Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma

وأما غيبة موسى النبي  عليه السلام فإنه حدثنا الحسين بن أحمد بن إدريس رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا أبي قال: حدثنا أبو سعيد سهل بن زياد الآدمي الرازي قال:حدثنا محمد بن آدم النسائي، عن أبيه آدم بن أبي إياس قال: حدثنا المبارك بن فضالة عن سعيد بن جبير، عن سيد العابدين علي بن الحسين، عن أبيه سيد الشهداء الحسين بن علي، عن أبيه سيد الوصيين أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب صلوات الله عليهم قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله: لما حضرت يوسف  عليه السلام الوفاة جمع شيعته وأهل بيته فحمد الله وأثنى عليه ثم حدثهم بشدة تنالهم، يقتل فيها الرجال وتشق بطون الحبالى وتذبح الأطفال حتى يظهر الله الحق في القائم من ولد لاوي بن يعقوب، وهو رجل أسمر طوال، ونعته لهم بنعته، فتمسكوا بذلك ووقعت الغيبة والشدة على بني إسرائيل وهم منتظرون قيام القائم أربع مائة سنة حتى إذا بشروا بولادته ورأوا علامات ظهوره واشتدت عليهم البلوي، وحمل عليهم بالخشب والحجارة، وطلب الفقيه الذي كانوا يستريحون إلى أحاديثه فاستتر، وراسلوه فقالوا: كنا مع الشدة نستريح إلى حديثك، فخرج بهم إلى بعض الصحاري وجلس يحدثهم حديث القائم ونعته وقرب الامر، و كانت ليلة قمراء، فبينا هم كذلك إذ طلع عليهم موسى  عليه السلام وكان في ذلك الوقت حديث السن وقد خرج من دار فرعون يظهر النزهة فعدل عن موكبه وأقبل إليهم وتحته بغلة وعليه طيلسان خز، فلما رآه الفقيه عرفه بالنعت فقام إليه وانكب على قدميه فقبلهما ثم قال: الحمد لله الذي لم يمتني حتى أرانيك، فلما رأي الشيعة ذلك علموا أنه صاحبهم فأكبوا على الأرض شكرا لله عز وجل، فلم يزدهم على أن قال: أرجو أن يعجل الله فرجكم، ثم غاب بعد ذلك، وخرج إلى مدينة مدين فأقام عند شعيب ما أقام، فكانت الغيبة الثانية أشد عليهم من الأولى وكان نيفا وخمسين سنة واشتدت البلوي عليهم واستتر الفقيه فبعثوا إليه أنه لا صبر لنا على استتارك عنا، فخرج إلى بعض الصحاري واستدعاهم وطيب نفوسهم وأعلمهم أن الله عز وجل أوحى إليه أنه مفرج عنهم بعد أربعين سنة، فقالوا بأجمعهم: الحمد لله، فأوحى لله عز وجل إليه قل لهم: قد جعلتها ثلاثين سنة لقولهم " الحمد لله "، فقالوا: كل نعمة فمن الله، فأوحى الله إليه قل لهم: قد جعلتها عشرين سنة، فقالوا: لا يأتي بالخير إلا الله، فأوحى الله إليه قل لهم: قد جعلتها عشرا، فقالوا: لا يصرف السوء إلا الله، فأوحى الله إليه قل لهم: لا تبرحوا فقد أذنت لكم في فرجكم، فبينا هم كذلك إذ طلع موسى  عليه السلام راكبا حمارا. فأراد الفقيه أن يعرف الشيعة ما يستبصرون به فيه، وجاء موسى حتى وقف عليهم فسلم عليهم فقال له الفقيه: ما اسمك؟ فقال: موسى، قال: ابن من؟ قال: ابن عمران، قال: ابن من؟ قال: ابن قاهت بن لاوي بن يعقوب، قال: بماذا جئت؟ قال: جئت بالرسالة من عند الله عز وجل، فقام إليه فقبل يده، ثم جلس بينهم فطيب نفوسهم وأمرهم أمره ثم فرقهم، فكان بين ذلك الوقت وبين فرجهم بغرق فرعون أربعون سنة.

