Our Duty During Ghaybah

بسم الله الواحد القهار

Sheikh As-Saduq:

8 - Narrated to us Mohammad Ibn Al-Hasan Ibn Ahmad Ibn Al-Walid (رضي الله عنه): Narrated to us Mohammad Ibn Al-Hasan As-Saffaar: Narrated to us Ahmad Ibn Mohammad Ibn Isa and Mohammad Ibn Al-Husain Ibn Abil Khattab and Haitham Ibn Abi Masruq Al-Nahadi from Al-Hasan Ibn Mahboub As-Sarraad from Ali Ibn Rihaab from Abi Hamza Ath-Thumali from Abi Ja’far (عليه السلام) 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 Mohammad (صلي الله و عليه وآله) and the Imams (عليهم السلام). So you enter where they enter and leave off whatever they leave. It denotes Al-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 if you did not see anyone of them one day, beseech the Almighty Allah and look into the Sunnah that you got and follow it. Love those whom you used to love(i.e. the Ahlulbayt عليهم السلام) and hate those whom you used to hate(i.e. their enemies), then very soon you will get deliverance(i.e. the reappearnace of the Imam عجل الله فرجه).”

Grading: Sahih(authentic)

Check the narrators in the Rijaal section:

1608: Mohammad Ibn Al-Hasan Ibn Ahmad Ibn Al-Walid

1621: Mohammad Ibn Al-Hasan As-Saffar

130: Ahmad Ibn Mohammad Ibn Isa Ibn Abdullah Al-Ash'ari Al-Qummi

&

1624: Mohammad Ibn Al-Husain Ibn Abil Khattab

&

2049: Haytham Ibn Abi Masruq An-Nahadi

516: Al-Hasan Ibn Mahboub As-Sarraad

1244: Ali Ibn Rahaab

312: Thabit Ibn Dinaar, Abu Hamza Ath-Thumali

Source: Kamaluddin, Pg. 307, H-No. 8