SHAFAQNA – Ma’amoon Reqqi narrated: I was with Imam Sadeq (AS) when Sahl Ibn Hassan Khorasani entered and said to Imam Sadeq (AS): You are loved; you belong to Ahlul Bait (AS), how come you do not claim your right despite having hundred thousand with swords ready to be at your service? Imam Sadeq (AS) replied: Khorasani, sit down, and told his house helper: Hanifah, make the oven ready. Then Imam (AS) said: Khorasani, stand up and go and sit inside the oven! Khorasani said: My Imam, do not burn me with fire, forgive me! Imam Sadeq (AS) said: I forgive you. At this time, Haroon Makki who had his shoes in his hands entered and said Salaam.

Imam Sadeq (AS) said: Put your shoes on the floor and sit inside the oven. Without any delay, Haroon entered the oven. Imam Sadeq (AS) was talking to Sahl and after a while told him: Stand up and look inside the oven. Khorasani said: I stood up and looked inside the oven. Haroon was sitting cross-legged inside the oven. After a while he came out and said Salaam to us. Imam Sadeq (AS) asked: how many like this man you have in Khorasan? Khorasani replied: Swear to God, not even one. Imam (AS) said: Beware that when we do not have five helpers and supporters, we do not rise up; we know the time for rising up better than anyone else [1].

[1] Beharul Anwaar, Vol. 47, Page 123.

Source: Shafaghna