As regards the occultation of Prophet Musa (as) it is mentioned: Narrated to us Husain bin Ahmad bin Idrees (ra) that he said: Narrated to us my father: Narrated to us Abu Saeed Sahl bin Ziyad Aadami ar-Razi that he said: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Aadam an-Nasai from his father Aadam bin Abi Iyaas that he said: Narrated to us Mubarak bin Fadala from Saeed bin Jubair from Chief of the worshippers, Ali bin Husain from his father, the Chief of the Martyrs, Husain bin Ali from his father, the Chief of the Successors, the Leader of the Believers Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (sw) said: “When his death approached Yusuf (as) called his followers and family members. After praise and glorification of Allah he informed them that they would be involved in hardships and calamities in which their males should be killed and the bellies of their pregnant women should be cut open and their children should be slaughtered. Till finally the Almighty Allah will give victory to truth through one who will reappear from the descendants of Laavi bin Yaqoob (as). He shall be a wheat-complexioned and well-built man. And he told them about his characteristics. Then he advised them to remain attached to him. After that both, occultation and severities befell the people of Bani Israel and they waited for the advent of the Qaim for four hundred years. Finally they were given the glad tidings of his birth and they witnessed the signs of the advent and the trials and calamities intensified upon them. They were attacked with sticks and stones. So they called for that thinker and scholar whose words used to give them comfort. At that time he had also gone into seclusion. So they wrote to him reminding him that when they faced hard times they used to get comfort from his words. So he took them to the desert and told them about the Qaim of the time that his advent was near. It was a moonlit night. At the same time Musa (as) began to move toward them. At that time he was a young man. He had emerged from the house of Firon and there was expression of his purity. So he left his companions and moved toward these people. He was riding a mule at that time and had covered himself with a green silken sheet. When the learned man saw him, he recognized him at once through the foretold signs. He arose from his place and fell down on his feet and kissed his feet as a respect and said, “Praise be to Allah Who did not give me death till I could meet you. When the followers understood that it is the same in whose anticipation they had been, they fell down in prostration to thank Allah, the Mighty and Sublime. Musa (as) did not say anything other than, “I am sure the Almighty Allah will release you from your difficulties very soon,” After that he disappeared. Later Musa (as) went to Madayn and stayed with Shuaib (as). Thus his second occultation was more severe upon his followers than the first and it lasted for a fifty odd years. During this time they were subjected to further severities and the learned man also remained in concealment. Again they sent a message to him that they had no peace and patience when he was away from them. So again he came out in a desert and assured and consoled them. He said that Allah has revealed to him that they shall be free from this trouble within forty years. They all said in unison: Praise be to Allah. Allah said to him, “Tell them that Allah has decreased for them ten years from these 40 years as they had uttered ‘Praise be to Allah’. The people said: All the bounties are from Allah alone. So Allah, the Mighty and Sublime sent revelation that: “I have fixed the period of deliverance as twenty years. They said, “Goodness is from none except Allah.” Allah, the Mighty and Sublime revealed, “I have reduced it to ten years.” They said, “None but Allah can remove bad times and hardships.” So Allah sent revelation: Tell them not to wait anymore. I have permitted that the means of your deliverance should reach you immediately. They were in the same position when Musa (as) appeared to them astride a donkey. The learned man wanted to tell the followers what they were seeing. Musa (as) arrived, stood before them and greeted them. The learned man asked, “What is your name?” “I am Musa (as),” he replied. He asked, “Whose son are you?” Musa (as) said, “I am the son of Imran.” The man asked, “Whose son was he?” “He was the son of Qahath bin Laavi bin Yaqoob,” replied Musa (as). He asked, “What have you come with?” Musa (as) replied, “I have come with messengership from Allah, the Mighty and Sublime. The learned man stood up and kissed his hands with respect. Musa (as) sat down among them, consoled them and after teaching them some religious commands dispersed them. Between this incident and their deliverance through the drowning of Firon there was a period of forty years.”

حدثنا أبي، ومحمد بن الحسن بن أحمد بن الوليد رضي الله عنهما قالا: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله، وعبد الله بن جعفر الحميري، ومحمد بن يحيى العطار، وأحمد ابن إدريس جميعا قالوا: حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن عيسى، عن أحمد بن محمد بن أبي نصر البزنطي، عن أبان بن عثمان، عن محمد الحلبي، عن أبي عبد الله  عليه السلام قال: إن يوسف ابن يعقوب صلوات الله عليهما حين حضرته الوفاة جمع آل يعقوب وهم ثمانون رجلا فقال: إن هؤلاء القبط سيظهرون عليكم ويسومونكم سوء العذاب وإنما ينجيكم الله من أيديهم برجل من ولد لاوي بن يعقوب اسمه موسى بن عمران  عليه السلام، غلام طوال جعد آدم. فجعل الرجل من بني إسرائيل يسمى ابنه عمران ويسمي عمران ابنه موسى.

Narrated to us my father, and Muhammad bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Walid -may Allah be pleased with them -they said: Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah: and Abdullah bin Ja’far Himyari; and Muhammad bin Yahya al-Attar and Ahmad bin Idrees that they all said: Narrated to us Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Isa from Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Abi Nasr al-Bizanti from Aban bin Uthman from Muhammad al-Halabi from Abi Abdullah (as) that he said: “At the time of his death Yusuf bin Yaqoob (as) assembled the descendants of Yaqoob (as) who were eighty men. Then he said: These Copts will dominate you and put you to great trouble. One who will save you from them will be a descendant of Laavi bin Yaqoob, whose name will be Musa bin Imran. He shall be a tall young man and will have curly hair. He would be wheat complexioned. Thus every man of Bani Israel began to name his child Imran. And all those who were named Imran began to name their sons Musa.”

