Informed Regarding the Occurrence of the Occultationحَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالا حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي الْجَارُودِ زِيَادِ بْنِ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي عُقْبَةَ الشَّاعِرِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام يَقُولُ كَأَنِّي بِكُمْ تَجُولُونَ جَوَلَانَ الْإِبِلِ تَبْتَغُونَ الْمَرْعَى فَلَا تَجِدُونَهُ يَا مَعْشَرَ الشِّيعَةِ.
Narrated to us my father and Muhammad bin Hasan - May Allah be pleased with them - they said: Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah from Muhammad bin Husain bin Abil Khattab from Muhammad bin Sinan from Abil Jarud Ziyad bin Mundhar from Abdullah bin Abi Uqbah the poet, that he said: I heard Amirul Momineen say regarding the way people will search for the Imam: “As if I can see you roving around like camels, searching for pasture, but unable to find it.”
