What the Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام Informed Regarding the Occurrence of the Occultation
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 26
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma
Book 2, Chapter 26
What the Commander of the Faithful عليه السلام Informed Regarding the Occurrence of the Occultation
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ مَاجِيلَوَيْهِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَمِّي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ [بْنِ] خَالِدٍ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ جَدِّهِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْبَاقِرِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عليه السلام أَنَّهُ قَالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَخْفَى أَرْبَعَةً فِي أَرْبَعَةٍ أَخْفَى رِضَاهُ فِي طَاعَتِهِ فَلَا تَسْتَصْغِرَنَّ شَيْئاً مِنْ طَاعَتِهِ فَرُبَّمَا وَافَقَ رِضَاهُ وَ أَنْتَ لَا تَعْلَمُ وَ أَخْفَى سَخَطَهُ فِي مَعْصِيَتِهِ فَلَا تَسْتَصْغِرَنَّ شَيْئاً مِنْ مَعْصِيَتِهِ فَرُبَّمَا وَافَقَ سَخَطَهُ وَ أَنْتَ لَا تَعْلَمُ وَ أَخْفَى إِجَابَتَهُ فِي دُعَائِهِ فَلَا تَسْتَصْغِرَنَّ شَيْئاً مِنْ دُعَائِهِ فَرُبَّمَا وَافَقَ إِجَابَتَهُ وَ أَنْتَ لَا تَعْلَمُ وَ أَخْفَى وَلِيَّهُ فِي عِبَادِهِ فَلَا تَسْتَصْغِرَنَّ عَبْداً مِنْ عِبَادِهِ فَرُبَّمَا يَكُونُ وَلِيَّهُ وَ أَنْتَ لَا تَعْلَمُ.
Narrated to us Muhammad bin Ali Majilaway رضي الله عنه: Narrated to me my uncle Muhammad bin Abil Qasim from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Khalid Barqi from Qasim bin Yahya from his grandfather Hasan bin Rashid from Abi Baseer from Muhammad bin Muslim from Abi Ja’far Muhammad bin Ali al-Baqir from his father Ali bin Husain from his father Husain bin Ali from his father Amirul Momineen عليه السلام that he said:
“The Almighty Allah has concealed four things in four things. He has concealed His pleasure in His obedience, so do not consider His obedience insignificant. Perhaps what you think is insignificant, in that lies His pleasure and you may know about it. He conceals His anger in His disobedience. So do not consider something unimportant in His disobedience. It is possible that the disobedience in which you are indulging not considering it serious, His anger lies in that only and you may not be aware of it. And He conceals His acceptance in supplication. So do not consider any supplication unimportant. It is possible that His acceptance is there in this supplication only and you are unaware about it. And He conceals His Wali (friend/saint) among His servants. So do not consider any person as lowly. It is possible that only he may be the Wali of Allah and you may not be aware of it.”
“The Almighty Allah has concealed four things in four things. He has concealed His pleasure in His obedience, so do not consider His obedience insignificant. Perhaps what you think is insignificant, in that lies His pleasure and you may know about it. He conceals His anger in His disobedience. So do not consider something unimportant in His disobedience. It is possible that the disobedience in which you are indulging not considering it serious, His anger lies in that only and you may not be aware of it. And He conceals His acceptance in supplication. So do not consider any supplication unimportant. It is possible that His acceptance is there in this supplication only and you are unaware about it. And He conceals His Wali (friend/saint) among His servants. So do not consider any person as lowly. It is possible that only he may be the Wali of Allah and you may not be aware of it.”