Informed Regarding the Occurrence of the Occultationوَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ الصَّبَّاحِ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ سُهَيْلٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَخُو أَبِي عَلِيٍّ الْكَابُلِيِّ عَنِ الْقَابُوسِيِّ عَنْ نَصْرِ بْنِ السِّنْدِيِّ عَنِ الْخَلِيلِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ الْفَزَارِيِّ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَطِيَّةَ عَنْ أُمِّ هَانِئٍ الثَّقَفِيَّةِ قَالَتْ غَدَوْتُ عَلَى سَيِّدِي مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْبَاقِرِ عليه السلام فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا سَيِّدِي آيَةٌ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَرَضَتْ بِقَلْبِي فَأَقْلَقَتْنِي وَ أَسْهَرَتْ لَيْلِي قَالَ فَسَلِي يَا أُمَّ هَانِئٍ قَالَتْ قُلْتُ يَا سَيِّدِي قَوْلُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ فَلا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوارِ الْكُنَّسِ قَالَ نِعْمَ الْمَسْأَلَةُ سَأَلْتِينِي يَا أُمَّ هَانِئٍ هَذَا مَوْلُودٌ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ هُوَ الْمَهْدِيُّ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْعِتْرَةِ تَكُونُ لَهُ حَيْرَةٌ وَ غَيْبَةٌ يَضِلُّ فِيهَا أَقْوَامٌ وَ يَهْتَدِي فِيهَا أَقْوَامٌ فَيَا طُوبَى لَكِ إِنْ أَدْرَكْتِيهِ وَ يَا طُوبَى لِمَنْ أَدْرَكَهُ.
And through the same chain of narrators from Muhammad bin Masud from Nasr bin Sabbah from Ja’far bin Suhail that he said: Narrated to me Abu Abdullah Akhu Abi Ali Kabuli from Qabusi from Nasr bin Sindi from Khalil bin Amr from Ali bin Hasan Fazari from Ibrahim bin Atiyyah from Umme Hani Thaqafi that she said: “I came to my master, Muhammad bin Ali al-Baqir and asked: A verse in the book of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime occurred in my heart and made me worried and sleepless. The Imam said: Which verse, O Umme Hani? I said: My chief it is: “But nay! I swear by the stars. That run their course (and) hide themselves.” The Imam said: You have asked a very good question, Umme Hani. This verse is regarding a newborn child in the last period of time. He is the Mahdi from this progeny. And for him there shall be a confusion and occultation in which a group shall deviate and a group shall be guided. Thus glad tidings for you if you live in that time and glad tidings for those who live in that time.”
