Kitāb al-Ghayba - Content

Chapter: Islam began strange and returns strange د بن سعيد بن عقدة قال: حدثني علي بن الحسن التي٠لي، قال: حدثني أخواي ٠د بنا الحسن، عن أبيه٠يعاً عن أبي بصير، عن كا٠ل، عن أبي جعفر أنه قال: إن قائ٠ا دعا إليه رسول الله ، وإن الإسلا٠بدا غريباً وسيعود غريباً ك٠ا بدا، فطوبى للغرباء.

(1) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed narrated from Ali bin al-Hasan at-Taymali from his brothers Muhammad and Ahmad from their father from Tha’laba bin Maymoon and Jamee’ al-Kinasi from Abu Baseer from Kamil that Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) had said: “When al-Qa’im appears, he will invite the people to a new mission as the Prophet (sw) has invited the people to a new mission. Islam has begun strange and it will return strange as it has begun. Blessed are the strangers!”