The Book of Occultation — al-Ṭūsī · Hadith 737 (#Ḥadīth #46)

468- سعد، عن أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن محمد بن خالد البرقي، عمن حدثه، عن المفضل بن عمر الجعفي قال: قال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: أقرب ما يكون العباد من الله وأرضى ما يكون عنهم إذا افتقدوا حجة الله فلم يظهر لهم ولم يعلموا بمكانه، وهم في ذلك يعلمون أنه لم تبطل حجة الله ولا ميثاقه، فعندها توقعوا الفرج صباحا ومساء، فإن أشد ما يكون غضب الله على أعدائه إذا افتقدوا حجته، فلم يظهر لهم.وقد علم أن أولياءه لا يرتابون، ولو علم أنهم يرتابون ما غيب (عنهم) حجته طرفة عين، ولا يكون ذلك إلا على رأس أشرار الناس.

H 468 - Narrated to us Saad from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Isa from Muhammad bin Khalid Barqi from one who narrated to him from Mufaddal bin Umar Jofi that he said: Abi Abdullah said: “The most proximate servants of Allah and those with whom Allah is pleased are those who when the proof of Allah disappears from sight and they don’t know about his location, yet they continue to have faith that the Proof of Allah can never be invalid and day and night they continue to wait for him. And the wrath of Allah is on those of His enemies who when the proof of Allah disappears from sight, they fall into doubts and denial. He (Allah) knew that His special servants will never fall into doubts and if it were not so, He would not have taken away His Proof from their sight even for a moment. These doubts will reign supreme over the hearts of evil ones.”

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