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Chapter Twelve: Narrations of Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.)

أَبِي عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ ع قَالَ إِذَا فُقِدَ الْخَامِسُ مِنْ وُلْدِ السَّابِعِ فَاللَّهَ اللَّهَ فِي أَدْيَانِكُمْ لَا يُزِيلُكُمْ أَحَدٌ عَنْهَا يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّهُ لَا بُدَّ لِصَاحِبِ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ مِنْ غَيْبَةٍ حَتَّى يَرْجِعَ عَنْ هَذَا الْأَمْرِ مَنْ كَانَ يَقُولُ بِهِ إِنَّمَا هِيَ مِحْنَةٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ امْتَحَنَ بِهَا خَلْقَهُ وَ لَوْ عَلِمَ آبَاؤُكُمْ وَ أَجْدَادُكُمْ دِيناً أَصَحَّ مِنْ هَذَا لَاتَّبَعُوهُ فَقُلْتُ يَا سَيِّدِي مَنِ الْخَامِسُ مِنْ وُلْدِ السَّابِعِ قَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ عُقُولُكُمْ تَصْغُرُ عَنْ هَذَا وَ أَحْلَامُكُمْ تَضِيقُ عَنْ حَمْلِهِ وَ لَكِنْ إِنْ تَعِيشُوا فَسَوْفَ تُدْرِكُونَهُ

1- Ilalush Sharai: Shaykh Saduq has narrated from his father from Saad from Hasan bin Isa bin Muhammad bin Ali bin Ja’far from his grandfather Muhammad from Ali bin Ja’far from his brother, Imam Musa Ibne Ja’far (a.s.) that he said:

“When the fifth from the sons of the seventh disappears, then by Allah, by Allah, watch your religiosity. Do not allow anyone to remove it from you. O my dear son, it is necessary for the Patron of this Enterprise to disappear until many who believe in this matter turn away from it. It will be a trial from Allah, by which He will try His creation. If your fathers and grandfathers knew a creed better than this, they would have followed it.”

I said: “My master, who is the fifth from the sons of the seventh?” He said: “O my son, your intelligence is beneath understanding him and your dreams are narrower than to carry it. However, if you live, you will see him.”

InIkmaaluddin ,Ghaibat Tusi, Ghaibat Nomani andKifayatul Athar this report is narrated through other chains of narrators as well.

2- Ikmaaluddin: Shaykh Saduq has narrated from Hamadani from Ali from his father from Muhammad bin Ziyad Azdi that:

I asked my master Musa Ibne Ja’far (a.s.) about the holy Divine verse:And He has lavished His favors on you, explicit and hidden. He said: “The explicit favor is the manifest Imam and the hidden one is the hidden Imam.” I asked him, “Is there someone in the Imams who will disappear?” He said: “Yes. His person will disappear from the eyes of the people and his remembrance will not disappear from the hearts of the believers. He is the Twelfth of us. Allah will facilitate every difficult task for him and will abase every hardship for him. He will reveal the treasures of the earth for him, proximate every far for him, destroy every tyrant through him and kill the rebellious Satan on his hands.

That is the son of the mistress of the slave girls, whose birth will be hidden from the people, and mentioning him by his name will not be

permissible for them until Allah manifests him and fills the earth through him with equity and justice, as it will be replete with injustice and oppression.” Shaykh Saduq (r.a.) says, “I have not heard this narration from anyone except Ahmad Ibne Ziyad Hamadani on my return from Hajj. He was a trustworthy, religious and a knowledgeable man.­

This report is also mentioned inKifayatul Athar through another chain of narrators.

3- Ikmaaluddin: Shaykh Saduq (r.a.) has quoted from his father from Saad from Khashab from Abbas bin Amir that:

I heard Imam Musa bin Ja’far (a.s.) say, “People will say, the Master of this Affair has not been born yet.”

4- Ikmaaluddin: It is narrated from Hamadani from Ali bin Ibrahim from Muhammad bin Khalid from Ali bin Hisan from Dawood bin Kathir that he said:

I asked Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) about the Master of this Affair. He said: “He is the castaway, the loner, away from his home, hidden from his family, the son of an un-avenged father.”

