from Ali bin Hassaan that Abdurrahman bin Katheer had said: “Once I was with Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) when Muhzim came to him.

Muhzim said to Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as): “May I die for you! Please tell me when this matter, which we are waiting for, occurs!” Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) said: “O Muhzim, the diviners often tell false things, the hasteners perish and only the submissive believers are saved.”