If I come to know that you have mentioned it to someone I will kill you".
So till such time "Motazid" was living we did not pluck the courage to say a word about it.
2) Ali bin Sinan narrates, a group of people of Qum proceeded towards Samarah, along with some money, to visit Imam Askari (A.S.).
When they reached there they discovered that Imam (A.S.) had passed away.
They remained uncertain and wandering around for a while to find out what to do, till such time they were introduced to "Jaffar" the brother of Imam Askari (A.
S).
When they described the aim and object of that journey.
He said to them, "Hand me over the money as I am his successor.
But they said, "Imam (A.S.) must tell us how much money we have along with us and that whose property is each of the sacks?" This thing had occurred before as well, therefore, "Jaffar" got flared up and said, "You are telling a lie that my brother used to inform about these things.
Because this is prescience and omniscience and oracle, and divination belongs to God only and none else".
But they insisted and asserted so that Jaffar made a complaint against them to the caliph.
He summoned them and ordered them to surrender the wealth to Jaffar.
They pledged that, "This is not our money and all are deposits of the people and we have no way except handing them over to somebody who may be the successor of Imam (A.S.) and if otherwise, then return them to their owners".
The caliph accepted their word and let them go free.
When they decided to leave the city a young man came to them and said, "Imam has summoned you all.
" All of them were happy and followed him to the house of Imam Askari (A.S.).
There they found a young man, the effects and signs of Imamate were apparent upon whose face.
They repeated the same words, which they had told Jaffar.
Imam smiled and said, "Sit down, so that I inform you about each one of these (sacks)".
Thereafter, he took the name of the owner of each of the sacks one by one, the amount and their quantities and numbers.
We were pleased and overjoyed for the fact that we had discovered our lost object.
We took out the sacks and handed those over to Imam (AS.) and enquired and put questions to him about our problems.
He replied all of them.
Then he ordered that from that time onwards we must not bring the money over there and instead; contact the representative, which he had appointed in Baghdad.
Whenever we have questions to be asked we must send those to him and he will send the answers to us.
All of us said good-bye to him and came out.
We thanked God upon that blessing and benediction.
Those who reached the Imam (A.S.) Although Imam (A.S.) has not shown himself to anyone during the major occultation period and people have been deprived of seeing him but the pure and pious lovers have sometimes been able to see and talk to him and we point out a few occasions out of those, as specimens.
1.
Shamsuddin the son of Hirqili: says about his father, "one day my father narrated to me the story of his leg which was wounded and then cured.
" In the youth time my thigh got injured and infected.
It troubled me.
One day I visited a friend "Syed Raziuddin Taus" in Hila Iraq.
He gathered the physicians to examine my infected wound and to treat that but when they examined it, they gave a negative response because as per their opinion if they operated upon it, the risk of the vein being cut and consequently my death existed.
The next year that Syed (friend) took me to Baghdad and got me inspected and checked by the physician of that place.
All of them said the same that the physicians of Hila had previously said.
One of those days, sad, disappointed, and dismayed as I was, I visited the Shrines of my Imams (A.S.) in Samara and stayed there overnight and yearned seeking the help of Imam-e-Zaman (Imam of the age).
When the morning dawned I went towards the river Dajla and washed my clothes and took a bath to turn back for Ziarat (visiting Imam's shrine).
On the way back two horse riders met me.
I thought they were the desert dwellers (nomadic).
They saluted me.
One of them said, "Come near me.
" Since, I had cleaned my clothes and did not consider the desert dwellers (Arbs) as clean, I did not go near them.
I was afraid that their hands would contaminate my dress, which was still wet.
I was thinking about it when suddenly he dragged me towards himself and put his hand upon the wound of my leg so that I yelled with pain.
He took his hand off and said, "Ismail you are relieved, now do not be sad and distressed because you will bear no more of pin.
" I was surprised how was it that he called me by my name.
I was still thinking about it and he went.
I said to myself perhaps he might be my Imam-e-Zamana.
