Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · The Necessity of Recognizing the Mahdi, Proofs for the Occultation and Its Wisdom
فَمِنْ ذَلِكَ مَا حَدَّثَنَا بِهِ أَبِي رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ الْبَرْقِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ جَرِيرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي الدَّيْلَمِ قَالَ قَالَ الصَّادِقُ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ع يَا عَبْدَ الْحَمِيدِ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ رُسُلًا مُسْتَعْلِنِينَ وَ رُسُلًا مُسْتَخْفِينَ فَإِذَا سَأَلْتَهُ بِحَقِّ الْمُسْتَعْلِنِينَ فَسَلْهُ بِحَقِّ الْمُسْتَخْفِينَ .. <br> و تصديق ذلك من الكتاب قوله تعالى وَ رُسُلًا قَدْ قَصَصْناهُمْ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ رُسُلًا لَمْ نَقْصُصْهُمْ عَلَيْكَ وَ كَلَّمَ اللَّهُ مُوسى تَكْلِيماً <br>
Amongst them is narrated from my father from Saad bin Abdullah from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Khalid al-Barqi from his father from Muhammad bin Sunan from Ishaq bin Jurair from Abdul Hamid ibn Abi Dailam from Imam Ja’far bin Muhammad al-Sadiq that he said: “O Abdul Hamid! Some prophets propagated openly and some of them were hidden. Hence you should supplicate through the sake of apparent as well as hidden messengers.” <br> [Al-Saduq says:] The book of Allah supports this statement in this verse: "And (We sent) apostles We have mentioned to you before and apostles we have not mentioned to you; and to Musa, Allah addressed His Word, speaking (to him)" (4:164) <br>
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