عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام قَالَ: حَدِيثُنَا صَعْبٌ مُسْتَصْعَبٌ لَا يَحْتَمِلُهُ إِلَّا مَلَكٌ مُقَرَّبٌ أَوْ نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ أَوْ مُؤْمِنٌ مُمْتَحَنٌ أَوْ مَدِينَةٌ حَصِينَةٌ فَإِذَا وَقَعَ أَمْرُنَا وَ جَاءَ مَهْدِيُّنَا عليه السلام كَانَ الرَّجُلُ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا أَجْرَأَ مِنْ لَيْثٍ وَ أَمْضَی مِنْ سِنَانٍ يَطَأُ عَدُوَّنَا بِرِجْلَيْهِ وَ يَضْرِبُهُ بِكَفَّيْهِ وَ ذَلِكَ عِنْدَ نُزُولِ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ وَ فَرَجِهِ عَلَى الْعِبَادِ.

Sa'd relates from Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him, that he said: Our hadith is hard and hard to bear; none can bear it but an angel brought near, a prophet sent with a mission, a tested believer, or a fortified city. When our affair comes to pass and our Mahdi appears, [every] man of our Shi'a will be braver than a lion and sharper than a spear: he will press our enemies underfoot and strike them with both his hands; and this is the time of the descent of God's mercy and His relief upon His servants.

«23»- ير، بصائر الدرجات مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْهَيْثَمِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ حَدِيثَنَا صَعْبٌ مُسْتَصْعَبٌ لَا يَحْتَمِلُهُ إِلَّا ثَلَاثٌ نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ أَوْ مَلَكٌ مُقَرَّبٌ أَوْ مُؤْمِنٌ امْتَحَنَ اللَّهُ قَلْبَهُ لِلْإِيمَانِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَبَا حَمْزَةَ أَ لَا تَرَى أَنَّهُ اخْتَارَ لِأَمْرِنَا مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ الْمُقَرَّبِينَ وَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّينَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ وَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ الْمُمْتَحَنِينَ ١.

Basa'ir al-Darajat: Abu Hamza al-Thumali related from Imam al-Baqir, peace be upon him: I heard him always saying: Our hadith is hard and hard to bear; none can bear it but an angel brought near, a prophet sent with a mission, or a tested believer. Then he said: O Abu Hamza, do you not consider that from among the angels brought near, the prophets sent with a mission, and the tested believers, some have been chosen for our cause?

«24»- ير، بصائر الدرجات إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَرْقِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ سِنَانٍ أَوْ غَيْرِهِ يَرْفَعُهُ إِلَى أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: إِنَّ حَدِيثَنَا صَعْبٌ مُسْتَصْعَبٌ لَا يَحْتَمِلُهُ إِلَّا صُدُورٌ مُنِيرَةٌ أَوْ قُلُوبٌ سَلِيمَةٌ وَ أَخْلَاقٌ حَسَنَةٌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ أَخَذَ مِنْ شِيعَتِنَا الْمِيثَاقَ كَمَا أَخَذَ عَلَى بَنِي آدَمَ حَيْثُ يَقُولُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ وَ إِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنْ بَنِي آدَمَ مِنْ ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَ أَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلى أَنْفُسِهِمْ أَ لَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قالُوا بَلى فَمَنْ وَفَى لَنَا وَفَى اللَّهُ لَهُ بِالْجَنَّةِ وَ مَنْ أَبْغَضَنَا وَ لَمْ يُؤَدِّ إِلَيْنَا حَقَّنَا فَفِي النَّارِ خَالِداً مُخَلَّداً.

Basa'ir al-Darajat: Ibn Sinan or another relates in an elevated hadith from Imam al-Sadiq, peace be upon him, that he said: Our hadith is hard and hard to bear; none bears it but illumined breasts, sound hearts, and men of good character. God took a covenant from our Shi'a, just as He took a covenant from the children of Adam when He said: "And when your Lord took from the children of Adam, from their loins, their offspring, and made them bear witness against themselves: Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes, we bear witness." So whoever keeps faith with us and in the way of God, for him is Paradise; and whoever bears us hatred and does not render our right will be in Hell.

«25»- ير، بصائر الدرجات عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ وَ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ هَارُونَ عَنِ ابْنِ صَدَقَةَ عَنْ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: ذُكِرَ التَّقِيَّةُ يَوْماً عِنْدَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ عليهما السلام فَقَالَ وَ اللَّهِ لَوْ عَلِمَ أَبُو ذَرٍّ مَا فِي قَلْبِ سَلْمَانَ لَقَتَلَهُ وَ لَقَدْ آخَی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللّٰه عليه و آله بَيْنَهُمَا فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ بِسَائِرِ الْخَلْقِ إِنَّ عِلْمَ الْعَالِمِ صَعْبٌ مُسْتَصْعَبٌ لَا يَحْتَمِلُهُ إِلَّا نَبِيٌّ مُرْسَلٌ أَوْ مَلَكٌ مُقَرَّبٌ أَوْ عَبْدٌ مُؤْمِنٌ امْتَحَنَ اللَّهُ قَلْبَهُ لِلْإِيمَانِ قَالَ وَ إِنَّمَا صَارَ سَلْمَانُ مِنَ الْعُلَمَاءِ لِأَنَّهُ امْرُؤٌ مِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ فَلِذَلِكَ نَسَبَهُ إِلَيْنَا.

Basa'ir al-Darajat: Abu Ja'far relates that one day, in the presence of Imam al-Sajjad, peace be upon him, something was said about dissimulation. He said: By God, had Abu Dharr known what was in Salman's heart he would have killed him — though the Prophet had made the two of them brothers. The case of the rest of the people is plain. Our knowledge and learning is hard and hard to bear; none can bear it but a prophet sent with a mission, an angel brought near, or a servant tested in the way of faith. If Salman became one of the learned, it is because he was a man of us, the People of the House, and belonged to us.

«26»- ير، بصائر الدرجات ابْنُ عِيسَى عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ ٢ عَنِ الْمُحَارِبِيِّ ٣ عَنِ الثُّمَالِيِّ عَنْ

Basa'ir al-Darajat: Abu Hamza al-Thumali