فذكر أبان بن عثمان، عن أبي الحسينعن أبي بصير، عن أبي جعفر  عليه السلام أنه قال: ما خرج موسى حتى خرج قبله خمسون كذابا من بني إسرائيل كلهم يدعي أنه موسى ابن عمران. فبلغ فرعون أنهم يرجفون به ويطلبون هذا الغلام وقال له كهنته و سحرته: إن هلاك دينك وقومك على يدي هذا الغلام الذي يولد العام من بني إسرائيل. فوضع القوابل على النساء وقال: لا يولد العام ولد إلا ذبح، ووضع على أم موسى قابلة فلما رأي ذلك بنو إسرائيل قالوا: إذا ذبح الغلمان واستحيى النساء هلكنا، فلم نبق، فتعالوا: لا نقرب النساء، فقال عمران أبو موسى  عليه السلام: بل باشروهن فان أمر الله واقع ولو كره المشركون، اللهم من حرمه فإني الا أحرمه، ومن تركه فإني لا أتركه، ووقع على أم موسى فحملت، فوضع على أم موسى قابلة تحرسها فإذا قامت قامت و إذا قعدت قعدت، فلما حملته أمه وقعت عليها المحبة وكذلك حجج الله على خلقه، فقالت لها القابلة: مالك يا بنية تصفرين وتذوبين؟ قال: لا تلوميني فإني إذا ولدت اخذ ولدي فذبح، قالت: لا تخزني فإني سوف أكتم عليك، فلم تصدقها، فلما أن ولدت التفت إليها وهي مقبلة فقالت: ما شاء الله، فقالت لها: ألم أقل: إني سوف أكتم عليك، ثم حلمته فأدخلته المخدع وأصلحت أمره، ثم خرجت إلى الحرس فقالت: انصرفوا - و كانوا على الباب - فإنما خرج دم منقطع فانصرفوا، فأرضعته فلما خافت عليه الصوت أوحى الله إليه أن اعملي التابوت، ثم اجعليه فيه، ثم أخرجيه ليلا فاطر حيه في نيل مصر فوضعته في التابوت، ثم دفعته في اليم، فجعل يرجع إليها وجعلت تدفعه في الغمر، و إن الريح ضربته فانطلقت به، فلما رأته قد ذهب به الماء همت أن تصبح فربط الله على قلبها.

Aban b. Uthman narrated from Abu al-Husayn, from Abu Basir, from Abu Ja'far (as) that he said: Musa did not emerge until fifty liars from among Banu Isra'il had come forth before him, each claiming that he was Musa b. Imran. News reached Fir'awn that people were stirring about him and searching for this child. His priests and magicians said to him, "The destruction of your religion and people will be at the hands of a boy born this year from among Banu Isra'il." So he placed midwives over the women and said, "No child born this year shall live unless he is slaughtered." A midwife was appointed to the mother of Musa.  When Banu Isra'il saw this, they said, "If the boys are slaughtered and the girls spared, we will perish. Let us then not approach our women." But Imran, the father of Musa (as), said, "Rather, approach them, for the command of Allah will come to pass even if the polytheists dislike it. O Allah, whoever refrains, I will not refrain; whoever abandons, I will not abandon." So he was intimate with the mother of Musa and she conceived. A midwife was placed over her to guard her; when she stood, the midwife stood, and when she sat, she sat. When she became pregnant, love was cast into her heart for him—just as Allah does with His proofs over His creation.  The midwife said to her, "What is wrong with you, O girl? You look pale and are wasting away." She replied, "Do not blame me—for if I give birth, my child will be taken and slaughtered." The midwife said, "Do not shame me—I will keep your secret." But she did not believe her. When she gave birth, the midwife looked at the child and said, "What Allah wills!" The mother said, "Did I not tell you that you would keep my secret?" She then took him and placed him in a chamber and tended to him. She then went out to the guards and said, "Go away"—and they were at the door—"it was only menstrual blood." So they left.  She nursed him, but when she feared for him from the noise, Allah revealed to her, "Make a chest, place him in it, and take him out at night, and cast him into the Nile of Egypt." So she placed him in the chest and cast it into the river. It would return to her, and she would push it again into the water. The wind struck it and carried it off. When she saw that the water had taken him, she nearly cried out, but Allah steadied her heart.

