Shaykh Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣaduq · Establishing the Resemblance Between the Prophets and the Imams
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ رَحِمَهُ اللَّهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ السَّعْدَآبَادِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ هَارُونَ بْنِ عَنْتَرَةَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: كُنَّا جُلُوساً عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ص فَقَالَ مَنْ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى آدَمَ فِي عِلْمِهِ وَ إِلَى نُوحٍ فِي سِلْمِهِ وَ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ فِي حِلْمِهِ وَ إِلَى مُوسَى فِي فِطَانَتِهِ وَ إِلَى دَاوُدَ فِي زُهْدِهِ فَلْيَنْظُرْ إِلَى هَذَا قَالَ فَنَظَرْنَا فَإِذَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ قَدْ أَقْبَلَ كَأَنَّمَا يَنْحَدِرُ مِنْ صَبَبٍ. <br> فإذا استقام أن يشبه رسول الله ص أحدا من الأئمة عليه السلام بالأنبياء و الرسل استقام لنا أن نشبه جميع الأئمة بجميع الأنبياء و الرسل و هذا دليل مقنع و قد ثبت شكل صاحب زماننا عليه السلام في غيبته بغيبة موسى عليه السلام و غيره ممن وقعت بهم الغيبة و ذلك أن غيبة صاحب زماننا وقعت من جهة الطواغيت لعلة التدبير من الذي قدمنا ذكره في الفصل الأول.
It is narrated from Muhammad bin Musa al-Mutawakkil from Ali bin al-Husain al-Sadabadi from Abdul Malik bin Harun Anqarah al-Shaibani from his father from his grandfather from Abdullah bin Abbas that he said: “We were sitting near the Holy Prophet. He said: If a person wants to see the knowledge of Adam, peacefulness of Nuh, tolerance of Ibrahim, intelligence of Musa, abstinence of Dawood then he should look at him. The Holy Prophet (sw) pointed to Ali who was coming towards them. He was taking steps without pride.” <br> [Al-Saduq says:] So if it is valid for the Messenger of Allah (saw) to liken one of the Imāms (as) to the prophets and messengers, then it is valid for us to liken all the Imāms to all the prophets and messengers. And this is a convincing proof. It has been established that the resemblance of the Master of Our Time (as) in his occultation matches the occultation of Mūsā (as) and others who experienced occultation. This is because the occultation of the Master of Our Time occurred due to the tyrants, as a result of the same strategic reasoning we mentioned earlier in the first chapter.
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