The statement of the Almighty Allah that...
The statement of the Almighty Allah that: أَلَا إِنَّ أَوْلِيَاءَ اللَّهِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ “Now surely the friends of Allah- they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.” (Qur’an, Surah Yunus 10:62) As an appendix to a tradition in Kamaluddin , Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) said: “Fortunate are the Shias of our Qaim who during the period of his occultation wait for his reappearance and who obey him during the period of his reappearance.
They are Awliya of Allah for whom there shall be neither fear nor grief.”[^5] The point concluded is: Praying is a sign of awaiting as is clear to all sensible people.
The noble verse of Surah Ahqaaf says: إِنَّ الَّذِينَ قَالُوا رَبُّنَا اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَقَامُوا فَلَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا هُمْ يَحْزَنُونَ “Surely those who say, Our Lord is Allah, then they continue on the right way, they shall have no fear nor shall they grieve.” (Qur’an, Surah Ahqaaf 46:13) From the aspect of a tradition mentioned in Usool Kafi reporting from Muhammad bin Muslim that he said: I asked His Eminence, Abu Abdillah Sadiq (as) regarding the statement of Allah, the Mighty and Sublime: “Surely those who say, Our Lord is Allah, then they continue on the right way…” He said: “They are firm on the belief of the Imams one after the other…”[^6] There is no doubt that praying for early reappearance of our Master of the Time (aj) is proof and sign of steadfastness of the supplicant on the belief of the Imams (as).
This valuable honor can also be derived from other verses also but for the sake of keeping the discussion under proper limits we refrain from quoting them. In the same way a large number of traditional reports are recorded about this matter.
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