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The Companions of the Holy Prophet

The Companions of the Holy Prophet

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Publisher: Ansariyan Publications – Qum
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This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

Ja'far al-Tayyar

The Beginning

Abu Talib, Shaikh al-Bat-ha, missed his nephew our Master Muhammad [s]. So, he went to look for him. He was not alone. His son Ja'far aged twenty was with him. Shaikh al-Bat-ha and his son went to the hills near Makkah. They found him there.

Our Master Muhammad [s] was praying humbly. Ali, the young man of Islam, was praying on his right. They were not afraid of anyone but Allah. They were praying for Allah, the Creator of the skies and the earth, the Creator of creatures.

While they were praying, their number was a pitiful sight. Abu Talib turned to his son and said: Join your cousin's wing

Namely, stand on his left hand, for Ali has stood on his right hand. The bird can't fly but with two wings. This means that Abu Talib, the Prophet's uncle, did not want our Master Muhammad [s] to stay with one wing. Since then, Ja'far's name has appeared in the bright history of Islam.

Ja'far bin Abu Talib was born about 25 years after the Year of the Elephant. He was 10 years older than his brother Ali. He was about 20 years younger than our Master Muhammad [s].

Ja'far bin Abu Talib looked like our Master Muhammad [s]. He lived with his cousin al-Abbas. Abu Talib had a big family. Our Master Muhammad [s] wanted to relieve his worries. So, he took Ali to his house. Al-Abbas took Ja'far to his house.

The light of Islam illuminated the sky of Makkah. Our Master Muhammad [s] invited the bewildered to the New Light. He invited the defeated and the oppressed to the religion of salvation and freedom. He invited the drowning in the darkness of ignorance to the light of Islam.

But the Quraishi tyrants did not listen to the voice of Islam and the Call of the Sky. So, they began fighting our Master Muhammad [s] and those who believed in him. They wreaked their wrath upon the weak Muslims. They whipped Bilal al-Habashy, Summayya, Yasir, and other Muslims. They whipped them for no sin but because they said: Our Lord is Allah.

The Immigration to Habasha

One night the Muslims met Allah's Apostle. He was sad to hear that the Muslims were suffering from torture So, he said to them: There's a just King in Habasha. Immigrate to his country. Stay there till Allah drives away your worries.

The idea of immigration shone in the believers' hearts as the sun shone to fill the earth with light and warmth.

At midnight, a small group crept into the land of Habasha (Ethiopia), via the Red Sea. The Muslim immigrants stayed there.

In the meantime, the Quraish increased their torture against the Muslims who stayed in Makkah. So, they were in a fix.

At that critical time, our Master Muhammad [s] ordered his cousin Ja'far to lead a bigger group of Muslims to Habasha.

The number of the new group was over 80 Muslims. Ja'far began leading the immigrating caravan towards the coasts of the sea.

The sea was calm. The wind was gentle. The immigrants reached the coasts of the sea. Allah, the Almighty, wanted a ship to pass by them. The ship was going from Jeddah to Habasha. Ja'far asked her Captain to take them there. The Captain accepted.

The ship set out plowing the sea. The Muslims thanked Allah, who turned their fear into safety to worship Him only.

Ja'far himself was visiting the immigrants, especially the children. His wife Asmaa bint Umayys was visiting the women.

Days and nights passed. The ship anchored at the coasts of Habasha. The Muslims reached the land where our Master Muhammad [s] had ordered them to immigrate.

The Muslims were always praying to Allah freely. No one prevented them from that. During their prayers, they were always asking Allah to grant our Master Muhammad [s] and his Muslim brothers victory over the unjust Quraishi tyrants.

But the news that reached them was sorrowful. Yasir and Summayyah became martyrs under torture, They were in pain to hear about the torture that was happening to their brothers. But they firmly increased their belief.

In Makkah

Abu Jahal, who had a spite against our Master Muhammad [s], was always planning to destroy Allah's religion. He wanted to put out the candle of Islam so that people would live in darkness and ignorance.

But Allah's religion spread as the scent of roses did. It made happiness enter hearts as spring did.

One day, the Quraishi leaders held a meeting in Darul Nadwa. They were thinking about a way to extinguish the light of Islam. Umayyah said: I'll make Bilal a lesson for slaves so that they'll not think about entering Muhammad's religion.

Abu Jahal said: We'll go on banning Bani Hashim till they die of hunger or they give us Muhammad to kill him.

Abu Sufyan said: But what shall we do for those who escape from Makkah and go to Habasha?

Abu Jahal said: We'll bring them back.

How?

We'll send our friend al-Najashy lots of gifts. So, he'll accept our request.

Who will go?

We'll send a clever man to negotiate with al-Najashy.

After several weeks, they decided to send a delegation to bring back the runaway persons.

In al-Najashy's Presence

In the morning, Amru bin al-Ass and Amarah bin al-Waleed headed for the sea holding gifts to al-Najashy, the King of Habasha.

The delegates crossed the sea with a ship. They reached the land of Habasha. They came to the King's palace.

Amru bin al-Ass said to the guards of the palace: We're the Quraishi delegates holding gifts to the King.

Al-Najashy greeted the delegates and accepted the gifts of the Quraish. The priests received their gifts, too. The King asked them about the purpose of their visit.

The delegates said: Some foolish persons have taken refuge in the land of Habasha. They've abandoned their fathers' and grandfathers' religion. They haven't accepted the King's religion. Rather; they've brought a new religion. Neither you nor we have known it. We, the Quraishi noblemen, have come to bring them back and to educate them.

The King of Habasha was just and wise man. So, he said: How can I hand you the people who have chosen my country and asked me for help? But I'll ask them some questions. If their thoughts are corrupt; if they are deviated, I'd hand them to you. Otherwise, I'd leave them to live in my country.

Al-Najashy sent for the immigrants. They came. Ja'far bin Abu Talib was in advance. They came into the palace and stood in front of the King.

The Habashian people bowed when they met the King. So the Habashian and the delegates bowed to the King. The Muslims did not bow; their heads remained high raised.

Al-Najashy asked the Muslims: Why don't you bow to me?

Ja'far answered: We don't bow to anyone but Allah.

The King said: What do you mean?

Ja'far answered: Your Majesty; the King, Allah has sent us an Apostle. The Apostle has ordered us not to bow to anyone but Allah. He has also ordered us to pray and to pay zakat.

Amru bin al-Ass said evilly: They're breaking the King's religion!

Al-Najashy asked him to keep silent; and asked Ja'far to go on. Ja'far politely said:

Your Majesty, the King, we were ignorant people. We worshipped the idols. We ate dead animals. We did bad actions and abandoned our relatives. We mistreated our neighbors. The strong oppressed the weak. So Allah has sent us an Apostle. We know his ancestors and his truthfulness. We know that he is pure and trustworthy So, he has invited us to worship the Only Allah. He has ordered us to avoid what we and our fathers had worshipped. He has ordered us to be truthful and to give the trusts to their owners. He has ordered us to visit our relatives, to be good neighbors, to stop bad actions and shedding blood. He has prevented us from atrocities, falsehood taking the orphan's money and speaking evil of the married women. He has ordered us to worship Allah only and not to be polytheists. He has ordered us to pray, to give alms, and to fast.

Your majesty; the king, we've believed him and followed what he has brought from Allah. So, we've worshipped Allah only- we're not polytheists.

But our people have aggressed against us. They've tortured us. They've prevented us from our religion to worship the idols again.

After they had persecuted us, we came to your country. We've preferred you to others. We want to live in your country. Thus, your majesty, the king, we ask you to treat us justly.

Al-Najashy said politely: Have you anything of what your Prophet has brought?

Ja'far politely said: Yes.

Al-Najashy said: Read me something.

Ja'far began reading some verses of the Chapter of Maryam:

And mention Maryam in the Book when she drew aside from her family to an eastern place. So, she took a veil (to screen herself) from them; then We sent to her Our Spirit, and there appeared to her a well-made man. She said: Surely I fly for refuge from you to the Beneficent God, if you are one guarding (against evil). He said: I am only a messenger of your Lord: That I will give you a pure boy. She said: When shall I have a boy and no mortal has yet touched me, nor have I been unchaste? He said: Even so; your lord says: It is easy to me: and that We may make him a sign to men and a mercy from us; and it is a matter which has been decreed. So, she conceived him; then withdrew herself with a remote place and the throes (of childbirth) compelled her to take herself to the trunk of a palm tree. She said: Oh, would that I had died before this, and had been a thing quite forgotten! Then (the child called out to her from beneath her): Grieve not, surely your lord has made a stream to flow beneath you. And shake towards you the trunk of the palm tree, it will drop on you fresh ripe dates. So, eat and drink and refresh the eye. Then if you see any mortal, say: Surely I have vowed a fast to the Beneficent God, so I shall not speak to any man today and she came to her people with him, carrying him (with her). They said: 0 Maryam! Surely you have done a strange thing. O Sister of Haroon! Your father was not a bad man, nor was your mother an unchaste woman.

Al-Najashy wept. His tears flowed on his cheeks. The priests and the monks wept humbly, too. Ja'far's voice was flowing humbly:

But she pointed to him. They said: How should we speak to one who was a child in the cradle? He said: Surely I am Allah's servant; he has given me the Book and made me a prophet, and has made me blessed wherever I may be, and he has enjoined on me prayer and poor-rate so long as I live and dutiful to my mother; and he has not made me insolent, unblessed and peace be on me on the day I was born, and on the day I die, and on the day I am raised to life .

Al-Najashy stood up for Allah's Words and said humbly: Certainly this and what 'Isa had brought come out of one niche.

He turned to the Quraishi delegates and said angrily: I won't hand them to you and I'll defend them.

Then he ordered his soldiers to dismiss the delegation and to return the gifts to them. He said: They are bribes. I don't want to be bribed.

He turned to Ja'far and his Muslim group and said: You're welcome; Your Prophet is welcome. I admit that he is the Apostle whom 'Isa bin Maryam had given good news about. Live wherever you like in my country.

Al-Najashy wanted to know something about the manners of Islam. He asked Ja'far: How do you greet each other?

Our greeting is to say Assalamu Alaikum.

Another Plot

On the following day Amru bin al-Ass and Amarah decided to go to the King's Palace. On their way, Amru bin al-Ass said to Amarah: This time, I,ll get my revenge on Ja'far. I'll tell the kings that the Muslims have another idea about 'Isa.

Again the delegates came to al-Najashy and said: Your majesty; the king, the Muslims say that 'Isa is a slave.

Al-Najashy kept silent for a while then he said to the guard:Go to Ja'far to hear his point of view

Ja'far came and greeted the King and said: Assalamu Alaikum.

The King asked him: What's your point of view about 'Isa?

Ja'far answered calmly: We say as Allah and His Apostle have said about him.

The King asked him: What's your Prophet said?

Ja'far answered calmly: He's Allah's slave, His Apostle, His Spirit, His Word that He has given to the chaste, virgin Maryam.

Al-Najashy kept silent for a while, then he drew a line on the ground with his stick. So, he said: Go to your friends. You're safe in my country.

Again the delegates' plot came to nothing. The delegates hopelessly came back to Makkah. Since that meeting, the Muslims had been happy in the land of the just King.

Our Master Muhammad [s] and the Muslims rejoiced at Ja'far's victory and his stay in Habasha.

The Good Stay

Days, months, and years passed.

Ja'far and the Muslims heard news. When they heard good news, they became happy. When they heard bad news, they became sad.

They became happy when the ban the Quraish imposed on Banu Hashim was over.

They became sad when they heard about the death of Abu Talib, the protector of the Prophet [s] and Khadijah's death, our Master Muhammad's wife, who stood by him and spent her wealth for Islam.

The Muslims in Habasha heard about our Master Muhammad's migration to Madina and the establishment of the first Islamic State, where the flag of monotheism was hoisted. They were filled with happiness.

The news of the decisive Battle of Badr, and the victory of Islam over polytheism and idols arrived to them. They heard about the news of the Battle of Uhud. They were sad to hear about the Prophet's wounds in the battle.

They were happy to hear the news of the Muslims' victories over the polytheists and the Jews. Their happiness was great when they heard about the Prophet's letters to the Kings all over the world.

The Prophet [s] sent letters to Hercules, the Emperor of Rome, Kossra, the King of Iran, and al-Mokawkas, the Pharaoh of Egypt.

A letter to al-Najashy

Amru bin Umayyah al-Dhimry our Master Muhammad's delegate, arrived in Habasha carrying the letter of the Prophet of Islam.

The letter read:

From Muhammad, Allah's Apostle

To al-Najashy the King of Habasha

You are safe.

I thank Allah. There is no god but Him, the King, the Holy, the Peace, the Believer; the Almighty.

I bear witness that 'Isa is Allah's Spirit, and His word He has given to Maryam, the Virgin, the good, and the chaste. Allah created him with His power as He created Adam before.

I am inviting you to worship Allah only, to obey Him, to follow me, and to believe in what has come to me. I am Allah's Apostle. I am inviting you and your soldiers to worship Allah, the Almighty. I have told and advised you. So, accept my advice.

And peace upon him who follows guidance.

Ja'far accompanied our Master Muhammad's delegate on his going to al-Najashy's palace. First they greeted the King of Habasha. Then he received the Prophet's letter respectfully.

Al-Najashy read the letter. He came down the throne and sat on the ground to show his humbleness and respect for Allah's Apostle, our Master Muhammad [s].

Al-Najashy put the letter on his eye to show his great respect. Then he ordered his guards to get him an ivory box to put the letter in. He said:

Habasha will be prosperous as long as its people keeps this letter.

The Prophet's delegate gave the King another letter. The letter asked the King to allow the immigrants headed by Ja'far bin Abu Talib to come back to their country.

The Muslims were very happy to hear about their repatriation to their homeland. In the meantime, they thanked al-Najashy for his good hospitality.

Al-Najashy ordered his guards to prepare some ships to bring back the immigrants to the land of al-Hejaz. He sent his representative with them.

The representative was carrying gifts and a letter of greetings to our Master Muhammad [s].

The sails of the ships were raised to start journey, the Muslims set off. They rejoiced at Allah's victory.

The Conquest of Khaibar

In al-Madina al-Munawwara, the army of Islam was getting ready to advance towards the strongholds of the Jewish Khaibar.

The Jews of Khaibar were always plotting to put out the light of Islam. They were always encouraging the Arab tribes to invade Madina to destroy the new Muslim State.

So, our Master Muhammad [s] decided to uproot the danger of the Jews so that people would live in peace. The Muslim forces reached the road that joined the tribes of Ghatfan and the strongholds of Khaibar to surprise the enemy there.

The number of the Muslim Army amounted to one thousand and four-hundred fighters. Two hundred horse riders were with them. The Muslim women took part in the battle, too.

The Muslims advanced towards the strongholds. At dawn, they surprised the Jews and besieged them completely.

Some Companions launched strong attacks against the Jews. But they were in vain because the Jews faced them with a lot of arrows. The Jews were sneering at our Master Muhammad [s] and his soldiers.