I followed him and appealed him to stop.
Suddenly he turned his face back and said, "Ismail turn back.
" I would not listen and continued running after him as before.
The other person who was with him said, "Oh Ismail turn back are you not ashamed of it that you do not obey the command of your Imam-e-Zamana?" Then I was positive that he was the Imam (A.S.) and the guardian of the Ummah.
I stopped and had a look upon him watching him go and after a while they disappeared from my sight.
Shamsuddin says, "From that day onwards my father would frequently and consecutively visit Samarah but he did not see the Imam (A.S.) again and left this world with the aspiration and longing to see him.
2.
Syed Mohammad Jabal Amili: described the affair of his journey to his friends saying, "one year I traveled to Mashad and since I did not have sufficient money it was hard and difficult time.
Till the time that I learnt a caravan was moving.
But as I even did not have money enough to buy one time meal to fill my belly, I went to the (Haram) Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.) and wept there.
Then I decided to reach the caravan, even though I was hungry.
Because, if I was left back the winter would set in and I would die of cold.
I was proceeding in the same condition upon the way but I lost my way and found myself in a dry burning and scorching hot desert.
I was not able to move on account of hunger.
Inspite of wandering in search of any grass or vegetation to eat I could not procure any.
Night fell and it became dark.
The noise of beasts and desert animals had harassed and frightened me.
I was weeping and got prepared to submit myself to death.
Not very long after the moon appeared and the voices of roaring of the beasts stopped.
Suddenly my eyes caught the sight of a hillock, the height of a dune, I went there I saw a spring.
I was very much happy.
I took some water drank it and made ablution and offered my prayers.
Thereafter, I did not have the energy to move any more because of hunger.
I went to sleep right there and got ready for death.
All of a sudden I saw a person riding a horse, moving towards me.
I thought perhaps he may be one of the robbers and since, I did not possess a thing he might kill me, out of anger.
When he reached there he saluted me.
I answered his salutation then I knew he was not one of the robbers.
Then he said, "What are you up to?" I replied him in a great deal of weakness and handicapped condition that "I am hungry and have lost my way.
" He said, "you have a number of melons lying besides you, why are you hungry?" I who had searched all the places around had not found a thing, thought he was just joking.
I said to him "do not make fun of me, and leave me alone to die.
" He said, "I am not joking look at the back of you.
" When I had a look I saw three melons.
He said, "Eat one of those and keep the other two with you and go straight upon this way.
Near about the sunset you will reach a tent, they will guide you to the caravan".
Then he disappeared.
I came to my senses at once and knew that he was the Imam-e-Zamana.
According to his order I ate one of the melons and when I was fit enough I picked up the other two and proceeded on my way.
On the noon of the next day I ate the other melon and proceeded again and as he had said, I reached a tent, near the sunset time.
They showed me in to the tent and treated me well and then made me connect the caravan.
Can a man, have such a long life? On the basis of the science of physiology the human body is composed of Billions of cells and tissues.
With the passage of time, the cells get old and worn out and wither away and young cells take their place.
This is how the schedule of life goes on.
That thing which worn the man out and stop the cells from performing their activity and work and brings the gift of death to man are the harmful microbes which enter the human body from various ways and start a combat against the cells and annihilate them.
The knowledge of medicine (prevention and cure of disease) is a witness to it that if man commands the perfect knowledge and acquaintance with the condition of body, diets and the perilous and harmful substances and completely looks after his health and is careful about his food his life will prolong.
He will not meet an early approaching old age.
From this point of view the scholars and scientists have been able to prolong the lives of a few animals to many times their (natural) length, through experiments.
In this way, man can, by virtue of vast knowledge and respecting the rules and regulations of health, live for a number of centuries.
A scholar must search for many long years to reach and lay his hand upon a secret of the knowledge, to get acquainted with only a piece of it.
But Imam-e-Zamana (A.S.) all the stocks of whose knowledge are bestowed upon him by the God does not need to traverse all that long way and he can travel the length of centuries in one moment and reach the result.
