Regarding the Designation of Al-qa'im3- حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ وَهْبٍ الْبَجَلِيِّ وَ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَفْصٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ: قُلْتُ مَا تَأْوِيلُ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ قُلْ أَ رَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ ماؤُكُمْ غَوْراً فَمَنْ يَأْتِيكُمْ بِماءٍ مَعِينٍ فَقَالَ إِذَا فَقَدْتُمْ إِمَامَكُمْ فَلَمْ تَرَوْهُ فَمَا ذَا تَصْنَعُونَ.
3 -Narrated to us my father (r.a.): Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah: Narrated to us Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Isa from Musa bin Qasim from Muawiyah bin Wahab Bajali and Abi Qatadah Ali Ibne Muhammad bin Hafs from Ali bin Ja’far that he asked his brother Musa bin Ja’far that the interpretation of the words of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime: Say: Have you considered if your water should go down, who is it then that will bring you flowing water? The Imam said: What will you do when your Imam disappears from your sight and you cannot see him?”