5- Ikmaaluddin: It is narrated from the father of Shaykh Saduq from Saad from Ibne Isa from Bajali from Muawiyah bin Wahab and Abi Qatadah Ali bin Muhammad from Ali bin Ja’far from his brother, Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) that:

I asked him, “What is the interpretation of the word of Allah, the Exalted:

قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَاؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا

“Say, ‘Have you thought? If in the morning your water should have disappeared into the earth, then who would bring you running water?” (Surah Mulk 67:30)

He said: “When you lose your Imam and do not see him, what are you going to do?”

6- Ikmaaluddin: It is narrated from Hamadani from Ali from his father from Salih bin Sindi from Yunus Ibne Abdur Rahman that: I came to Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) and asked:

“O son of Allah’s Messenger, are you theQaim bil ­Haqq (The Establisher of the Truth)?” He said: “I am the Qaim bil Haqq, however, the Qaim who will clean the earth from the enemies of Allah and will fill it with equity, as it will be full of injustice, is the fifthfrom my sons.

He will have an occultation the length of which will be much due to his fearfor his life. Many nations will apostatize in that period and the rest will remain steadfast.” Then he said: “Bliss befor Shia, the adherers toour love during the occultation of our Qaim, who will remain steadfast on our adoration and detestation of our enemies. They are ours and we are theirs. They are pleased with us as Imams and we are pleased with them as Shia. Bliss befor them! They are, by Allah, with us inour rank on Judgment Day.”

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Chapter Thirteen: Narrations of Imam Ali bin Musa Reza (a.s.)

الطَّالَقَانِيُّ عَنِ ابْنِ عُقْدَةَ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ الرِّضَا ع أَنَّهُ قَالَ كَأَنِّي بِالشِّيعَةِ عِنْدَ فَقْدِهِمُ الثَّالِثَ مِنْ وُلْدِي يَطْلُبُونَ الْمَرْعَى فَلَا يَجِدُونَهُ قُلْتُ لَهُ وَ لِمَ ذَلِكَ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ قَالَ لِأَنَّ إِمَامَهُمْ يَغِيبُ عَنْهُمْ فَقُلْتُ وَ لِمَ قَالَ لِئَلَّا يَكُونَ فِي عُنُقِهِ لِأَحَدٍ بَيْعَةٌ إِذَا قَامَ بِالسَّيْفِ

1- Ilalush Sharai and Uyun Akhbar Reza: Shaykh Saduq (r.a.) has narrated from Taliqani from Ibne Uqdah from Ali bin Hasan bin Fadhdhal from his father from Imam Reza (a.s.) that he said:

“As if I can see the Shia when they lose the third from my sons, they will be searching for the green pasture, but will not be finding it.” I said to him, “Why so, O son of Allah’s Messenger?” He said: “Because their Imam will disappear from them.” I asked: “Why?” He said: “So there will not be any pledge of allegiance for anyone over his shoulders when he rises with the sword.”

2- Uyun Akhbar Reza: Saduq (r.a.) has narrated from his father from Himyari from Ahmad bin Hilal from Ibne Mahbub that Imam Reza (a.s.) said:

“Definitely, there will occur the dumb, catastrophic mischief, in which every secret and close relation will be dropped. That will happen when the Shia will miss the third from my sons. The dwellers of the heavens and the earth, and every worthy and merited man, and every contrite and sorrowful person will cry for him.” Then he said: “My parents be the ransom of the namesake of my grandfather and my look-alike and the look-alike of Musa the son of Imran (a.s.). He is appareled in the garments of light, shining with rays of illumination of sanctity. How abundant worthy men of faith and how abundant sorrowful men of belief will be perplexed and grievous at the loss of that crystal spring.

As if I see them when in their utmost despair, they are being called by a call that is heard from faraway as it is heard from the near, a call that is a blessing for the faithful and a curse for the unbelievers.”

3- Ikmaaluddin: A similar narration is mentioned in Ikmaaluddin from Saad from Ja’far Fazari from Ali bin Hasan bin Fadhdhal from Rayyan bin Sult except that in it he says:

“Inhabitants of the earth and the heavens mourn his death.”

The author says: The statement: ‘ He is appareled in the garments of light’ implies that he will shine with divine effulgence.

