309 - الغَيب‏

309. THE UNSEEN

1450 - النَّبِيُّ يَعلَمُ الغَيبَ بِتَعليمِ اللَّهِ‏

1450. THE PROPHET KNOWS THE UNSEEN THROUGH ALLAH’S INSTRUCTION

4893.الإمامُ الصّادقُ عليه السلام : ضَلَّت ناقَةُ رسولِ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله في غَزوَةِ تَبُوكَ ، فقالَ المُنافقونَ : يُحَدِّثُنا عَنِ الغَيبِ ولا يَعلَمُ مَكانَ ناقَتِهِ ! فأتاهُ جَبرَئيلُ عليه السلام فَأخبَرَهُ بما قالوا ، وقالَ : إنَّ ناقَتَكَ في شِعْبِ كذا ، مُتَعَلِّقٌ زِمامُها بشَجَرَةِ بَحرٍ . فَنادى‏ رسولُ اللَّهِ صلى اللَّه عليه وآله: الصلاةَ جامِعَةً، قالَ : فاجتَمَعَ الناسُ ، فقالَ : أيُّها الناسُ ، إنّ ناقَتي بِشِعبِ كذا ، فَبادَرُوا إلَيها حتّى‏ أتَوها .¹

4893.Imam al-Sadiq (AS) narrated, ‘The Prophet (SAWA)’s she-camel got lost in the battle of TAbuk, so the hypocrites started to say [mockingly], ‘He talks to us about the Unseen but does not even know where his own she-camel is!’ So the archangel Gabriel (AS) came to him and informed him of what they were saying, and told him that his she-camel was in a particular valley, with its reins attached to a large tree. So the Prophet (SAWA) made the call for congregational prayer, and when the people had gathered, he told them , ‘O people, verily my she-camel is in such and such a valley’, so they ran to bring it for him.’²