Sadr al-Sayrafi says: I heard from Imam Abu Abdullah Jaffar Sadik that: ... Our modest imam and the owner of this [occultation] [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)], who is deprived of his rights and denied WILL MOVE AMONG THEM AND WANDER THROUGH THEIR MARKETS AND WALK WHERE THEY WALK. BUT THEY WILL NOT RECOGNIZE HIM [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] until Allah lets them to know him, just as with the Prophet Joseph (as). (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 189) |
Amr ibn Sa’d relates from Commander of the Faithful Ali ibn Abi Talib (as): “... I swear by Ali’s Lord that hujjat [HAZRAT MAHDI (AS)] WILL BE UP AND WALK IN THE PATHS OF THIS WORLD, AND WILL ENTER HOMES AND PALACES, AND WILL TRAVEL IN THE EAST AND THE WEST OF THIS PLACE, AND HIS WORDS WILL BE HEARD AND HE WILL SEE AND GREET THE COMMUNITY, but he will not be known until the promised time and until this voice comes from the sky.” (Sheikh Muhammad ibn Ibrahim Numani, al-Ghaybah al-Numani, p. 167) |