اعتراض آخر لبعضهم قال بعض الزيدية فإن للواقفة و لغيرهم أن يعارضوكم في ادعائكم أن موسى بن جعفر عليه السلام مات و أنكم وقفتم على ذلك بالعرف و العادة و المشاهدة و ذلك أن الله عز و جل قد أخبر في شأن المسيح عليه السلام فقال وَ ما قَتَلُوهُ وَ ما صَلَبُوهُ وَ لكِنْ شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ و كان عند القوم في حكم المشاهدة و العادة الجارية أنهم قد رأوه مصلوبا مقتولا فليس بمنكر مثل ذلك في سائر الأئمة الذين قال بغيبتهم طائفة من الناس. الجواب يقال لهم ليس سبيل الأئمة عليه السلام في ذلك سبيل عيسى ابن مريم عليه السلام و ذلك أن عيسى ابن مريم ادعت اليهود قتله فكذبهم الله تعالى ذكره بقوله وَ ما قَتَلُوهُ وَ ما صَلَبُوهُ وَ لكِنْ شُبِّهَ لَهُمْ و أئمتنا عليه السلام لم يرد في شأنهم الخبر عن الله أنهم شبهوا و إنما قال ذلك قوم من طوائف الغلاة وَ قَدْ أَخْبَرَ النَّبِيُّ ص بِقَتْلِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام بِقَوْلِهِ إِنَّهُ سَتُخْضَبُ هَذِهِ مِنْ هَذَا .. يعني لحيته من دم رأسه و أخبر من بعده من الأئمة عليه السلام بقتله و كذلك الحسن و الحسين عليه السلام قد أخبر النبي ص عن جبرئيل بأنهما سيقتلان و أخبرا عن أنفسهما بأن ذلك سيجري عليهما و أخبر من بعدهما من الأئمة عليه السلام بقتلهما وكذلك سبيل كل إمام بعدهما من علي بن الحسين إلى الحسن بن علي العسكري عليه السلام قد أخبر الأول بما يجري على من بعده و أخبر من بعده بما جرى على من قبله فالمخبرون بموت الأئمة عليه السلام هم النبي و الأئمة عليه السلام واحد بعد واحد و المخبرون بقتل عيسى عليه السلام كانت اليهود فلذلك قلنا إن ذلك جرى عليهم على الحقيقة و الصحة لا على الحسبان و الحيلولة و لا على الشك و الشبهة لأن الكذب على المخبرين بموتهم غير جائز لأنهم معصومون و هو على اليهود جائز.
Some Zaidiyyah have said: The Waqifiya sect has the right to object against this claim of yours. Imam Musa bin Ja’far (as) passed away and you learnt about it through public information, normal conditions and visible proof. And it is that Allah, the Mighty and Sublime mentioned this about Prophet Isa (as): «And they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it appeared to them so (like Isa)» (4:157) Thus this group on the basis of normal conditions and visual proof saw that Prophet Isa (as) has been crucified and killed. Therefore if it is said about the occultation of Imams, it is not improper. They shall be told in reply: Here the example of the Imams (as) is not like Prophet Isa ibn Maryam (as) because regarding Isa ibn Maryam (as) when the Jews claimed that he had been killed the Almighty Allah refuted them through this statement: «And they did not kill him nor did they crucify him, but it appeared to them so (like Isa)» (4:157) While regarding our Imams (as) no such statement has come from the Almighty Allah that they appeared to others to have been killed. Although an extremist (ghluat) group had made such a claim. The Messenger of Allah (sw) had informed in advance about the martyrdom of Amirul Momineen Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) as mentioned in Al-Irshad that his beard shall be colored by the blood of his head. And the Imams who followed Ali (as) also told us about his martyrdom. In the same way with regard to Imam Hasan and Imam Husain also, the Holy Prophet (sw) narrated from Jibraeel that the two of them shall be martyred in the near future and the two of them have also informed about themselves that it shall indeed come to pass. And each of the Imams who came after the two, that is from Ali bin al-Husain to Hasan al-Askari (as) informed all about that was to befall the succeeding Imam. While the succeeding one also confirmed all that had occurred with his predecessor Imam. Thus among those who informed about the news of the death of the Imams include the Holy Prophet (sw) and each of the Imams one after another. While it were the Jews that brought the news of Isa’s death. Thus on the basis of this we say that the event that passed on our Imams are based on truth and not on possibilities or doubt. It is so because it is impossible for them to lie about their death as all of them are infallible while it is possible for the Jews to tell untruths.