Narrations About the Reward for Waiting for Reappearance

Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 52
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma

Book 2, Chapter 52

Narrations About the Reward for Waiting for Reappearance

5- وَ بِهَذَا الْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو صَالِحٍ خَلَفُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الْكَشِّيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي نَصْرٍ قَالَ قَالَ الرِّضَا ع‌ مَا أَحْسَنَ الصَّبْرَ وَ انْتِظَارَ الْفَرَجِ أَ مَا سَمِعْتَ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‌ وَ ارْتَقِبُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ رَقِيبٌ‌ فَانْتَظِرُوا إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ مِنَ الْمُنْتَظِرِينَ‌ فَعَلَيْكُمْ بِالصَّبْرِ فَإِنَّهُ إِنَّمَا يَجِي‌ءُ الْفَرَجُ عَلَى الْيَأْسِ فَقَدْ كَانَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ أَصْبَرَ مِنْكُمْ.
5 - And through the same chain of narrators from Muhammad bin Masud that he said: Narrated to me Abu Salih Khalaf bin Hammad Kashshi that he said: Narrated to us Sahl bin Ziyad: Narrated to me Muhammad bin Husain from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Abi Nasr that he said: Ar-Reza عليه السلام said: “How good is patience and awaiting for the reappearance? Have you not heard Allah, the Mighty and Sublime say? وَارْتَقِبُواْ إِنِّي مَعَكُمْ رَقِيبٌ And watch, surely I too am watching with you فَانتَظِرُواْ إِنِّي مَعَكُم مِّنَ الْمُنتَظِرِينَ Wait then, I too with you will be of those who wait Thus you must be patient because there is deliverance after despair and those before you were more patient than you.”