Such people would be my closest ones and my friends on Day of Judgment.

Such people would be my closest ones and my friends on Day of Judgment.”[^6] Sixth: In Ghaibat of Shaykh Tusi it is narrated from the book of Fadl bin Shazan through a correct chain of narrators from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (S) said: Very soon a people will come after you such that one person from them will earn a reward equal to fifty of you.

They asked: O Messenger of Allah (S), we were with you in the battles of Badr, Uhad and Hunain and the Qur’an was revealed about us.

His Eminence (S) said: Indeed, if that which will befall on them, befalls you, you will not be patient as they would be.[^7] Seventh : In Ghaibat of Shaykh Tusi and other scholars have narrated through their own chains of narrators from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) that he said: The most proximate servants of Allah and those with whom Allah is pleased are those who when the proof of Allah disappears from their sight and they don’t know about his location, yet they continue to have faith that the Proof of Allah can never be invalid and day and night they continue to wait for him.

And the wrath of Allah is on those of His enemies who when the proof of Allah disappears from sight, they fall into doubts and denial. He (Allah) knew that His special servants will never fall into doubts and if it were not so, He would not have taken away His Proof from their sight even for a moment. And it (doubt) is not except from the bad people.[^8] Eighth: It is that due to them calamities are warded off and rain descends from the sky, as mentioned in Biharul Anwar etc.

from His Eminence, Abu Abdullah Imam Sadiq (as) that he said: A time will come upon the people…