قال: وكانت المرأة الصالحة امرأة فرعون وهي من بني إسرائيل، قالت لفرعون: إنها أيام الربيع فأخرجني واضرب لي قبة على شط النيل حتى أتنزه هذه الأيام، فضربت لها قبة على شط النيل إذ أقبل التابوت يريدها، فقالت: هل ترون ما أري على الماء؟ قالوا: إي والله يا سيدتنا إنا لنري شيئا، فلما دنا منها ثارت إلى الماء فتناولته بيدها وكاد الماء يغمرها حتى تصايحوا عليها فجذبته وأخرجته من الماء فأخذته فوضعته في حجرها، فإذ ا هو غلام أجمل الناس وأستر هم فوقعت عليها منه محبة، فوضعته في حجرها وقالت: هذا ابني، فقالوا: إي والله يا سيدتنا والله مالك ولد ولا للملك فاتخذي هذا ولدا، فقامت إلى فرعون وقالت: إني أصبت غلاما طيبا حلوا نتخذه ولدا فيكون قرة عين لي ولك فلا تقتله، قال: ومن أين هذا الغلام؟ قالت: والله ما أدري إلا أن الماء جاء به، فلم تزل به حتى رضي، فلما سمع الناس أن الملك قد تبنى ابنا لم يبق أحد من رؤوس من كان مع فرعون إلا بعث إليه امرأته لتكون له ظئرا أو تحضنه فأبى أن يأخذ من امرأة منهن ثديا، قال امرأة فرعون: اطلبوا لابني ظئرا ولا تحقروا أحدا، فجعل لا يقبل من امرأة منهن، فقالت أم موسى لأخته،: قصيه انظري أترين له أثرا، فانطلقت حتى أتت باب الملك فقالت: قد بلغني أنكم تطلبون ظئرا وههنا امرأة صالحة تأخذ ولدكم وتكفله لكم، فقالت: ادخلوها، فلما دخلت قالت لها امرأة فرعون: ممن أنت؟ قالت: من بني إسرائيل قالت: اذهبي يا بنية فليس لنا فيك حاجة، فقلن لها النساء: انظري عافاك الله يقبل أولا يقبل، فقالت امرأة فرعون: أرأيتم لو قبل ها يرضى فرعون أن يكون الغلام من بني إسرائيل والمرأة من بني إسرائيل - يعنى الظئر - فلا يرضى قلن: فانظري يقبل أولا يقبل، قالت امرأة فرعون: فاذهبي فادعيها، فجاءت إلى أمها وقالت: إن امرأة الملك تدعوك فدخلت عليها فدفع إليها موسى فوضعته في حجرها، ثم ألقمته ثديها فازدحم اللبن في حلقه، فلما رأت امرأة فرعون أن ابنها قد قبل قامت إلى فرعون فقالت: إني قد أصبت لابني ظئرا وقد قبل منها، فقال: ممن هي؟ قالت: من بني إسرائيل قال: فرعون هذا مما لا يكون أبدا، الغلام من بني إسرائيل والظئر من بني إسرائيل فلم تزل تكلمه فيه وتقول: ما تخاف من هذا الغلام؟ إنما هو ابنك ينشؤ في حجرك حتى قلبته عن رأيته ورضي. فنشأ موسى  عليه السلام في آل فرعون وكتمت أمه خبره وأخته والقابلة، حتى هلكت أمه والقابلة التي قبلته، فنشأ  عليه السلام لا يعلم به بنو إسرائيل

He said: The righteous woman was the wife of Pharaoh, and she was from Banu Isra'il. She said to Pharaoh, “These are the days of spring, so take me out and set up a pavilion for me on the bank of the Nile so I may enjoy myself during these days.” So a pavilion was set up for her on the Nile’s bank. Then the chest came floating toward her. She said, “Do you see what I see on the water?” They said, “Yes, by Allah, our lady, we surely see something.” When it came near her, she rushed to the water and reached out with her hand to take it, and the water nearly submerged her so that they cried out in alarm. She pulled it and took it out of the water and held it in her lap. Inside was a boy, the most beautiful and modest of people, and love for him fell into her heart. She placed him in her lap and said, “This is my son.” They said, “Yes, by Allah, our lady, by Allah you have no children, nor does the king, so take him as a son.”  She went to Pharaoh and said, “I have found a good, sweet child. Let us take him as a son so that he may be a delight to my eyes and yours. Do not kill him.” He said, “And where did this child come from?” She said, “By Allah, I do not know—only that the water brought him.” She continued to speak with him until he was satisfied. When people heard that the king had adopted a son, no prominent woman from Pharaoh’s court remained but that she sent her servant to nurse the child or raise him. But he refused to take the breast of any of them.  The wife of Pharaoh said, “Seek a wet nurse for my son, and do not dismiss anyone.” Yet he did not accept any of them. So the mother of Musa said to his sister, “Follow him and see if you can find a trace of him.” She went until she reached the gate of the palace and said, “I’ve heard you are looking for a wet nurse. There is a righteous woman who will take your child and care for him.” Pharaoh’s wife said, “Let her in.” When she entered, she asked, “Who are you from?” She replied, “From Banu Isra'il.” Pharaoh’s wife said, “Leave, young woman, we have no need of you.” But the women around her said, “Wait—may Allah bless you—see if he will accept or not.”  Pharaoh’s wife said, “Do you think, if he accepts from her, Pharaoh would be pleased that the boy is from Banu Isra'il and the wet nurse is also from Banu Isra'il?” They said, “Just see if he accepts from her or not.” Pharaoh’s wife said, “Go and call her.” So she went to her mother and said, “The king’s wife is calling you.” She entered, and they handed Musa to her. She placed him in her lap and put her breast to his mouth, and milk filled his throat.  When Pharaoh’s wife saw that her son had accepted her, she went to Pharaoh and said, “I have found a wet nurse for my son, and he has accepted her.” He said, “Who is she from?” She said, “From Banu Isra'il.” Pharaoh said, “This is impossible—the child from Banu Isra'il and the wet nurse from Banu Isra'il? Never.” She continued to plead with him and said, “What do you fear from this child? He is only your son, growing up in your house.” She kept persuading him until she changed his mind and he agreed.  So Musa (as) grew up in the household of Pharaoh. His mother, sister, and the midwife all concealed his identity, until both his mother and the midwife who had accepted him passed away. Musa (as) grew up while Banu Isra'il remained unaware of him.