4- Ikmaaluddin and Uyun Akhbar Reza: It is narrated from Hamadani from Ali from his father from Harawi from Dibil Ibne Ali Khuzai that:

I recited my long poem to my master Imam Ali Ibne Musa Reza (a.s.), the beginning of which is,

Schools of verses empty of recitations

And the House of Revelation horrendously empty

When I reached to my verse:

The rise of an Imam who will definitely rise

And stand by the name of Allah and His blessings

He will make distinction between all rights and wrongs

And will proffer requital for charities and malevolence

Imam Reza (a.s.) cried very profusely and then raised his head and said to me, “O Khuzai, the Blessed Spirit has spoken on your tongues in these two verses. Do you know who this Imam is and when he will rise?” I said: “No, my master, except I have heard that an Imam of yours will rise and clean the earth from mischief and will fill the earth with equity as it will be full of oppression.” He said: “O Dibil, the Imam after me is my son Muhammad; after Muhammad his son Ali; after Ali his son Hasan; and after Hasan his son, Hujjah Qaim, the Awaited one during his occultation, and the one obeyed in his time of appearance.

Even if not more than one day should remain from the world, Allah will prolong that day so much that he will rise and fill the world with equity just as it will be full of injustice.

As for when it will happen, that is to describe its time, and my father has narrated to me through his forefathers through Amirul Momineen (a.s.) that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) was asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, when is the Qaim from your progeny going to rise?’ He said: ‘His example is like the example of the Hour:

لاَ يُجَلِّيهَا لِوَقْتِهَا إِلاَّ هُوَ ثَقُلَتْ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ لاَ تَأْتِيكُمْ إِلاَّ بَغْتَةً

“…none but He shall manifest it at its time; it will be momentous in the heavens and the earth; it will not come on you but of a sudden.” (Surah Araaf 7:187)

InKifayatul Athar, a similar traditional report is mentioned on the authority of Abu Salat Harwi.

5- Ikmaaluddin: It is narrated from Ibne Walid from Saffar from Ibne Yazid from Ayyub Ibne Nuh that:

I said to Imam Reza (a.s.), “We hope that you will be the Patron of this Affair and that may Allah, the Exalted, confer this to you without use of violence. You have been pledged allegiance to and coins have been minted on your name.”

He said: “There is no one of us that letters come and go to him, is asked questions, pointed with fingers, and religious dues taken to, but he will be assassinated or he will die on his bed, until Allah, the Exalted, sends for this Order a man whose birth and place of growth will be hidden and he will not be hidden in his lineage.”

6- Ikmaaluddin: It is narrated from Attar from his father from Ashari from Muhammad bin Hamadan from his uncle, Ahmad bin Zakariya that:

Imam Reza (a.s.) asked me, “Where is your house in Baghdad?” I said: “At Karkh.” He said: “That is the safest of places. There has to happen the deaf catastrophic mischief in which every secret and close relation will be dropped. That will happen after the Shia will miss the third from my sons.”

7- Ghaibat Nomani: It is narrated from Muhammad bin Hamam from Abdullah bin Ja’far from Yaqtini from Muhammad bin Abi Yaqub Balkhi that:

I heard Imam Reza (a.s.) say, “They will be tested through something that is severer and greater. They will be tested with a fetus in the abdomen of his mother and the suckling baby, until it is said that he has disappeared and that he is dead. They will say, ‘There is no Imam.’ However, even the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) disappeared, and many others and many others disappeared. And here I am, awaiting a death in the bed.”

The author says: The Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) disappeared a number of times like when he stayed in the cave of Hira and three years in Sheb Abu Talib and three days in the Thawr Cave. And he was also concealed from the Meccans on his way from the cave to Medina. And it is possible that His Eminence has used the plural because prophets of Allah had gone into hiding many times but the narrator has quoted the singular as ‘disappearance of the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.)’.

8- Ghaibat Nomani: It is narrated from Kulaini from Ali bin Muhammad from some of his associates from Ayyub bin Nuh from Imam Reza (a.s.) that he said:

“When your standard is raised from your behind, then expect the salvation from beneath your feet.”

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Chapter Fourteen: Narrations of Imam Muhammad Taqi (a.s.)

الدَّقَّاقُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ هَارُونَ الرُّويَانِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ الْحَسَنِيِّ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ عَلَى سَيِّدِي مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ ع وَ أَنَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَسْأَلَهُ عَنِ الْقَائِمِ أَ هُوَ الْمَهْدِيُّ أَوْ غَيْرُهُ فَابْتَدَأَنِي فَقَالَ يَا أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ إِنَّ الْقَائِمَ مِنَّا هُوَ الْمَهْدِيُّ الَّذِي يَجِبُ أَنْ يُنْتَظَرَ فِي غَيْبَتِهِ وَ يُطَاعَ فِي ظُهُورِهِ وَ هُوَ الثَّالِثُ مِنْ وُلْدِي وَ الَّذِي بَعَثَ مُحَمَّداً بِالنُّبُوَّةِ وَ خَصَّنَا بِالْإِمَامَةِ إِنَّهُ لَوْ لَمْ يَبْقَ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا إِلَّا يَوْمٌ وَاحِدٌ لَطَوَّلَ اللَّهُ ذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ فَيَمْلَأَ الْأَرْضَ قِسْطاً وَ عَدْلًا كَمَا مُلِئَتْ جَوْراً وَ ظُلْماً وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى يُصْلِحُ أَمْرَهُ فِي لَيْلَةٍ كَمَا أَصْلَحَ أَمْرَ كَلِيمِهِ مُوسَى ع لِيَقْتَبِسَ لِأَهْلِهِ نَاراً فَرَجَعَ وَ هُوَ رَسُولُ نَبِيٍّ ثُمَّ قَالَ ع أَفْضَلُ أَعْمَالِ شِيعَتِنَا انْتِظَارُ الْفَرَجِ

1- Ikmaaluddin: It is narrated from Daqqaq from Muhammad bin Harun Rauyani from Abdul Azeem Hasani that:

I came to my master, Imam Muhammad Taqi (a.s.) intending to ask him about the Qaim whether he is the Mahdi or someone else. However, he initiated the topic before I brought it up, saying, “O Abul Qasim, the Qaim is from us and he is the Mahdi. It is obligatory to wait for him in his occultation and to obey him in his appearance. He is the third from my sons. By the One Who sent Muhammad with Prophethood and distinguished us through Imamate, even if it does not remain from the world but a single day, Allah will prolong that day until he rises. He will fill the earth with equity and justice, as it will be replete with injustice and oppression. Allah, the Exalted, will rectify his order in one night, as He rectified the order of His Converser Musa (a.s.) who went to fetch some fire for his family and returned a prophet, an apostle.” Then he said: “The best action of our Shia is to wait for the reappearance.”

2- Ghaibat Nomani: It is narrated from Muhammad bin Hamam from Ahmad bin Mabandad from Ahmad bin Hilal from Umayyah bin Ali Qaisi that he said:

I said to Imam Muhammad Taqi (a.s.), “Who is the Imam after you?” He said: “My son Ali, my son Ali.” Then he lowered his head briefly in contemplation and then raised it and said: “There will be a considerable perplexity.”

I said: “When it happens, to whom we should turn to?” He remained silent. Then he said: “Nowhere,” and repeated it three times. I asked again. He said: “To the cities.” I asked, “Which city?” He said: “This city of ours; and is there a Medina other than this?”

3- Ghaibat Nomani: It is narrated from Muhammad bin Hamam from Abi Abdullah Muhammad bin Hisham from Abu Saad Sahal bin Ziyad from

Abdul Azeem that he heard Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibne Ali Imam Reza (a.s.) say:

“When my son Ali dies, the light after him will come into view and then disappear. Woe is for the doubter and bliss is for the believer, who will run with his religion for refuge. Then after that there will be events in which forelocks would go grey and times will be very severe.”

4- Kifayatul Athar: It is narrated from Abu Abdullah Khuzai from Asadi from Sahal from Abdul Azeem Hasani that: I said to Imam Muhammad Taqi (a.s.):

“I hope that you would be the Qaim from Ahle Bayt (a.s.), who will fill the earth with equity and justice as it will be replete with injustice and oppression.” He said: “O Abul Qasim, there is no one of us but he is a Qaim with the order of Allah and guide to the religion of Allah.

However, I am not the Qaim through whom Allah will cleanse the earth from men of infidelity and rejection, and will fill it with equity and justice. He is the one whose birth will be hidden from the people and whose person will disappear from them and it will be unlawful to mention him by his name. He is the namesake of the Messenger of Allah and will bear his patronymic. He is the one for whom the earth will roll and every difficult task will be facilitated. His companions, equal to the three hundred and thirteen fighters of Badr, will gather around him from distant locations of the earth. To this the word of Allah refers:

أَيْنَ مَا تَكُونُواْ يَأْتِ بِكُمُ اللّهُ جَمِيعًا إِنَّ اللّهَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

“…wherever you are, Allah will bring you all together, surely Allah has power over all things.” (Surah Baqarah 2:148)

When this number of people of the earth will unite for him, his command will appear. When the covenant, which is ten thousand people, fulfills for him, he will rise with the permission of Allah. He will continue to kill the enemies of Allah until Allah, the High, will be happy from him.”

