surely the people reckoned me weak and had well-nigh slain...

surely the people reckoned me weak and had well-nigh slain me…” [^1] At that moment, a hand emerged from the grave of the Prophet and moved to Abu Bakr and everyone recognized that it was the hand of the Prophet and a voice, which everyone recognized to be the voice of the Holy Prophet (S) said: أَكَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَكَ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّاكَ رَجُلًا “Do you disbelieve in Him Who created you from dust, then from a small seed, then He made you a perfect man?” [^2] According to another report, a plate came out from the grave on which was inscribed: أَكَفَرْتَ بِالَّذِي خَلَقَكَ مِنْ تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ نُطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّاكَ رَجُلًا “Do you disbelieve in Him Who created you from dust, then from a small seed, then He made you a perfect man?” [^3] Moreover, Saffar etc.

have narrated from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) that he asked: Why do you torture the Messenger of Allah (S)? People asked how we torture the Holy Prophet (S)? Imam (a.s.) said: “Perhaps you don’t know that your deeds are shown to the Prophet.

When he sees any of your sins, he is aggrieved.” Kulaini, Saffar and others have narrated through authentic chains of narrators from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) that on Friday eve, the soul of the Prophet and the souls of the previous prophets and souls of successors and the soul of Imam Zamana (a.s.) are taken up to the sky and they do Tawaf of the sky seven times. And perform 2 rakats prayers at every side.

When it is morning, their knowledge increases to a great degree and it has come down in another report that when the Almighty Allah wants to increase the fresh knowledge of Imam Zamana (a.s.), except for the knowledge of the prohibited and lawful in Islam, He sends that piece of knowledge to the Holy Prophet (S) through an angel. Then the Holy Prophet (S) sends him to Amirul Momineen (a.s.) who in turn sends him to Imam Hasan (a.s.) and so on till he reaches Imam Zamana (a.s.).

Himyari and Saffar have narrated through authentic chains of narrators that Imam Ali Reza (a.s.) said: “Yesterday, I saw the Holy Prophet (S) at this place and I hugged His Eminence.” The author says: The meanings and interpretations of these traditional reports have already been mentioned in Biharul Anwar and if the Almighty Allah wills, secrets and finer points will be narrated in the book of Imamate.

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