Thus, any one of you who dies in his bed while he recognizes...

Thus, any one of you who dies in his bed while he recognizes the rights of Allah and the rights of His Apostle (PBUH&HF) and his Ahl al-Bait (PBUT) has died a martyr. His reward is on Allah, and he deserves the reward of what good acts he has intended to do, since his intention has taken the place of drawing his sword.

Certainly, for everything there is a period and an appointed time."[^2] Without any doubt, hurrying a matter that pertains to Allah at a time that Allah did not consider proper will not achieve the divinely intended goals. Hurrying requires the violation of Allah's commandments, and a person who hurries has to commit and justify many unlawful acts to reach his aims at an improper time.

Moreover, the achievement of a hasty action lacks stability and does not last long, though it may result in many long-term negative side effects that delay the relief. Any seeming achievement and temporal success in a hasty process would only serve to misguide people from the divine goals and would misdirect people toward other alternatives.

On the other hand, any apparent failure in a hasty plan may bring despair, may destroy the state of waiting and expectation as well as hope for relief, all of which are against Allah's command. Reflecting on the fate [^1] al-Kafi, vol. 1, p. 369, Hadith 7; al-Ghaiba, al-Nu'mani, p. 296, Hadith 15; Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 52, p. 118, Hadith 46. [^2]Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 189/190.

of those who hastened throughout the history, and contemplating the reverse outcomes of their deeds are, indeed, good lessons for the believers. In a very famous and recommended supplication, which has been narrated from the first special deputy of Imam al-Mahdi (PBUH), both types of action (hastening vs. praying that Allah may hasten) has been mentioned with clear distinction: ... O Allah!

Make me firm on the obedience of the master of Your command whom You have concealed from Your creation and waits for Your command. You know-without being taught-the time that is right for the kingdom of Your master and for giving him permission to manifest his command and to disclose his secret.