Informed Regarding the Occurrence of the Occultationحَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالا حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ وَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ قَالا حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ الْمَدَائِنِيِّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أُسَيْدِ بْنِ ثَعْلَبَةَ عَنْ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ قَالَتْ لَقِيتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عليه السلام فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فَلا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوارِ الْكُنَّسِ فَقَالَ إِمَامٌ يَخْنِسُ فِي زَمَانِهِ عِنْدَ انْقِضَاءٍ مِنْ عِلْمِهِ سَنَةَ سِتِّينَ وَ مِائَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ يَبْدُو كَالشِّهَابِ الْوَقَّادِ فِي ظُلْمَةِ اللَّيْلِ فَإِنْ أَدْرَكْتَ ذَلِكَ قَرَّتْ عَيْنَاكَ.
Narrated to us my father and Muhammad bin Hasan - May Allah be pleased with them - they said: Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah and Abdullah bin Ja’far Himyari: Narrated to us Ahmad bin Husain bin Umar bin Yazid from Husain Ibne Rabi Madayni: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Ishaq from Usaid bin Thalaba from Umme Hani that she said:
“I met Abu Ja’far Muhammad bin Ali bin Husain bin Ali Ibne Abi Talib and asked him about the following verse: But nay! I swear by the stars, That run their course (and) hide themselves. He said: The Imam will be concealed from the people (during occultation). It denotes the Imam who after the death of those who had his Marefat (recognition) in 260 A.H. will go into occultation. Then at the time of reappearance he will come out like a meteor on a dark night. If you live in his time it will be highly pleasing to you.”
