Alaan has narrated from Zareef from Nasr the servant that he said:
“I came to the Master(twelfth imam) of the Time when he was in the cradle. Then he said to me: Bring red sandalwood for me. I brought it. Then he asked: Do you know who I am? I replied: Yes, you are my master and the son of my master. He said: “I did not ask about it.” I said: “Please explain it to me.” He said: “I am the seal of the legatees and only through me are the calamities warded off from my Shias.”
Shaykh Sadooq has also related this tradition in Kamaluddin with a slight difference. And in Ghayat al-Maraam it is quoted from Musnad of Ahmad Hanbal through his chain of authorities from imam Amir al Momenin Ali (as) that he said:
The Messenger of Allah (S) said: “The stars are the means of security for the inmates of the sky; such that if the stars are destroyed they shall also be destroyed, and my Ahle Bayt are the means of security for the people of the earth. Thus if my Ahle Bayt go away the people of the earth shall also perish.”
In the same book a tradition is mentioned on the authority of Hamuwaini, a prominent Sunni scholar from his own chain of narrators that the Messenger of Allah (S) said:
“Stars are the means of security for the folks of the sky and my family is the means of security for the folks of my community.”
In Kifayatul Athar through the author’s own chain of narrators it is related from Abu Saeed Khudri that he said:
“I heard the Messenger of Allah (S) say: My Ahle Bayt are means of security for the people of the earth just as the stars are security for the folks of the heavens. It was asked: ‘O Messenger of Allah (S), so the Imams after you will be from your family?’ ‘Yes,’ he replied, ‘There shall be twelve Imams after me, nine of them shall be from the progeny of Hussain, they shall be trustworthy and infallible. From us is the Mahdi of this community. Know that, they are my Ahle Bayt and my Progeny, they are my flesh and blood. What will happen to the people who hurt me with regard to them as the Almighty Allah(God) will not allow my intercession to reach them?’”
In that same book, His Eminence, Hussain bin Ali (as) is reported to have quoted the Messenger of Allah (S) that he said:
“The first thing that the Almighty Allah created was His veil, then He wrote on its hem: There is no god except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and Ali is his successor. Then He created the Arsh and on its edges He inscribed: There is no god except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and Ali is his successor. Then He created the Tablet (Lauh) and wrote on its perimeter: There is no god except Allah, Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah and Ali is his successor. Thus whoever claims to love the Prophet but does not love the successor, is a liar. And whoever thinks that he recognizes the Prophet but does not recognize the successor, has resorted to disbelief. Then he said: Know that, my Ahle Bayt are means of security for you, so love them. Remain attached to my love and theirs so that you may never go astray. It was said: Who are the Ahle Bayt, O Messenger of Allah (S)?”
He replied: “Ali, my two (Sibts (imam Hasan – imam Hussain)) grandsons and nine persons from the descendants of Hussain (as) are the righteous, trustworthy and infallible Imams. Know that, they are my Ahle Bayt and my Itrah; they are my flesh and blood.”
In Ghayat al-Maraam it is narrated from Jabir Jofi through his chain of reporters that:
I asked His Eminence, Muhammad bin Baqir (as): “What it is that is in need of the Prophet and the Imams?”
He replied: “They are needed for the survival of the universe in a good condition itself. And that Allah, the Mighty and the Sublime keeps away divine wrath from the people if the Prophet or Imam is among them. The Almighty Allah says:
«وَ ما کانَ اللَّهُ لِیعَذِّبَهُمْ وَ أَنْتَ فِیهِمْ»
“But Allah was not going to chastise them while you were among them.” (Qur’an, Surah Anfaal 8:33)
The Holy Prophet (S) has said that they are means of security for the folks of the heavens and my Ahle Bayt are security for the inhabitants of the earth. Thus if the stars die, the folks of the heavens have to face unfavorable circumstances and if my Ahle Bayt go away from among you the inhabitants of the earth will have to suffer calamities.”
In Ikmaluddin and Amali, it is reported from the compiler’s own chains of narrators from the chief of the worshippers, Imam Sajjad (as) that he said:
“We are the Imams of the Muslims and the Divine Proofs over the worlds; we are the leaders and masters of the believers and the chiefs and guides of the righteous of the world. We are the masters of the people of faith. And we are the security for the inhabitants of the earth just as the stars are means of security for the inmates of the heavens. We are those through whom the Almighty Allah holds the sky aloft so that it does not crash upon the earth except by His permission. And through us He guards the earth so that it does not shake up its inhabitants except by His permission. And through us He sents down the rain and through us He spreads the bounties and brings out the treasures of the earth. And if our proof is not present on the earth it would swallow its inhabitants. Then he said: Since the day the
Almighty Allah created Adam, the earth is not devoid of the divine proof, whether apparent and known or hidden and concealed. And it will not be devoid of divine proof till the Day of Judgment, otherwise the Almighty Allah will not be worshipped.”
Sulaiman bin Mehran says:
I asked Imam Sadiq (as): “How do the people derive benefit from the Imam(twelfth imam) who is hidden?” He replied: “Just as they benefit from the sun that is hidden behind the cloud.”
It is reported from the Chief of the worshippers, Imam Sajjad (as) that he said: “When the Qaim (twelfth imam) arises, Allah, the Mighty and Sublime will remove calamities and illnesses from our Shias and He shall make their hearts as solid as iron.”
Reference:
Al-Kharaij; Pg. 67
Kamaluddin; Vol. 2, Pg. 205
Ghayat al-Maraam Pg. 274
Ghayat al-Maraam Pg. 274
Kifayatul Athar, 292
Kifayatul Athar, 310
Ghayat al-Maraam Pg. 257
Kamaluddin; Vol. 1, Pg. 207, Amali, Shaykh Sadooq, Pg. 112, The chain of narrators is as follows: Ibne Babawahy from Muhammad bin Ahmad As Sinani bin Mehran Amash from His Eminence Sadiq Ja’far bin Muhammad from his father Muhammad bin Ali from his father Ali bin al-Husain (as). (The Author)
Biharul Anwar; Vol. 52, Pg. 316
