What Al-Baqir عليه السلام Informed Regarding the Occurrence of the Occultation
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 31
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma
Book 2, Chapter 31
What Al-Baqir عليه السلام Informed Regarding the Occurrence of the Occultation
30- حَدَّثَنَا جَمَاعَةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَمَّامٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ الْفَزَارِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي جَعْفَرُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ خَالِي مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ يَرْوِي عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ سَالِمٍ صَاحِبِ السَّابِرِيِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ أَصْلُها ثابِتٌ وَ فَرْعُها فِي السَّماءِ قَالَ أَصْلُهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص وَ فَرْعُهَا أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع وَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ ثَمَرُهَا وَ تِسْعَةٌ مِنْ وُلْدِ الْحُسَيْنِ أَغْصَانُهَا وَ الشِّيعَةُ وَرَقُهَا وَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ مِنْهُمْ لَيَمُوتُ فَتَسْقُطُ وَرَقَةٌ مِنْ تِلْكَ الشَّجَرَةِ قُلْتُ قَوْلُهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ تُؤْتِي أُكُلَها كُلَّ حِينٍ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّها قَالَ مَا يَخْرُجُ مِنْ عِلْمِ الْإِمَامِ إِلَيْكُمْ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ مِنْ حَجٍّ وَ عُمْرَةٍ.
30 - Narrated to us a group of our associates that: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Hamam: Narrated to us Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Malik Fazari: Narrated to me Ja’far bin Ismail Hashimi that: I heard uncle Muhammad bin Ali narrate from Abdur Rahman bin Hammad from Umar bin Saalim, the slave of Sabirri, that:
I asked Imam Sadiq عليه السلام concerning the verse, Its root is firm and its branch is in the sky.
“He elucidated, “Its root is the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, its branch (in the sky) is Amirul Momineen عليه السلام, Hasan and Husain are its fruits, the nine descendants of Husain عليه السلام are its twigs and the Shias are its leaves. By Allah! Surely when a person from them (Shias) dies, a leaf from this tree falls.”
I asked regarding the verse: Yielding its fruit in every season by the permission of its Lord?. He clarified, “Whatever comes out from the Imam’s knowledge to you every year from the Hajj and the Umrah.”
I asked Imam Sadiq عليه السلام concerning the verse, Its root is firm and its branch is in the sky.
“He elucidated, “Its root is the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم, its branch (in the sky) is Amirul Momineen عليه السلام, Hasan and Husain are its fruits, the nine descendants of Husain عليه السلام are its twigs and the Shias are its leaves. By Allah! Surely when a person from them (Shias) dies, a leaf from this tree falls.”
I asked regarding the verse: Yielding its fruit in every season by the permission of its Lord?. He clarified, “Whatever comes out from the Imam’s knowledge to you every year from the Hajj and the Umrah.”