قال: وكانت بنو - إسرائيل تطلبه وتسأل عنه فيعمى عليهم خبره، قال: فبلغ فرعون أنهم يطلبونه ويسألون عنه، فأرسل إليهم فزاد في العذاب عليهم، وفرق بينهم ونهاهم عن الاخبار به والسؤال عنه، قال: فخرجت بنو إسرائيل ذات ليلة مقمرة إلى شيخ لهم عنده عليم فقالوا: قد كنا نستريح إلى الأحاديث فحتى متى وإلى متى نحن في هذا البلاء؟ قال: والله إنكم لا تزالون فيه حتى يجيئ الله تعالى ذكره بغلام من ولد لاوي بن يعقوب اسمه موسى بن عمران غلام طوال جعد فبينا هم كذلك إذ أقبل موسى يسير على بغلة حتى وقف عليهم، فرفع الشيخ رَأْسَهُ فَعَرَفَهُ بِالصِّفَةِ فَقَالَ لَهُ مَا اسْمُكَ يَرْحَمُكَ اللَّهُ قَالَ مُوسَى قَالَ ابْنُ مَنْ قَالَ ابْنُ عِمْرَانَ قَالَ فَوَثَبَ إِلَيْهِ الشَّيْخُ فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِهِ فَقَبَّلَهَا وَ ثَارُوا إِلَى رِجْلِهِ فَقَبَّلُوهَا فَعَرَفَهُمْ وَ عَرَفُوهُ وَ اتَّخَذَ شِيعَةً فَمَكَثَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ فَدَخَلَ مَدِينَةً لِفِرْعَوْنَ فِيهَا رَجُلٌ مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ يُقَاتِلُ رَجُلًا مِنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ مِنَ الْقِبْطِ فَاسْتَغَاثَهُ الَّذِي مِنْ شِيعَتِهِ عَلَى الَّذِي مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ الْقِبْطِيِّ فَوَكَزَهُ مُوسَى فَقَضَى عَلَيْهِ وَ كَانَ مُوسَى عليه السلام قَدْ أُعْطِيَ بَسْطَةً فِي الْجِسْمِ وَ شِدَّةً فِي الْبَطْشِ فَذَكَرَهُ النَّاسُ وَ شَاعَ أَمْرُهُ وَ قَالُوا إِنَّ مُوسَى قَتَلَ رَجُلًا مِنْ آلِ فِرْعَوْنَ‌ فَأَصْبَحَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ خائِفاً يَتَرَقَّبُ‌ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحُوا مِنَ الْغَدِ إِذَا الرَّجُلُ‌ الَّذِي اسْتَنْصَرَهُ بِالْأَمْسِ يَسْتَصْرِخُهُ‌ عَلَى آخَرَ فَ قالَ لَهُ مُوسى‌ إِنَّكَ لَغَوِيٌّ مُبِينٌ‌ بِالْأَمْسِ رَجُلٌ وَ الْيَوْمَ رَجُلٌ‌ فَلَمَّا أَنْ أَرادَ أَنْ يَبْطِشَ بِالَّذِي هُوَ عَدُوٌّ لَهُما قالَ يا مُوسى‌ أَ تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَقْتُلَنِي كَما قَتَلْتَ نَفْساً بِالْأَمْسِ إِنْ تُرِيدُ إِلَّا أَنْ تَكُونَ جَبَّاراً فِي الْأَرْضِ وَ ما تُرِيدُ أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُصْلِحِينَ وَ جاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَقْصَى الْمَدِينَةِ يَسْعى‌ قالَ يا مُوسى‌ إِنَّ الْمَلَأَ يَأْتَمِرُونَ بِكَ لِيَقْتُلُوكَ فَاخْرُجْ إِنِّي لَكَ مِنَ النَّاصِحِينَ فَخَرَجَ مِنْها خائِفاً يَتَرَقَّبُ‌ فَخَرَجَ مِنْ مِصْرَ بِغَيْرِ ظَهْرٍ وَ لَا دَابَّةٍ وَ لَا خَادِمٍ تَخْفِضُهُ أَرْضٌ وَ تَرْفَعُهُ أُخْرَى حَتَّى انْتَهَى إِلَى أَرْضِ مَدْيَنَ فَانْتَهَى إِلَى أَصْلِ شَجَرَةٍ فَنَزَلَ فَإِذَا تَحْتَهَا بِئْرٌ وَ إِذَا عِنْدَهَا أُمَّةٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ يَسْقُونَ وَ إِذَا جَارِيَتَانِ ضَعِيفَتَانِ وَ إِذَا مَعَهُمَا غُنَيْمَةٌ لَهُمَا قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا قَالَتَا أَبُونَا شَيْخٌ كَبِيرٌ وَ نَحْنُ جَارِيَتَانِ ضَعِيفَتَانِ لَا نَقْدِرُ أَنْ نُزَاحِمَ الرِّجَالَ فَإِذَا سَقَى النَّاسُ سَقَيْنَا فَرَحِمَهُمَا مُوسَى عليه السلام فَأَخَذَ دَلْوَهُمَا وَ قَالَ لَهُمَا قَدِّمَا غَنَمَكُمَا فَسَقَى لَهُمَا ثُمَّ رَجَعَتَا بُكْرَةً قَبْلَ النَّاسِ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّى مُوسَى إِلَى الشَّجَرَةِ فَجَلَسَ تَحْتَهَا فَقالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي لِما أَنْزَلْتَ إِلَيَّ مِنْ خَيْرٍ فَقِيرٌ فَرُوِيَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ ذَلِكَ وَ هُوَ مُحْتَاجٌ إِلَى شِقِّ تَمْرَةٍ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَتَا إِلَى أَبِيهِمَا قَالَ مَا أَعْجَلَكُمَا فِي هَذِهِ السَّاعَةِ قَالَتَا وَجَدْنَا رَجُلًا صَالِحاً رَحِمَنَا فَسَقَى لَنَا فَقَالَ لِإِحْدَاهُمَا اذْهَبِي فَادْعِيهِ لِي فَجَاءَتْهُ‌ تَمْشِي عَلَى اسْتِحْياءٍ قالَتْ إِنَّ أَبِي يَدْعُوكَ لِيَجْزِيَكَ أَجْرَ ما سَقَيْتَ لَنا فَرُوِيَ أَنَّ مُوسَى عليه السلام قَالَ لَهَا وَجِّهِينِي إِلَى الطَّرِيقِ وَ امْشِي خَلْفِي فَإِنَّا بَنُو يَعْقُوبَ لَا نَنْظُرُ فِي أَعْجَازِ النِّسَاءِ فَلَمَّا جاءَهُ وَ قَصَّ عَلَيْهِ الْقَصَصَ قالَ لا تَخَفْ نَجَوْتَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ‌قالَتْ إِحْداهُما يا أَبَتِ اسْتَأْجِرْهُ‌ إِنَّ خَيْرَ مَنِ اسْتَأْجَرْتَ الْقَوِيُّ الْأَمِينُ قالَ إِنِّي أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُنْكِحَكَ إِحْدَى ابْنَتَيَّ هاتَيْنِ عَلى‌ أَنْ تَأْجُرَنِي ثَمانِيَ حِجَجٍ فَإِنْ أَتْمَمْتَ عَشْراً فَمِنْ عِنْدِكَ

