Kitāb al-Ghayba · Volume 1 · Section 11 · 17 narrations
My father (as) has said to me: There must be a fire (war) from Azerbaijan that leaves nothing. If it occurs, then you are to stay at homes and remain as we have remained. If our revolter (al-Qa’im) rises, you are to…
Read the full narration →I said to Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as): Please, advise me!” He said: “I advise you to fear Allah, to stay at home and to be away from these masses of people. Beware of the Kharijites because they are not on the straight path…
Read the full narration →I heard Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) saying: “None of us, Ahlul Bayt, resisting an oppression or inviting for a truth, unless death is his end until a group, that has fought in the battle of Badr and whose killed ones are…
Read the full narration →ill-wishers will be perished because they do not submit to Allah and they want Him to hasten His order. They see that the period become too long and so they perish before the coming of deliverance. Allah saves the…
Read the full narration →“The hasteners will perish and those nearest to Allah will be saved! Keep to your homes because seditions will be against those, who cause them! Whenever they wish you a distress, Allah afflicts them with what makes them…
Read the full narration →Once Abban and I came to Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) when the black banners (revolts) had been raised in Khurasan (Persia). We asked him: “What do you think about that?” He said: “Stay at home and when you see us agree…
Read the full narration →“Keep silent and remain in your houses because no bad will afflict you especially, which will afflict the rest of people, and as long as the (revolutionary) Zaydites will be as a frontstead between you and the…
Read the full narration →One day I was with Abu Abdullah (as) and Muhzim al-Asadi was there too. Muhzim said, “May I be sacrificed for you! When will this matter, which you are waiting for, take place? It has been delayed too much.” He (as)…
Read the full narration →Even as your Lord caused you to go forth from your house with the truth.”
Read the full narration →“The hasteners will perish and those nearest to Allah will be saved! After distress there will be a wonderful deliverance!”
Read the full narration →“I wish I was permitted to talk to people three times (about three things) and then Allah might do to me whatever He liked. But it is the will of Allah that we are to be patient and to wait.” Then he recited this…
Read the full narration →Once ibn Abbas sent a messenger to Ali bin al-Husayn as-Sajjad (as) asking him about this Qur’anic verse, “O you who believe! Be patient and excel in patience and remain steadfast.” Ali bin al-Husayn (as) became angry…
Read the full narration →“Be patient and excel in patience and remain steadfast.” “Be patient in offering the obligations, persevere before your enemies and wait for your expected imam.”
Read the full narration →“The advent of al-Qa’im (as) is like the advent of the messenger of Allah (as). If any of us, Ahlul Bayt, rises before the advent of al-Qa’im (as), he will be like a young bird that flies and falls down and then children…
Read the full narration →“Whoever of you dies while still believing in this matter and waiting (for the expected imam) is like one, who will be in the camp of al-Qa’im (as).”
Read the full narration →“Yes, please!” He said: “Witnessing that there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, submitting to the orders of Allah, believing in the guardianship of the infallible imams, submitting to them and…
Read the full narration →“Be quiet as long as the Heaven and the earth are quiet! Do not rebel against any one. Your matter is clear and not vague but it is a sign from Allah and not from people. It is brighter than the sun. It is neither…
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