[55] الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ...

[55] الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَسْبَاطٍ قَالَ خَرَجَ ( عليه السلام ) عَلَيَّ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى رَأْسِهِ وَ رِجْلَيْهِ لِأَصِفَ قَامَتَهُ لِأَصْحَابِنَا بِمِصْرَ فَبَيْنَا أَنَا كَذَلِكَ حَتَّى قَعَدَ وَ قَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ احْتَجَّ فِي الْإِمَامَةِ بِمِثْلِ مَا احْتَجَّ فِي النُّبُوَّةِ فَقَالَ وَ آتَيْناهُ الْحُكْمَ صَبِيًّا قَالَ وَ لَمَّا بَلَغَ أَشُدَّهُ وَ بَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فَقَدْ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يُؤْتَى الْحُكْمَ صَبِيّاً وَ يَجُوزُ أَنْ يُعْطَاهَا وَ هُوَ ابْنُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً Al Husayn Bin Muhammad, from Moalla Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Asbat who said, ‘He (9 th Imam -asws ) came out to me, so I looked at his -asws head and his -asws feet in order (to be able to) describe his -asws stature to our companions in Egypt.

While I was like that, he -asws sat down and said: ‘O Ali! Allah -azwj Argued regarding the Imamate with the like of what He -azwj Argued regarding the Prophet-hood, so He -azwj Said: and We Gave him the Wisdom as a boy [19:12] ; And when he reached his maturity [12:22] ; until when he reaches his maturity and reaches forty years [46:15] .

Thus, it is allowed that He -azwj Grants the Wisdom while he -as (the Imam -asws ) is a child, and it is allowed that He -azwj Grants it while he -as (the Imam -asws ) is forty years old’. [56] نرجع إلى رواية أبي حمزة عن علي بن الحسين (عليه السلام) We return to the report of Abu Hamza, from Ali -asws Bin Al-Husayn -asws .

قال أبو حمزة: فلما كان من الغد غدوت عليه، فقلت له: جعلت فداك، إنك حدثتني أمس بحديث يعقوب و ولده ثم قطعته، فما كان من قصة إخوة يوسف و قصة يوسف بعد ذلك؟ Abu Hamza said, ‘So when it was the next morning I went to him -asws and said to him -asws , ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! You -asws narrated to me a Hadeeth yesterday, the Hadeeth of Yaqoub -as and his -as sons, then cut it off. So what was the story of…

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