He said: Banu Isra'il were searching for him and inquiring about him, but his whereabouts remained hidden from them. News of this reached Fir'awn, that they were searching for him and asking about him, so he sent for them and increased the punishment upon them, scattered them, and forbade them from speaking about him or asking about him.  One moonlit night, Banu Isra'il went out to an elder among them who possessed knowledge, and they said, “We used to find comfort in conversation—how long will this affliction last for us?” He said, “By Allah, you will remain in it until Allah, exalted be His remembrance, brings forth a boy from the descendants of Lawi b. Ya'qub. His name is Musa b. Imran, a tall youth with curly hair.” While they were in that state, Musa came riding on a mule and stopped before them. The elder raised his head and recognized him by the description and said to him, “What is your name? May Allah have mercy on you.” He replied, “Musa.” He said, “Son of whom?” He replied, “Son of Imran.” So the elder leapt up to him, grabbed his hand, and kissed it. The people rushed to his feet and kissed them. He recognized them, and they recognized him. He gathered followers for himself and remained for as long as Allah willed.  Then he went forth and entered a city of Fir'awn in which there was a man from his followers fighting with a man from the people of Fir'awn among the Copts. The one from his followers sought his help against his enemy, the Copt. So Musa struck him and killed him. Musa (as) had been granted physical strength and great might. People began talking about him and the matter spread. They said, “Musa has killed a man from among the people of Fir'awn.” The next morning, he was in the city, fearful and watchful.  The following morning, the same man who had asked for help the day before cried out to him again for assistance against another. Musa said to him, “Indeed, you are clearly quarrelsome. Yesterday it was a man, and today another man?” When Musa intended to strike the one who was their enemy, the man said, “O Musa, do you want to kill me as you killed a soul yesterday? You only want to become a tyrant in the land, and you do not want to be among the righteous!”  Then a man came from the farthest part of the city, running. He said, “O Musa, the chiefs are deliberating about you to kill you. So leave. I am truly one of your sincere advisers.” So he left it, fearful and watchful. He departed from Egypt without a mount, without a riding animal, and without a servant. One land lowered him while another raised him, until he reached the land of Madyan. He came to the base of a tree and sat beneath it. Beneath the tree was a well, and there were people there drawing water, and two weak young women with a small flock of sheep.  He said to them, “What is your situation?” They said, “Our father is an old man, and we are weak women. We are not able to crowd among the men. So when the people finish watering, we water our flock.” Musa (as) had mercy on them. He took their bucket and said, “Bring your flock forward.” He watered for them, and they returned early before the other people. Then Musa turned to the tree, sat beneath it, and said, “My Lord, truly I am in need of whatever good You send down to me.” It is reported that he said this while in need of even half a date. When they returned to their father, he said, “What brought you back so early today?” They said, “We found a righteous man who had mercy on us and watered for us.” He said to one of them, “Go and call him for me so I may reward him for having watered our flock.” She came to him, walking modestly, and said, “My father invites you so he may reward you for watering our flock.” It is reported that Musa (as) said to her, “Guide me to the path and walk behind me, for we are the children of Ya'qub and do not look at the backs of women.” When he came to him and told him his story, the man said, “Do not fear, you have been saved from the wrongdoing people.” One of the daughters said, “O my father, hire him. The best of those whom you can hire is the strong and trustworthy.” He said, “I want to marry you to one of these two daughters of mine on condition that you work for me for eight years. If you complete ten, it will be of your own accord.”