So, the Prophet [s] said: Tomorrow; I'll give the banner to a man. The man loves Allah and his Apostle; Allah and His Apostle love him.

In the morning, some companions wished that the banner would be for them. But our Master Muhammad [s] asked Ali, Ja'far's brother.

Ali shook the banner strongly and advanced towards the strongholds of the Jews. When Ali killed Marhab, the hero of the Jews, they felt fear. Quickly, the Muslims occupied the strongholds of Khaibar, one by one.

Our Master Muhammad [s] and the Muslims were filled with happiness. So, they thanked Allah for the victory over their enemies.

In the meantime, the immigrants of Habasha headed by Ja'far bin Abu Talib arrived. Our Master Muhammad's happiness doubled. So, he said with a bright smile on his face:

I don't know which event is more cheerful - Ja'far's coming or the Conquest of Khaibar!

Our Master Muhammad [s] embraced his cousin Ja'far and kissed his forehead and said:

Certainly Ja'far and his friends have two immigrations - an immigration to Habasha and an immigration to al-Madina al-Munawwara.

The Battle of Mautah

Our Master Muhammad [s] had sent a messenger to the ruler of Busra, a town in Sham. But the messenger was captured and executed in the land of Mautah. This action was against the humanitarian morals.

The Prophet [s] felt sadness. So, he ordered the Muslims to get ready to make an attack to punish the killers.

In the month of Jamadil-Ula, the second year after the blessed immigration, three thousand fighters went to take part in the battle. The Prophet's advice was lightening their way:

I advise you to fear Allah. Invade in the Name of Allah. So, fight Allah's enemy and your enemy. You'll find lonely men in the cells. So, don't fight them. Don't kill a woman or a child. Don't cut down a tree. Don't demolish a building.

Our Master Muhammad [s] appointed Zaid bin Haritha leader to the Muslim Army. The Prophet said:

If Zaid was martyred, the leader would be Ja'far bin Abu Talib. If Ja'far was martyred, the leader would be Abdulah bin Rawaha.

The news of the Muslims' attack reached the Romans. So, they established an army. The army was composed of the Romans and the allied Arab tribes. The number of their forces was two hundred thousand soldiers. The armies gathered at the land of al-Balqaa.

The first clash took place between the two armies at the Village of Masharif near al-Balqaa. The mastery of the Romans appeared in the battle because they had a big army. Hercules, the Emperor of Rome, gave the general leadership to his brother Tyodor.

The Muslim Army, though few in number, chose the land of Mautah to be the theater for the war operations because the elevations of the land were suitable for the Muslims to protect themselves against the Roman Colossal Army.

Zaid bin Haritha got ready for the start of the battle. He strongly shook the banner of the Muslim Army and rushed towards the core of the enemy. His rushing made the Muslim forces start the battle with enthusiasm.

Strong fights took place. Spears tore Zaid's body. So, he fell on to the ground dyeing it red. Before the banner dropped from Zaid's hand, Ja'far bin Abu Talib had rushed and caught it strongly. He began fighting severely. His voice became loud in the middle of the noise of the fights. He announced the good news about victory or martyrdom which each believer hoped.

Ja'far bin Abu Talib jumped off his horse to show his insistence on fighting. He was the first to do that in the history of Islam. He was like the mountain. He was facing the enemies hits. His firmness astonished them.

So, the enemies intensified their attacks against him. A sword hit his right hand. So, it flew in the wind.

Ja'far took the banner of Islam with his left hand and began fighting. Another sword hit his hand and cut it off. Ja'far pressed the banner to his bosom with his upper arm so that the fight would go on.

During those terrible moments, Ja'far was hit again. He fell over the ground and became a martyr.

Abdullah bin Rawaha, the third leader, rushed towards the banner to wave again in the sky of the battle.

The new leader fought bravely to stop the attacks of the Romans who were moving like waves.

Abdullah fell over the ground and became a martyr. So, Thabit bin al-Arqam took the banner and asked the Muslims to elect a new leader.

The Muslims elected Khalid bin al-Waleed.

Very quickly, the new leader decided to withdraw his forces. So, he did some tactic operations to cheat the enemy.

When it got dark, the Muslim Army withdrew with peace and disappeared in the core of the desert.

In the morning, the Romans were surprised to hear about the Muslims' withdrawal. They were afraid to go further into the desert.

At the same time, the brave Muslims, though few in number, dismayed them.

So, the Romans preferred coming back to stay.

In Madina

Jibreel came down from the sky to tell our Master Muhammad [s] about the news of the battle. So, Allah's Apostle went up the pulpit and addressed the Muslims:

Zaid took the banner. He fought till he was killed and became a martyr. Then Ja'far took it and fought till he was killed and became a martyr. Then Abdullah took it and fought till he was killed and became a martyr.

Finally, our Master Muhammad [s] began condoling Asmaa, the great Martyr's wife.

The Holy Prophet [s] came into Ja'far's house. He found his children sitting. His wife had just finished doing her hair.

The Prophet [s] kissed Ja'far's children and held them on his lap. He shed tears. Asmaa felt that something had happened to her husband. So, she asked the Prophet [s]:

Allah's Apostle, have you heard anything about Ja'far and his companions?

Yes, they've been martyred!

The Prophet [s] left the house. He asked his daughter Fatima al-Zahra to fix some food for them, for a disaster had befallen them.

The Owner of the two wings

When the soldiers of Islam came back to their homeland, they began telling their families about Ja'far's heroic actions and those who were martyred.

One of them said: We've seen 90 wounds in Ja'far's body.

Another said: I've seen him when his right hand had been cut off.

The third said: I've seen him when his left hand had been cut off. He had fallen over the ground and his wounds bled.

Our Master Muhammad [s] said: Jibreel has told me that Allah has granted Ja'far two wings to fly with in the Paradise.

That night, Ja'far's children lay on their beds. They were looking at the sky full of stars. In the meantime, they imagined that their father was flying with his wings like angels.

Narrations from Imam al-Ba-qir

1- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Abu al-Ja-rud says, Abu Ja‘far (a.s) said to me “O’ Abu Ja-ru-d, when ages pass and people say the Qa-'im has died or perished or gone to some valley, and the seeker says, When is this going to happen while his bones have decayed? At that time expect him. And when you hear from him, come to him even if you have to crawl on ice.”

2- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Al-Thuma-li says, I heard Abu Ja‘far (a.s) say, “The nearest of the people to Allah, the Exalted, and their most knowledgeable and their most compassionate to the populace is Muhammad and the Imams, bliss of Allah be for them all. Enter where they enter and separate whoever they separate from. I mean Husain and his progeny by that. Righteousness is in them and they are the successors and from them are the Imams. Wherever you see them, follow them. If a time comes one day that you do not see anyone of them, seek help from Allah and contemplate on the tradition you are on and follow it, and love whom you love, and disdain whom you disdain. How soon is the relief coming to you!”

3- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Ma‘ru-f Ibn Khurbu-dh says, I said to Abu Ja‘far (a.s), “Tell me about yourselves.” He said, “We are the like of stars. When a star sets, another star of peace and security, harmony and tranquility, and leisure and openings rises. So until the Children of ‘Abd al-Mutallib are equal and no distinction remains amongst them, Allah, the Exalted, will manifest your Patron. So praise Allah, the Exalted. And He will give him a choice between the easy and the difficult.” I asked, “May I be your ransom, which will he choose?” He said, “He will choose the difficult over the easy.”

Explanation: Al-Sa‘b wa al-Dhalu-l (Humble and intractable, translated above as easy and difficult) are qualities of riding beasts.

4- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Umm Ha-ni al-Thaqafiyya says, I came in a morning to my master Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali al-Ba-qir (a.s) and said to him, “My master, a verse from the Book of Allah, the Exalted, has struck my heart and has troubled me and taken away my nights’ sleep.”

ما روى عن الباقر صلوات الله عليه في ذلك

1- إكمال الدين: ابن المتوكل، عن علي، عن أبيه، عبد الله بن حماد ومحمد بن سنان معا، عن أبي الجارود، عن أبي جعفر عليه السقال: قال لي يا أبا الجارود إذا دار الفلك، وقال الناس: مات القائم أو هلك، بأي واد سلك وقال الطالب: أنى يكون ذلك وقد بليت عظامه فعند ذلك فارجوه فإذا سمعتم به فائتوه ولو حبوا على الثلج. نى: أحمد بن هوذه، عن النهاوندي، عن أبي الجارود مثله.

2- إكمال الدين: ابن الوليد، عن الصفار، عن محمد بن عيسى وابن أبي الخطاب والهيثم النهدي جميعا، عن ابن محبوب، عن ابن رئاب، عن الثمالي، عن أبي جعفر (ع) قال: سمعته يقول: إن أقرب الناس إلى الله(عزوجل) وأعلمهم وأرأفهم بالناس محمد والائمة صلوات الله عليهم أجمعين فادخلوا أين دخلوا وفارقوا من فارقوا أعني بذلك حسينا وولده (ع) فان الحق فيهم وهم الاوصياء ومنهم الائمة فأين ما رأيتموهم فاتبعوهم فان أصبحتم يوما لاترون منهم أحدا فاستعينوا بالله وانظروا السنة التي كنتم عليها فاتبعوها وأحبوا من كنتم تحبون وأبغضوا من كنتم تبغضون فما أسرع ما يأتيكم الفرج.

3- إكمال الدين: عبد الواحد بن محمد، عن أبي عمرو الليثى، عن محمد بن مسعود، عن جبرئيل بن أحمد، عن موسى بن جعفر بن وهب البغدادي ويعقوب بن يزيد، عن سليمان بن الحسن، عن سعد بن أبي خلف، عن معروف بن خربوذ قال: قلت لابي جعفر (ع): أخبرني عنكم قال: نحن بمنـزلة النجوم إذا خفي نجم بدا نجم مأمن وأمان وسلم وإسلام وفاتح ومفتاح حتى إذا استوى بنو عبد المطلب فلم يدر أي من أي أظهر الله(عزوجل) صاحبكم فاحمدوا الله(عزوجل) وهو يخير الصعب على الذلول، فقلت: جعلت فداك فأيهما يختار؟ قال يختار الصعب على الذلول.

4- إكمال الدين: بهذا الاسناد، عن محمد بن مسعود، عن نصر بن الصباح، عن جعفر بن سهل، عن أبي عبد الله أخي عبد الله الكابلي، عن القابوسي، عن نضر بن السندي، عن الخليل بن عمرو، عن علي بن الحسين الفزاري، عن إبراهيم بن عطية، عن ام هانئ الثقفية قال: غدوت على سيدي محمد بن علي الباقر (ع) فقلت له: يا سيدي آية في كتاب الله(عزوجل) عرضت بقلبي أقلقتني وأسهرتني

He said, “Ask O’ Umm Ha-ni.” I said, “The saying of Allah, the Exalted, No, I swear by the Star that runs its course and hides itself.” He said, “Yes, the subject you asked me about, O’ Umm Ha-ni, is someone who will be born in the End Times and he is the Mahdi and from this House. There will be a perplexity and occultation about him in which nations will go astray and nations will remain on guidance. Blessed be you if you see his time! Blessed be anyone who sees his time!”

5- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Abu Ayyu-b al-Makhzu-mi says, Abu Ja‘far al-Ba-qir (a.s) mentioned the conduct of the Rightly Guided Caliphs and when he reached their last one he said, “The Twelfth is the one behind whom Jesus the son of Mary (a.s) will perform prayers. You must uphold his conduct and the Noble Qur’a-n.”

6- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Umm Ha-ni says, I asked Abu Ja‘far (a.s), “What is the meaning of Allah’s word, Nay, I swear by the Star?” He said, “O’ Umm Ha-ni, an Imam who on the year two hundred and sixty hides himself until his whereabouts is not known to the people. Then he will appear like a blazing meteor in a dark night. If you should see that time, your heart will find solace.”

7- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Ma‘ru-f Ibn Khurbu-dh says, Said Abu Ja‘far (a.s), “Your stars are like the stars of the heavens. Whenever a star sets, another star rises. So when you point with your fingers and make gestures with your eyebrows, Allah will hide your stars from you. The Children of Ha-shim will be equal without any distinction amongst them from one another. Then your star will rise, so praise your Lord.”

8- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Ata-’ says, I said to Abu Ja‘far (a.s), “Your Shi-‘a are many in Iraq and there is no one, by Allah, in your household like you. So why do not you uprise?” He said, “O’ Abdullah Ibn Ata-’, you have began lending your ears to the fools. No, by Allah, I am not your Awaited Patron.” I asked him, “Then who is our Awaited Patron?” He said, “Look who does Allah hide his birth from the people, he is your Awaited Patron. There is no one of us who is pointed at with fingers or hinted by tongues except that he dies because of being under wrath or because of other causes.”

Explanation: It is possible that the two possibilities for causes of death mentioned may be expression of doubt of the narrator and it is possible that death of being under wrath alludes to murder and hatfa anfihi alludes to a death that is not in severe and dire circumstances.

9- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Atta’ says, I said to Abu Ja‘far (a.s), “Tell me about the Qa-'im.” He said, “By Allah, he is neither me, nor the one towards whom you stretch your necks. His birth will not be known.” “What is his conduct according to?” I asked. He said, “He will act according to what the Messenger of Allah (a.s) has acted, invalidating the past and looking forward.”

قال: فاسئلي يا ام هانئ؟ قالت قلت: قول الله(عزوجل) "فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوَارِي الْكُنَّسِ" قال: نعم المسألة سألتني يا ام هانئ هذا مولود في آخر الزمان هو المهدي من هذه العترة تكون له حيرة وغيبة يضل فيها أقوام ويهتدي فيها أقوام فيا طوبى لك إن أدركته. ويا طوبى من أدركه.

5- إكمال الدين: المظفر العلوي، عن ابن العياشي، عن أبيه، عن أبي القاسم قال: كتبت من كتاب أحمد الدهان، عن القاسم بن حمزة، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن أبي إسماعيل السراج، عن خيثمة الجعفي، عن أبي أيوب المخزومي قال: ذكر أبو جعفر الباقر (ع) سيرة الخلفاء الراشدين فلما بلغ آخرهم قال: الثاني عشر الذي يصلي عيسى بن مريم (ع) خلفه عليك بسنته والقرآن الكريم.

6- الغيبة للنعمانى: سلامة بن محمد، عن أحمد بن داود، عن أحمد بن الحسن، عن عمران بن الحجاج، عن ابن أبي نجران، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن محمد بن إسحاق عن أسيد بن ثعلبة، عن ام هانئ قال: قلت: لابي جعفر (ع) ما معنى قول الله عز وجل "فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ" قال لي: يا ام هانئ إمام يخنس نفسه حتى ينقطع عن الناس علمه سنة ستين ومأتين ثم يبدو كالشهاب الواقد في الليلة الظلماء فان أدركت ذلك الزمان قرت عيناك.