I asked, “My master, how would he know that Allah is pleased with him?” He said: “Allah will cast compassion in his heart. “

5- Kifayatul Athar: It is narrated from Muhammad bin Ali from Ibne Abdus from Qutaibah from Hamadan bin Sulaiman from Saqar Ibne Abi Dalf that:

I heard Imam Muhammad Taqi (a.s.) say, “The Imam after me is my son, Ali. His command is my command, his word my word, obedience to him is obedience to me. The Imam after him is his son Hasan. His command is his father’s command, his word is his father’s word, and obedience to him is obedience to his father.” Then he became silent. I asked: “O son of Allah’s Messenger, who is the Imam after Hasan?” He cried very profusely and then said: “After Hasan is his son Qaim bil Haqq, the Awaited.” I said to him, “O son of Allah’s Messenger, why is he called Qaim?” He said: “Because he will rise after the death of his remembrance and apostasy of the majority of the believers in his Imamate.” I said: “Why is he called the Awaited?” He said: “He will have an occultation the days of which will be many and the duration of which will be long. The sincere will wait his uprise and the

doubters will reject him and rejecters will mock at him. A person who will assign a time will lie, a person who will hurry will perish, and the one who will submit will be saved.”

6- Kifayatul Athar: It is narrated from Ali bin Muhammad Sindi from Muhammad bin Hasan from Himyari from Ahmad bin Hilal from Umayyah bin Ali Qaisi that he said:

I said to Imam Taqi (a.s.): “Who is the heir after you?” He replied: “My son, Ali.” Then he said: “Behold there will be a perplexity.” I said: “To where shall we turn then?” He remained quiet and then said: “To Medina.” I asked: “Which Medina?” He said: “This Medina of ours, and is there a Medina other than this?”

7- Ahmad bin Hilal says: Muhammad bin Ismail bin Bazi’ narrated to me that Umayyah bin Ali came and asked Imam Taqi (a.s.) the same question, to which he gave the same answer.

8- From the same chains it is narrated from Imam Muhammad Taqi (a.s.) that he said: “When three names, Muhammad, Ali and Hasan, come consecutively, their fourth one will be their Qaim.”

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Chapter Fifteen: Narrations of Imam Ali Naqi (a.s.) and Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.)

أَبِي وَ ابْنُ الْوَلِيدِ عَنْ سَعْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ الْعَلَوِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي هَاشِمٍ الْجَعْفَرِيِّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْحَسَنِ صَاحِبَ الْعَسْكَرِ ع يَقُولُ الْخَلَفُ مِنْ بَعْدِي ابْنِيَ الْحَسَنُ فَكَيْفَ لَكُمْ بِالْخَلَفِ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْخَلَفِ فَقُلْتُ وَ لِمَ جَعَلَنِيَ اللَّهُ فِدَاكَ فَقَالَ لِأَنَّكُمْ لَا تَرَوْنَ شَخْصَهُ وَ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ ذِكْرُهُ بِاسْمِهِ قُلْتُ فَكَيْفَ نَذْكُرُهُ‏ قَالَ قُولُوا الْحُجَّةُ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ ص

1- Uyun Akhbar Reza and Ikmaaluddin: Shaykh Saduq (r.a.) has narrated from his father and Ibne Walid from Saad from Muhammad bin Ahmad Alawi from Abi Hashim Ja’fari that he said:

I heard Abul Hasan of the Askar (a.s.) say, “My successor after me is my son, Hasan. How would you be like to the heir after the heir?” “Why, may I be your ransom?” I asked. He said: “Because you will not see his person and it will not be permissible for you to mention him by his name.” I asked him, “So how are we going to mention him?” He said: “Say, Hujjah (proof) from Aale Muhammad (a.s.).”

2- Ikmaaluddin: Shaykh Saduq (r.a.) has narrated from his father from Himyari from Muhammad bin Umar or Imran Katib from Ali bin Muhammad Saymoori from Ali bin Mahziyar that he said:

I wrote to Imam Hadi (a.s.) asking him about the relief (Faraj ). He replied: “When your Patron will disappear from the abode of oppressors, expect the relief.”

