Informed Regarding the Occurrence of the Occultationحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الصَّفَّارُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي الْخَطَّابِ وَ الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ أَبِي مَسْرُوقٍ النَّهْدِيُّ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ السَّرَّادِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رِئَابٍ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ أَقْرَبَ النَّاسِ إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ أَعْلَمَهُمْ بِهِ وَ أَرْأَفَهُمْ بِالنَّاسِ مُحَمَّدٌ ص وَ الْأَئِمَّةُ عليه السلام فَادْخُلُوا أَيْنَ دَخَلُوا وَ فَارِقُوا مَنْ فَارَقُوا عَنَى بِذَلِكَ حُسَيْناً وَ وُلْدَهُ عليه السلام فَإِنَّ الْحَقَّ فِيهِمْ وَ هُمُ الْأَوْصِيَاءُ وَ مِنْهُمُ الْأَئِمَّةُ فَأَيْنَمَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُمْ فَاتَّبِعُوهُمْ وَ إِنْ أَصْبَحْتُمْ يَوْماً لَا تَرَوْنَ مِنْهُمْ أَحَداً فَاسْتَغِيثُوا بِاللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ انْظُرُوا السُّنَّةَ الَّتِي كُنْتُمْ عَلَيْهَا وَ اتَّبِعُوهَا وَ أَحِبُّوا مَنْ كُنْتُمْ تُحِبُّونَ وَ أَبْغِضُوا مَنْ كُنْتُمْ تُبْغِضُونَ فَمَا أَسْرَعَ مَا يَأْتِيكُمُ الْفَرَجُ.
Narrated to us Muhammad bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Walid (r.a.): Narrated to us Muhammad bin Hasan as-Saffar: Narrated to us Ahmad bin Muhammad Isa and Muhammad bin Husain bin Abil Khattab and Haitham Ibne Abi Masruq Nahdi from Hasan bin Mahboob Sarrad from Ali bin Riyab from Abi Hamza Thumali from Abi Ja’far that he heard him say:
“The most proximate to Allah, the Mighty and Sublime and the most knowledgeable about Him and the most kind to the people are Muhammad (S) and the Imams . So you enter where they enter and leave off whatever they leave. It denotes Husain and his descendants as the truth is with them and they are the successors and the Imams are among them. So wherever you see them, follow them and when they are not seen beseech the Almighty Allah and wait for the practice that you got (occultation) and follow it. Love what they love and hate what they hate. Very soon you will get deliverance.”
