العسکری (علیه السلام)- إِنَّ سَلْمَانَ الْفَارِسِیَّ (رحمة الله علیه) مَرَّ بِقَوْمٍ مِنَ الْیَهُودِ فَسَأَلُوهُ أَنْ یَجْلِسَ إِلَیْهِمْ وَ یُحَدِّثَهُمْ بِمَا سَمِعَ مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ (صلی الله علیه و آله) فِی یَوْمِهِ هَذَا فَجَلَسَ إِلَیْهِمْ لِحِرْصِهِ عَلَی إِسْلَامِهِمْ ... فَجَعَلُوا یَهْزَءُونَ بِهِ وَ یَقُولُونَ: یَا سَلْمَانُ! لَقَدْ ادَّعَیْتَ مَرْتَبَهًًْ عَظِیمَهًًْ شَرِیفَهًًْ نَحْتَاجُ أَنْ نَمْتَحِنَ صِدْقَکَ عَنْ کَذِبِکَ فِیهَا وَ هَا نَحْنُ أَوَّلًا قَائِمُونَ إِلَیْکَ بِسِیَاطِنَا فَضَارِبُوکَ بِهَا فَاسْأَلْ رَبَّکَ أَنْ یَکُفَّ أَیْدِیَنَا عَنْکَ. فَجَعَلَ سَلْمَانُ یَقُولُ: اللَّهُمَّ اجْعَلْنِی عَلَی الْبَلَاءِ صَابِراً وَ جَعَلُوا یَضْرِبُونَهُ بِسِیَاطِهِمْ حَتَّی أَعْیَوْا وَ مَلُّواْ ... فَقَالُوا: لَا نَزَالُ نَضْرِبُکَ بِسِیَاطِنَا حَتَّی تَزْهَقَ رُوحُکَ أَوْ تَکْفُرَ بِمُحَمَّدٍ (صلی الله علیه و آله). فَقَالَ: مَا کُنْتُ لِأَفْعَلَ ذَلِکَ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ (صلی الله علیه و آله) الَّذِینَ یُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَیْبِ وَ إِنَّ احْتِمَالِی لِمَکَارِهِکُمْ لِأَدْخُلَ فِی جُمْلَهًِْ مَنْ مَدَحَهُ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی بِذَلِکَ سَهْلٌ عَلَیَّ یَسِیرٌ فَجَعَلُوا یَضْرِبُونَهُ بِسِیَاطِهِمْ حَتَّی مَلُّوا ثُمَّ قَعَدُوا ... فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلی الله علیه و آله) وَ هُوَ فِی مَجْلِسِهِ: مَعَاشِرَ الْمُسْلِمِینَ! إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ نَصَرَ أَخَاکُمْ سَلْمَانَ سَاعَتَکُمْ هَذِهِ عَلَی عِشْرِینَ مِنْ مَرَدَهًِْ الْیَهُودِ وَ الْمُنَافِقِینَ. فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلی الله علیه و آله) وَ أَصْحَابُهُ إِلَی تِلْکَ الدَّارِ ... ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ (صلی الله علیه و آله) عَلَی سَلْمَانَ (رحمة الله علیه) فَقَالَ: یَا بَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ! أَنْتَ مِنْ خَوَاصِّ إِخْوَانِنَا الْمُؤْمِنِینَ وَ مِنْ أَحْبَابِ قُلُوبِ مَلَائِکَهًِْ اللَّهِ الْمُقَرَّبِینَ إِنَّکَ فِی مَلَکُوتِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَ الْحُجُبِ وَ الْکُرْسِیِّ وَ الْعَرْشِ وَ مَا دُونَ ذَلِکَ إِلَی الثَّرَی أَشْهَرُ فِی فَضْلِکَ عِنْدَهُمْ مِنَ الشَّمْسِ الطَّالِعَهًِْ فِی یَوْمٍ لَا غَیْمَ فِیهِ وَ لَا قَتَرَ وَ لَا غُبَارَ فِی الْجَوِّ أَنْتَ مِنْ أَفَاضِلِ الْمَمْدُوحِینَ بِقَوْلِهِ الَّذِینَ یُؤْمِنُونَ بِالْغَیْبِ.

Imam Askari (peace be upon him) Salman Farsi (may God have mercy on him) reached a Jewish tribe. They asked him to go and sit among them and talk about what he had heard from Muhammad today. Salman (may Allah have mercy on him), who was very eager to convert him to Islam, accepted... They began to mock him and said: "O Salman (may Allah have mercy on him)! You have a very noble and great claim to a position, and we must test the truth of your words. [In this way] we will first come to you with our whips and beat you with them. Then ask your Lord to stop us from doing this." Salman (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "O Lord! Make me patient with this calamity!" They began to beat him until they were exhausted and helpless... They said: "We will beat you until your soul leaves your body or you become an infidel against Muhammad." Salman (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "I will never do that. Indeed, Allah The verse "Those who believe in the Unseen" was revealed to Muhammad (peace be upon him) and I think that I will easily be included in this verse because of your evil deed." So they started to beat them again until they got tired and sat down... The Messenger of God (peace be upon him) said in a gathering where a group of Muslims were present: "Indeed, God has just given victory to your brother Salman (may God have mercy on him) over twenty of the rebellious Jews and hypocrites." Then the Prophet (and his companions) set out for that house... The Messenger of God (turned to Salman (may God have mercy on him) and said: "O Abu Abdullah! You are one of our special believing brothers and one of the beloved of the hearts of the angels who are close to God; the fame of your virtue in the kingdom of the heavens, the world of the unseen, the throne, the throne and everything below it to the earth is more famous than the blazing sun on a day when there is no cloud and its sky is free of dust; according to the word of God: "Those who believe in the unseen, and you are among the most praised." Tafsir Ahlul Bayt (peace be upon them) Vol. 1, p. 116 Bihar al-Anwar, Vol. 22, p. 369/Imam al-Askari, p. 68