3- Ikmaaluddin: Shaykh Saduq (r.a.) has narrated from his father and Ibne Walid together from Saad from Khashab from Ishaq bin Ayyub that he said:

I heard Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.) say, “The Master of this Affair is the one about whom people will say he is not born yet.”

4- Ikmaaluddin: Shaykh Saduq (r.a.) has narrated from his father from Saad from Muhammad bin Ubaidullah bin Abi Ghanim from Ibrahim bin Muhammad bin Faris that he said:

I and Ayyub bin Nuh were on the way to Mecca. We disembarked at the valley of Zabala and sat down talking. We ended up discussing our current situation and the lack of access to the Imam. Ayyub bin Nuh said: “I wrote this year, mentioning some of these things. He wrote back to me, ‘When your standard is raised from your backs, expect the relief from beneath your feet.”

The author says: “expect the relief from the beneath of your feet,” is an allusion that the reappearance will be very soon.

5- Ikmaaluddin: Hamadani has narrated from Ali from his father from Ali bin Sadaqah from Ali Ibne Abdul Ghaftar that:

When Imam Ali Naqi (a.s.) passed away, the Shia wrote to Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.) asking him about the position of Imamate. He wrote to them, “The position is mine so long as I am alive. When the measures of Allah, the High, catch me, my heir will come to you. And how would you be like to the heir after the heir?”

6- Ikmaaluddin: It is narrated from Attar from Saad from Musa bin Ja’far Baghdadi that he said:

I heard Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.) say, “As if I see you, you have disputed after me with regard to my heir.

Behold, someone who professes faith in the Imams after the Prophet of Allah yet denies my son, is like someone who professes faith in all prophets and apostles of Allah and then rejects the Prophethood of Muhammad the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.); and the denier of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) is like one who rejects all the prophets. Because obedience to our last one is obedience to our first one and rejecter of our last one is the rejecter of our first one. Behold, my son will have an occultation in which people will doubt, except the ones Allah saves.”

7- Ikmaaluddin: It is narrated from Taliqani from Ali bin Hamam that he said:

I heard Muhammad bin Uthman Amari, (a.s.) say, I heard my father say, Abu Muhammad Hasan Ibne Ali (a.s.) was asked, while I was with him, about the tradition narrated from his forefathers, peace be unto them, that the earth does not remain without the Hujjah of Allah over His creation until Judgment Day and that if anyone who dies without the cognition of the Imam of his Age, he dies a pagan death. He said: “This is true as the daylight is true.” It was said: “O son of Allah’s Messenger, who is the Hujjah and the Imam after you?” He said: “My son MHMD. And he is the Imam and the Hujjah after me. Whoever dies not knowing him, will die a pagan death. Behold, he will have an occultation during which the ignorant individuals will be perplexed and the invalidators will perish and the time-assigners will lie. Then he will rise. As if I am gazing at the white standards waving over his head in the Najaf of Kufa.”

8- Ikmaaluddin: It is narrated from Ali bin Abdullah Warraq from Saad from Musa Ibne Ja’far Baghdadi that he said:

A letter came from Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.) which stated, “They presumed that they want to murder me in order to cut off my progeny. Allah belied their word, and all praise is due to Allah.”

9- Ikmaaluddin: It is narrated from Muzaffar Alawi from Ibne Ayyashi from his father from Ahmad bin Ali bin Kulthum from Ali bin Ahmad Raazi from Ahmad Ibne Ishaq that he said:

I heard Abu Muhammad Hasan Ibne Ali Askari (a.s.) say, “All praise is due to Allah, the One Who did not take me from the world until He showed

me the heir after me, the one who of all people looks most similar to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) in his physique and in his character. May Allah, the High, protect him in his occultation and then manifest him, so he may fill the earth with equity and justice as it will be full of injustice and oppression.”

10- Ghaibat Tusi: It is narrated from Saad bin Abdullah from Hasan bin Ali Zaituni from Zuhri Kufi from Banan bin Hamdawayh that he said:

The passing away of Imam Ali Naqi (a.s.) was mentioned before Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.). He said: “That is so long as I am alive and remaining. However, how would it be like when they miss the one after me?”

