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Shia hadith/Kitāb al-Ghayba 1

Kitāb al-Ghayba 1, record 150 of the digital edition

Abū ʿAbd Allah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Nuʿmānī · Disappearance of the expected Imam

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Arabic text

16 - وأخبرنا محمد بن همام قال: حدثني جعفر بن محمد بن مالك وعبد الله بن جعفر الحميري قالا: حدثنا محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب ومحمد بن عيسى وعبد الله بن عامر القصباني جميعاً، عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي نجران، عن الخشاب عن معروف بن خربوذ، عن أبي جعفر قال: سمعته يقول: قال رسول الله: إنّما مثلُ أهل بيتي في هذه الأمة كمثل نجوم السماء كلّما غاب نجمٌ طلع نجم حتى إذا مدَدتم إليه حواجبَكم وأشرتُم إليه بالأصابع أتاه ملَك الموت فذهب به، ثم بقيتم سبتاً من دهركم لا تدرون أيّاً من أيٍّ، فاستوى في ذلك بنو عبد المطلب، فبينما أنتم كذلك إذ أطلع الله عليكم نجمَكم فاحمِدوه واقبلوه.

Translation

(16) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Malik and Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari from Muhammad bin al-Husayn bin Abul-Khattab, Muhammad bin Eessa and Abdullah bin Aamir al-Qasabani from Abdurrahman bin Abu Najran from al-Khashshab from Ma’roof bin Kharrabooth from Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) that the Prophet (S) had said: “The example of my family among this umma is like the stars of the sky. Whenever a star sets another shines until when you stretch your eyebrows towards (a shining star) and point with your fingers at it, the Angel of Death comes to take it with him. Then you remain a period of time unknowing which one it is and so the progeny of Abdul Muttalib become the same in this regard. While you are so, Allah will make your star shine again. Then you are to praise Allah and to accept your star.”

Translation: Abdullah al-Shahin — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. (16) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated
  2. Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Malik and Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari
  3. Muhammad bin al-Husayn bin Abul-Khattab, Muhammad bin Eessa and Abdullah bin Aamir al-Qasabani
  4. Abdurrahman bin Abu Najran
  5. al-Khashshab
  6. Ma’roof bin Kharrabooth
  7. Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as)
  8. the Prophet (S) had said

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