Disagreement among the Shia during the disappearance

When Amirul Mo’mineen (as) was paid homage as the caliph after Uthman had been killed, he ascended the minbar and made a speech. He said: “Your affliction became as it had been when Allah had sent His messenger Muhammad…

I heard Abul Hasan (Imam Ali) (as) reciting, “Alif Lam Mim. Do men think that they will be left alone on saying, We believe, and not be tried (with sedition)?” and then he asked: What is sedition?” I said: “May I die for…

“Your talk (about al-Qa’im) disgusts the hearts of men. Say it to them forcefully. Say more to whoever accepts it and leave aside whoever denies it. There must be a sedition, by which companions, kin and even those, who…

“May I die for you! By Allah, I love you and love whoever loves you. O my master, how many your Shia are!” Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) said: “Would you please mention them?” The man said: “They are too many.” He said:…

“There will be a very few Arabs with al-Qa’im (as).” It is said to him: “But those, who talk about this matter among the Arabs, are so much many.” He said: “People must be tried, sifted and purified. Much many people…

I heard Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) saying: “Woe unto the arrogants of the Arabs from a soon evil.” I said: “May I die for you! How many of the Arabs will be with al-Qa’im (as)?” He said: “Very few.” I said: “By Allah,…

“I heard Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) saying: “By Allah, you are going to be tested, clarified and sifted like sifting out the Zu’an from wheat.”

“I heard al-Husayn bin Ali (as) saying: “The matter that you are expecting will not occur until a time comes that you disavow each other, spit at the face of each other, declare unbelief against each other and curse each…

“That matter (the appearance of al-Qa’im) will not occur until a time comes that you spit at the face of each other, curse each other and call each other as liars.”

“Amirul Mo’mineen (as) said to me: “O Malik bin Dhamra, how about you when the Shia disagree like this?” He interlaced the fingers of his two hands. I said: “O Amirul Mo’mineen, there will be no any goodness then.” He…

“O Shia of Muhammad’s progeny, you are going to be tested like the kohl in the eye. One knows when the kohl is put into his eye but he does not know when it gets out of it. Just in the same way that one believes in our…

“By Allah, you are going to be broken like glass but glass is remade and it returns as before. By Allah, you are going to be broken like the breaking of pottery but pottery is never remade as before. By Allah you are…

“I said to Abul Hasan (Imam Ali) (as): May I die for you! My father died while still believing in this matter (the imamate) and I became so old. Shall I die and you do not tell me of anything?” He said: “O Abu Iss’haq,…

“By Allah, That, which you look forward to, will not be until you are tested and clarified and until none of you remains save the least and the least.”

“Once I came to Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) and there were some people with him. While we were talking with each other, he turned to us and said: “What are you talking about? How far! How far! That, which you look forward…

“Be like the bees among the birds. All the birds deem them weak but if they know what blessing there is inside their (the bees’) interiors, they will not do that to them. Mix with people with your tongues and persons and…

“Our Shia (followers) are like a threshing-floor having some grains. The grains are afflicted with worms. They are purified and then are afflicted with worms until very little remains that will never be harmed by the…

'The believers are tested and purified by Allah. Allah has not assured the believers from calamities and distresses of this life but He has assured them from being wretched in the afterlife.' Then he said: 'Ali bin…

“When al-Qa’im (as) rises, people will deny him because he comes as a young man. No one will still keep to him save the true believers, whom Allah has covenanted since the first Creation.” During the disappearance of…