وَ وَفَّرَ عَلَيْهِمْ نِعَمَ جِنَانِ اللَّهِ وَ حَصَّلَ لَهُمْ رِضْوَانَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى وَ يُقَالُ لِلْفَقِيهِ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِلُ لِأَيْتَامِ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَادِي لِضُعَفَاءِ مُحِبِّيهِمْ وَ مَوَالِيهِمْ قِفْ حَتَّى تَشْفَعَ لِمَنْ أَخَذَ عَنْكَ ١ أَوْ تَعَلَّمَ مِنْكَ فَيَقِفُ فَيُدْخِلُ الْجَنَّةَ مَعَهُ فِئَاماً وَ فِئَاماً وَ فِئَاماً حَتَّى قَالَ عَشْراً وَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ أَخَذُوا عَنْهُ عُلُومَهُ وَ أَخَذُوا عَمَّنْ أَخَذَ عَنْهُ وَ عَمَّنْ أَخَذَ عَمَّنْ أَخَذَ عَنْهُ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ فَانْظُرُوا كَمْ فَرْقٍ بَيْنَ الْمَنْزِلَتَيْنِ.

And they receive the bounties of God's gardens in full, and attain God's good pleasure. And it will be said to the jurist: O guardian of the orphans of the family of Muhammad, who loved the weak among the Shi'a and their clients — stand, that your intercession may cover everyone who studied under you and learned knowledge from you. So he stands, and company after company — ten companies of a hundred thousand each — he brings into the Garden. These are those who learned knowledge and were his students until the Day of Resurrection. Now look at the difference between the two stations!

بيان: الفئام بالهمز و كسر الفاء الجماعة من الناس و فسر في خطبة أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام في يوم الغدير بمائة ألف.

"Al-fi'am" is a company of people; and in the sermon of the Commander of the Faithful, peace be upon him, on the day of Ghadir it is glossed as a hundred thousand.

«11»- ج، الإحتجاج م، تفسير الإمام عليه السلام بِالْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ الْعَسْكَرِيِّ عليه السلام قَالَ قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَوَادُ عليهما السلام مَنْ تَكَفَّلَ بِأَيْتَامِ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُنْقَطِعِينَ عَنْ إِمَامِهِمْ الْمُتَحَيِّرِينَ فِي جَهْلِهِمْ الْأُسَرَاءِ فِي أَيْدِي شَيَاطِينِهِمْ وَ فِي أَيْدِي النَّوَاصِبِ مِنْ أَعْدَائِنَا فَاسْتَنْقَذَهُمْ مِنْهُمْ وَ أَخْرَجَهُمْ مِنْ حَيْرَتِهِمْ وَ قَهَرَ الشَّيَاطِينَ بِرَدِّ وَسَاوِسِهِمْ وَ قَهَرَ النَّاصِبِينَ بِحُجَجِ رَبِّهِمْ وَ دَلِيلِ أَئِمَّتِهِمْ لَيُفَضَّلُونَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى عَلَى الْعِبَادِ بِأَفْضَلِ الْمَوَاقِعِ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ فَضْلِ السَّمَاءِ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ وَ الْعَرْشِ وَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَ الْحُجُبِ عَلَی السَّمَاءِ وَ فَضْلُهُمْ عَلَى هَذَا الْعَابِدِ كَفَضْلِ الْقَمَرِ لَيْلَةَ الْبَدْرِ عَلَى أَخْفَى كَوْكَبٍ فِي السَّمَاءِ.

Al-Ihtijaj and the Commentary of Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari, peace be upon him: Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari, peace be upon him, related from Imam al-Jawad, peace be upon him, that he said: Truly, whoever takes charge of the orphans of the family of Muhammad — those cut off from their Imam, plunged in the bewilderment of ignorance and captive in the hands of our Nasibi enemies — and rescues them and delivers them from their confusion, and overcomes the devils by repelling their whisperings, and prevails over the Nasibis by the proofs of their Lord and the arguments of their Imams, his rank and station with God surpass that of the worshipper in the finest way — a merit far above the merit of heaven over earth, and of the Throne, the Footstool and the veils of heaven. And the merit of this company over the company of worshippers is like the merit the full moon has over the faintest star in the sky.

«12»- ج، الإحتجاج م، تفسير الإمام عليه السلام بِالْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ عليه السلام قَالَ قَالَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عليهما السلام لَوْ لَا مَنْ يَبْقَى بَعْدَ غَيْبَةِ قَائِمِنَا عليه السلام مِنَ الْعُلَمَاءِ الدَّاعِينَ إِلَيْهِ وَ الدَّالِّينَ عَلَيْهِ وَ الذَّابِّينَ عَنْ دِينِهِ بِحُجَجِ اللَّهِ وَ الْمُنْقِذِينَ لِضُعَفَاءِ عِبَادِ اللَّهِ مِنْ شِبَاكِ إِبْلِيسَ وَ مَرَدَتِهِ وَ مِنْ فِخَاخِ النَّوَاصِبِ لَمَا بَقِيَ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا ارْتَدَّ عَنْ دِينِ اللَّهِ وَ لَكِنَّهُمُ الَّذِينَ يُمْسِكُونَ أَزِمَّةَ قُلُوبِ ضُعَفَاءِ الشِّيعَةِ كَمَا يُمْسِكُ صَاحِبُ السَّفِينَةِ سُكَّانَهَا أُولَئِكَ هُمُ الْأَفْضَلُونَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ.

Al-Ihtijaj and the Commentary of Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari, peace be upon him: Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari, peace be upon him, related from Imam al-Hadi, peace be upon him, that he said: Were it not that after the occultation of our Qa'im, peace be upon him, there remain scholars who call to him and point to him, defend him with the divine proofs, rescue the weak servants of God from the snare of Iblis and his helpers, and free them from the bonds of the Nasibis, all people would have abandoned the religion of God and apostatised. But the scholars are those who hold the reins of the hearts of our weak Shi'a. This company are the most excellent and the most favoured before God, the Mighty, the Majestic.

بيان: الذب الدفع و الشباك بالكسر جمع الشبكة التي يصاد بها و المردة المتمردون العاصون و الفخ المصيدة و سكان السفينة ذنبها.

"Al-dhabb" means repelling. "Shibak" is the plural of shabaka, the net with which one hunts.

«13»- م، تفسير الإمام عليه السلام ج، الإحتجاج بِالْإِسْنَادِ عَنْ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عليه السلام قَالَ: تَأْتِي عُلَمَاءُ شِيعَتِنَا الْقَوَّامُونَ بِضُعَفَاءِ مُحِبِّينَا وَ أَهْلِ وَلَايَتِنَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَ الْأَنْوَارُ تَسْطَعُ مِنْ تِيجَانِهِمْ عَلَى رَأْسِ كُلِ

The Commentary of Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari, peace be upon him, and al-Ihtijaj: It is related from Imam al-Hasan al-'Askari, peace be upon him, that he said: On the Day of Resurrection the scholars of our Shi'a, who took charge of the weak among those who love us and hold to our allegiance, shall come; and they shall set foot in that assembly with light streaming from the crowns upon their heads, and upon the head of each one