11- حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبْدُوسٍ الْعَطَّارُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمْدَانُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْمَدَائِنِيُّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ الْهَاشِمِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ الصَّادِقَ جَعْفَرَ بْنَ مُحَمَّدٍ ع يَقُولُ إِنَّ لِصَاحِبِ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ غَيْبَةً لَا بُدَّ مِنْهَا يَرْتَابُ فِيهَا كُلُّ مُبْطِلٍ فَقُلْتُ وَ لِمَ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ قَالَ لِأَمْرٍ لَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لَنَا فِي كَشْفِهِ لَكُمْ قُلْتُ فَمَا وَجْهُ الْحِكْمَةِ فِي غَيْبَتِهِ قَالَ وَجْهُ الْحِكْمَةِ فِي غَيْبَتِهِ وَجْهُ الْحِكْمَةِ فِي غَيْبَاتِ مَنْ تَقَدَّمَهُ مِنْ حُجَجِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ذِكْرُهُ إِنَّ وَجْهَ الْحِكْمَةِ فِي ذَلِكَ لَا يَنْكَشِفُ إِلَّا بَعْدَ ظُهُورِهِ كَمَا لَمْ يَنْكَشِفْ وَجْهُ الْحِكْمَةِ فِيمَا أَتَاهُ الْخَضِرُ ع مِنْ خَرْقِ السَّفِينَةِ وَ قَتْلِ الْغُلَامِ وَ إِقَامَةِ الْجِدَارِ لِمُوسَى ع إِلَى وَقْتِ افْتِرَاقِهِمَا يَا ابْنَ الْفَضْلِ إِنَّ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ أَمْرٌ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ سِرٌّ مِنْ سِرِّ اللَّهِ وَ غَيْبٌ مِنْ غَيْبِ اللَّهِ وَ مَتَى عَلِمْنَا أَنَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ حَكِيمٌ صَدَّقْنَا بِأَنَّ أَفْعَالَهُ كُلَّهَا حِكْمَةٌ وَ إِنْ كَانَ وَجْهُهَا غَيْرَ مُنْكَشِفٍ.
11 -Narrated to us Abdul Wahid bin Muhammad bin Ubdus al-Attar (r.a.): Narrated to me Ali bin Muhammad Ibne Qutaibah Nishapuri: Narrated to us Hamdan bin Sulaiman Nishapuri: Narrated to me Ahmad bin Abdullah bin Ja’far Madayni from Abdullah bin Fadl Hashimi that he said: I heard As-Sadiq Ja’far bin Muhammad say:
“Certainly, there is a long occultation for the master of this affair which cannot be avoided, as during the period of occultation every falsehood seeking person shall fall into doubt.
I asked: Why, may I be sacrificed on you? He replied: For the reason we have not been permitted to reveal.
I said: Then what is the wisdom behind his occultation? He replied: The same wisdom that was behind the occultation of divine proofs before him. Indeed the wisdom behind the occultation of His Eminence will not be known except after his reappearance just as the wisdom behind the actions of Khizr
of making a hole in the boat, killing the boy and repairing the wall were not clear to Prophet Musa till the time of the parting of their ways.
O son of Fadl, this matter (of occultation) is a matter of Allah the Almighty and is one of the divine secrets from the unseen of God. And since we know that the Almighty Allah is All-Wise, we testify that all His actions and words are based on wisdom even though their causes may not be clear for us.”