11- Ghaibat Tusi: It is narrated from Abu Hashim Ja’fari that he said:

I said to Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.), “Your majesty prohibits me from asking you, would that you give me permission to inquire from you?” He said: “Ask.” I said: “O my master, do you have a son?” He said: “Yes.” I said: “If something happens, then where should I inquire about him?” He said: “In Medina.”

12- Ghaibat Tusi: It is narrated from a group from Abi Mufaddal Shaibani from Abu Naeem Nasr bin Isaam bin Mughira Fahri alias Qarqaara from Abu Saeed Muraghi from Ahmad bin Ishaq Qummi that:

He asked Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.) about the Master of this Affair, in reply to which the Imam made a gesture, meaning he is alive and his neck has hardened.

13- Kifayatul Athar: It is narrated from Abu Mufaddal Shaibani from Kulaini from Allaan Razi that he said:

One of our scholars narrated to me that when the concubine of Abu Muhammad was pregnant, he said to her, “You will give birth to a boy. His name is MHMD and he is the Qaim after me.”

14- Ikmaaluddin: It is narrated from Attar from his father from Ja’far Fazari from Muhammad bin Ahmad Madaini from Abu Hatim that he said:

I heard Abu Muhammad Hasan Ibne Ali (a.s.) say, “In the year two hundred and sixty my Shia will go asunder.” In that year Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.) passed away and his Shia and supporters went different ways. Some of them followed Ja’far; some of them went astray and were seized by doubts; some of them remained on their perplexity; and some of them remained steadfast on their religion through the help of God, the Exalted.

15- Al-Kharaij: Qutub Rawandi has narrated from Ali bin Ibrahim from his father, Isa Ibne Sabih that he said:

Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.) entered upon me in the prison. I knew him. He said to me, “You are sixty five years and one month and two days old.” There was a book of supplication with me, which had my birth date. I looked and it was as he had said. He asked, “Do you have a son?” I said: “No.” He said: “O Allah, give him a son so he may be his forearm. Good a

forearm is a son!” Then he said:A person with an arm avenges his oppression. Desolate is the one who does not have an arm.

I asked, “Do you have a son?” He said: “By Allah, soon I will have a son who will fill the earth with equity. But now, no.” Then he versified as follows:

Perchance, you will see me one day

As I will be with my many sons around me, because before Tamim sired a nation,

He lived a long while amidst the people as he was one man.

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Chapter Sixteen: Prophecies of Soothsayers engraved on rocks

Prediction of Satih the soothsayer before reappearance

Bursa has narrated from Kaab bin Harith in hisMashariqul Anwaar , that King Dhazdan had an inquiry for which he summoned Satih the soothsayer and when he came the king placed a Dinar in his shoe below the foot and then asked him to enter. When Satih entered, he asked:

“O Satih, tell me what I have concealed and where have I concealed it?”

Satih replied, “I swear by the Kaaba, the black stone and the dark night that you have concealed a Dinar below your foot.”

“You are right,” said the king, “from where have you learnt this?”

“From a brother of mine,” replied Satih.

“Tell me what all would come to pass in the future?”

“When the righteous will be destroyed and the vile would take up leadership and values will become false and people incline to wealth and power; when breaking off relations and cruelty will be common and the mean will be prominent; when the unlawful will be considered legal; promises will be broken; no one will care for anyone; and it will be at a time when a tail like comet will appear which will terrify the Arabs. Rains will stop, water bodies will dry up, different types of storms will rage. Food grains will become dearer.

After that some people will come from the direction of Berbers riding on beautiful ponies and their destination will be Egypt. After that a person will rise from the descendants of Saqar. He will make the black flags red (by blood). He will legalize unlawful acts; wreak havoc in Kufa; shame will disappear; most women will be seen displaying their fair legs on the streets; fornication will become common.

At that time, Mahdi, a descendant of the Prophet will appear. When a victim will be killed in Medina and his cousin will be eliminated in Mecca. A secret will be exposed. At that time an unfortunate fellow will come with his oppressive group and the Romans will help in the killing of that bull. An eclipse will occur at that time when the armies will be arrayed.

Then a ruler of Sana (Yemen) will appear. He will be as white as cotton and he will be named Husain or Hasan. His advent will put an end to mischiefs. At that time will appear the holy personality and the Alawite Sayyid and he will save the people from calamities and guide them by the help of the Almighty Allah. His luminosity will remove the darkness of ignorance and oppression and the truth will be unveiled. He will distribute wealth among the people equitably. He will place the sword back into its case and then never shed any blood. People will live a life of prosperity and comfort and he will establish justice and peace in the world and restore the rights of the oppressed and deprived. There will be celebrations everywhere. Due to his justice, blindness and ignorance will disappear. He will fill the earth with justice and equity. He will doubtlessly be a sign of Judgment Day.

