And intercession will be accepted...

And intercession will be accepted, but it will not be accepted for the Nasibi and indeed the believer will intercede for his neighbor even though the latter may not have any good deed to his credit. He will say: O Lord, this is my neighbor, remove his torture. At that moment he will intercede for him and Allah, the High and the Mighty says: I am your Lord, and I am more worthy to reward someone on your behalf.

Then the Almighty Allah would make him enter Paradise even though he didn’t have a single good deed in his account. And indeed, the least intercessor from the believers will intercede for thirty persons. It is at that time that the inmates of Hell will say: So we have no intercessors. Nor a true friend;[^9] In Kamiluz Ziaraat and other books it is narrated from Muawiyah bin Wahab that Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) prayed in Sajdah: Send mercy on the eyes that shed tears for our sake.

And send mercy on those hearts that become restless for us and send mercy on the wailing and weeping that is for our sake.[^10] Weeping in separation of the Imam of the Age (aj) That weeping in the Imam’s separation and weeping upon his hardships is a meritorious deed is proved by a tradition of Mufaddal quoted in books like Al-Kafi, Ghaibat Nomani[^11] and Kamaluddin in which it is mentioned that Imam Sadiq (as) said: The text according to Kafi is as follows: Mufaddal Ibne Umar says: I heard Imam Ja’far Sadiq (as) say: “Don’t be fooled!

By Allah! Your Imam shall remain hidden from you for a long time. You will be tried and examined in those times. To such an extent that some people shall say: He has died or he has gone in some cave. While the believers will be shedding tears for him. The hearts of the people will be shaken up by the calamities like the ship is tossed in the waves of the stormy sea.

None shall get deliverance except those from whom Allah has taken oath, on whose hearts He has inscribed faith and whom He helped with His mercy. At that time twelve standards will arise and all of them will be alike, thus it will not be known which is the standard of truth. I began to weep on hearing this, so the Imam said: O Abi Abdullah why do you weep?

I replied: Master, why shouldn’t I weep when you say that twelve standards will arise and all of them will be alike, thus how do we know which is the standard of truth? The Imam said: Look at the sun, on which army it is shining. I said: Maula, this same sun? “Yes,” he replied, “O Abi Abdullah, have you seen this sun? I said: Yes.