7- الغيبة للنعمانى: الكليني، عن علي، عن أبيه، عن حنان بن سدير، عن معروف ابن خربوذ، عن أبي جعفر (ع) قال: إنما نجومكم كنجوم السماء كلما غاب نجم طلع نجم حتى إذا أشرتم بأصابعكم وملتم بحواجبكم غيب الله عنكم نجمكم واستوت بنو عبد المطلب فلم يعرف أي من أي فإذا طلع نجمكم فاحمدوا ربكم.

8- الغيبة للنعمانى: محمد بن همام بإسناد له، عن عبد الله بن عطا قال: قلت لابي جعفر (ع): إن شيعتك بالعراق كثير ووالله ما في بيتك مثلك فكيف لا تخرج؟ فقال: يا عبد الله بن عطا قد أخذت تفرش اذنيك للنوكى لا والله ما أنا بصاحبكم قلت: فمن صاحبنا؟ فقال: انظروا من غيب عن الناس ولادته، فذلك صاحبكم إنه ليس منا أحد يشار إليه بالاصابع ويمضغ بالالس إلا مات غيظا أو حتف أنفه.

9- الغيبة للنعمانى: محمد بن همام، عن جعفر بن محمد بن مالك، عن عباد بن يعقوب عن يحيى بن يعلى، عن أبي مريم الانصاري، عن عبد الله بن عطا قال: قلت لابي جعفر (ع): أخبرني عن القائم (ع) فقال: والله ما هو أنا ولا الذي تمدون إليه أعناقكم ولا يعرف ولادته، قلت: بما يسير؟ قال: بما سار به رسول الله(ص) هدر ما قبله واستقبل

10- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Abu al-Ja-ru-d says, I heard Abu Ja‘far (a.s) say, “Times shall come and go until Allah sends for this enterprise someone you do not know has he been created.”

11- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Abu al-Ja-ru-d says that Abu Ja‘far (a.s) said, “You will continue to stretch your necks to a man of ours, saying He is the one, and Allah takes him away; until Allah sends a man for this affair whom you do not know has he been born or not, has he been created or not.”

12- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Ibn Bukair and al-Hakam narrated from Abu Ja‘far (a.s), “As if I see you, you climb up and do not find anyone and return and do not find anyone.”

13- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Abu Hamzah al-Thuma-li says, I was with Abu Ja‘far Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali al-Ba-qir (a.s) one day. When everyone had dispersed, he said to me, “O’ Abu Hamzah, one of the destined events that must happen is the rise of our Qa-'im. Whoever doubts in what I say, he will meet Allah disbelieving in Him.” Then he said, “My father and mother be the ransom of the one who is named by my name and bears my patronym, the seventh after me. My father be the ransom of the one who will fill the earth with equity and justice, as it will be replete with oppression and injustice. O’ Abu Hamzah, whoever sees him and submits to him through the submission for Muhammad and ‘Ali, I give him a solemn promise of the Paradise. And whoever does not submit, verily Allah has made the Paradise forbidden for him and his abode is the Fire and bad a place it is for the oppressors.

14- Al-Ka-fi: Abu Na‘i-m says, I came to Abu Ja‘far (a.s) when he was in Medina. I said to him, “I have taken a vow between the rukn and the maqa-m that when I meet you, I will not to go away from Medina until I know whether you are the Qa-'im of the House of Muhammad or not.” He did not answer me anything. I stayed for thirty days. Then he met me on a road and said, “O’ Hakam, and you are still here?” I said, “I told you about the vow I have taken by Allah and you did not order me to do anything, nor did you forbid me from anything. And you did not give me an answer.” He said, “Come to me in the morning at my house.

“I went to him in the morning. He said, “Ask what you need.” I said, “I have vowed with Allah of alms and fasting and charity between the Rukn and the Maqa-m, that if I meet you I will not exit Medina until I know whether you are the Qa-'im (Establisher) of the House of Muhammad. If you are, I will stay and be at your guard; and if you are not, I would go in the lands in search of livelihood.” He said, “O’ Hakam, we are all Establishers of the Order of Allah.” I said, “Then are you the Mahdi (the Guide)?” He said, “We all guide to Allah.

“Are you the one with the sword?” “Each one of us is with the sword and heir of the sword.” “Then are you the one who will kill the enemies of God, and is it through you that the bosom friends of Allah will be victorious, and is it through you the religion of Allah will manifest?” “O’ Hakam,” he said, “how can I be that and I have reached forty five. The Awaited Patron of that Enterprise is closer to breastfeeding than me and lighter on the back of a courser.”

10- الغيبة للنعمانى: علي بن أحمد، عن عبد الله بن موسى، عن ابن أبي الخطاب، عن محمد ابن سنان، عن أبي الجارود قال: سمعت أبا جعفر (ع) يقول: لا يزالون ولا تزال حتى يبعث الله لهذا الامر من لا تدرون خلق أم لم يخلق.

11- الغيبة للنعمانى: محمد بن همام قال: حدثني الفزاري، عن ابن أبي الخطاب وقد حدثني الحميري، عن ابن عيسى معا، عن محمد بن سنان، عن أبي الجارود، عن أبي جعفر (ع) أنه قال: لا تزالون تمدون أعناقكم إلى الرجل منا تقولون هو هذا فيذهب الله به حتى يبعث الله لهذا الامر من لا تدرون ولد أم لم يولد خلق أم لم يخلق.

12- الغيبة للنعمانى: علي بن الحسين، عن محمد العطار، عن محمد بن الحسن الرازي عن (محمد بن علي) الكوفي، عن محمد بن سنان، عن يحيى بن المثنى، عن ابن بكير ورواه الحكم عن أبي جعفر (ع) أنه قال: كأني بكم إذا صعدتم فلم تجدوا أحدا ورجعتم فلم تجدوا أحدا.

13- الغيبة للنعمانى: علي بن الحسين عن محمد بن يحيى، عن محمد بن الحسن، عن محمد بن علي، عن إبراهيم بن محمد، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن عبد الرزاق، عن محمد بن سنان، عن فضيل الرسان، عن أبي حمزة الثمالي قال: كنت عند أبي جعفر محمد بن علي الباقر (ع) ذات يوم فلما تفرق من كان عنده قال لي: يا أبا حمزة من المحتوم الذي حتمه الله قيام قائمنا فمن شك فيما أقول لقي الله وهو به كافر، ثم قال: بأبي وامي المسمى باسمي والمكنى بكنيتي السابع من بعدي بأبي (من) يملأ الأرض عدلاً (وقسطاً) كما ملئت ظلماً وجوراً يا باحمزة من أدركه فيسلم له ما سلم لمحمد وعلي فقد وجبت له الجنة ومن لم يسلم فقد حرم الله عليه الجنة وماواه النار وبئس مثوى الظالمين.

14- الكافي: العدة، عن ابن عيسى، عن علي بن الحكم، عن زيد أبي الحسن عن الحكم بن أبي نعيم قال: أتيت أبا جعفر (ع) وهو بالمدينة فقلت له: علي نذر بين الركن والمقام إذا أنا لقيتك أن لا أخرج من المدينة حتى أعلم أنك قائم آل محمد أم لا، فلم يجبني بشئ، فأقمت ثلاثين يوما، ثم استقبلني في طريق فقال: يا حكم وإنك لههنا بعد؟ فقلت: إني أخبرتك بما جعلت الله علي فلم تأمرني ولم تنهني عن شئ ولم تجبني بشئ فقال: بكر علي غدوة المنـزل فغدوت عليه فقال (ع): سل عن حاجتك، فقلت: إني جعلت لله علي نذرا وصياما وصدقة بين الركن والمقام إن أنا لقيتك أن لا أخرج من المدينة حتى أعلم أنك قائم آل محمد أم لا؟ فان كنت أنت، رابطتك، وإن لم تكن أنت، سرت في الارض فطلبت المعاش، فقال: يا حكم كلنا قائم بأمر الله. قلت: فأنت المهدي؟ قال: كلنا يهدي إلى الله، قلت: فأنت صاحب السيف؟ قال: كلنا صاحب السيف ووارث السيف، قلت: فأنت الذي تقتل أعداء الله ويعز بك أولياء الله ويظهر بك دين الله؟ فقال: يا حكم كيف أكون أنا وبلغت خمسا وأربعين، وإن صاحب هذا أقرب عهدا باللبن مني وأخف على ظهر الدابة

Narrations from imam Ja‘far al-Sa-diq

1- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Sudair says I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) say, “There is a sign from Joseph in the Qa-'im.” I said, “It seems as you are mentioning the perplexity or the occultation.” He said, “What of this does this nation deny? They are the likes of swine, whereas brothers of Joseph were heirs and children of apostles, yet they traded and sold Joseph. They addressed him, being his brothers and he being their brother, yet did not recognize him; so Joseph said to them, I am Joseph. So what is this accursed nation denying that Allah, the Exalted, in a certain time from times, may desire to hide his Hujja? Joseph had the kingdom of Egypt and there was between him and his father the journey of eighteen days.

If Allah, the Exalted, had desired to let his father know his place, He could have done that. By Allah, Jacob and his sons journeyed, when they were given the glad tidings, for nine days from the beginning of their journey until Egypt. What is this Ummah denying that God would do to His Hujja what He did to Joseph, that he would walk in their markets and step on their grounds while they do not recognize him until Allah, the Exalted, identifies him to them, as He permitted Joseph when he said, Do you know what did you do to Joseph and his brother when you were ignorant? They said, Verily, you, you are Joseph. He said, I am Joseph and this is my brother.

2- ‘Ilal al-Shara-'e‘: On the authority of Sudair, who narrates from his father that Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) said, “Our Qa-'im has an occultation the duration of which is lengthy.” I said, “Why is that so, O’ son of the Messenger of Allah?” He said, “Allah, the Exalted, disdains to have the traditions of the occultations of apostles not proceed in him. O’ Sudair, he must complete the duration of their occultations.[9] Allah, the Exalted, says, You shall surely enter a stage after another stage. It means you will thread on the traditions of the nations before you.”

3- Al-Ama-li of Sadu-q: Ibn Abi ‘Umair narrates from a certain individual that Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) recited the following rhymes,

For every nation is a governance which they await

Our governance in the End Times will come

ما روى في ذلك عن الصادق صلوات اللـه عليه

1- إكمال الدين: أبي، عن الحميري، عن أحمد بن هلال، عن ابن أبي نجران، عن فضالة، عن سدير قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله (ع) يقول: إن في القائم سنة من يوسف قلت: كأنك تذكر حيرة أو غيبة قال لي: وما تنكر من هذا هذه الأمة أشباه الخنازير إن إخوة يوسف كانوا أسباطاً أولاد أنبياء تاجروا يوسف وبايعوه وخاطبوه وهم إخوته وهو أخوهم، فلم يعرفوه حتى قال لهم يوسف (ع): أنا يوسف. فما تنكر هذه الأمة الملعونة أن يكون الله(عزوجل) في وقت من الأوقات يريد أن يستر حجته، لقد كان يوسف إليه ملك مصر وكان بينه وبين والده مسيرة ثمانية عشر يوما فلو أراد الله(عزوجل) أن يعرف مكانه لقدر على ذلك والله لقد سار يعقوب وولده عند البشارة تسعة أيام من بدوهم إلى مصر، وما تنكر هذه الأمة أن يكون الله يفعل بحجته ما فعل بيوسف أن يكون يسير في أسواقهم ويطأ بسطهم وهم لا يعرفونه حتى يأذن الله(عزوجل) أن يعرفهم نفسه كما أذن ليوسف حين قال: "قَالَ هَلْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ بِيُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ إِذْ أَنْتُمْ جَاهِلُونَ. قَالُوا أَئِنَّكَ لَأَنْتَ يُوسُفُ قَالَ أَنَا يُوسُفُ وَهذَا أَخِي."

2- علل الشرائع: المظفر العلوي، عن ابن العياشي وحيدر بن محمد السمرقندي معا عن العياشي، عن جبرئيل بن أحمد، عن موسى بن جعفر البغدادي، عن الحسن بن محمد الصيرفي، عن حنان بن سدير، عن أبيه، عن أبي عبد الله (ع) قال: إن للقائم منا غيبة يطول أمدها فقلت له: ولم ذاك يابن رسول الله؟ قال إن الله(عزوجل) أبى إلا أن يجري فيه سنن الانبياء (ع) في غيباتهم وأنه لابد له ياسدير من استيفاء مدد غيباتهم قال الله(عزوجل): "لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَنْ طَبَقٍ" أي سنناً على سنن من كان قبلكم.

3- أمالي الشيخ الصدوق: ابن المتوكل، عن علي، عن أبيه، عن ابن أبي عمير، عمن سمع أبا عبد الله (ع) يقول: ودولتنا في آخر الدهر تظهر لكل اناس دولة يرقبونها

4- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Safwa-n Ibn Mahra-n narrates that al-Sa-diq Ja‘far Ibn Muhammad (a.s) said, “Someone who professes faith in all Imams yet denies the Mahdi is like a person who professes faith in all apostles yet denies the Prophethood of Muhammad (a.s).” He was asked, “O’ son of the Messenger of Allah (a.s) which one of your sons will the Mahdi be from?” He said, “He is the fifth from the sons of the seventh. His person will be invisible to you and you will be prohibited from mentioning his name.”

5- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Abu Hayyah narrates from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s), “When three names, Muhammad, ‘Ali, and Hasan gather in consecution, the fourth one will be the Qa-'im (a.s).”

6- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Abu al-Haitham narrates from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s), “When three names, Muhammad, ‘Ali, and Hasan come consecutively, their fourth one will be their Qa-'im.”

7- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Al-Mufadhal Ibn ‘Omar says, I entered upon my doyen Ja‘far Ibn Muhammad (a.s) and said, “O’ my master, I wish that you confide in us about the heir after you.” He said, “O’ Mufadhal, the Imam after me is my son Musa- and the Awaited Heir isM. U. H. A. M. M. A. D. Ibn al-Hasan Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Musa-.”

8- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Ibra-him al-Karkhi says, I entered upon Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s). I was sitting there in his courtship when Abu al-Hasan Musa- Ibn Ja‘far (a.s), who was then a boy, entered. I stood before him and kissed him and sat down. Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) said, “O’ Ibra-hi-m, behold, he is your Patron after me. Behold, a nation will perish in him and the rest will be blessed.

May Allah curse his murderer and increase the chastisement on his soul. Behold, Allah will bring forth from my seed the best of the people of the earth in his time, called by the name of his grandfather, the heir of his knowledge and rules and excellences, the treasure trove of Imamate, and the summit of wisdom. The tyrant from the sons of so-and-so will kill him out of jealously after novel wonders. However, Allah accomplishes His purpose, even though the polytheists may disdain so. Allah will bring forth from his seed the completion of the twelve guides that Allah has distinguished them by His dignity and has settled them in the abode of His sanctity.

