عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ...
عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ قَالَ كُنْتُ عِنْدَ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ ( عليه السلام ) بَعْدَ مَا مَضَى ابْنُهُ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ وَ إِنِّي لَأُفَكِّرُ فِي نَفْسِي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَقُولَ كَأَنَّهُمَا أَعْنِي أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ وَ أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ فِي هَذَا الْوَقْتِ كَأَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُوسَى وَ إِسْمَاعِيلَ ابْنَيْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ( عليه السلام ) وَ إِنَّ قِصَّتَهُمَا كَقِصَّتِهِمَا إِذْ كَانَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُرْجَى بَعْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) Ali Bin Mohammed, from Is’haq Bin Mohammed, from Abu Hashim Al Ja’fary who said, ‘I was in the presence of Abu Al-Hassan -asws (10 th Imam) after the passing away of his -asws son Abu Ja’far (Al-Syed Mohammed) [5] , and I was thinking within myself intending that I should be saying, ‘It is as if these two, meaning Abu Ja’far and Abu Muhammad -asws (11 th Imam), at this time, are like Abu Al-Hassan Musa -asws (7 th Imam) and Ismail, the two sons of Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws and that both their stories are like both their stories, whether it would be Abu Muhammad -asws as the appointee after Abu Ja’far -asws .
فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيَّ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَنْطِقَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ يَا أَبَا هَاشِمٍ بَدَا لِلَّهِ فِي أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ بَعْدَ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) مَا لَمْ يَكُنْ يُعْرَفُ لَهُ كَمَا بَدَا لَهُ فِي مُوسَى بَعْدَ مُضِيِّ إِسْمَاعِيلَ مَا كَشَفَ بِهِ عَنْ حَالِهِ وَ هُوَ كَمَا حَدَّثَتْكَ نَفْسُكَ وَ إِنْ كَرِهَ الْمُبْطِلُونَ وَ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ ابْنِي الْخَلَفُ مِنْ بَعْدِي عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ مَا يُحْتَاجُ إِلَيْهِ وَ مَعَهُ آلَةُ الْإِمَامَةِ .
So Abu Al-Hassan -asws turned towards me before I could speak, and he -asws said: ‘Yes, O Abu Hashim!
There is a Change in Allah -azwj ’s Decision regarding Abu Mohammed being after Abu Ja’far -asws what did not happen to be a recognition for him, just as there was a Change in Allah -azwj ’s Decision for Him -azwj regarding Musa -as after the passing away of Ismail, what was uncovered with it from his state, and it is just as you narrated to yourself, and even though the falsifiers may dislike it. And it would be Abu Muhammad -asws , my -asws son -asws , as the Caliph after me -asws .
With him -asws is the knowledge of whatever is needed to, and with him -asws are the Signs of the Imamate’.
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