What do you say about our involvement?

What do you say about our involvement? Shall we support him in his uprising? Imam -asws replied: You should remain inactive until the skies and the earth are silent. Abdullah ibn Bakir says about this (Hadith) that since the instructions have been issued to keep silent until the earth and the skies are quiet and stationary so there will neither be any establishment of a leader nor there will be a rising (against unjust government) .

Abu Al-Hassan Al-Reza -asws replied: Abu Al-Hassan (Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq -asws ) said the truth but interpretation of ibn Bakir is wrong. Abu al Hassan -asws has said: Remain inactive until the skies and the earth are silent. It means until there is no ‘Call’ from the skies and until the cracks opens up the earth.

[3] مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَمَّامٍ عَنِ الْحِمْيَرِيِّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى وَ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ جَمِيعاً عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ أَنَا وَ أَبِي عَلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَقَالَ كَيْفَ أَنْتُمْ إِذَا صِرْتُمْ فِي حَالٍ لَا يَكُونُ فِيهَا إِمَامٌ هُدًى وَ لَا عَلَمٌ يُرَى فَلَا يَنْجُو مِنْ تِلْكَ الْحَيْرَةِ إِلَّا مَنْ دَعَا بِدُعَاءِ الْحَرِيقِ فَقَالَ أَبِي هَذَا وَ اللَّهِ الْبَلَاءُ فَكَيْفَ نَصْنَعُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ حِينَئِذٍ قَالَ إِذَا كَانَ ذَلِكَ وَ لَنْ تُدْرِكَهُ فَتَمَسَّكُوا بِمَا فِي أَيْدِيكُمْ حَتَّى يَصِحَّ لَكُمُ الْأَمْرُ It has been narrated by Mohammed ibn Hammam, who from Al-Hamarry, who from Mohammed Ibn Isa and Al-Hussan ibn Tareef and all of them from Hammad ibn Isa, who from Abd Allah ibn Sanan, who says my father and I went to Abd Allah -asws : Imam -asws asked us: What will you do when you will be under those conditions when you will not be able to consult ‘إِمَامٌ هُدًى’ the Imam -asws of Guidance, neither you will find the ‘عَلَمٌ يُرَى’ a flag (to get yourselves organised), nor there will be a way for deliverance and you will be in total chaos.

My father said: Of course that time will be of a great test, may I be sacrificed for you -asws what shall we do at that time? The Imam -asws replied: When you come across such time, you better act on the Instructions (our -asws Ahadith), which you already have with you (in your hands), until you find the Just Imam -asws .

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