الغَيبُ
THE UNSEEN
النَّبِيُّ يَعلَمُ الغَيبَ بِتَعليمِ اللّهِ / The Prophet Knows the Unseen through Allah’s Instruction
1ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ضَلَّت ناقَةُ رسولِ اللّهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ) في غَزوَةِ تَبُوكَ، فقالَ المُنافقونَ: يُحَدِّثُنا عَنِ الغَيبِ ولا يَعلَمُ مَكانَ ناقَتِهِ! فأتاهُ جَبرَئيلُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) فَأخبَرَهُ بما قالوا، وقالَ: إنَّ ناقَتَكَ في شِعْبِ كذا، مُتَعَلِّقٌ زِمامُها بشَجَرَةِ بَحرٍ . فَنادى رسولُ اللّهِ (صَلَّيَ اللهُ عَلَيهِ وَ آلِهِ): الصلاةَ جامِعَةً، قالَ: فاجتَمَعَ الناسُ، فقالَ: أيُّها الناسُ، إنّ ناقَتي بِشِعبِ كذا، فَبادَرُوا إلَيها حتّى أتَوها.
1– 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.’
[Qasas al-Anbiya’, p. 308, no. 408]
الغَيبُ
THE UNSEEN
3ـ الإمامُ الصّادقُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ) ـ لمّا سُئلَ: هل يَعلَمُ الإمامُ بالغَيبِ ـ: لا، ولكن إذا أرادَ أن يَعلَمَ الشيءَ أعلَمَهُ اللّهُ ذلكَ.
3– Imam al-Sadiq (AS), when asked, ‘Does the Imam know the Unseen?’ replied, ‘No, but whenever he wishes to know something, Allah makes him know it.’
[al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 257, no. 4]
4ـ 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.
4– Imam al-Kazim (AS), when a man from Persia asked him, ‘Do you know the Unseen’, replied, ‘Abu Ja`afar (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.’
[al-Kafi, v. 1, p. 256, no. 1]