Informed Regarding the Occurrence of the Occultationحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَرَّاقُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّيْرَفِيِّ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ فُرَاتِ بْنِ أَحْنَفَ عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ قَالَ: ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام الْقَائِمُ عليه السلام فَقَالَ أَمَا لَيَغِيبَنَّ حَتَّى يَقُولَ الْجَاهِلُ مَا لِلَّهِ فِي آلِ مُحَمَّدِ حَاجَةٌ.
Narrated to us Ali bin Abdullah Warraq: Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah from Ibrahim bin Hashim from Ishaq bin Muhammad Sairafi [from Hisham] from Furat bin Ahnaf from Asbagh bin Nubatah that he said: Qaim was mentioned in presence of Amirul Momineen and he said: “Indeed he shall go into occultation till the ignorant will say: For the Almighty Allah there is no need of Aale Muhammad.”
