the representative of the Imam of the time.
What will follow is enough (for comprehending the matter at hand):
Husayn ibn Ruh was the representative of the Imam of the time.
This means that the 'breath' of the Imam of the time has reached him.
I will narrate this incident,
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Husayn ibn Ruh was the representative of the Imam of the time.
This means that the 'breath' of the Imam of the time has reached him.
I will narrate this incident,
you draw conclusion's yourself.
Sheikh Saduq , the chief of narrators (in the science of narration),
(narrates from) from Muhammad ibn Hasan Sayrufi.
This man is from Balkh.
The Shi`ah of Balkh would gave assets related to the Imam
to this man so that he can take it to Baghdad and
hand it over to the representative of Imam Zaman.
He said, "I have turned these assets into bullions."
Meaning that he has turned it into gold and silver bullions.
"I brought them with myself from Balkh."
(Imagine distance wise) where Balkh is located and where Baghdad is located!
Especially in those times. He said, "I reached Sarakhs.
I came from Balkh to Sarakhs.
I setup my tent on top of a small raised plane.
Those bullions that belonged to the Imam,
I lost one of them in the small plane."
He has come from Balkh to Sarakhs.
In Sarakhs, he lost a bullion.
He said, "I reached Hamadan."
Now compare (the distance between) where Sarakhs is located and where Hamadan is located!
"When I reached Hamadan
I thought this property belongs to the Imam, entrusted to me and I have to (make sure) it gets to its owner.
I made one bullion from my own property
in (exactly) the same scale of the one
that I lost in the debris in Sarakhs.
I insert it between the other bullions.
I reached Baghdad.
I went to meet Husayn ibn Ruh.
When I placed the bullions in front of him,..."
That which baffles and astonishes the mind of any wise man,
the intellect of any jurisprudent is this;
What (high) rank is this?!
He said, "I put these bullions in front of Abul Qasim Husayn ibn Ruh.
He examined all of them one by one.
He said, 'This bullion does not belong to us.'
He took the one which I had made in Hamadan.
He said, 'This belongs to you.
You made it to replace the other (bullion).
That (bullion) which belongs to us
was lost in the small plane in Sarakhs
among the gravel.'"
Now what kind of (miraculous) comprehension (of reality) is this (that the deputy of the Imam had)?!
What (an amazing) soul is this?!
What kind of heart is this?!
What kind of awareness is this?!
"'When you go back from here,
you will go to the same debris on which you setup your tent.
There, you will search and you will find the bullion.
When you have found it,
next year, you will return to Baghdad.
However, when you come back you will not see me.
Hand the bullion over to the next deputy.'"
This is the servant of the Imam of our time!
This is Husayn ibn Ruh who
had a special deputyship from the vicegerent of (our) era.
When the rays of the Imam of the time shined on his heart
his soul comprehends everything from Baghdad to Balkh.
This is how great this soul had become.
This is the meaning of 'the Imam of our time'.
Who came to know him?
Who was able to reach him?
But if you perform your prayer at the beginning of its appointed time,
persevering on this right course,
avoid (committing) sins,
perform what (religion) requires from you,
then, his gracious hand
will bestow his favours on you in a way
you will then know of what is going on.
But it is we who must tread the path
and then see when we will reach the destination.
One cannot reach one's destination until they walk (towards that).
Regretfully, our age has passed.
We don't know the value of the blessing (of life).
