To whom will they resort tomorrow when our Qa’im appears?

To whom will they resort tomorrow when our Qa’im appears?” I said: “They say: If that occurs, we and you will be the same before justice.” He said: “Whoever repents, Allah accepts his repentance, whoever conceals hypocrisy, Allah damns him and whoever announces something of hypocrisy, his blood is to be shed.” Then he said: “By Allah, he (al-Qa'im) will slaughter them as a butcher slaughtering a sheep.” He pointed to his throat with his hand.

I said: “They say: If he appears and controls the affairs, he will not shed even a drop of blood.” He said: “It is not as they say. I swear by Him, in Whose hand my soul is!

فقال: لا يكون ذلك حتى تمسحوا العلق والعرق. (3) Ali bin Ahmad al-Bandaneeji narrated from Obaydillah bin Musa al-Alawi from al-Hasan bin Mo’awiya from al-Hasan bin Mahboob from Eessa bin Sulayman that al-Mufadhdhal bin Umar had said: I heard Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) mentioning al-Qa'im (as).

I said: “I hope that his matter (rising) will be so easy.” He said: “It will be not so until you wipe blood and sweat together.”[^4] 4 - أخبرنا عبد الواحد بن عبد الله يونس قال: حدثنا محمد بن جعفر القرشي، قال: حدثنا محمد بن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن محمد بن سنان، عن يونس بن رباط، قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله يقول: إن أهل الحق لم يزالوا منذ كانوا في شدة، أما إن ذاك إلى مدة قريبة وعافية طويلة.