Kitāb al-Ghayba 1, record 298 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī · Traditions of the Holy Imams on the occultation of Imam Mahdi

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Arabic text

118- وأخبرني جماعة عن أبي جعفر محمد بن سفيان البزوفري عن أحمد بن إدريس عن علي بن محمد بن قتيبة عن الفضل بن الشاذان عن عبد الرحمن بن أبي نجران عن صفوان بن يحيى عن أبي أيوب عن أبي بصير قال: قال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: إن بلغكم عن صاحبكم غيبة فلا تنكروها.

Translation

H 118 - It is narrated from a group from Abi Ja’far Muhammad bin Sufyan Bazufari from Ahmad bin Idris from Ali bin Muhammad Ibn Qutaibah from Fadhl bin Shazan from Abdur Rahman bin Abi Najran from Safwan from Abu Ayyub from Abu Basir that he said: Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s) said: “If you hear of a disappearance with regard to your Master, do not reject it.”

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

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Chain of narration (isnād)

  1. H 118 - It is narrated
  2. a group
  3. Abi Ja’far Muhammad bin Sufyan Bazufari
  4. Ahmad bin Idris
  5. Ali bin Muhammad Ibn Qutaibah
  6. Fadhl bin Shazan
  7. Abdur Rahman bin Abi Najran
  8. Safwan
  9. Abu Ayyub
  10. Abu Basir
  11. he said: Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s) said

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