Informed Regarding the Occurrence of the Occultation47- وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي جَبْرَئِيلُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُوسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى عَنِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبَانٍ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع هَلْ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ فِي حَالٍ لَا يَعْرِفُونَ الْإِمَامَ فَقَالَ قَدْ كَانَ يُقَالُ ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ فَكَيْفَ يَصْنَعُونَ قَالَ يَتَعَلَّقُونَ بِالْأَمْرِ الْأَوَّلِ حَتَّى يَسْتَبِينَ لَهُمُ الْآخَرُ.
47 - And through the same chain of narrators from Muhammad bin Masud: Narrated to me Jibraeel bin Ahmad: Narrated to me Musa bin Ja’far bin Wahab Baghdadi: Narrated to me Muhammad bin Isa from Husain bin Saeed from Qasim bin Muhammad from Aban from Harith bin Mughaira that he said: I asked Abi Abdullah :
“Would there come upon people a time when they would not be able to recognize the Imam? He replied: It has been said thus. I said: What would they do? He replied: They should remain attached to their original faith till the other matter becomes clear to them.”