A man professing faith in the Twelfth of them is the like of a swordsman in front of the Messenger of Allah (a.s) defending him.” A man from the allies of the Umayyads entered and the conversation was disrupted. I went to Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) eleven times hoping that he would complete the discourse, but it was not to happen. When it was the eve of the next year, I entered upon him as he was sitting. He said, “O’ Ibra-hi-m, the Reliever of the pains of the Shi-‘a will come after severe hardships, long trials and anxiety and fear. Bliss for the one who will see that time. This is sufficient for you, O’ Ibra-hi-m.” I returned with nothing more gratifying to my heart and more pleasing to my soul than this.

4- إكمال الدين: ابن إدريس، عن أبيه، عن أيوب بن نوح، عن محمد بن سنان، عن صفوان بن مهران، عن الصادق جعفر بن محمد (ع) أنه قال: من أقر بجميع الائمة (ع) وجحد المهدي كان كمن أقر بجميع الانبياء وجحد محمداً (ص) نبوته. فقيل يابن رسول الله ممن المهدي؟ من ولدك؟ قال: الخامس من ولد السابع يغيب عنكم شخصه ولا يحل لكم تسميته.

5- إكمال الدين: أبي، وابن الوليد معا، عن سعد، عن الحسن بن علي الزيتوني ومحمد بن أحمد بن أبي قتادة، عن أحمد بن هلال، عن امية بن علي، عن أبي الهيثم ابن أبي حية، عن أبي عبد الله (ع) قال: إذا اجتمعت ثلاثة أسماء متوالية محمد وعلي والحسن فالرابع القائم (ع).

6- إكمال الدين: الطالقاني، عن محمد بن همام، عن أحمد بن مابندار، عن أحمد ابن هلال، عن امية بن علي القيسي، عن أبي الهيثم التميمي، عن أبي عبد الله (ع) قال: إذا توالت ثلاثة أسماء محمد وعلي والحسن كان رابعهم قائمهم.

7- إكمال الدين: الدقاق، عن الاسدي، عن النخعي، عن النوفلي، عن المفضل بن عمر قال: دخلت على سيدي جعفر بن محمد (ع) فقلت: يا سيدي لو عهدت إلينا في الخلف من بعدك؟ فقال لي: يا مفضل الامام من بعدي ابني موسى والخلف المأمول المنتظر م ح م د ابن الحسن بن علي بن محمد بن علي بن موسى.

8- إكمال الدين: علي بن عبد الله بن أحمد، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن خلف عن محمد ابن سنان وأبي علي الزراد معا عن إبراهيم الكرخي قال: دخلت على أبي عبد الله (ع) فاني لجالس عنده إذ دخل أبو الحسن موسى بن جعفر (ع) وهو غلام فقمت إليه فقبلته وجلست فقال أبو عبد الله (ع): يا إبراهيم أما إنه صاحبك من بعدي أما إنه ليهلكن فيه قوم ويسعد آخرون فلعن الله قاتله وضاعف على روحه العذاب أما ليخرجن الله من صلبه خير أهل الارض في زمانه سمي جده ووارث علمه وأحكامه وفضائله، معدن الامامة ورأس الحكمة يقتله جبار بني فلان بعد عجائب طريفة حسدا له ولكن الله بالغ أمره ولو كره المشركون. يخرج الله من صلبه تمام اثنا عشر مهديا اختصهم الله بكرامته، وأحلهم دار قدسه، المقر بالثاني عشر منهم كالشاهر سيفه بين يدي رسول الله(ص) يذب عنه قال فدخل رجل من موالي بني امية فانقطع الكلام فعدت إلى أبي عبد الله (ع) أحد عشر مرة اريد منه أن يستتم الكلام فما قدرت على ذلك فلما كان قابل السنة الثانية دخلت عليه وهو جالس فقال: يا إبراهيم المفرج للكرب (عن) شيعته بعد ضنك شديد، وبلاء طويل، وجزع وخوف، فطوبى لمن أدرك ذلك الزمان حسبك يا إبراهيم. فما رجعت بشئ أسر من هذا لقلبي ولا أقر لعيني

9- Ikma-l al-Di-n: al-Mufadhdhal says, Said al-Sa-diq (a.s), “Allah, the High, created fourteen lights fourteen thousand years before He created the creation. They are our spirits.” He was asked, “O’ son of the Messenger of Allah (a.s) who are the fourteen?” He said, “Muhammad, ‘Ali, Fa-timah, Hasan, Husain, and the Imams from the progeny of Husain (a.s). Their last is the Qa-'im who will rise after his occultation and will kill the Dajja-l and will clean the earth from every oppression and injustice.”

10- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Abu Basi-r says, I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) say, “Ours are the Twelve Guides:. Six have gone and six are remaining. Allah will place in the Sixth that which He loves.”

11- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Ibn Abi Ya‘fu-r says, Said Abu ‘Abdillah al-Sa-diq (a.s), “A person who professes faith in the imams, my forefathers and my sons, yet denies the Mahdi from my sons, he is like a person who professes faith in all apostles, peace be with them, yet denies Muhammad (a.s) his apostleship.” I said, “My master, and who is the Mahdi from your progeny?” He said, “The fifth from the sons of the seventh. His person will hide from you and it will not be permissible for you to mention him by his name.”

12- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Safwa-n al-Jamma-l says, Said al-Sa-diq (a.s), “Behold, by Allah, your Mahdi will disappear from you until your ignorant individuals would say, ‘Allah does not have any need in the House of Muhammad.’ Then he will come like a blazing meteor. He will fill the earth with justice and equity as it will be full of injustice and oppression.”

13- Ikma-l al-Di-n: In a long narration, al-Seyed Ibn Muhammad al-Humyari says, I said to al-Sa-diq Ja‘far Ibn Muhammad (a.s), “O’ son of the Messenger of Allah, traditions have been related to us from your forefathers, peace be unto them, with regard to the occultation and the confirmation of its occurrence. Please inform me who is it going to happen to?” He said, “It will happen to the sixth from my sons, the Twelfth from the Imams of guidance after the Messenger of Allah (a.s), the first of whom is the Prince of the Believers ‘Ali Ibn Abi Ta-lib (a.s) and their last is the Riser with the Truth, the Cherished Redeemer of Allah on His earth, the Patron of the age and the vicegerent of the All-Merciful. By Allah, even if he should remain in his occultation as long as Noah remained in his people, he will not go from the world until he appears and fills the earth with equity and justice, as it will be replete with injustice and oppression.”

14- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Ha-ni al-Tamma-r says, Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) said to me, “The Patron of this Affair will have a disappearance. So the servant should fear Allah and cling on his religion.”

15- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Abu Basi-r says, I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) say, “The customs the apostles went through in terms of their disappearances will materialize in the Qa-'im of us the Ahl al-Bait in the precise and same manner.”

9- إكمال الدين: ابن إدريس، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن الحسين بن زيد، عن الحسن بن موسى، عن علي بن سماعة، عن علي بن الحسن بن رباط، عن أبيه، عن المفضل قال: قال الصادق (ع) إن الله تبارك وتعالى خلق أربعة عشر نورا قبل خلق الخلق بأربعة عشر ألف عام فهي أرواحنا فقيل له: يابن رسول الله ومن الاربعة عشر؟ فقال: محمد وعلي وفاطمة والحسن والحسين والائمة من ولد الحسين (ع) آخرهم القائم الذي يقوم بعد غيبته فيقتل الدجال ويطهر الارض من كل جور وظلم.

10- إكمال الدين: الهمداني، عن ابن عقدة، عن أبي عبد الله العاصمي، عن الحسين ابن القاسم بن أيوب، عن الحسن بن محمد بن سماعة، عن ثابت بن الصباح، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله (ع) قال: سمعته يقول: منا اثنا عشر مهديا مضى ستة وبقي ستة يضع الله في السادس ما أحب.

11- إكمال الدين: الدقاق، عن الاسدي، عن سهل، عن ابن محبوب، عن عبد العزيز العبدي، عن ابن أبي يعفور قال: قال أبو عبد الله الصادق (ع) من أقر بالائمة من آبائي وولدي وجحد المهدي من ولدي كان كمن أقر بجميع الانبياء (ع) وجحد محمدا (ص) نبوته، فقلت: سيدي ومن المهدي؟ من ولدك؟ قال: الخامس من ولد السابع يغيب عنكم شخصه ولا يحل لكم تسميته.

12- إكمال الدين: العطار، عن أبيه، عن ابن هاشم، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن صفوان الجمال قال: قال الصادق (ع): أما والله ليغيبن عنكم مهديكم حتى يقول الجاهل منكم: ما لله في آل محمد حاجة ثم يقبل كالشهاب الثاقب فيملأها عدلا وقسطا كما ملئت جوراً وظلماً.

13- إكمال الدين: ابن عبدوس، عن ابن قتيبة، عن حمدان بن سليمان، عن ابن بزيع عن حنان السراج، عن السيد بن محمد الحميري في حديث طويل يقول فيه: قلت للصادق جعفر بن محمد (ع): يابن رسول الله قد روي لنا أخبار عن آبائك (ع) في الغيبة وصحة كونها فأخبرني بمن تقع؟ فقال (ع): ستقع بالسادس من ولدي والثاني عشر من الائمة الهداة بعد رسول الله(ص) أولهم أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب (ع) وآخرهم القائم بالحق بقية الله في أرضه صاحب الزمان وخليفة الرحمان والله لو بقي في غيبته ما بقي نوح في قومه لم يخرج من الدنيا حتى يظهر فيملأ الأرض قسطاً وعدلاً كما ملئت جوراً وظلماً.

14- إكمال الدين: ابن المتوكل، عن علي بن إبراهيم، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن صالح ابن محمد، عن هانئ التمار قال: قال لي أبو عبد الله (ع): إن لصاحب هذا الامر غيبة فليتق الله عبد وليتمسك بدينه.

15- إكمال الدين: الدقاق، عن الاسدي، عن النخعي، عن النوفلي، عن ابن البطائني عن أبيه، عن أبي بصير قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله (ع) يقول: إن سنن الانبياء (ع) ما وقع عليهم من الغيبات جارية في القائم منا أهل البيت حذو النعل بالنعل والقذة بالقذة

Abu Basir says, I said to him, “O’ Son of the Messenger of Allah, and who is the Qa-'im of you Ahl al-Bait?” He said, “O’ Abu Basir, he is the fifth from the sons of my son Musa-. He is the son of the mistress of bondmaids. He will have a disappearance in which invalidators will doubt. Then Allah, the Exalted, will manifest him and will conquer on his hands the easts of the earth and its wests. Ruhallah Jesus the son of Mary (a.s) will come down and pray behind him. The earth will shine with the illumination of its Lord. There will be no spot on earth on which a deity other than Allah, the Exalted, is worshipped, and the religion entirely will be for Allah, even if the infidels may dislike this.

16- Al-Ghaiba of Sheikh Tusi: Abu Basi-r says, Said Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s), “If you hear of a disappearance with regard to your Patron, do not reject it.”

17- Al-Ghaiba of Sheikh Tusi: Yahya- Ibn al-‘Ala-’ al-Ra-zi says, I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) say, “Allah will bring forth in this Ummah a man who belongs to me and I belong to him. Allah will drive the blessings of the heavens and the earth through him. The heavens will rain down its drops; and the earth will grow out its seeds; and its beasts and brutes will live in harmony; and it will be full of equity and justice, as it had been replete with oppression and injustice. He will put so many on the sword that the ignorant will say, ‘If he was from the progeny of Muhammad, he would be merciful.”

18- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Muhammad Ibn Sana-n al-Ka-hili narrates that Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) said, “Be nice to each other, do kindness to one another, and have compassion to one another. I swear by the One Who split the seed and created the people, a time will come to you when no one of you will find a place for his dina-r and dirham to spend, for the lack of need of all the people with the blessing of Allah and the blessing of his Wali.” I said, “When will that happen?” He said, “This will happen when you miss your Imam and you will continue to remain in that state until he rises over you the way the sun rises. Wherever you may be, beware doubt and suspicion! Reject doubts from your hearts. You have been warned so abstain. I beseech Allah for your success and your guidance.”

19- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: al-Mufadhdhal Ibn ‘Omar says, I was sitting with Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) in his sitting room and there were other people with me as well. He said to us, “Take care not to mention him by name,” meaning the Qa-'im (a.s) and I was seeing he meant to say this to the others. Then he said to me, “O’ Abu ‘Abdillah, beware not to mention him by name. By Allah, he will disappear for years. He will be forgotten until it will be said, He is dead, perished, gone to some valley. The eyes of the believers will shed tears over him and they will be turned over like a ship is turned over by the waves of the sea and no one will be saved except the one Allah has taken his covenant and has inscribed faith in his heart and has endorsed him with a spirit from Himself. Twelve bewildering standards will be raised not known which is from whom.” Al-Mufadhdhal Ibn ‘Omar says I cried. He said to me, “Why are you crying.”

قال أبو بصير: فقلت له: يابن رسول الله! ومن القائم منكم أهل البيت؟ فقال: يابا بصير هو الخامس من ولد ابني موسى ذلك ابن سيدة الامآء يغيب غيبة يرتاب فيها المبطلون ثم يظهره الله(عزوجل) فيفتح على يديه مشارق الارض ومغاربها وينـزل روح الله عيسى بن مريم (ع) فيصلي خلفه وتشرق الارض بنور ربها ولا تبقى في الارض بقعة عبد فيها غير الله(عزوجل) إلا عبد الله فيها ويكون الدين كله لله ولو كره المشركون.

16- الغيبة للشيخ الطوسي: جماعة، عن البزوفري، عن أحمد بن إدريس، عن ابن قتيبة عن الفضل، عن ابن أبي نجران، عن صفوان، عن أبي أيوب، عن أبي بصير قال: قال أبو عبد الله (ع) إن بلغكم عن صاحبكم غيبة فلا تنكروها.

17- الغيبة للشيخ الطوسي: أحمد بن إدريس، عن علي بن الفضل، عن أحمد بن عثمان عن أحمد بن رزق، عن يحيى بن العلاء الرازي قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله (ع) يقول: ينتج الله في هذه الأمة رجلا مني وأنا منه يسوق الله به بركات السموات والارض فتنـزل السماء قطرها ويخرج الارض بذرها وتأمن وحوشها وسباعها ويملأ الأرض قسطاً وعدلاً كما ملئت ظلماً وجوراً ويقتل حتى يقول الجاهل: لو كان هذا من ذرية محمد لرحم.

18- الغيبة للنعمانى: محمد بن همام، عن أحمد بن مابنداد، عن محمد بن سنان، عن الكاهلي عن أبي عبد الله (ع) أنه قال: تواصلوا وتباروا وتراحموا فوالذي فلق الحبة وبرء النسمة ليأتين عليكم وقت لا يجد أحدكم لديناره ودرهمه موضعا يعني لا يجد له عند ظهور القائم (ع) موضعا يصرفه فيه لاستغناء الناس جميعا بفضل الله وفضل وليه فقلت وأنى يكون ذلك فقال: عند فقدكم إمامكم فلا تزالون كذلك حتى يطلع عليكم كما يطلع الشمس أينما تكونون فاياكم والشك والارتياب انفوا عن نفوسكم الشكوك وقد حذرتم فاحذروا ومن الله أسأل توفيقكم وإرشادكم.

