hadith
4354
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Imam al-Kazim (AS), when a man from Persia asked him, ‘Do you know the Unseen, replied, ‘Abu Jaafar (AS) [i.e. Imam al-Baqir] said, ‘Knowledge is expounded for us so we know it, and it can be taken away from us so we do not know. And he said, ‘
Allah, Mighty and Exalted, entrusted his secret to Gabriel (AS), and Gabriel entrusted it to Muhammad (SAWA), and Muhammad (SAWA) entrusted it to those whom Allah willed.
الإمامُ الكاظمُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لَمّا سَألَهُ رَجُلٌ مِن أهلِ فارِسَ: أتَعلَمُونَ الغَيبَ؟ ـ: قالَ أبو جعفرٍ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): يُبسَطُ لَنا العِلمُ فَنَعلَمُ، ويُقبَضُ عنّا فلا نَعلَمُ. وقالَ: سِرُّ اللّهِ عَزَّوجلَّ أسَرَّهُ إلى جَبرَئيلَ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ)، وأسَرَّهُ جَبرَئيلُ إلى محمّدٍ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ)، وأسَرَّهُ محمّدٌ إلى مَن شاءَ اللّهُ.
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