Allah sent Muhammad, ‘Alayhi al-Salam, as a Mercy
Al-Kāfi|Volume 8|Book 1|Chapter 306
عَنْهُ عَنْ صَالِحٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ عُثَيْمِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) قَالَ إِذَا تَمَنَّى أَحَدُكُمُ الْقَائِمَ فَلْيَتَمَنَّهُ فِي عَافِيَةٍ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ مُحَمَّداً (صلى الله عليه وآله) رَحْمَةً وَ يَبْعَثُ الْقَائِمَ نَقِمَةً.
306. From him, from Ṣāliḥ, from Muḥammad ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Mih'rān, from ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Bashīr, from ʿUthaym ibn Sulaymān, from Muʿāwiyah ibn ʿAmmār, from Abī ʿAbdillāh عليه السلام, who said: "If one of you wishes for the Qā'im, let him wish for him in protection (for everyone), for indeed Allah sent Muḥammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم as a mercy, and He will send the Qā'im as a wrath."
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