Ibne Ayyash has narrated through his chains from Nushjan bin Budmaran in hisAl-Muqtadhib that:

When Fars was defeated in Qadisiya and Yazdgird bin Shahryar came to know that Rustom was killed and defeated by the Arabs he thought that the whole army was killed with Rustom; meanwhile a messenger arrived with the news that 50000 soldiers were killed at Qadisiya. Yazdgird fled with his family members and standing at the Gate of Aiwan said:

O Aiwan, peace be on you; I am leaving you now, but I will return soon; and if I am unable to return a person from my descendants will come whose time had not yet arrived.

Sulaiman Dailami has say: I came to Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) and inquired about the above narration. He replied: It denotes your Imam Qaim who will be my sixth descendant and he will be a descendant of Yazdgird from the maternal side.

Abdullah bin Qasim has narrated from Abi Islam Qaji from Abdullah bin Muslim from Shobi that once Abdul Malik bin Marwan summoned him and said: O Abu Umar, a letter has come from Musa bin Nasr, governor of the western province, which says that there was a city of yellow skinned people which Prophet Sulaiman (a.s.) had constructed with the help of jinns. It is located in Andalusia desert. Prophet Sulaiman (a.s.) had buried treasures in that area. I have decided to march there but a slave has informed me that the route is long and difficult and as long as provisions are not there for the whole journey, it is difficult to go there. So far whoever has tried to reach there has failed. Only Dara bin Dara had managed to reach there. But when Alexander killed Dara he said: Except from that part of Andalusia there is no land which I have not conquered and annexed. If Dara can reach there I am more eligible to go there.

So Alexander made preparations for a year; and when he was sure that everything was ready, before that he dispatched some of his scouts to explore the route but they came back to report that there were many obstructions on the way.

Abdul Malik wrote to Musa bin Nasr that he should appoint someone as his representative and prepare to leave for that place.

So Musa made the preparations and set out for that place. He reached there and after returning from there he wrote to Abdul Malik the conditions prevailing there and wrote that when many days passed and all the provisions were exhausted, we turned to the sea shore which was full of trees and finally reached a wall on which the following verses were inscribed:

“Those who possess unlimited power, and they think that they will live in the world forever; they should know that no one will live in the world forever. If someone had lived forever; who was more powerful than Sulaiman bin Dawood (a.s.)? He should have lived forever. He commanded the jinns to make a building for himself that would last till Judgment Day. So that building was constructed adjacent to those walls and there he buried all the treasures of the world; but they sunk into the ground and no sign remained of his kingdom. It was so because that he may know that except for the kingdom of Allah no ones kingdom will endure forever. Now when

in the progeny of Adnan, from the family of Bani Hashim, a person will be born whom the Almighty Allah will give miracles and send to all the people of the world. He will have the keys of all the world. And then those keys will remain with his successors and they are his twelve caliphs who will come after him and when from those caliphs the one who will rise with the order of Allah (Qaim bi Amrillah ) his name will be announced from the sky.

When Abdul Malik read this letter and the messenger, Talib bin Mudrik also narrated the eye-witness account, at that time Muhammad bin Shahab Zuhri was seated with Abdul Malik. He asked Zuhri: “What is your opinion about this strange matter?”

Zuhri said: “In my view, jinns are guarding that place.”

“And what do you think about the call of the sky?”

“Chief of believer, its better if you don’t ask about it.”

“How can I ignore it? It is a great news. You will have to tell me about it in any case.”

“His Eminence, Ali Ibnul Husain (a.s.) has said that the call will be issued for one of the descendants of Fatima, daughter of the Prophet (s.a.).”

“He and you, are both liars, boasting all the time! He will be from my family.”

“I have only narrated a tradition of Ali Ibnul Husain (a.s.) to you; if you don’t believe me you can ask him directly and don’t blame me for lying. He alone is the source of this report.”

Abdul Malik said, “I have no need to question the descendants of Abu Turab (Imam Ali). But O Zuhri, never repeat this to anyone else.”

“All right, I will do as you say,” said I.