Is there a desire from you -asws with regards to it?
Is there a desire from you -asws with regards to it?’ فَقَالَ لَا وَ اللَّهِ مَا رَغِبْتُ فِيهَا وَ لَا فِي الدُّنْيَا يَوْماً قَطُّ وَ لَكِنِّي فَكَّرْتُ فِي مَوْلُودٍ يَكُونُ مِنْ ظَهْرِي الْحَادِيَ عَشَرَ مِنْ وُلْدِي هُوَ الْمَهْدِيُّ الَّذِي يَمْلَأُ الْأَرْضَ عَدْلًا وَ قِسْطاً كَمَا مُلِئَتْ جَوْراً وَ ظُلْماً تَكُونُ لَهُ غَيْبَةٌ وَ حَيْرَةٌ يَضِلُّ فِيهَا أَقْوَامٌ وَ يَهْتَدِي فِيهَا آخَرُونَ So he -asws said: ‘No, by Allah -azwj !
I -asws have not desired with regards to it nor regarding the world even for a day, at all! But, I -asws am thinking regarding the birth, which would occur from my -asws back, the eleventh from my -asws sons -asws . He -asws is the Mahdi who would fill the earth with justice and equity just as it was filled with tyranny and injustice. An absence (Occultation) would occur for him -asws and confusion wherein groups of people would stray, and others would be Guided during it’.
فَقُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَ كَمْ تَكُونُ الْحَيْرَةُ وَ الْغَيْبَةُ قَالَ سِتَّةَ أَيَّامٍ أَوْ سِتَّةَ أَشْهُرٍ أَوْ سِتَّ سِنِينَ So I said, ‘O Amir Al-Momineen -asws ! And how much would the confusion and the Occultation happen to be?’ He -asws said: ‘(It could be) six days, or six months, or six years’.
فَقُلْتُ وَ إِنَّ هَذَا لَكَائِنٌ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ كَمَا أَنَّهُ مَخْلُوقٌ وَ أَنَّى لَكَ بِهَذَا الْأَمْرِ يَا أَصْبَغُ أُولَئِكَ خِيَارُ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ مَعَ خِيَارِ أَبْرَارِ هَذِهِ الْعِتْرَةِ So I said, ‘And this would be happening?’ So he -asws said: ‘Yes, just as he -asws would be Created, and in what way is for you with this matter? O Asbagh! They (The Momineen of that time) would be the best of this community along with the best of the righteous ones of this family -asws ’.
فَقُلْتُ ثُمَّ مَا يَكُونُ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ ثُمَّ يَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ مَا يَشَاءُ فَإِنَّ لَهُ بَدَاءَاتٍ وَ إِرَادَاتٍ وَ غَايَاتٍ وَ نِهَايَاتِ . So I said, ‘Then what would happen after that?’ So he -asws said: ‘Then Allah -azwj would do whatever He -azwj so Desires, for there are Changes of Decisions for Him -azwj , and the Intentions, and purposes and end results’.
[25] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْأَصَمِّ عَنِ الْهَيْثَمِ بْنِ وَاقِدٍ عَنْ مُقَرِّنٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ إِنَّ عَبْدَ الْمُطَّلِبِ أَوَّلُ مَنْ قَالَ بِالْبَدَاءِ يُبْعَثُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أُمَّةً وَحْدَهُ عَلَيْهِ بَهَاءُ الْمُلُوكِ وَ سِيمَاءُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ .
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