Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Prophecies Made by Isa (as) About the Advent of Prophet Muhammad (saw)
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حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى الْعَطَّارُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ أَبِي خَلَفٍ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: كَانَ بَيْنَ عِيسَى وَ بَيْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ عليه السلام خَمْسُمِائَةِ عَامٍ مِنْهَا مِائَتَانِ وَ خَمْسُونَ عَاماً لَيْسَ فِيهَا نَبِيٌّ وَ لَا عَالِمٌ ظَاهِرٌ قُلْتُ فَمَا كَانُوا قَالَ كَانُوا مُتَمَسِّكِينَ بِدِينِ عِيسَى عليه السلام قُلْتُ فَمَا كَانُوا قَالَ كَانُوا مُؤْمِنِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ عليه السلام وَ لَا يَكُونُ الْأَرْضُ إِلَّا وَ فِيهَا عَالِمٌ. <br> و كان ممن ضرب في الأرض لطلب الحجة سلمان الفارسي رضي الله عنه فلم يزل ينتقل من عالم إلى عالم و من فقيه إلى فقيه و يبحث عن الأسرار و يستدل بالأخبار منتظرا لقيام القائم سيد الأولين و الآخرين محمد ص أربعمائة سنة حتى بشر بولادته فلما أيقن بالفرج خرج يريد تهامة فسبي
Narrated to us my father (ra): Narrated to us Muhammad bin Yahya al-Attar from Yaqoob bin Yazid from Muhammad bin Abi Umair from Saad bin Abi Khalaf from Yaqoob bin Shuaib from Abi Abdullah (as) that he said: “Between Isa (as) and Muhammad (sw) there was a gap of five hundred years out of which for two hundred and fifty years there was neither a prophet nor any learned one from Allah who was apparent. I (the narrator) asked: What did the people follow? The Imam replied: They followed the religion of Isa (as). I asked: What was their actual condition? He replied: They were believers. Then he said: The earth never remains devoid of a learned one.” <br> [Al-Saduq says:] Among those who roamed in the lands in search of divine proof was Salman Farsi (ra). He continued to move from one learned to another and moved from one jurisprudence to another and remained in the pursuit of divine secrets. He gained guidance through narrations. He awaited for the Qaim, the Qaim and the chief of the formers and the latters, Muhammad (sw) for four hundred years till he received the glad tidings of his birth. When he became certain of deliverance he set out for Tahama and he was take a captive there.
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