This Is My Faith - Al-fatlawi, Ali - الصفحة ٣٠٢ - Our Role During the Conceal

relief to the desperate and those prior to you were more patient that you are”.

There is also a Hadith that refers to the reward given to those waiting; in ‘Al-Ghaibah” (The Conceal), Sheikh Al-Tousi reports from Abu Abdullah (PBUH), from Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) that “There will come people after you whose deeds will be rewarded fifty times more than you’. They said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! We were in your company in Badr, Ohod and Honain, and Holy Verses from Quran were revealed about us.’ He said: ‘If you were to burden with what they burden, you would not be able to endure what they endure’”.

Anwar: Does that mean waiting is enough in itself in regard to one’s relationship with the Almighty Allah?

Hasan: Of course not. You have to work hard and to be devout and pious. This is what Abi Basir reported in ‘Ghaibah Al-No’mani’ from Abu Adullah (PBUH): “In order to be in the company of the Al-Qa’em, one needs to wait and to work piously and behave ethically, and if he dies and the Al-Qa’em is revealed after, he will have the same reward as those witness him. So, endeavor and wait; salute to you, O company”.