Prophetic text
Kamaaluddin wa Tamaamun Ni'ma
Shaykh al-Saduq (Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Babawayh)
Twelver reports explain occultation through absence of allegiance, concealed birth, danger, earlier prophetic patterns, and reasons withheld until reappearance. Report 11 compares deferred understanding to Khidr's actions; these are attributed reports.
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Edition and location
English translation by Sayyid Athar Husain S. H. Rizvi, Az-Zahra Publications, Mumbai; online Al-Islam.org edition
Volume 2, chapter 44, reports 1–11