✅ Answer: Consider the following narrations:

1⃣عن رَجُلٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْداللَّه: أَنَّهُ دَخَلَ عَلَیْهِ بَعْضُ أَصْحَابِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاکَ إِنِّی وَاللَّهِ أُحِبُّکَ وَ أُحِبُّ مَنْ یُحِبُّکَ یَا سَیِّدِی مَا أَکْثَرَ شِیعَتَکُمْ فَقَالَ لَهُ اذْکُرْهُمْ فَقَالَ کَثِیرٌ فَقَالَ تُحْصِیهِمْ فَقَالَ هُمْ أَکْثَرُ مِنْ ذَلِکَ فَقَالَ أَبُو عَبْداللَّهِ علیه السلام أَمَا لَوْ کَمَلَتِ الْعِدَّةُ الْمَوْصُوفَةُ ثَلَاثَمِائَةٍ وَ بِضْعَةَ عَشَرَ کَانَ الَّذِی تُرِیدُونَ...

📚 Al-Ghaybah by al-Nu'mani, p. 107

One of the companions entered upon Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) and said, 'May I be sacrificed for you! By Allah, I love you and whoever loves you.' The Imam said, 'Mention them.' He said, 'There are many.' The Imam said, 'Can you count them?' He said, 'They are more than that (to be counted).' So, the Imam said, 'Be aware that if that specified number of 310 and a bit (meaning 313 individuals) becomes complete, what you desire (meaning the matter of the reappearance) will happen.'

2⃣عن الْبَطَائِنِیِّ قال قال أَبُو عَبْداللَّه جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّد: بَیْنَا شَبَابُ الشِّیعَةِ عَلَی ظُهُورِ سُطُوحِهِمْ نِیَامٌ إِذَا تَوَافَوْا إِلَی صَاحِبِهِمْ فِی لَیْلَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ عَلَی غَیْرِ مِیعَادٍ فَیُصْبِحُونَ بِمَکَّة

📚 Al-Ghaybah by al-Nu'mani, p. 171

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said, 'While the young Shi'as are sleeping on the rooftops, suddenly, without prior notice, they come to their Imam and are in Mecca in the morning!'

3⃣عن المفضل بن عمر قال قال أَبوعَبْداللَّه : إِذَا أُذِنَ الْإِمَامُ دَعَا اللَّهَ بِاسْمِهِ الْعِبْرَانِیِّ فَأُتِیحَتْ لَهُ صَحَابَتُهُ الثَّلَاثُمِائَةِ وَ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ قَزَعٌ کَقَزَعِ الْخَرِیفِ و هُمْ أَصْحَابُ الْأَلْوِیَةِ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ یُفْقَدُ عَنْ فِرَاشِهِ لَیْلًا فَیُصْبِحُ بِمَکَّةَ وَ مِنْهُمْ مَنْ یُرَی یَسِیرُ فِی السَّحَابِ نَهَاراً یُعْرَفُ بِاسْمِهِ و اسْمِ أَبِیهِ وَ حِلْیَتِهِ وَ نَسَبِهِ... وَ هُمُ الْمَفْقُودُونَ وَ فِیهِمْ نَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآیَةُ أَیْنَ ما تَکُونُوا یَأْتِ بِکُمُ اللَّهُ جَمِیعاً

📚 Al-Ghaybah by al-Nu'mani, p. 168

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) said, 'When permission is granted to the Imam, he invokes Allah with His Hebrew Name. Then, 313 of his companions prepare themselves like pieces of autumn clouds. Some of them go missing during the night from their beds, and in the morning, they are in Mecca. Some of them are seen moving in the clouds during the day, and they are recognized by their names, their fathers' names, and their apparent features... These are the ones who have gone missing, and the verse (in Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:148) is revealed about them, saying: 'Wherever you are, Allah will bring you all together.'

4⃣عن أَبِی الْجَارُودِ عَنْ أَبِی جَعْفَر قال: أَصْحَابُ الْقَائِمِ ثَلَاثُمِائَةٍ وَ ثَلَاثَةَ عَشَرَ رَجُلًا أَوْلَادُ الْعَجَمِ بَعْضُهُمْ یُحْمَلُ فِی السَّحَابِ نَهَاراً یُعْرَفُ بِاسْمِهِ وَ اسْمِ أَبِیهِ وَ نَسَبِهِ وَ حِلْیَتِهِ وَ بَعْضُهُمْ نَائِمٌ عَلَی فِرَاشِهِ فَیُرَی فِی مَکَّةَ عَلَی غَیْرِ مِیعَادٍ فیوافیه فی مکّة

📚 Al-Ghaybah by al-Nu'mani, p. 170

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said, 'The companions of the Qa'im, peace be upon him, are 313 children of non-Arabs. Some of them are carried in the clouds during the day, and they are recognized by their names, their fathers' names, their lineage, and their apparent features. Some of them are sleeping in their beds, and without prior notice, they are seen in Mecca and come to him.'

5⃣قَالَ أَبُو جَعْفَر في حديث فَمَنِ ابْتُلِیَ فِی الْمَسِیرِ وَافَاهُ فِی تِلْکَ السَّاعَةِ وَ مَنْ لَمْ یُبْتَلَ بِالْمَسِیرِ فُقِدَ عَنْ فِرَاشِهِ...

📚 Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 52, p. 341

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) said in a narration about the companions of Imam Zaman, peace be upon him: 'So anyone who is on a journey and is stuck in a path, at that hour, he reaches him. And anyone who is not stuck on a path, he goes missing from his bed...!'

✅ According to the above narrations and others, it is clear that the 313 special companions of Imam Zaman, peace be upon him, whose descriptions are mentioned in the narrations, are individuals who are simultaneously alive and present during the era of reappearance. They come from various places to Mecca in the presence of our Imam Zaman, peace be upon him, and are supporters of the returning individuals, assisting the living Imam.

اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر

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