19- الغيبة للنعمانى: عبد الواحد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد بن رباح، عن أحمد ابن علي الحميري، عن الحسين بن أيوب، عن عبد الكريم الخثعمي، عن محمد بن عصام، عن المفضل بن عمر قال: كنت عند أبي عبد الله (ع) في مجلسه ومعي غيري فقال لنا: إياكم والتنويه يعني باسم القائم (ع) وكنت أراه يريد غيري فقال لي: يابا عبد الله إياكم والتنويه والله ليغيبن سنينا من الدهر وليخملن حتى يقال: مات هلك بأي واد سلك ولتفيضن عليه أعين المؤمنين وليكفأن كتكفئ السفينة في أمواج البحر حتى لاينجو إلا من أخذ الله ميثاقه وكتب الايمان في قلبه وأيده بروح منه ولترفعن اثنا عشر رأيه مشتبهة لايعرف أي من أي قال: فبكيت فقال لي: ما يبكيك؟

“May I be your ransom,” said I, “how would I not cry while you are saying twelve bewildering standards will raised not known which is one from whom?” He eyed towards the window in the room from which the sun was shining into his sitting room. He said, “Is this sun luminous?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “By Allah, our position will be more luminous than that.”

20- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Zaid Ibn Qada-ma narrates from one of his persons that Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) said, “When the Qa-'im rises, people will say, How could this be? Even his bones must have decayed.”

21- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: al-Mufadhdhal Ibn ‘Omar says, I said to Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s), “What is the sign of the Qa-'im?” He said, “When times pass much and it is said, He is dead, perished gone to some valley.” I said, “May I be your ransom, “Then what will happen?” He said, “He will not appear but with the sword.”

22- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Muhammad Ibn Muslim narrates that Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) said, “When people lose the Imam, they will remain for ages not knowing one thing from other. Then Allah will manifest their Patron to them.”

23- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Khalla-d Ibn Qassa-r says, Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) was asked, “Has the Qa-'im been born?” He said, “No. If I lived in his times, I would serve him for all days of my life.”

24- Iqba-l al-A‘ma-l: Abu al-Faraj Aba-n Ibn Muhammad, known as al-Sindi says, Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) was in Hajj in the year in which he stepped under the Miza-b (the water-spout at the Ka‘ba). As he was praying ‘Abdullah Ibn al-Hasan was on his right, Hasan Ibn Hasan on his left, and Ja‘far Ibn Hasan was behind him. ‘Iba-d Ibn Kathi-r al-Basri came and said, “Ya- Aba ‘Abdillah.” The Imam remained silent until he had said it three times. Then he said to the Imam, “Ya- Ja‘far.” The Imam said, “Say what you want to say, O’ Abu Kathir.” “I have found in a book of mine the knowledge of this structure,” he said. “A man will destroy it stone by stone.

“The Imam said, “Your book has lied, O’ Abu Kathir. On the contrary, I see, by Allah, the man with yellow steps, injured on the legs, big in the abdomen, thin in the neck, thick in the head, over this rukn,” and he pointed with his hand to the Yemeni rukn, “prohibiting the people from circumambulating as they are intimidated by him. Then Allah will send a man from me,” and he pointed to his chest. “He will kill him like the killing of the ‘A-d and Thamu-d and Pharaoh, the lord of the spikes.” At that point, ‘Abdullah Ibn al-Hasan said, “By Allah, Abu ‘Abdillah has spoken the truth.” They all endorsed his veracity then.

It has been narrated from the handwriting of al-Shahi-d al-Awwal (a.s) on the authority of Abu al-Wali-d from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) with regard to the statement qad qa-mat al-sala-h, “The rise of the Qa-'im (a.s) has been purposed by this.”

قلت: جعلت فداك كيف لا أبكي وأنت تقول ترفع اثنا عشر رأية مشتبهة لايعرف أي من أي قال: فنظر إلى كوة في البيت التي تطلع فيها الشمس في مجلسه فقال (ع): أهذه الشمس مضيئة؟ قلت: نعم، قال: والله لامرنا أضوء منها.

20- الغيبة للنعمانى: محمد بن همام، عن حميد بن زياد، عن الحسن بن محمد بن سماعة عن أحمد بن الحسن الميثمي، عن زيد بن قدامة، عن بعض رجاله، عن أبي عبد الله (ع) قال: إن القائم إذا قام يقول الناس: أني ذلك وقد بليت عظامه.

21- الغيبة للنعمانى: علي بن الحسين، عن محمد بن يحيى، عن محمد بن الحسن الرازي عن محمد بن علي الكوفي، عن يونس بن يعقوب، عن المفضل بن عمر قال: قلت لابي عبد الله (ع) ما علامة القائم؟ قال: إذا استدار الفلك، فقيل مات أو هلك في أي واد سلك، قلت: جعلت فداك ثم يكون ماذا؟ قال: لا يظهر إلا بالسيف.

22- الغيبة للنعمانى: ابن عقدة، عن القاسم بن محمد بن الحسين بن حازم، عن عباس ابن هشام الناشري، عن عبد الله بن جبلة، عن فضيل الصائغ، عن محمد بن مسلم عن أبي عبد الله (ع) أنه قال: إذا فقد الناس الامام مكثوا سبتا لا يدرون أيا من أي ثم يظهر الله لهم صاحبهم. توضيح: السبت الدهر.

23- الغيبة للنعمانى: علي بن أحمد، عن عبد الله بن موسى، عن الحسن بن معاوية عن ابن محبوب، عن خلاد بن قصار قال: سئل أبو عبد الله (ع) هل ولد القائم؟ قال: لا ولو أدركته لخدمته أيام حياتي.

24- إقبال الأعمال: باسنادنا إلى أبي جعفر الطوسي، عن جماعة، عن التلعكبري عن ابن همام، عن جميل، عن القاسم بن إسماعيل، عن أحمد بن رباح، عن أبي الفرج أبان بن محمد المعروف بالسندي نقلناه من أصله قال: كان أبو عبد الله (ع) في الحج في السنة التي قدم فيها. أبو عبد الله (ع) تحت الميزاب وهو يدعو وعن يمينه عبد الله بن الحسن، وعن يساره حسن بن حسن وخلفه جعفر بن حسن قال: فجاءه عباد بن كثير البصري فقال له: يا أبا عبد الله قال: فسكت عنه حتى قالها ثلاثا قال: ثم قال له: يا جعفر! قال: فقال له: قل ما تشاء يا أبا كثير قال: إني وجدت في كتاب لي علم هذه البنية رجل ينقضها حجراً حجراً قال: فقال له: كذب كتابك يا أبا كثير ولكن كأني والله بأصفر القدمين، خمش الساقين، ضخم البطن، دقيق العنق، ضخم الرأس على هذا الركن وأشار بيده إلى الركن اليماني يمنع الناس من الطواف حتى يتذعروا منه قال ثم يبعث الله له رجلا مني وأشار بيده إلى صدره فيقتله قتل عاد وثمود وفرعون ذي الاوتاد قال: فقال له عند ذلك عبد الله بن الحسن: صدق والله أبو عبد الله (ع) حتى صدقوه كلهم جميعاً

25- Muqtadhab al-Athar fi al-Nass ‘ala- al-Ithna- ‘Ashar: Wahib Ibn Munabbah says, Musa- (a.s) looked on the night of the Conversation at every tree and at every stone and plant at the Mount of Tu-r. They were all speaking the remembrance of Muhammad and his Twelve Heirs after him. Musa- said, “My Lord, I do not see anything you have created but it speaks the names of Muhammad and his Twelve Heirs. What is their position before you?” “O’ son of ‘Imra-n,” came the reply, “I created them before the creation of the lights and placed them in the treasure trove of my sanctity, as they nourished in the garden of My will and breathed form the spirit of My majesty and observed the horizons of My Kingdom, until I desired my will and implemented my rule and measure.

O’ son of ‘Imra-n, I have given them a promotion so I will adorn my Gardens through them. O’ son of ‘Imra-n adhere to their remembrance, for they are the treasures of my knowledge, coffers of my wisdom, and springs of My illumination.” Husain Ibn ‘Alawa-n says, I mentioned this to Ja‘far Ibn Muhammad (a.s). He said, “That is correct. They are the Twelve from the House of Muhammad: ‘Ali, Hasan, Husain, ‘Ali Ibn al-Husain, Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali and the ones whom Allah desires”. I said, “May I be your ransom, I beseech you to relate the truth to me.” He said, “I, and this son of mine,” pointing with his hand to his son Musa-, “and the fifth from his sons, whose person will disappear and mentioning his name will not be permissible.”

25- كتاب مقتضب الاثر في النص على الاثني عشر، عن محمد بن جعفر الآدمي وأثنى عليه ابن غالب الحافظ عن أحمد بن عبيد بن ناصح، عن الحسين ابن علوان، عن همام بن الحارث، عن وهب بن منبه قال: إن موسى (ع) نظر ليلة الخطاب إلى كل شجرة في الطور، وكل حجر ونبات تنطق بذكر محمد واثني عشر وصيا له من بعده، فقال موسى: إلهي لا أرى شيئا خلقته إلا وهو ناطق بذكر محمد وأوصيائه الاثني عشر، فما منـزلة هؤلاء عندك؟ قال: يا ابن عمران! إني خلقتهم قبل خلق الانوار، وجعلتهم في خزانة قدسي يرتعون في رياض مشيتي ويتنسمون من روح جبروتي، ويشاهدون أقطار ملكوتي، حتى إذا شئت مشيتي أنفذت قضائي وقدري. يا ابن عمران! إني سبقت بهم استباقي، حتى ازخرف بهم جناني، يابن عمران! تمسك بذكرهم فانهم خزنة علمي وعيبة حكمتي، ومعدن نوري، قال حسين بن علوان: فذكرت ذلك لجعفر بن محمد (ع) فقال: حق ذلك هم اثنا عشر من آل محمد: علي والحسن والحسين وعلي بن الحسين ومحمد بن علي ومن شاء الله قلت: جعلت فداك إنما أسألك لتفتيني بالحق، قال: أنا وابني هذا وأومأ إلى ابنه موسى والخامس من ولده يغيب شخصه ولا يحل ذكره باسمه

Narrations from Imam al-Ba-qir

1- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Abu al-Ja-rud says, Abu Ja‘far (a.s) said to me “O’ Abu Ja-ru-d, when ages pass and people say the Qa-'im has died or perished or gone to some valley, and the seeker says, When is this going to happen while his bones have decayed? At that time expect him. And when you hear from him, come to him even if you have to crawl on ice.”

2- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Al-Thuma-li says, I heard Abu Ja‘far (a.s) say, “The nearest of the people to Allah, the Exalted, and their most knowledgeable and their most compassionate to the populace is Muhammad and the Imams, bliss of Allah be for them all. Enter where they enter and separate whoever they separate from. I mean Husain and his progeny by that. Righteousness is in them and they are the successors and from them are the Imams. Wherever you see them, follow them. If a time comes one day that you do not see anyone of them, seek help from Allah and contemplate on the tradition you are on and follow it, and love whom you love, and disdain whom you disdain. How soon is the relief coming to you!”

3- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Ma‘ru-f Ibn Khurbu-dh says, I said to Abu Ja‘far (a.s), “Tell me about yourselves.” He said, “We are the like of stars. When a star sets, another star of peace and security, harmony and tranquility, and leisure and openings rises. So until the Children of ‘Abd al-Mutallib are equal and no distinction remains amongst them, Allah, the Exalted, will manifest your Patron. So praise Allah, the Exalted. And He will give him a choice between the easy and the difficult.” I asked, “May I be your ransom, which will he choose?” He said, “He will choose the difficult over the easy.”

Explanation: Al-Sa‘b wa al-Dhalu-l (Humble and intractable, translated above as easy and difficult) are qualities of riding beasts.

4- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Umm Ha-ni al-Thaqafiyya says, I came in a morning to my master Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali al-Ba-qir (a.s) and said to him, “My master, a verse from the Book of Allah, the Exalted, has struck my heart and has troubled me and taken away my nights’ sleep.”

ما روى عن الباقر صلوات الله عليه في ذلك

1- إكمال الدين: ابن المتوكل، عن علي، عن أبيه، عبد الله بن حماد ومحمد بن سنان معا، عن أبي الجارود، عن أبي جعفر عليه السقال: قال لي يا أبا الجارود إذا دار الفلك، وقال الناس: مات القائم أو هلك، بأي واد سلك وقال الطالب: أنى يكون ذلك وقد بليت عظامه فعند ذلك فارجوه فإذا سمعتم به فائتوه ولو حبوا على الثلج. نى: أحمد بن هوذه، عن النهاوندي، عن أبي الجارود مثله.

2- إكمال الدين: ابن الوليد، عن الصفار، عن محمد بن عيسى وابن أبي الخطاب والهيثم النهدي جميعا، عن ابن محبوب، عن ابن رئاب، عن الثمالي، عن أبي جعفر (ع) قال: سمعته يقول: إن أقرب الناس إلى الله(عزوجل) وأعلمهم وأرأفهم بالناس محمد والائمة صلوات الله عليهم أجمعين فادخلوا أين دخلوا وفارقوا من فارقوا أعني بذلك حسينا وولده (ع) فان الحق فيهم وهم الاوصياء ومنهم الائمة فأين ما رأيتموهم فاتبعوهم فان أصبحتم يوما لاترون منهم أحدا فاستعينوا بالله وانظروا السنة التي كنتم عليها فاتبعوها وأحبوا من كنتم تحبون وأبغضوا من كنتم تبغضون فما أسرع ما يأتيكم الفرج.

3- إكمال الدين: عبد الواحد بن محمد، عن أبي عمرو الليثى، عن محمد بن مسعود، عن جبرئيل بن أحمد، عن موسى بن جعفر بن وهب البغدادي ويعقوب بن يزيد، عن سليمان بن الحسن، عن سعد بن أبي خلف، عن معروف بن خربوذ قال: قلت لابي جعفر (ع): أخبرني عنكم قال: نحن بمنـزلة النجوم إذا خفي نجم بدا نجم مأمن وأمان وسلم وإسلام وفاتح ومفتاح حتى إذا استوى بنو عبد المطلب فلم يدر أي من أي أظهر الله(عزوجل) صاحبكم فاحمدوا الله(عزوجل) وهو يخير الصعب على الذلول، فقلت: جعلت فداك فأيهما يختار؟ قال يختار الصعب على الذلول.

4- إكمال الدين: بهذا الاسناد، عن محمد بن مسعود، عن نصر بن الصباح، عن جعفر بن سهل، عن أبي عبد الله أخي عبد الله الكابلي، عن القابوسي، عن نضر بن السندي، عن الخليل بن عمرو، عن علي بن الحسين الفزاري، عن إبراهيم بن عطية، عن ام هانئ الثقفية قال: غدوت على سيدي محمد بن علي الباقر (ع) فقلت له: يا سيدي آية في كتاب الله(عزوجل) عرضت بقلبي أقلقتني وأسهرتني

He said, “Ask O’ Umm Ha-ni.” I said, “The saying of Allah, the Exalted, No, I swear by the Star that runs its course and hides itself.” He said, “Yes, the subject you asked me about, O’ Umm Ha-ni, is someone who will be born in the End Times and he is the Mahdi and from this House. There will be a perplexity and occultation about him in which nations will go astray and nations will remain on guidance. Blessed be you if you see his time! Blessed be anyone who sees his time!”

5- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Abu Ayyu-b al-Makhzu-mi says, Abu Ja‘far al-Ba-qir (a.s) mentioned the conduct of the Rightly Guided Caliphs and when he reached their last one he said, “The Twelfth is the one behind whom Jesus the son of Mary (a.s) will perform prayers. You must uphold his conduct and the Noble Qur’a-n.”

6- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Umm Ha-ni says, I asked Abu Ja‘far (a.s), “What is the meaning of Allah’s word, Nay, I swear by the Star?” He said, “O’ Umm Ha-ni, an Imam who on the year two hundred and sixty hides himself until his whereabouts is not known to the people. Then he will appear like a blazing meteor in a dark night. If you should see that time, your heart will find solace.”

7- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Ma‘ru-f Ibn Khurbu-dh says, Said Abu Ja‘far (a.s), “Your stars are like the stars of the heavens. Whenever a star sets, another star rises. So when you point with your fingers and make gestures with your eyebrows, Allah will hide your stars from you. The Children of Ha-shim will be equal without any distinction amongst them from one another. Then your star will rise, so praise your Lord.”

8- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Ata-’ says, I said to Abu Ja‘far (a.s), “Your Shi-‘a are many in Iraq and there is no one, by Allah, in your household like you. So why do not you uprise?” He said, “O’ Abdullah Ibn Ata-’, you have began lending your ears to the fools. No, by Allah, I am not your Awaited Patron.” I asked him, “Then who is our Awaited Patron?” He said, “Look who does Allah hide his birth from the people, he is your Awaited Patron. There is no one of us who is pointed at with fingers or hinted by tongues except that he dies because of being under wrath or because of other causes.”

Explanation: It is possible that the two possibilities for causes of death mentioned may be expression of doubt of the narrator and it is possible that death of being under wrath alludes to murder and hatfa anfihi alludes to a death that is not in severe and dire circumstances.

9- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: ‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Atta’ says, I said to Abu Ja‘far (a.s), “Tell me about the Qa-'im.” He said, “By Allah, he is neither me, nor the one towards whom you stretch your necks. His birth will not be known.” “What is his conduct according to?” I asked. He said, “He will act according to what the Messenger of Allah (a.s) has acted, invalidating the past and looking forward.”

قال: فاسئلي يا ام هانئ؟ قالت قلت: قول الله(عزوجل) "فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ الْجَوَارِي الْكُنَّسِ" قال: نعم المسألة سألتني يا ام هانئ هذا مولود في آخر الزمان هو المهدي من هذه العترة تكون له حيرة وغيبة يضل فيها أقوام ويهتدي فيها أقوام فيا طوبى لك إن أدركته. ويا طوبى من أدركه.

5- إكمال الدين: المظفر العلوي، عن ابن العياشي، عن أبيه، عن أبي القاسم قال: كتبت من كتاب أحمد الدهان، عن القاسم بن حمزة، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن أبي إسماعيل السراج، عن خيثمة الجعفي، عن أبي أيوب المخزومي قال: ذكر أبو جعفر الباقر (ع) سيرة الخلفاء الراشدين فلما بلغ آخرهم قال: الثاني عشر الذي يصلي عيسى بن مريم (ع) خلفه عليك بسنته والقرآن الكريم.

6- الغيبة للنعمانى: سلامة بن محمد، عن أحمد بن داود، عن أحمد بن الحسن، عن عمران بن الحجاج، عن ابن أبي نجران، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن محمد بن إسحاق عن أسيد بن ثعلبة، عن ام هانئ قال: قلت: لابي جعفر (ع) ما معنى قول الله عز وجل "فَلَا أُقْسِمُ بِالْخُنَّسِ" قال لي: يا ام هانئ إمام يخنس نفسه حتى ينقطع عن الناس علمه سنة ستين ومأتين ثم يبدو كالشهاب الواقد في الليلة الظلماء فان أدركت ذلك الزمان قرت عيناك.

7- الغيبة للنعمانى: الكليني، عن علي، عن أبيه، عن حنان بن سدير، عن معروف ابن خربوذ، عن أبي جعفر (ع) قال: إنما نجومكم كنجوم السماء كلما غاب نجم طلع نجم حتى إذا أشرتم بأصابعكم وملتم بحواجبكم غيب الله عنكم نجمكم واستوت بنو عبد المطلب فلم يعرف أي من أي فإذا طلع نجمكم فاحمدوا ربكم.

8- الغيبة للنعمانى: محمد بن همام بإسناد له، عن عبد الله بن عطا قال: قلت لابي جعفر (ع): إن شيعتك بالعراق كثير ووالله ما في بيتك مثلك فكيف لا تخرج؟ فقال: يا عبد الله بن عطا قد أخذت تفرش اذنيك للنوكى لا والله ما أنا بصاحبكم قلت: فمن صاحبنا؟ فقال: انظروا من غيب عن الناس ولادته، فذلك صاحبكم إنه ليس منا أحد يشار إليه بالاصابع ويمضغ بالالس إلا مات غيظا أو حتف أنفه.

9- الغيبة للنعمانى: محمد بن همام، عن جعفر بن محمد بن مالك، عن عباد بن يعقوب عن يحيى بن يعلى، عن أبي مريم الانصاري، عن عبد الله بن عطا قال: قلت لابي جعفر (ع): أخبرني عن القائم (ع) فقال: والله ما هو أنا ولا الذي تمدون إليه أعناقكم ولا يعرف ولادته، قلت: بما يسير؟ قال: بما سار به رسول الله(ص) هدر ما قبله واستقبل

10- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Abu al-Ja-ru-d says, I heard Abu Ja‘far (a.s) say, “Times shall come and go until Allah sends for this enterprise someone you do not know has he been created.”

11- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Abu al-Ja-ru-d says that Abu Ja‘far (a.s) said, “You will continue to stretch your necks to a man of ours, saying He is the one, and Allah takes him away; until Allah sends a man for this affair whom you do not know has he been born or not, has he been created or not.”

12- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Ibn Bukair and al-Hakam narrated from Abu Ja‘far (a.s), “As if I see you, you climb up and do not find anyone and return and do not find anyone.”

13- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Abu Hamzah al-Thuma-li says, I was with Abu Ja‘far Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali al-Ba-qir (a.s) one day. When everyone had dispersed, he said to me, “O’ Abu Hamzah, one of the destined events that must happen is the rise of our Qa-'im. Whoever doubts in what I say, he will meet Allah disbelieving in Him.” Then he said, “My father and mother be the ransom of the one who is named by my name and bears my patronym, the seventh after me. My father be the ransom of the one who will fill the earth with equity and justice, as it will be replete with oppression and injustice. O’ Abu Hamzah, whoever sees him and submits to him through the submission for Muhammad and ‘Ali, I give him a solemn promise of the Paradise. And whoever does not submit, verily Allah has made the Paradise forbidden for him and his abode is the Fire and bad a place it is for the oppressors.

14- Al-Ka-fi: Abu Na‘i-m says, I came to Abu Ja‘far (a.s) when he was in Medina. I said to him, “I have taken a vow between the rukn and the maqa-m that when I meet you, I will not to go away from Medina until I know whether you are the Qa-'im of the House of Muhammad or not.” He did not answer me anything. I stayed for thirty days. Then he met me on a road and said, “O’ Hakam, and you are still here?” I said, “I told you about the vow I have taken by Allah and you did not order me to do anything, nor did you forbid me from anything. And you did not give me an answer.” He said, “Come to me in the morning at my house.

“I went to him in the morning. He said, “Ask what you need.” I said, “I have vowed with Allah of alms and fasting and charity between the Rukn and the Maqa-m, that if I meet you I will not exit Medina until I know whether you are the Qa-'im (Establisher) of the House of Muhammad. If you are, I will stay and be at your guard; and if you are not, I would go in the lands in search of livelihood.” He said, “O’ Hakam, we are all Establishers of the Order of Allah.” I said, “Then are you the Mahdi (the Guide)?” He said, “We all guide to Allah.

“Are you the one with the sword?” “Each one of us is with the sword and heir of the sword.” “Then are you the one who will kill the enemies of God, and is it through you that the bosom friends of Allah will be victorious, and is it through you the religion of Allah will manifest?” “O’ Hakam,” he said, “how can I be that and I have reached forty five. The Awaited Patron of that Enterprise is closer to breastfeeding than me and lighter on the back of a courser.”

10- الغيبة للنعمانى: علي بن أحمد، عن عبد الله بن موسى، عن ابن أبي الخطاب، عن محمد ابن سنان، عن أبي الجارود قال: سمعت أبا جعفر (ع) يقول: لا يزالون ولا تزال حتى يبعث الله لهذا الامر من لا تدرون خلق أم لم يخلق.

11- الغيبة للنعمانى: محمد بن همام قال: حدثني الفزاري، عن ابن أبي الخطاب وقد حدثني الحميري، عن ابن عيسى معا، عن محمد بن سنان، عن أبي الجارود، عن أبي جعفر (ع) أنه قال: لا تزالون تمدون أعناقكم إلى الرجل منا تقولون هو هذا فيذهب الله به حتى يبعث الله لهذا الامر من لا تدرون ولد أم لم يولد خلق أم لم يخلق.

12- الغيبة للنعمانى: علي بن الحسين، عن محمد العطار، عن محمد بن الحسن الرازي عن (محمد بن علي) الكوفي، عن محمد بن سنان، عن يحيى بن المثنى، عن ابن بكير ورواه الحكم عن أبي جعفر (ع) أنه قال: كأني بكم إذا صعدتم فلم تجدوا أحدا ورجعتم فلم تجدوا أحدا.

13- الغيبة للنعمانى: علي بن الحسين عن محمد بن يحيى، عن محمد بن الحسن، عن محمد بن علي، عن إبراهيم بن محمد، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن عبد الرزاق، عن محمد بن سنان، عن فضيل الرسان، عن أبي حمزة الثمالي قال: كنت عند أبي جعفر محمد بن علي الباقر (ع) ذات يوم فلما تفرق من كان عنده قال لي: يا أبا حمزة من المحتوم الذي حتمه الله قيام قائمنا فمن شك فيما أقول لقي الله وهو به كافر، ثم قال: بأبي وامي المسمى باسمي والمكنى بكنيتي السابع من بعدي بأبي (من) يملأ الأرض عدلاً (وقسطاً) كما ملئت ظلماً وجوراً يا باحمزة من أدركه فيسلم له ما سلم لمحمد وعلي فقد وجبت له الجنة ومن لم يسلم فقد حرم الله عليه الجنة وماواه النار وبئس مثوى الظالمين.

14- الكافي: العدة، عن ابن عيسى، عن علي بن الحكم، عن زيد أبي الحسن عن الحكم بن أبي نعيم قال: أتيت أبا جعفر (ع) وهو بالمدينة فقلت له: علي نذر بين الركن والمقام إذا أنا لقيتك أن لا أخرج من المدينة حتى أعلم أنك قائم آل محمد أم لا، فلم يجبني بشئ، فأقمت ثلاثين يوما، ثم استقبلني في طريق فقال: يا حكم وإنك لههنا بعد؟ فقلت: إني أخبرتك بما جعلت الله علي فلم تأمرني ولم تنهني عن شئ ولم تجبني بشئ فقال: بكر علي غدوة المنـزل فغدوت عليه فقال (ع): سل عن حاجتك، فقلت: إني جعلت لله علي نذرا وصياما وصدقة بين الركن والمقام إن أنا لقيتك أن لا أخرج من المدينة حتى أعلم أنك قائم آل محمد أم لا؟ فان كنت أنت، رابطتك، وإن لم تكن أنت، سرت في الارض فطلبت المعاش، فقال: يا حكم كلنا قائم بأمر الله. قلت: فأنت المهدي؟ قال: كلنا يهدي إلى الله، قلت: فأنت صاحب السيف؟ قال: كلنا صاحب السيف ووارث السيف، قلت: فأنت الذي تقتل أعداء الله ويعز بك أولياء الله ويظهر بك دين الله؟ فقال: يا حكم كيف أكون أنا وبلغت خمسا وأربعين، وإن صاحب هذا أقرب عهدا باللبن مني وأخف على ظهر الدابة

Narrations from imam Ja‘far al-Sa-diq

1- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Sudair says I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) say, “There is a sign from Joseph in the Qa-'im.” I said, “It seems as you are mentioning the perplexity or the occultation.” He said, “What of this does this nation deny? They are the likes of swine, whereas brothers of Joseph were heirs and children of apostles, yet they traded and sold Joseph. They addressed him, being his brothers and he being their brother, yet did not recognize him; so Joseph said to them, I am Joseph. So what is this accursed nation denying that Allah, the Exalted, in a certain time from times, may desire to hide his Hujja? Joseph had the kingdom of Egypt and there was between him and his father the journey of eighteen days.

If Allah, the Exalted, had desired to let his father know his place, He could have done that. By Allah, Jacob and his sons journeyed, when they were given the glad tidings, for nine days from the beginning of their journey until Egypt. What is this Ummah denying that God would do to His Hujja what He did to Joseph, that he would walk in their markets and step on their grounds while they do not recognize him until Allah, the Exalted, identifies him to them, as He permitted Joseph when he said, Do you know what did you do to Joseph and his brother when you were ignorant? They said, Verily, you, you are Joseph. He said, I am Joseph and this is my brother.

2- ‘Ilal al-Shara-'e‘: On the authority of Sudair, who narrates from his father that Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) said, “Our Qa-'im has an occultation the duration of which is lengthy.” I said, “Why is that so, O’ son of the Messenger of Allah?” He said, “Allah, the Exalted, disdains to have the traditions of the occultations of apostles not proceed in him. O’ Sudair, he must complete the duration of their occultations.[9] Allah, the Exalted, says, You shall surely enter a stage after another stage. It means you will thread on the traditions of the nations before you.”

