Imams Appoint A Successor in the Last Minute

H 717, Ch. 57, h 1
Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from
al-Husayn ibn Sa‘id from Ali ibn Asbat from al-Hakam ibn Miskin from certain
persons of our people who have said the following:
“I asked abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme
covenant, ‘When does the succeeding Imam come to know what
the one preceding him knew?’ The Imam said, ‘At the last
minute of the life of the Imam before him.’”
(al Kafi) H 718, Ch. 57, h 2
Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Ali ibn Asbat
from al-Hakam ibn Miskin from ‘Ubayd ibn Zurara and a group with him who
have said the following:
“We heard abu ‘Abd Allah, recipient of divine supreme
covenant, say, ‘The succeeding Imam comes to know the
knowledge in the last minute of the life of the preceding Imam.’” (al Kafi)