In this way, it would not be anything difficult, from the scientific point of view that he (Imam [A.S.]) by the vast knowledge, which has been gifted to him by the God, may lead his life for hundreds of years with health and safety of his youth and old age and wearing off does not approach him.
On the other hand, the length of the life of Imam-e-Zamana is not more surprising and amazing than the extinguishing of the fire (of Namrod) for Ibrahim/Abraham (A.S.), the bifurcating and division of the river Nile for Musa/Moses (A.S.) to cross over and turning of a pole into a serpent, which are the show and manifestation of the power of God.
Quran and history with reference to these problems narrate the examples and specimens of the length of lives of the Prophets and the ordinary people in the past times.
For instance, Noah (A.S.), Luqman (A.S.) lived as long as 950 years and 400 years in this world respectively.
Similarly "Bukht Nasr" lived 1507 years and Suleman/Solomon (A.S.) lived 712 years and Firoze Rai a king of India lived nearly 537 years.
All of these examples are a witness to the fact that the longevity of man's life is not against science and knowledge and it is possible to occur in all the ages.
How will the Imam (A.S.) achieve success and Victory over the World Powers? In an age when the thinkers and wise men of the world are busy in a race of the production of destructive and harassing weapons there would be no sign of peace and tranquility and the world will continue to bum and smolder in the fire of war and injustice.
The power poles would continue to think of expanding their governments and lands trough war and martial intervention.
Given these circumstances and conditions disappointment and distress will overwhelm the human lives and the spectrum of sin, evil and aggression will expand.
In this condition the ground and scenario for the acceptance of a just government free of war and aggression will come into existence.
All the nations will get fed up and tired of their egoist and tyrant governments and the expansion and progressing evil and injustice will make the world ready for an explosion.
Just similar to the appearance of the bright star of Islam in the area of Hijaz.
So that after five centuries of ignorance tyranny and cruelty a suitable scenario got provided for the advent of the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) of Islam.
The afflicted and deprived masses got so prepared and ready to accept Islam that they responded positively and quickly to the call of Tawhid (oneness of God) and Justice of the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) and group wise embraced it and accepted its manifesto.
If we observe the revolutions of the world, we will find and discover that the best parts of the success of the leaders of revolutions was on account of the materialization and appearance of the suitable scenario in those societies which was caused by the extreme unhappiness of the people from the tyranny of their brutal governments and the same led their leader towards achieving power.
On the basis of this (theory) the upraise and revolution of Imam Mehdi (A.S.) will materialize on a natural ground which is the same appearance of suitable scenarios in the society and since the revolution of Imam (A.S.) would be global and not restricted to an area.
Therefore, all the people of the world must get prepared to accept the revolution and this would be possible in a time that according to the saying of the Prophet (P.B.U.H.), "cruelty, brutality and evil and destruction shall have over whelmed the total world.
" The extreme and severe pressures of the governments shall have put all the masses of the nation upon the course of an explosion, so that all stretch their hands towards it.
And accept its invitation from the core of their hearts.
Just like a fruit, which ripens upon the tree and with only a jerk or movement falls down to the ground.
In these conditions all the powers of the world, howsoever they may be equipped with marshal and military hardware, cannot stop and put a restraint upon that upraisal and revolution, through killing and massacres.
In this age the world is confronted with a defeat, and restlessness of souls and needs an unusual leader.
A leader who may be fully equipped with the knowledge and awareness of the history and all the stages and degrees of the human culture very closely and who have touched all those and been an expectator and minute observer of all the historical changes and all the crimes of the past times.
He is the one who after the behest of and deputation order from the God yells out the slogan of justice and humanity and having gathered the historically subjugated and suppressed masses of the world around him put an end to the governments of the criminals.
Unity will make those people, who spent their energies on the way to the annihilation and destruction of each other, get their energies and resources used for the welfare and prosperity of each other.
Thus bring into existence a world, far from fear, anxiety and full of boon and benediction.
