In this chapter Janab Muhaddith Noori (ra) 100 incidents of contact with Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s) in the major occultation. For the sake of brevity we are just mentioning 5 of these incidences in our excerpts. Today we present the third of these five.

Incidents 50 and 51 comprises of letters written by Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s) to Shaykh Mufeed(a.r.). We narrate parts of the letter recorded in the 51st incident

*3. Another Epistle of the Imam for Shaykh Mufeed* [Incident 51 of chapter 7]

Shaykh Tabarsi has also mentioned in Al-Ehtejaaj that:
Another epistle of Imam Zamana (a.s.) arrived on *Thursday, 23rd Zilhajj 412 A.H.* addressed to Shaykh Mufeed (r.a.) in which it was written:

*In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.*

_Peace and mercy of Allah be upon you, O helper of religion. O one, who invites to Allah with the word of truth. We thank Allah, except Whom there is no deity, for your existence and invoke His blessings for our master and chief, Muhammad, the seal of the prophets and his Ahle Bayt._

_May the Almighty Allah keep you safe from every calamity and may He keep you safe from the plots of the enemy; your private supplication was in our view and we have also interceded for the acceptance of your prayers. I am writing this from my tent, which is fixed at an unknown hill and I have walked here from a valley and it is possible that one day I will come down from this hill and reach habitation. Perhaps my circumstances may change and our news may reach you and the proximity that you seek through good deeds may be given to you by Allah._

_May Allah guard you with His eyes that never sleep. You should face these circumstances. Meanwhile, the people of falsehood will be destroyed as a result of which the believers will be pleased and the sinners will be aggrieved._

Further on Imam addresses Shaykh Mufeed (ar) as follows:

_O sincere friend and struggler, may Allah help you as He had helped His chosen servants in the past. I promise that if anyone from your brothers in faith acquires the fear of Allah and pays that amount, which is obligatory on him to the eligible recipient, would be safe from sorrow and calamities. But if anyone is miserly in giving away the wealth that Allah has given him temporarily, he has made a loss for his children and his hereafter. If our Shia, may Allah help them in His obedience, had been loyal to the pledge taken from them, the bounty of our meeting them would not have been delayed. And the honor of meeting us would have perfected their recognition earlier. Thus, the only things that keep us hidden from them are those same matters that reach us about them that do not please us and which we don’t expect from them. And Allah is the helper and He is the best caretaker and protector. May He bless Muhammad the giver of good tidings and the warner and his purified progeny and peace be on them._

*We seek the Almighty's protection from such actions which may be the cause of displeasure of Hazrat Mahdi (a.t.f.s)*