(The book) ‘Ma’any Al Akhbar’, (and) ‘Al Khisaal’ – ‘In a Hadeeth by Abu Zarr -ra , he -ra said, ‘Rasool-Allah –saww said: ‘Upon the intellectual is that there happen to be three timings for him – a time during which he whispers to his Lord –azwj Mighty and Majestic, and a time during which he reckons himself, and a time he contemplates regarding what Allah –azwj Mighty and Majestic has Done to him, and a timing he is alone during it with a share of himself from the Permissible (activity)’’.
[47] Pondering of Amir-ul-Momineen -asws : عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مُنْذِرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَابُوسَ عَنْ مَنْصُورِ بْنِ السِّنْدِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي دَاوُدَ الْمُسْتَرِقِّ عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ مَيْمُونٍ عَنْ مَالِكٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ عَنِ الْأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُبَاتَةَ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ( عليه السلام ) فَوَجَدْتُهُ مُتَفَكِّراً يَنْكُتُ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَا لِي أَرَاكَ مُتَفَكِّراً تَنْكُتُ فِي الْأَرْضِ أَ رَغْبَةً مِنْكَ فِيهَا Ali Bin Muhammad, from Abdullah Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid who said, ‘Munzir Bin Muhammad Bin Qabous narrated to me, from Mansour Bin Al Sindy, from Abu Dawood Al Mustariq, from Sa’alba Bin Maymoun, from Malik Al Juhny, from Al Haris Bin Al Mugheira, from Al Asbagh Bin Nubata who said, ‘I went over to Amir Al-Momineen -asws , and I found him -asws pondering, making markings in the ground.
So I said, ‘O Amir Al Momineen -asws ! What is the matter I see you -asws pondering, making markings in the ground?
Is there a desire from you -asws with regards to it?’ فَقَالَ لَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا رَغِبْتُ فِيهَا وَ لَا فِي الدُّنْيَا يَوْماً قَطُّ وَ لَكِنِّي فَكَّرْتُ فِي مَوْلُودٍ يَكُونُ مِنْ ظَهْرِي الْحَادِيَ عَشَرَ مِنْ وُلْدِي هُوَ الْمَهْدِيُّ الَّذِي يَمْلَأُ الْأَرْضَ عَدْلًا وَ قِسْطاً كَمَا مُلِئَتْ جَوْراً وَ ظُلْماً تَكُونُ لَهُ غَيْبَةٌ وَ حَيْرَةٌ يَضِلُّ فِيهَا أَقْوَامٌ وَ يَهْتَدِي فِيهَا آخَرُونَ So he -asws said: ‘No, by Allah -azwj !
I -asws have not desired with regards to it nor regarding the world even for a day, at all! But, I -asws am thinking regarding the birth. which would occur from my -asws back, the eleventh from my -asws sons -asws . He -asws is the Mahdi who would fill the earth with justice and equity just as it was filled with tyranny and injustice.