“a man from Khurasan(the city of Iran) came to *iMaM as Sadiq (as) and suggested that to make an armed campaign as iMaM had with him 100,000 followers.”
in order to test the Man,s Quality of faith the Holy iMaM jafir Sadiq (as) said to him: just get down into the burning oven..!!The man become in shock..
He hesitated to obey the command of the Holy iMaM jafir Sadiq (as) a meanwhile a person a person came(Ibrahim) and greeted the iMaM (as) the Holy iMaM jafir Sadiq said to him : will you get down into the burning oven..?The man without any hesitation and with pleasure got into the birnning oven..!!
“the Holy iMaM jafir Sadiq (as) then said to the Khurasani man that we have with us a few of those man who get into the burning oven on our command other are not like him Shia( not real Shia) there is a lot of difference between ones word and deeds..
Reference:bihar ul anwaar vo:11 page 139
It is to be noted that man who got into the birnning oven remain unaffected and was well and hearty just like the prophet Ibrahim (as) when He was threwn into the birnning fire.Talk about faith.! Can we really do something like that if iMaM Mehdi ajtf came out right now and told us to jump into the birnning fire could we do this.? I’m sure we can say yas now but in reality we would be hesitated.