3- Al-Ama-li of Sadu-q: Ibn Abi ‘Umair narrates from a certain individual that Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) recited the following rhymes,

For every nation is a governance which they await

Our governance in the End Times will come

ما روى في ذلك عن الصادق صلوات اللـه عليه

1- إكمال الدين: أبي، عن الحميري، عن أحمد بن هلال، عن ابن أبي نجران، عن فضالة، عن سدير قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله (ع) يقول: إن في القائم سنة من يوسف قلت: كأنك تذكر حيرة أو غيبة قال لي: وما تنكر من هذا هذه الأمة أشباه الخنازير إن إخوة يوسف كانوا أسباطاً أولاد أنبياء تاجروا يوسف وبايعوه وخاطبوه وهم إخوته وهو أخوهم، فلم يعرفوه حتى قال لهم يوسف (ع): أنا يوسف. فما تنكر هذه الأمة الملعونة أن يكون الله(عزوجل) في وقت من الأوقات يريد أن يستر حجته، لقد كان يوسف إليه ملك مصر وكان بينه وبين والده مسيرة ثمانية عشر يوما فلو أراد الله(عزوجل) أن يعرف مكانه لقدر على ذلك والله لقد سار يعقوب وولده عند البشارة تسعة أيام من بدوهم إلى مصر، وما تنكر هذه الأمة أن يكون الله يفعل بحجته ما فعل بيوسف أن يكون يسير في أسواقهم ويطأ بسطهم وهم لا يعرفونه حتى يأذن الله(عزوجل) أن يعرفهم نفسه كما أذن ليوسف حين قال: "قَالَ هَلْ عَلِمْتُمْ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ بِيُوسُفَ وَأَخِيهِ إِذْ أَنْتُمْ جَاهِلُونَ. قَالُوا أَئِنَّكَ لَأَنْتَ يُوسُفُ قَالَ أَنَا يُوسُفُ وَهذَا أَخِي."

2- علل الشرائع: المظفر العلوي، عن ابن العياشي وحيدر بن محمد السمرقندي معا عن العياشي، عن جبرئيل بن أحمد، عن موسى بن جعفر البغدادي، عن الحسن بن محمد الصيرفي، عن حنان بن سدير، عن أبيه، عن أبي عبد الله (ع) قال: إن للقائم منا غيبة يطول أمدها فقلت له: ولم ذاك يابن رسول الله؟ قال إن الله(عزوجل) أبى إلا أن يجري فيه سنن الانبياء (ع) في غيباتهم وأنه لابد له ياسدير من استيفاء مدد غيباتهم قال الله(عزوجل): "لَتَرْكَبُنَّ طَبَقًا عَنْ طَبَقٍ" أي سنناً على سنن من كان قبلكم.

3- أمالي الشيخ الصدوق: ابن المتوكل، عن علي، عن أبيه، عن ابن أبي عمير، عمن سمع أبا عبد الله (ع) يقول: ودولتنا في آخر الدهر تظهر لكل اناس دولة يرقبونها

4- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Safwa-n Ibn Mahra-n narrates that al-Sa-diq Ja‘far Ibn Muhammad (a.s) said, “Someone who professes faith in all Imams yet denies the Mahdi is like a person who professes faith in all apostles yet denies the Prophethood of Muhammad (a.s).” He was asked, “O’ son of the Messenger of Allah (a.s) which one of your sons will the Mahdi be from?” He said, “He is the fifth from the sons of the seventh. His person will be invisible to you and you will be prohibited from mentioning his name.”

5- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Abu Hayyah narrates from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s), “When three names, Muhammad, ‘Ali, and Hasan gather in consecution, the fourth one will be the Qa-'im (a.s).”

6- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Abu al-Haitham narrates from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s), “When three names, Muhammad, ‘Ali, and Hasan come consecutively, their fourth one will be their Qa-'im.”

7- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Al-Mufadhal Ibn ‘Omar says, I entered upon my doyen Ja‘far Ibn Muhammad (a.s) and said, “O’ my master, I wish that you confide in us about the heir after you.” He said, “O’ Mufadhal, the Imam after me is my son Musa- and the Awaited Heir isM. U. H. A. M. M. A. D. Ibn al-Hasan Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali Ibn Musa-.”

8- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Ibra-him al-Karkhi says, I entered upon Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s). I was sitting there in his courtship when Abu al-Hasan Musa- Ibn Ja‘far (a.s), who was then a boy, entered. I stood before him and kissed him and sat down. Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) said, “O’ Ibra-hi-m, behold, he is your Patron after me. Behold, a nation will perish in him and the rest will be blessed.

May Allah curse his murderer and increase the chastisement on his soul. Behold, Allah will bring forth from my seed the best of the people of the earth in his time, called by the name of his grandfather, the heir of his knowledge and rules and excellences, the treasure trove of Imamate, and the summit of wisdom. The tyrant from the sons of so-and-so will kill him out of jealously after novel wonders. However, Allah accomplishes His purpose, even though the polytheists may disdain so. Allah will bring forth from his seed the completion of the twelve guides that Allah has distinguished them by His dignity and has settled them in the abode of His sanctity.

A man professing faith in the Twelfth of them is the like of a swordsman in front of the Messenger of Allah (a.s) defending him.” A man from the allies of the Umayyads entered and the conversation was disrupted. I went to Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) eleven times hoping that he would complete the discourse, but it was not to happen. When it was the eve of the next year, I entered upon him as he was sitting. He said, “O’ Ibra-hi-m, the Reliever of the pains of the Shi-‘a will come after severe hardships, long trials and anxiety and fear. Bliss for the one who will see that time. This is sufficient for you, O’ Ibra-hi-m.” I returned with nothing more gratifying to my heart and more pleasing to my soul than this.

4- إكمال الدين: ابن إدريس، عن أبيه، عن أيوب بن نوح، عن محمد بن سنان، عن صفوان بن مهران، عن الصادق جعفر بن محمد (ع) أنه قال: من أقر بجميع الائمة (ع) وجحد المهدي كان كمن أقر بجميع الانبياء وجحد محمداً (ص) نبوته. فقيل يابن رسول الله ممن المهدي؟ من ولدك؟ قال: الخامس من ولد السابع يغيب عنكم شخصه ولا يحل لكم تسميته.

5- إكمال الدين: أبي، وابن الوليد معا، عن سعد، عن الحسن بن علي الزيتوني ومحمد بن أحمد بن أبي قتادة، عن أحمد بن هلال، عن امية بن علي، عن أبي الهيثم ابن أبي حية، عن أبي عبد الله (ع) قال: إذا اجتمعت ثلاثة أسماء متوالية محمد وعلي والحسن فالرابع القائم (ع).

6- إكمال الدين: الطالقاني، عن محمد بن همام، عن أحمد بن مابندار، عن أحمد ابن هلال، عن امية بن علي القيسي، عن أبي الهيثم التميمي، عن أبي عبد الله (ع) قال: إذا توالت ثلاثة أسماء محمد وعلي والحسن كان رابعهم قائمهم.

7- إكمال الدين: الدقاق، عن الاسدي، عن النخعي، عن النوفلي، عن المفضل بن عمر قال: دخلت على سيدي جعفر بن محمد (ع) فقلت: يا سيدي لو عهدت إلينا في الخلف من بعدك؟ فقال لي: يا مفضل الامام من بعدي ابني موسى والخلف المأمول المنتظر م ح م د ابن الحسن بن علي بن محمد بن علي بن موسى.

8- إكمال الدين: علي بن عبد الله بن أحمد، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن خلف عن محمد ابن سنان وأبي علي الزراد معا عن إبراهيم الكرخي قال: دخلت على أبي عبد الله (ع) فاني لجالس عنده إذ دخل أبو الحسن موسى بن جعفر (ع) وهو غلام فقمت إليه فقبلته وجلست فقال أبو عبد الله (ع): يا إبراهيم أما إنه صاحبك من بعدي أما إنه ليهلكن فيه قوم ويسعد آخرون فلعن الله قاتله وضاعف على روحه العذاب أما ليخرجن الله من صلبه خير أهل الارض في زمانه سمي جده ووارث علمه وأحكامه وفضائله، معدن الامامة ورأس الحكمة يقتله جبار بني فلان بعد عجائب طريفة حسدا له ولكن الله بالغ أمره ولو كره المشركون. يخرج الله من صلبه تمام اثنا عشر مهديا اختصهم الله بكرامته، وأحلهم دار قدسه، المقر بالثاني عشر منهم كالشاهر سيفه بين يدي رسول الله(ص) يذب عنه قال فدخل رجل من موالي بني امية فانقطع الكلام فعدت إلى أبي عبد الله (ع) أحد عشر مرة اريد منه أن يستتم الكلام فما قدرت على ذلك فلما كان قابل السنة الثانية دخلت عليه وهو جالس فقال: يا إبراهيم المفرج للكرب (عن) شيعته بعد ضنك شديد، وبلاء طويل، وجزع وخوف، فطوبى لمن أدرك ذلك الزمان حسبك يا إبراهيم. فما رجعت بشئ أسر من هذا لقلبي ولا أقر لعيني

9- Ikma-l al-Di-n: al-Mufadhdhal says, Said al-Sa-diq (a.s), “Allah, the High, created fourteen lights fourteen thousand years before He created the creation. They are our spirits.” He was asked, “O’ son of the Messenger of Allah (a.s) who are the fourteen?” He said, “Muhammad, ‘Ali, Fa-timah, Hasan, Husain, and the Imams from the progeny of Husain (a.s). Their last is the Qa-'im who will rise after his occultation and will kill the Dajja-l and will clean the earth from every oppression and injustice.”

10- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Abu Basi-r says, I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) say, “Ours are the Twelve Guides:. Six have gone and six are remaining. Allah will place in the Sixth that which He loves.”

11- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Ibn Abi Ya‘fu-r says, Said Abu ‘Abdillah al-Sa-diq (a.s), “A person who professes faith in the imams, my forefathers and my sons, yet denies the Mahdi from my sons, he is like a person who professes faith in all apostles, peace be with them, yet denies Muhammad (a.s) his apostleship.” I said, “My master, and who is the Mahdi from your progeny?” He said, “The fifth from the sons of the seventh. His person will hide from you and it will not be permissible for you to mention him by his name.”

12- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Safwa-n al-Jamma-l says, Said al-Sa-diq (a.s), “Behold, by Allah, your Mahdi will disappear from you until your ignorant individuals would say, ‘Allah does not have any need in the House of Muhammad.’ Then he will come like a blazing meteor. He will fill the earth with justice and equity as it will be full of injustice and oppression.”

13- Ikma-l al-Di-n: In a long narration, al-Seyed Ibn Muhammad al-Humyari says, I said to al-Sa-diq Ja‘far Ibn Muhammad (a.s), “O’ son of the Messenger of Allah, traditions have been related to us from your forefathers, peace be unto them, with regard to the occultation and the confirmation of its occurrence. Please inform me who is it going to happen to?” He said, “It will happen to the sixth from my sons, the Twelfth from the Imams of guidance after the Messenger of Allah (a.s), the first of whom is the Prince of the Believers ‘Ali Ibn Abi Ta-lib (a.s) and their last is the Riser with the Truth, the Cherished Redeemer of Allah on His earth, the Patron of the age and the vicegerent of the All-Merciful. By Allah, even if he should remain in his occultation as long as Noah remained in his people, he will not go from the world until he appears and fills the earth with equity and justice, as it will be replete with injustice and oppression.”

14- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Ha-ni al-Tamma-r says, Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) said to me, “The Patron of this Affair will have a disappearance. So the servant should fear Allah and cling on his religion.”

15- Ikma-l al-Di-n: Abu Basi-r says, I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) say, “The customs the apostles went through in terms of their disappearances will materialize in the Qa-'im of us the Ahl al-Bait in the precise and same manner.”

9- إكمال الدين: ابن إدريس، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن الحسين بن زيد، عن الحسن بن موسى، عن علي بن سماعة، عن علي بن الحسن بن رباط، عن أبيه، عن المفضل قال: قال الصادق (ع) إن الله تبارك وتعالى خلق أربعة عشر نورا قبل خلق الخلق بأربعة عشر ألف عام فهي أرواحنا فقيل له: يابن رسول الله ومن الاربعة عشر؟ فقال: محمد وعلي وفاطمة والحسن والحسين والائمة من ولد الحسين (ع) آخرهم القائم الذي يقوم بعد غيبته فيقتل الدجال ويطهر الارض من كل جور وظلم.

10- إكمال الدين: الهمداني، عن ابن عقدة، عن أبي عبد الله العاصمي، عن الحسين ابن القاسم بن أيوب، عن الحسن بن محمد بن سماعة، عن ثابت بن الصباح، عن أبي بصير، عن أبي عبد الله (ع) قال: سمعته يقول: منا اثنا عشر مهديا مضى ستة وبقي ستة يضع الله في السادس ما أحب.

11- إكمال الدين: الدقاق، عن الاسدي، عن سهل، عن ابن محبوب، عن عبد العزيز العبدي، عن ابن أبي يعفور قال: قال أبو عبد الله الصادق (ع) من أقر بالائمة من آبائي وولدي وجحد المهدي من ولدي كان كمن أقر بجميع الانبياء (ع) وجحد محمدا (ص) نبوته، فقلت: سيدي ومن المهدي؟ من ولدك؟ قال: الخامس من ولد السابع يغيب عنكم شخصه ولا يحل لكم تسميته.

12- إكمال الدين: العطار، عن أبيه، عن ابن هاشم، عن ابن أبي عمير، عن صفوان الجمال قال: قال الصادق (ع): أما والله ليغيبن عنكم مهديكم حتى يقول الجاهل منكم: ما لله في آل محمد حاجة ثم يقبل كالشهاب الثاقب فيملأها عدلا وقسطا كما ملئت جوراً وظلماً.

13- إكمال الدين: ابن عبدوس، عن ابن قتيبة، عن حمدان بن سليمان، عن ابن بزيع عن حنان السراج، عن السيد بن محمد الحميري في حديث طويل يقول فيه: قلت للصادق جعفر بن محمد (ع): يابن رسول الله قد روي لنا أخبار عن آبائك (ع) في الغيبة وصحة كونها فأخبرني بمن تقع؟ فقال (ع): ستقع بالسادس من ولدي والثاني عشر من الائمة الهداة بعد رسول الله(ص) أولهم أمير المؤمنين علي بن أبي طالب (ع) وآخرهم القائم بالحق بقية الله في أرضه صاحب الزمان وخليفة الرحمان والله لو بقي في غيبته ما بقي نوح في قومه لم يخرج من الدنيا حتى يظهر فيملأ الأرض قسطاً وعدلاً كما ملئت جوراً وظلماً.

14- إكمال الدين: ابن المتوكل، عن علي بن إبراهيم، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن صالح ابن محمد، عن هانئ التمار قال: قال لي أبو عبد الله (ع): إن لصاحب هذا الامر غيبة فليتق الله عبد وليتمسك بدينه.

15- إكمال الدين: الدقاق، عن الاسدي، عن النخعي، عن النوفلي، عن ابن البطائني عن أبيه، عن أبي بصير قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله (ع) يقول: إن سنن الانبياء (ع) ما وقع عليهم من الغيبات جارية في القائم منا أهل البيت حذو النعل بالنعل والقذة بالقذة

Abu Basir says, I said to him, “O’ Son of the Messenger of Allah, and who is the Qa-'im of you Ahl al-Bait?” He said, “O’ Abu Basir, he is the fifth from the sons of my son Musa-. He is the son of the mistress of bondmaids. He will have a disappearance in which invalidators will doubt. Then Allah, the Exalted, will manifest him and will conquer on his hands the easts of the earth and its wests. Ruhallah Jesus the son of Mary (a.s) will come down and pray behind him. The earth will shine with the illumination of its Lord. There will be no spot on earth on which a deity other than Allah, the Exalted, is worshipped, and the religion entirely will be for Allah, even if the infidels may dislike this.

