Informed Regarding the Occurrence of the Occultationحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِصَامٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ الْكُلَيْنِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْقَاسِمُ بْنُ الْعَلَاءِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْقَزْوِينِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ الْحَنَّاطِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ الْبَاقِرَ عليه السلام يَقُولُ الْقَائِمُ مِنَّا مَنْصُورٌ بِالرُّعْبِ مُؤَيَّدٌ بِالنَّصْرِ تُطْوَى لَهُ الْأَرْضُ وَ تَظْهَرُ لَهُ الْكُنُوزُ يَبْلُغُ سُلْطَانُهُ الْمَشْرِقَ وَ الْمَغْرِبَ وَ يُظْهِرُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِهِ دَيْنَهُ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَ لَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ فَلَا يَبْقَى فِي الْأَرْضِ خَرَابٌ إِلَّا قَدْ عُمِرَ وَ يَنْزِلُ رُوحُ اللَّهِ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ عليه السلام فَيُصَلِّي خَلْفَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مَتَى يَخْرُجُ قَائِمُكُمْ قَالَ إِذَا تَشَبَّهَ الرِّجَالُ بِالنِّسَاءِ وَ النِّسَاءُ بِالرِّجَالِ وَ اكْتَفَى الرِّجَالُ بِالرِّجَالِ وَ النِّسَاءُ بِالنِّسَاءِ وَ رَكِبَ ذَوَاتُ الْفُرُوجِ السُّرُوجَ وَ قُبِلَتْ شَهَادَاتُ الزُّورِ وَ رُدَّتْ شَهَادَاتُ الْعُدُولِ وَ اسْتَخَفَّ النَّاسُ بِالدِّمَاءِ وَ ارْتِكَابِ الزِّنَاءِ وَ أُكِلَ الرِّبَا وَ اتُّقِيَ الْأَشْرَارُ مَخَافَةَ أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ وَ خُرُوجُ السُّفْيَانِيِّ مِنَ الشَّامِ وَ الْيَمَانِيِّ مِنَ الْيَمَنِ وَ خَسْفٌ بِالْبَيْدَاءِ وَ قَتْلُ غُلَامٍ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص بَيْنَ الرُّكْنِ وَ الْمَقَامِ اسْمُهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ النَّفْسُ الزَّكِيَّةُ وَ جَاءَتْ صَيْحَةٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ بِأَنَّ الْحَقَّ فِيهِ وَ فِي شِيعَتِهِ فَعِنْدَ ذَلِكَ خُرُوجُ قَائِمِنَا فَإِذَا خَرَجَ أَسْنَدَ ظَهْرَهُ إِلَى الْكَعْبَةِ وَ اجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ وَ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا وَ أَوَّلُ مَا يَنْطِقُ بِهِ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ بَقِيَّتُ اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ لَكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَنَا بَقِيَّةُ اللَّهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ وَ خَلِيفَتُهُ وَ حُجَّتُهُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَلَا يُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِ مُسَلِّمٌ إِلَّا قَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ يَا بَقِيَّةَ اللَّهِ فِي أَرْضِهِ فَإِذَا اجْتَمَعَ إِلَيْهِ الْعِقْدُ وَ هُوَ عَشَرَةُ آلَافِ رَجُلٍ خَرَجَ فَلَا يَبْقَى فِي الْأَرْضِ مَعْبُودٌ دُونَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ مِنْ صَنَمٍ وَ وَثَنٍ وَ غَيْرِهِ إِلَّا وَقَعَتْ فِيهِ نَارٌ فَاحْتَرَقَ وَ ذَلِكَ بَعْدَ غَيْبَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ لِيَعْلَمَ اللَّهُ مَنْ يُطِيعُهُ بِالْغَيْبِ وَ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ.
Narrated to us Muhammad bin Muhammad bin Isaam 
who said: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Yaqoob al-Kulaini: Narrated to us Qasim bin Alaa: Narrated to me Ismail bin Ali al-Qazwini: Narrated to me Ali ibn Ismail from Asim bin Humaid Hannat from Muhammad bin Muslim al-Thaqafi who said: I heard Aba Ja’far Muhammad bin Ali al-Baqir say:
“The Qaim from us will be aided by awe and helped with divine assistance. The earth will fold up for him and treasures will be exposed for him. His dominions will stretch from the east to the west, and through him, Allah the Mighty and Sublime will make His religion prevail over all others, even though the polytheists may hate it. Then no ruin will remain on the earth but that he will restore it. The spirit of Allah, Isa bin Maryam , will descend and pray behind him. I asked: O son of Allah’s Messenger, when will your Qaim appear?”
He replied: “When men begin to resemble women and women resemble men. When men satisfy their desires with men and women with women. When women ride horses. When false testimony is accepted, and true testimony is suppressed. When murder becomes a trivial matter. When adultery and usury become widespread. When people begin to fear the speech of the wicked. Sufyani will rise from Shaam and Yamani will appear from Yemen. The desert of Baida will sink. A youth from the family of Muhammad will be killed between the Rukn and Maqam. He will be Muhammad bin Hasan, Nafs-e-Zakiyyah. A voice will call from the sky declaring that the truth is with him and with all the Shias. At that time, our Qaim will rise. Upon his reappearance, he will lean on the Kaaba and three hundred and thirteen men will reach him. His first words will be: ‘What remains with Allah is better for you if you are believers.’”
Then he will declare: “I am the remnant of Allah on earth, His vicegerent, and His Divine Proof upon you.” No Muslim will greet him except with the words: “Peace be on you, O remnant of Allah on His earth.” Once his supporters number one Iqd, that is ten thousand men, he will set out. No deity other than Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, will remain on the earth. Idols, statues, and similar objects will be destroyed. Fire will rise among them. All this will occur after a prolonged occultation, until Allah the Almighty distinguishes those who have true faith and obedience during the occultation.
