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No by Allah, that which you are anticipating will not come till one who is to be damned is damned and one who is to succeed succeeds.[^4] In another tradition it is narrated from Abu Ja’far Imam Baqir (as) that he said: Indeed, the hearts of the people collapse from these traditions of yours (belief in the occultation of Imam Qaim (aj), thus one who accepts them, tell more and leave those who deny them.

Indeed, there will be trials so that all the evil is sieved, such that even those who split hair (for perfection) would fall off. So much so that except for us and our Shias none would remain.[^5] In Wafi, it is narrated from Kafi through the author’s own chain of narrators from Abul Marhaf from Imam Muhammad Baqir (as) that he said: Its dust (mischief and sorrow) will reach all those who instigate it. The Muhazireen will perish. The narrator asked: May I be sacrificed on you, who are Muhazireen?

He replied: Those who make haste.[^6] And in Wafi the author says: If the word is pronounced as Muhasireen it will denote straitening of the breast. If it is pronounced as Muhazireen it would denote running. And Majlisi says in Biharul Anwar: Muhazireen is the plural of Mahzeer and it is a fast running horse. Also, in Ghaibat Nomani it is narrated from Abu Marhaf that Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) said: The Muhazireen will be destroyed. I asked: What is Muhazeer?

He replied: Those who make haste will perish and those nearest to Allah will be saved. And the fort will remain firm upon its strong pillars…[^7] Abdul Rahman Ibne Kathir is quoted in Al-Kafi that he was present in the assembly of Imam Sadiq (as) when Muhzam entered and said, “May our lives be sacrificed on you! Please tell us when the affair that we await shall come to pass?” Imam (as) replied, “O Muhzam!

Those who fix a time are liars, the impatient are destroyed, those who resigned to the situation are saved and you shall come back to us. Through the author’s own chain of narrators it is narrated from Imam Muhammad Baqir (as) that he said: The hasteners will peris h and those nearest to Allah will be saved.

After distress there will be a wonderful deliverance.[^8] Through the author’s own chain of narrators it is narrated from Ibrahim bin Hilal that he said: I asked Abu Hasan Imam Ali Reza (as): May I be sacrificed on you, my father died while still believing in this matter (the imamate) and I became so old. Shall I die and you do not tell me of anything?