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Shia hadith/Kitāb al-Ghayba 1

Kitāb al-Ghayba 1, record 213 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī · Reason of occultation of the Imam from his followers

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Arabic text

قيل: هذا الذي ذكرتموه ليس بصحيح لأن الشك مع المعجز الذي يظهر على يد الإمام ليس بقادح في معرفته لغير الإمام على طريق الجملة وإنما يقدح في أن ما علم على طريق الجملة وصحت معرفته هل هو هذا الشخص أم لا والشك في هذا ليس بكفر لأنه لو كان كفرا لوجب أن يكون كفرا وإن لم يظهر المعجز فإنه لا محالة قبل ظهور هذا المعجز في يده شاك فيه ويجوز كونه إماما وكون غيره كذلك وإنما يقدح في العلم الحاصل له على طريق الجملة أن لو شك في المستقبل في إمامته على طريق الجملة وذلك مما يمنع من وقوعه منه مستقبلا.

Translation

We will say: The premise you have mentioned is wrong, because to doubt the miracle that will appear on the hands of the Imam is not inconsistent with belief in the person of the Imam in general. It is inconsistent with the fact that what is generally known and believed in is: he is this specific person or not. And such a doubt is not disbelief (Kufr). If such doubt were disbelief (Kufr), it would be disbelief (Kufr) even if he does not manifest a miracle, because before the miracle is shown, he doubted whether this person was the Imam or someone else. It would be consistent with his belief in the Imamate of the Imam in general, if he doubts his Imamate in general, and that is impossible.

Translation: Sayyid Athar Husain S. H. Rizvi — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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