فَرُوِيَ‌ أَنَّهُ قَضَى أَتَمَّهُمَا لِأَنَّ الْأَنْبِيَاءَ عليه السلام لَا يَأْخُذُونَ إِلَّا بِالْفَضْلِ وَ التَّمَامِ‌ فَلَمَّا قَضى‌ مُوسَى الْأَجَلَ وَ سارَ بِأَهْلِهِ‌ نَحْوَ بَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ أَخْطَأَ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ لَيْلًا فَرَأَى نَاراً فَقالَ لِأَهْلِهِ امْكُثُوا إِنِّي آنَسْتُ ناراً لَعَلِّي آتِيكُمْ مِنْها بِقَبَسٍ‌ أَوْ بِخَبَرٍ مِنَ الطَّرِيقِ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَى إِلَى النَّارِ إِذَا شَجَرَةٌ تَضْطَرِمُ‌ مِنْ أَسْفَلِهَا إِلَى أَعْلَاهَا فَلَمَّا دَنَا مِنْهَا تَأَخَّرَتْ عَنْهُ فَرَجَعَ وَ أَوْجَسَ‌ فِي نَفْسِهِ خِيفَةً ثُمَّ دَنَتْ مِنْهُ الشَّجَرَةُ فَنُودِيَ‌ مِنْ شاطِئِ الْوادِ الْأَيْمَنِ فِي الْبُقْعَةِ الْمُبارَكَةِ مِنَ الشَّجَرَةِ أَنْ يا مُوسى‌ إِنِّي أَنَا اللَّهُ رَبُّ الْعالَمِينَ وَ أَنْ أَلْقِ عَصاكَ فَلَمَّا رَآها تَهْتَزُّ كَأَنَّها جَانٌّ وَلَّى مُدْبِراً وَ لَمْ يُعَقِّبْ‌ فَإِذَا حَيَّةٌ مِثْلُ الْجِذْعِ لِأَسْنَانِهَا صَرِيرٌ يَخْرُجُ مِنْهَا مِثْلُ لَهَبِ النَّارِ فَوَلَّى مُوسَى مُدْبِراً فَقَالَ لَهُ رَبُّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ ارْجِعْ فَرَجَعَ وَ هُوَ يَرْتَعِدُ وَ رُكْبَتَاهُ تَصْطَكَّانِ فَقَالَ يَا إِلَهِي هَذَا الْكَلَامُ الَّذِي أَسْمَعُ كَلَامُكَ قَالَ نَعَمْ فَلَا تَخَفْ فَوَقَعَ عَلَيْهِ الْأَمَانُ فَوَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ عَلَى ذَنَبِهَا ثُمَّ تَنَاوَلَ لَحْيَيْهَا فَإِذَا يَدُهُ فِي شُعْبَةِ الْعَصَا قَدْ عَادَتْ عَصًا وَ قِيلَ لَهُ‌ فَاخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ إِنَّكَ بِالْوادِ الْمُقَدَّسِ طُوىً‌. فَرُوِيَ‌ أَنَّهُ أُمِرَ بِخَلْعِهِمَا لِأَنَّهُمَا كَانَتَا مِنْ جِلْدِ حِمَارٍ مَيِّتٍ . وَ رُوِيَ‌ فِي قَوْلِهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ‌ فَاخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ‌ أَيْ خَوْفَيْكَ خَوْفَكَ مِنْ ضِيَاعِ أَهْلِكَ وَ خَوْفَكَ مِنْ فِرْعَوْنَ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ إِلَى فِرْعَوْنَ وَ مَلَئِهِ بِآيَتَيْنِ بِيَدِهِ وَ الْعَصَا . فَرُوِيَ عَنِ الصَّادِقِ عليه السلام أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِبَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ‌ كُنْ لِمَا لَا تَرْجُو أَرْجَى مِنْكَ لِمَا تَرْجُو فَإِنَّ مُوسَى‌ بْنَ عِمْرَانَ عليه السلام خَرَجَ لِيَقْتَبِسَ لِأَهْلِهِ نَاراً فَرَجَعَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَ هُوَ رَسُولٌ نَبِيٌّ فَأَصْلَحَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَمْرَ عَبْدِهِ وَ نَبِيِّهِ مُوسَى عليه السلام فِي لَيْلَةٍ وَ هَكَذَا يَفْعَلُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى بِالْقَائِمِ الثَّانِيَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الْأَئِمَّةِ عليه السلام يَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَمْرَهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ كَمَا أَصْلَحَ أَمْرَ نَبِيِّهِ مُوسَى عليه السلام وَ يُخْرِجُهُ مِنَ الْحَيْرَةِ وَ الْغَيْبَةِ إِلَى نُورِ الْفَرَجِ وَ الظُّهُورِ.