16- Al-Ghaiba of Sheikh Tusi: Abu Basi-r says, Said Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s), “If you hear of a disappearance with regard to your Patron, do not reject it.”

17- Al-Ghaiba of Sheikh Tusi: Yahya- Ibn al-‘Ala-’ al-Ra-zi says, I heard Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) say, “Allah will bring forth in this Ummah a man who belongs to me and I belong to him. Allah will drive the blessings of the heavens and the earth through him. The heavens will rain down its drops; and the earth will grow out its seeds; and its beasts and brutes will live in harmony; and it will be full of equity and justice, as it had been replete with oppression and injustice. He will put so many on the sword that the ignorant will say, ‘If he was from the progeny of Muhammad, he would be merciful.”

18- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Muhammad Ibn Sana-n al-Ka-hili narrates that Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) said, “Be nice to each other, do kindness to one another, and have compassion to one another. I swear by the One Who split the seed and created the people, a time will come to you when no one of you will find a place for his dina-r and dirham to spend, for the lack of need of all the people with the blessing of Allah and the blessing of his Wali.” I said, “When will that happen?” He said, “This will happen when you miss your Imam and you will continue to remain in that state until he rises over you the way the sun rises. Wherever you may be, beware doubt and suspicion! Reject doubts from your hearts. You have been warned so abstain. I beseech Allah for your success and your guidance.”

19- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: al-Mufadhdhal Ibn ‘Omar says, I was sitting with Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) in his sitting room and there were other people with me as well. He said to us, “Take care not to mention him by name,” meaning the Qa-'im (a.s) and I was seeing he meant to say this to the others. Then he said to me, “O’ Abu ‘Abdillah, beware not to mention him by name. By Allah, he will disappear for years. He will be forgotten until it will be said, He is dead, perished, gone to some valley. The eyes of the believers will shed tears over him and they will be turned over like a ship is turned over by the waves of the sea and no one will be saved except the one Allah has taken his covenant and has inscribed faith in his heart and has endorsed him with a spirit from Himself. Twelve bewildering standards will be raised not known which is from whom.” Al-Mufadhdhal Ibn ‘Omar says I cried. He said to me, “Why are you crying.”

قال أبو بصير: فقلت له: يابن رسول الله! ومن القائم منكم أهل البيت؟ فقال: يابا بصير هو الخامس من ولد ابني موسى ذلك ابن سيدة الامآء يغيب غيبة يرتاب فيها المبطلون ثم يظهره الله(عزوجل) فيفتح على يديه مشارق الارض ومغاربها وينـزل روح الله عيسى بن مريم (ع) فيصلي خلفه وتشرق الارض بنور ربها ولا تبقى في الارض بقعة عبد فيها غير الله(عزوجل) إلا عبد الله فيها ويكون الدين كله لله ولو كره المشركون.

16- الغيبة للشيخ الطوسي: جماعة، عن البزوفري، عن أحمد بن إدريس، عن ابن قتيبة عن الفضل، عن ابن أبي نجران، عن صفوان، عن أبي أيوب، عن أبي بصير قال: قال أبو عبد الله (ع) إن بلغكم عن صاحبكم غيبة فلا تنكروها.

17- الغيبة للشيخ الطوسي: أحمد بن إدريس، عن علي بن الفضل، عن أحمد بن عثمان عن أحمد بن رزق، عن يحيى بن العلاء الرازي قال: سمعت أبا عبد الله (ع) يقول: ينتج الله في هذه الأمة رجلا مني وأنا منه يسوق الله به بركات السموات والارض فتنـزل السماء قطرها ويخرج الارض بذرها وتأمن وحوشها وسباعها ويملأ الأرض قسطاً وعدلاً كما ملئت ظلماً وجوراً ويقتل حتى يقول الجاهل: لو كان هذا من ذرية محمد لرحم.

18- الغيبة للنعمانى: محمد بن همام، عن أحمد بن مابنداد، عن محمد بن سنان، عن الكاهلي عن أبي عبد الله (ع) أنه قال: تواصلوا وتباروا وتراحموا فوالذي فلق الحبة وبرء النسمة ليأتين عليكم وقت لا يجد أحدكم لديناره ودرهمه موضعا يعني لا يجد له عند ظهور القائم (ع) موضعا يصرفه فيه لاستغناء الناس جميعا بفضل الله وفضل وليه فقلت وأنى يكون ذلك فقال: عند فقدكم إمامكم فلا تزالون كذلك حتى يطلع عليكم كما يطلع الشمس أينما تكونون فاياكم والشك والارتياب انفوا عن نفوسكم الشكوك وقد حذرتم فاحذروا ومن الله أسأل توفيقكم وإرشادكم.

19- الغيبة للنعمانى: عبد الواحد بن عبد الله، عن أحمد بن محمد بن رباح، عن أحمد ابن علي الحميري، عن الحسين بن أيوب، عن عبد الكريم الخثعمي، عن محمد بن عصام، عن المفضل بن عمر قال: كنت عند أبي عبد الله (ع) في مجلسه ومعي غيري فقال لنا: إياكم والتنويه يعني باسم القائم (ع) وكنت أراه يريد غيري فقال لي: يابا عبد الله إياكم والتنويه والله ليغيبن سنينا من الدهر وليخملن حتى يقال: مات هلك بأي واد سلك ولتفيضن عليه أعين المؤمنين وليكفأن كتكفئ السفينة في أمواج البحر حتى لاينجو إلا من أخذ الله ميثاقه وكتب الايمان في قلبه وأيده بروح منه ولترفعن اثنا عشر رأيه مشتبهة لايعرف أي من أي قال: فبكيت فقال لي: ما يبكيك؟

“May I be your ransom,” said I, “how would I not cry while you are saying twelve bewildering standards will raised not known which is one from whom?” He eyed towards the window in the room from which the sun was shining into his sitting room. He said, “Is this sun luminous?” I said, “Yes.” He said, “By Allah, our position will be more luminous than that.”

20- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Zaid Ibn Qada-ma narrates from one of his persons that Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) said, “When the Qa-'im rises, people will say, How could this be? Even his bones must have decayed.”

21- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: al-Mufadhdhal Ibn ‘Omar says, I said to Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s), “What is the sign of the Qa-'im?” He said, “When times pass much and it is said, He is dead, perished gone to some valley.” I said, “May I be your ransom, “Then what will happen?” He said, “He will not appear but with the sword.”

22- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Muhammad Ibn Muslim narrates that Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) said, “When people lose the Imam, they will remain for ages not knowing one thing from other. Then Allah will manifest their Patron to them.”

23- Al-Ghaiba of al-Ne‘ma-ni: Khalla-d Ibn Qassa-r says, Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) was asked, “Has the Qa-'im been born?” He said, “No. If I lived in his times, I would serve him for all days of my life.”

24- Iqba-l al-A‘ma-l: Abu al-Faraj Aba-n Ibn Muhammad, known as al-Sindi says, Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) was in Hajj in the year in which he stepped under the Miza-b (the water-spout at the Ka‘ba). As he was praying ‘Abdullah Ibn al-Hasan was on his right, Hasan Ibn Hasan on his left, and Ja‘far Ibn Hasan was behind him. ‘Iba-d Ibn Kathi-r al-Basri came and said, “Ya- Aba ‘Abdillah.” The Imam remained silent until he had said it three times. Then he said to the Imam, “Ya- Ja‘far.” The Imam said, “Say what you want to say, O’ Abu Kathir.” “I have found in a book of mine the knowledge of this structure,” he said. “A man will destroy it stone by stone.

“The Imam said, “Your book has lied, O’ Abu Kathir. On the contrary, I see, by Allah, the man with yellow steps, injured on the legs, big in the abdomen, thin in the neck, thick in the head, over this rukn,” and he pointed with his hand to the Yemeni rukn, “prohibiting the people from circumambulating as they are intimidated by him. Then Allah will send a man from me,” and he pointed to his chest. “He will kill him like the killing of the ‘A-d and Thamu-d and Pharaoh, the lord of the spikes.” At that point, ‘Abdullah Ibn al-Hasan said, “By Allah, Abu ‘Abdillah has spoken the truth.” They all endorsed his veracity then.

It has been narrated from the handwriting of al-Shahi-d al-Awwal (a.s) on the authority of Abu al-Wali-d from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) with regard to the statement qad qa-mat al-sala-h, “The rise of the Qa-'im (a.s) has been purposed by this.”

قلت: جعلت فداك كيف لا أبكي وأنت تقول ترفع اثنا عشر رأية مشتبهة لايعرف أي من أي قال: فنظر إلى كوة في البيت التي تطلع فيها الشمس في مجلسه فقال (ع): أهذه الشمس مضيئة؟ قلت: نعم، قال: والله لامرنا أضوء منها.

20- الغيبة للنعمانى: محمد بن همام، عن حميد بن زياد، عن الحسن بن محمد بن سماعة عن أحمد بن الحسن الميثمي، عن زيد بن قدامة، عن بعض رجاله، عن أبي عبد الله (ع) قال: إن القائم إذا قام يقول الناس: أني ذلك وقد بليت عظامه.

21- الغيبة للنعمانى: علي بن الحسين، عن محمد بن يحيى، عن محمد بن الحسن الرازي عن محمد بن علي الكوفي، عن يونس بن يعقوب، عن المفضل بن عمر قال: قلت لابي عبد الله (ع) ما علامة القائم؟ قال: إذا استدار الفلك، فقيل مات أو هلك في أي واد سلك، قلت: جعلت فداك ثم يكون ماذا؟ قال: لا يظهر إلا بالسيف.

22- الغيبة للنعمانى: ابن عقدة، عن القاسم بن محمد بن الحسين بن حازم، عن عباس ابن هشام الناشري، عن عبد الله بن جبلة، عن فضيل الصائغ، عن محمد بن مسلم عن أبي عبد الله (ع) أنه قال: إذا فقد الناس الامام مكثوا سبتا لا يدرون أيا من أي ثم يظهر الله لهم صاحبهم. توضيح: السبت الدهر.

23- الغيبة للنعمانى: علي بن أحمد، عن عبد الله بن موسى، عن الحسن بن معاوية عن ابن محبوب، عن خلاد بن قصار قال: سئل أبو عبد الله (ع) هل ولد القائم؟ قال: لا ولو أدركته لخدمته أيام حياتي.

24- إقبال الأعمال: باسنادنا إلى أبي جعفر الطوسي، عن جماعة، عن التلعكبري عن ابن همام، عن جميل، عن القاسم بن إسماعيل، عن أحمد بن رباح، عن أبي الفرج أبان بن محمد المعروف بالسندي نقلناه من أصله قال: كان أبو عبد الله (ع) في الحج في السنة التي قدم فيها. أبو عبد الله (ع) تحت الميزاب وهو يدعو وعن يمينه عبد الله بن الحسن، وعن يساره حسن بن حسن وخلفه جعفر بن حسن قال: فجاءه عباد بن كثير البصري فقال له: يا أبا عبد الله قال: فسكت عنه حتى قالها ثلاثا قال: ثم قال له: يا جعفر! قال: فقال له: قل ما تشاء يا أبا كثير قال: إني وجدت في كتاب لي علم هذه البنية رجل ينقضها حجراً حجراً قال: فقال له: كذب كتابك يا أبا كثير ولكن كأني والله بأصفر القدمين، خمش الساقين، ضخم البطن، دقيق العنق، ضخم الرأس على هذا الركن وأشار بيده إلى الركن اليماني يمنع الناس من الطواف حتى يتذعروا منه قال ثم يبعث الله له رجلا مني وأشار بيده إلى صدره فيقتله قتل عاد وثمود وفرعون ذي الاوتاد قال: فقال له عند ذلك عبد الله بن الحسن: صدق والله أبو عبد الله (ع) حتى صدقوه كلهم جميعاً

25- Muqtadhab al-Athar fi al-Nass ‘ala- al-Ithna- ‘Ashar: Wahib Ibn Munabbah says, Musa- (a.s) looked on the night of the Conversation at every tree and at every stone and plant at the Mount of Tu-r. They were all speaking the remembrance of Muhammad and his Twelve Heirs after him. Musa- said, “My Lord, I do not see anything you have created but it speaks the names of Muhammad and his Twelve Heirs. What is their position before you?” “O’ son of ‘Imra-n,” came the reply, “I created them before the creation of the lights and placed them in the treasure trove of my sanctity, as they nourished in the garden of My will and breathed form the spirit of My majesty and observed the horizons of My Kingdom, until I desired my will and implemented my rule and measure.

O’ son of ‘Imra-n, I have given them a promotion so I will adorn my Gardens through them. O’ son of ‘Imra-n adhere to their remembrance, for they are the treasures of my knowledge, coffers of my wisdom, and springs of My illumination.” Husain Ibn ‘Alawa-n says, I mentioned this to Ja‘far Ibn Muhammad (a.s). He said, “That is correct. They are the Twelve from the House of Muhammad: ‘Ali, Hasan, Husain, ‘Ali Ibn al-Husain, Muhammad Ibn ‘Ali and the ones whom Allah desires”. I said, “May I be your ransom, I beseech you to relate the truth to me.” He said, “I, and this son of mine,” pointing with his hand to his son Musa-, “and the fifth from his sons, whose person will disappear and mentioning his name will not be permissible.”

25- كتاب مقتضب الاثر في النص على الاثني عشر، عن محمد بن جعفر الآدمي وأثنى عليه ابن غالب الحافظ عن أحمد بن عبيد بن ناصح، عن الحسين ابن علوان، عن همام بن الحارث، عن وهب بن منبه قال: إن موسى (ع) نظر ليلة الخطاب إلى كل شجرة في الطور، وكل حجر ونبات تنطق بذكر محمد واثني عشر وصيا له من بعده، فقال موسى: إلهي لا أرى شيئا خلقته إلا وهو ناطق بذكر محمد وأوصيائه الاثني عشر، فما منـزلة هؤلاء عندك؟ قال: يا ابن عمران! إني خلقتهم قبل خلق الانوار، وجعلتهم في خزانة قدسي يرتعون في رياض مشيتي ويتنسمون من روح جبروتي، ويشاهدون أقطار ملكوتي، حتى إذا شئت مشيتي أنفذت قضائي وقدري. يا ابن عمران! إني سبقت بهم استباقي، حتى ازخرف بهم جناني، يابن عمران! تمسك بذكرهم فانهم خزنة علمي وعيبة حكمتي، ومعدن نوري، قال حسين بن علوان: فذكرت ذلك لجعفر بن محمد (ع) فقال: حق ذلك هم اثنا عشر من آل محمد: علي والحسن والحسين وعلي بن الحسين ومحمد بن علي ومن شاء الله قلت: جعلت فداك إنما أسألك لتفتيني بالحق، قال: أنا وابني هذا وأومأ إلى ابنه موسى والخامس من ولده يغيب شخصه ولا يحل ذكره باسمه


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