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Yanabi' al-Mawaddah (The Spring of Love)
From the book al-Kitab al-Muhajjah fi ma Nazala fi al-Qaim al-Hujjah, from Mufadal from al-Sadiq from his father from his fathers from the leader of the believers Ali (AS), he said:
The help of Allah shall not come until you become of less value to the people than the dead, and this is the meaning of my Lord the almighty in His book in surah Yusuf, "Until when the Prophets lose hope and think that they have been belied, at that time our help shall come." This is at the time of our leader the Mahdi (as).
Nahj al-balagha:
From his sermon: By my mother and father! They are numerous, their names are known in the heavens and yet unknown on earth. Behold! Be hopeful regarding what shall come to pass at the end of your affairs and the dissection of your limbs, the enslavement of your young ones. This is the time when one strike from a sword will be easier that a silver coin from jewellery, the time when the receiver shall get greater reward than the giver, when you shall be drunk without drinking but from great pleasures and luxuries, when you shall take oath without any need for it, and lie unnecessarily. This is when calamity shall hold on to you just like a hump holding on to the back of a camel. What a long distress this shall be! How further this hope shall be!
Ghaybat al-Shaykh (The absence of the Shaykh)
From Jabir al-Ju'fi, he said: I said to Abu Ja'far (AS): When shall your salvation/release be? He answered: How unbelievable! Our release shall not take place until you have been sieved and sifted (he repeated it thrice) until Allah removes the filth leaving purity.
Ghaybat al-Shaykh (The absence of the Shaykh)
Muhammad b Abd Allah b Ja'far al-Humayri from his father from Ayub b Nuh from al-Abbas b Amir from Rabi'i b Muhammad al-Maslami, he said: Abu Abd Allah said to me: By Allah! You shall be broken like glass except that glass can be broken and then be repaired as it was! By Allah! You shall be broken like earthenware and earthenware cannot be repaired as it was. By Allah! You shall be examined and thoroughly tested. By Allah! You shall be sifted just as chaff is sifted from grains.
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