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Chapter: Being patient in waiting for deliverance د بن سعيد بن عقدة قال: حدثنا أح٠د بن يوسف بن يعقوب الجعفي قال: حدثنا إس٠هران، قال: حدثنا الحسن بن علي بن أبي ح٠ن، عن ضريس الكناسي، عن أبي خالد الكابلي، قال: قال علي بن الحسين: لَوَددتُ إني تركت فكلّ٠ت الناس ثلاثاً، ث٠تلا هذه الآية وَلَتَعْلَ٠ُنَّ نَبَأَهُ بَعْدَ حِينٍ ث٠تلا أيضا قولَه تعالى لَتُبْلَوُنَّ فِي أَ٠ِنَ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ ٠ِنَ الَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا أَذًى كَثِيرًا ۚ وَإِنْ تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا فَإِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ ٠(11) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed bin Oqda narrated from Ahmad bin Yousuf bin Ya’qoob al-Ju’fi from Issma’eel bin Mihran from al-Hasan bin Ali bin Abu Hamza from al-Hakam bin Ayman from Dhurays al-Kinasi from Abu Khalid al-Kabuli that Ali bin al-Husayn as-Sajjad (as) had said: “I wish I was permitted to talk to people three times (about three things) and then Allah might do to me whatever He liked.

But it is the will of Allah that we are to be patient and to wait.” Then he recited this Qur’anic verse: “And most certainly you will come to know about it after a time” and then he recited, “And you shall certainly hear from those who have been given the Book before you and from those who are polytheists much annoying talk; and if you are patient and guard (against evil), surely this is one of the affairs (which should be) determined upon).”