Abi Talib (peace be upon him) says...

Abi Talib (peace be upon him) says: Any one who awaits our government, resembles the one who, in the way of God, has rolled in his own blood ^12 . In another tradition Imam Rida praises the one who awaits the deliverance, and says: How praiseworthy are patience and awaiting for deliverance! Have you not heard that God says in the Qur'an: "You await, and We too are awaiting?" So be patient because deliverance will come after despair. Those who were before you were even more patient than you[^13].

There are numerous traditions on a similar theme. The Imams always used to advise their followers to await deliverance. They reminded them that the mere act of awaiting for deliverance is a kind of emancipation. The one who awaits is like the one who fights against the disbelievers on the battlefield and has rolled in his own…