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Thus you must be patient because there is deliverance after despair and those before you were more patient than you.” 6 - Narrated to us Muhammad bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Walid (r.a.) that he said: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Hasan Saffar from Ahmad bin Isa from Qasim bin Yahya from his grandfather Hasan bin Rashid from Abi Baseer and Muhammad bin Muslim from Abi Abdullah (a.s.) from his ancestors from Amirul Momineen (a.s.) that he said: “One who awaits for the reappearance of our Qaim is like one who writhes in his blood in the path of Allah.” 7 - Narrated to us Muzaffar bin Ja’far bin Muzaffar Alawi Samarqandi (r.a.): Narrated to us Haider bin Muhammad and Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Masud that they said: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Masud: Narrated to us Qasim bin Hisham Luluai: Narrated to us Hasan bin Mahboob from Hisham bin Saalim from Ammar Sabati that he said: I asked Abi Abdullah (a.s.): “I asked Abu Abdillah, peace be upon him: ‘Which is better, worship in secret with a hidden Imam from among you during government by an illegal ruler, or worship in during the manifestation of the Truth and its government with the manifest Imam from among you?’ He said: O Ammar, giving sadaqah in secret is better, by Allah, than giving it openly; similarly, by Allah, your worship in secret with your hidden Imam during government by an illegal ruler, and your fear of your enemy during government by an illegal ruler and in a state of truce with your enemy, is better than that you should worship Allah, may remembrance of Him be made Mighty and Majestic, during the manifestation of the Truth with the Imam of Truth which is manifest during the government of Truth.

Worship while you fear during government by an illegal ruler is not the same as worship and security during the government of Truth.