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سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ اعْرِفِ الْعَلَامَةَ فَإِذَا عَرَفْتَهُ لَمْ يَضُرَّكَ تَقَدَّمَ هَذَا الْأَمْرُ أَوْ تَأَخَّرَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ- يَوْمَ نَدْعُوا كُلَّ أُناسٍ بِإِمامِهِمْ فَمَنْ عَرَفَ إِمَامَهُ كَانَ كَمَنْ كَانَ فِي فُسْطَاطِ الْمُنْتَظَرِ ع.
English translationMuhammad Sarwar
7. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyadfrom al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Fudala ibn Ayyub from ‘Umar ibn Aban who has said the following. “I heard abu‘Abdallah (a.s.) say, ‘Find out (who the) sign (of Allah, the Imam) is. When you will find out and learn who he is then it will not harm you whether this matter (the rise of al-Mahdi with Divine Authority) will take place earlier or later. Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, has said, ““On the day when We call every nation with their leaders, Imams. .” (17:71). One who knows who his Imam is he would be just like the one who would present in the tents of al-Mahdi (a.s.).”
Translation: Muhammad Sarwar·Thaqalayn link·The Arabic above is the original.
Commentary2 available sources
لا يوجد شرح متاح لهذا الحديث.
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2- ضعيف على المشهورAllamah Baqir al-MajlisiMirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (4/190)
- لم يخرجهShaykh Baqir al-BehbudiSahih al-Kafi
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[1]في بعض النسخ:[ اعرف الغلام].ص 372