The Book of Occultation — al-Ṭūsī · Hadith 97 (#Ḥadīth #14)

37- قال وحدثني أبو عبد الله لذاذ عن صارم بن علوان الجوخي قال دخلت أنا والمفضل ويونس بن ظبيان والفيض بن المختار والقاسم شريك المفضل على أبي عبد الله عليه السلام وعنده إسماعيل ابنه،فقال الفيض: جعلت فداك،نتقبل من هؤلاء الضياع فنقبلها بأكثر مما نتقبلها. فقال: لا بأس به. فقال له إسماعيل ابنه: لم تفهم يا أبة!! فقال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: أنا لم أفهم! أقول لك الزمني فلا تفعل. فقام إسماعيل مغضبا،فقال الفيض: إنا نرى أنه صاحب هذا الأمر من بعدك. فقال أبو عبد الله عليه السلام: لا والله ما هو كذلك. ثم قال: هذا ألزم لي من ذلك، وأشار إلى أبي الحسن عليه السلام وهو نائم،فضمه إليه فنام على صدره. فلما انتبه أخذ أبو عبد الله عليه السلام بساعده ثم قال: هذا والله ابني حقا هو والله يملأها قسطاً وعدلاًكما ملئت ظلما وجورا. فقال له قاسم الثانية: هذا جعلت فداك؟قال: إي والله ابني هذا لا يخرج من الدنيا حتى يملأ الله الأرض به قسطاً وعدلاً كما ملئت ظلما وجورا،ثلاث أيمان يحلف بها.

H 37 - Narrated to me Abu Abdullah Lizaz from Sarim bin Alwan Jokhi: I, Mufaddal, Yunus bin Zabyan, Faiz bin Mukhtar, Qasim, partner of Mufaddal came to meet Imam Ja’far Sadiq ; and his son, Ismail, was also present there. Faiz asked: May I be your ransom, what if we accept monies, which people are having [which they cannot use or spend in any lawful manner] and guarantee to pay more than what we take. His Eminence said: There is no problem in it. Ismail said to the Imam: Father dear, you didn’t pay attention to the problem. The Imam said: I did not understand? (many times); I told you to be with me, so that I may understand these problems, but you don’t listen to me. Ismail arose in fury and went away. Faiz said: We thought that he is the Imam after you. Imam said: No, by Allah, it is not so. Then he said: This is the one who is my assistant and deputy in Imamate and he pointed to Abul Hasan, Musa , who was asleep. Imam took him in his arms and made him sleep on his chest. When he awoke, Imam Ja’far Sadiq took his hand and said: By God, indeed this son of mine (is the Imam after me). By God, he would fill the earth with justice and equity, just as it would be fraught with injustice and tyranny. Qasim, partner of Mufaddal said: May I be your ransom, this boy? Imam replied: Yes, by God, he is the one; and he would not leave the world till through him the Almighty Allah fills up the earth with justice and equity, just as it would have been fraught with oppression and tyranny, and the Imam swore thrice.

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