Revving the cause of Ahlal Bayt, 'Alayhim al-Salam

Al-Kāfi|Volume 8|Book 1|Chapter 37
Al-Kāfi

Volume 8, Book 1, Chapter 37

Revving the cause of Ahlal Bayt, 'Alayhim al-Salam

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عَنْهُ عَنِ ابْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ أَبَانٍ الْكَلْبِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ الْوَاسِطِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ قُلْتُ لَهُ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ لَقَدْ تَرَكْنَا أَسْوَاقَنَا انْتِظَاراً لِهَذَا الْأَمْرِ حَتَّى لَيُوشِكُ الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا أَنْ يَسْأَلَ فِي يَدِهِ فَقَالَ يَا [أَبَا] عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ أَ تَرَى مَنْ حَبَسَ نَفْسَهُ عَلَى اللَّهِ لَا يَجْعَلُ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَخْرَجاً بَلَى وَ اللَّهِ لَيَجْعَلَنَّ اللَّهُ لَهُ مَخْرَجاً رَحِمَ اللَّهُ عَبْداً أَحْيَا أَمْرَنَا قُلْتُ أَصْلَحَكَ اللَّهُ إِنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ الْمُرْجِئَةَ يَقُولُونَ مَا عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نَكُونَ عَلَى الَّذِي نَحْنُ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى إِذَا جَاءَ مَا تَقُولُونَ كُنَّا نَحْنُ وَ أَنْتُمْ سَوَاءً فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ الْحَمِيدِ صَدَقُوا مَنْ تَابَ تَابَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ مَنْ أَسَرَّ نِفَاقاً فَلَا يُرْغِمُ اللَّهُ إِلَّا بِأَنْفِهِ وَ مَنْ أَظْهَرَ أَمْرَنَا أَهْرَقَ اللَّهُ دَمَهُ يَذْبَحُهُمُ اللَّهُ عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ كَمَا يَذْبَحُ الْقَصَّابُ شَاتَهُ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَنَحْنُ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَ النَّاسُ فِيهِ سَوَاءٌ قَالَ لَا أَنْتُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ سَنَامُ الْأَرْضِ وَ حُكَّامُهَا لَا يَسَعُنَا فِي دِينِنَا إِلَّا ذَلِكَ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ مِتُّ قَبْلَ أَنْ أُدْرِكَ الْقَائِمَ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ الْقَائِلَ مِنْكُمْ إِذَا قَالَ إِنْ أَدْرَكْتُ قَائِمَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ نَصَرْتُهُ كَالْمُقَارِعِ مَعَهُ بِسَيْفِهِ وَ الشَّهَادَةُ مَعَهُ شَهَادَتَانِ.
37. From him, from Ibn Fazzaal, from Ali Bin Uqba, from Umar Bin Abaan Al-kalby, from Abdul Hameed Al-Waasty who has said: I said Abu Ja’far عليه الصلاة والسلام, ‘May Allah عز وجل Keep you عليه الصلاة والسلام well. We have left our markets (businesses) so as to wait for this matter (Al-Qaim عليه الصلاة والسلام), to the extent that one of us is about to ask by his hand (beg)’. He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘O Abu Abdul Hameed, Have you see that the one who confines himself to Allah عز وجل that Allah عز وجل will not Find a way out for him? Yes, He عز وجل does Find a way out for him. May Allah عز وجل have Mercy upon the one who revives our عليه الصلاة والسلام matter’. I said, ‘May Allah عز وجل Keep you عليه الصلاة والسلام well. These Murjiites are saying that it is not for us to become as we are until there comes what you عليه الصلاة والسلام are saying. What we were and what you are is the same’. So he عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘O Abdul Hameed. They have spoken the truth. The one who repents, Allah عز وجل Accepts his repentance, and the one who keeps his hypocrisy a secret, Allah عز وجل does not Force him except by Rubbing his nose (gets humiliated). And the one who makes apparent our عليه الصلاة والسلام matter, Allah عز وجل Sheds his blood. Allah عز وجل Gets him to be slaughtered upon Al-Islam just as the butcher slaughters his sheep’. He (the narrator) said, ‘I asked, ‘So, on that day we and the people would be the same?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘No. On that day you will be at the pinnacle of the earth, and its rulers. There is no leeway in our عليه الصلاة والسلام Religion except for that’. I said, ‘If I were to die before having seen Al-Qaim عليه الصلاة والسلام?’ He عليه الصلاة والسلام said: ‘If one of you says that, ‘If I were to see Al-Qaim عليه الصلاة والسلام I would help him عليه الصلاة والسلام, is like the having struck with his sword alongside him عليه الصلاة والسلام, and the martyrdom with him عليه الصلاة والسلام are two martyrdoms’.
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