According to traditions, Musa (as) completed ten years in his employment because apostles of Allah do not take anything without favor. After completing the period Musa (as) took his family and set out towards Jerusalem. One night he lost his way. At that time he saw a fire at a distance. He told his wife: Wait here. I have seen fire at a distance. I’ll go and see if I can get some of it for you or get some direction to find the way. When he reached the fire, he saw a green tree lit up as on fire. When he neared, it moved away from its place. Musa (as) turned in fear but the tree moved near Musa (as) and he heard a voice from the right side of the valley. “O, Musa! I am Allah, the Creator of the worlds. Cast your staff on the ground.” Musa (as) cast his staff down. When he saw that the staff was undulating like a python he was shocked and he began to run away without looking behind. It changed into a serpent whose fangs were calling and flames were leaping out of its mouth. So Musa (as) fled from there but his Lord asked him to return. Musa (as) came back and was shivering all over. Musa (as) asked, “O Allah! Is it Your voice that I hear?” “Yes, do not be afraid,” replied the Lord. Musa (as) came back. He stepped on the tail of the serpent and put his hand into his mouth, it changed into its original form. Allah told him: Remove your shoes as you are in the sacred valley. It is narrated that he was ordered to remove them, as they were from the carrion of a donkey. According to another tradition ‘take off your shoes’ means give up your two fears: One that your family members will be lost and another of Firon. After that Allah, the Mighty and Sublime sent him to Firon and his people with two signs: The first was a luminous hand and second his staff. It is narrated from Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (as) that he told his companions: You should be such that you are more hopeful for something about which you don’t have hope. Musa (as) went to get fire for his wife and he returned as a Messenger Prophet. Thus Allah reformed the condition of His servant and Prophet in a single night. He shall do the same in the case of His second Qaim; that is the twelfth of the Imams. And He shall reform his affairs in a single night as He reformed the affair of His Prophet Musa (as) and brought him out from confusion and occultation into the light of deliverance and reappearance.

حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْمُعَلَّى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْبَصْرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جُمْهُورٍ وَ غَيْرِهِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عليه السلام قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ‌ فِي الْقَائِمِ عليه السلام سُنَّةٌ مِنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ عليه السلام فَقُلْتُ وَ مَا سُنَّتُهُ مِنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ قَالَ خَفَاءُ مَوْلِدِهِ وَ غَيْبَتُهُ عَنْ قَوْمِهِ فَقُلْتُ وَ كَمْ غَابَ مُوسَى عَنْ أَهْلِهِ وَ قَوْمِهِ فَقَالَ ثماني [ثَمَانٍ‌] وَ عِشْرِينَ سَنَةً.

Narrated to us my father (ra) that: Narrated to us Saad bin Abdullah: Narrated to us Moalla bin Muhammad al-Basri from Muhammad bin Jumhur and others from Abdullah bin Sinan from Abi Abdullah (as) that he said: “In the Qaim there is resemblance to Musa bin Imran. I asked: What is the resemblance to Musa bin Imran? He replied: Secret birth and occultation from his people. I asked: How long was Musa in occultation from his family and followers? He replied: For twenty-eight years.”

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ الْمُكَتِّبُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ الْهَاشِمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ الرُّهَاوِيُ‌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْحَنَفِيَّةِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ عليه السلام قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ الْمَهْدِيُّ مِنَّا أَهْلَ الْبَيْتِ يُصْلِحُ اللَّهُ لَهُ أَمْرَهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ . وفِي رِوَايَةٍ أُخْرَى‌ يُصْلِحُهُ اللَّهُ فِي لَيْلَة

And narrated to us Abul Abbas Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Ishaq al-Mukattaib (ra) that he said: Narrated to us Husain bin Ibrahim bin Abdullah bin Mansur that he said: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Harun al-Hashmi that he said: Narrated to us Ahmad bin Isa that: Narrated to us Abul Husain Ahmad bin Sulaiman Ruhawi that: Narrated to us Muawiyah bin Hisham from Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Hanifiyyah from his father Muhammad from his father Amirul Momineen Ali ibn Abi Talib (as) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (sw) said: “The Mahdi is from us, Ahlul Bayt. Allah will reform his affair on a single night. And in another version: Allah will bring reform for him in a single night.” An another narration has same meaning with a slight difference.

حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالا حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ الْحِمْيَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عليه السلام يَقُولُ‌ فِي صَاحِبِ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ أَرْبَعُ سُنَنٍ مِنْ أَرْبَعَةِ أَنْبِيَاءَ سُنَّةٌ مِنْ مُوسَى وَ سُنَّةٌ مِنْ عِيسَى وَ سُنَّةٌ مِنْ يُوسُفَ وَ سُنَّةٌ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ فَأَمَّا مِنْ مُوسَى فَخَائِفٌ يَتَرَقَّبُ وَ أَمَّا مِنْ يُوسُفَ فَالسِّجْنُ وَ أَمَّا مِنْ عِيسَى فَيُقَالُ لَهُ إِنَّهُ مَاتَ وَ لَمْ يَمُتْ وَ أَمَّا مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ص فَالسَّيْفُ

Narrated to us my father; and Muhammad bin Hasan - may Allah be pleased with them - they said: Narrated to us Abdullah bin Ja’far al-Himyari from Muhammad bin Isa from Sulaiman bin Dawood from Abi Baseer that he said: I heard Abu Ja’far (as) say: “In the master of this affair there are four points of similarity with four prophets. Resemblance with Musa, resemblance with Isa, resemblance with Yusuf and resemblance with Muhammad (peace be on them all). The resemblance with Musa is that he shall be fearing and awaiting, the resemblance with Yusuf is imprisonment, the resemblance with Isa is that it would be said regarding him that he has died while he would not be so and the resemblance with Muhammad is armed uprising.”