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The Promised Mahdi (Part One)

This book is corrected and edited by Al-Hassanain (p) Institue for Islamic Heritage and Thought

• Introduction
• Special Features of this Translation
• The Author
• Father - Allamah Majlisi, the First
• Sons of Majlisi I
• Allamah Majlisi
• Allamah Majlisi and the post of Shaykhul Islam
• Valuable writings of Allamah Majlisi
• Translations of the various books of Allamah Majlisi
• Teachers of Allamah Majlisi
• Students of Allamah Majlisi
• His Death
• 1
• Chapter One: Holy Birth of the Imam of the Age (a.s.) and the circumstances of his respected mother
• 2
• Chapter Two: His names, titles, patronymic and their reasons
• 3
• Chapter Three: Prohibition of pronouncing the name of Imam Zamana (a.s.)
• 4
• Chapter Four: Attributes, traits and lineage of Imam Zamana (a.s.)
• 5
• Chapter Five: Verses about the Rise of the Qaim
• 6
• Chapter Six: Words of Allah and His Messenger about the Qaim as narrated by Shia and Sunni
• Chapter 1: His advent in the last period of time
• Chapter 2: Mahdi is from my progeny and from the Progeny of Fatima
• Chapter 3: Mahdi is a leader of Paradise
• Chapter 4: Allegiance to the Mahdi
• Chapter 5: People of the east will support the Mahdi
• Chapter 6: Duration of his rule
• Chapter 7: Isa bin Maryam (a.s.) prays behind the Mahdi
• Chapter 8: His looks
• Chapter 9: Mahdi is from the progeny of Imam Husain (a.s.)
• Chapter 10: Munificence of the Mahdi
• Chapter 11: Mahdi is not Isa Ibne Maryam (a.s.)
• Chapter 12: The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) is the first, Isa (a.s.) is the last and the Mahdi is in the middle
• Chapter 13: His name and his looks
• Chapter 14: Village from where he will rise
• Chapter 15: Clouds will shade him
• Chapter 16: The angel that will come with the Mahdi
• Chapter 17: His Complexion and Physique
• Chapter 18: His right cheek mole
• Chapter 19: Mahdi’s teeth
• Chapter 20: Conquest of Constantinople
• Chapter 21: His rule comes after tyrant rulers
• Chapter 22: Mahdi is a virtuous Imam
• Chapter 23: Prosperity of the Ummah during his rule
• Chapter 24: Mahdi is the Caliph of Allah
• Chapter 25: Mahdi is living and alive
• 7
• Chapter Seven: Narrations of Amirul Momineen (a.s.) in this regard
• Opinion of Ibne Abil Hadid about the promised Mahdi
• Another discussion of Ibne Abil Hadid
• 8
• Chapter Eight: Narrations of Imams Hasan and Husain (a.s.) about the Promised Mahdi
• 9
• Chapter Nine: Narrations from Imam Zainul Abideen (a.s.)
• 10
• Chapter Ten: Narrations from Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.)
• 11
• Chapter Eleven: Narrations of Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.)
• 12
• Chapter Twelve: Narrations of Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.)
• 13
• Chapter Thirteen: Narrations of Imam Ali bin Musa Reza (a.s.)
• 14
• Chapter Fourteen: Narrations of Imam Muhammad Taqi (a.s.)
• 15
• Chapter Fifteen: Narrations of Imam Ali Naqi (a.s.) and Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.)
• 16
• Chapter Sixteen: Prophecies of Soothsayers engraved on rocks
• Prediction of Satih the soothsayer before reappearance
• 17
• Chapter Seventeen: Arguments of Shaykh Tusi
• Proof for Supreme religious leadership
• Objections of an Ahle Sunnat scholar
• Reply
• Further clarification of Shaykhul Taifa
• Other objections and their replies
• Queries to the deniers of Imam Zamana (a.s.)
• Evidence of the infallibility of the Imam
• Truth is not beyond the pale of the Islamic Ummah
• Refutation of Kaisaniyya beliefs
• Nawusiyya
• Waqifiya
• Query
• Reply
• Objection
• Reply
• What do the other sects say?
• Conclusion
• Another Objection
• Reply
• Question
• Reply
• Another Query
• Reply
• Common excellences in Prophet and Imams
• Objection
• Reply
• Application of Divine Penalties during the Occultation of Imam Zamana (a.s.)
• Finding the truth during the occultation of the Imam
• Statement of Sayyid Murtadha (a.s.)
• Opinion of an Intellectual
• Reply of Another Scholar
• Reply of Shaykh Tusi
• Another Reply
• Question
• Reply
• Question
• Reply
• Question
• Reply
• Question
• Reply
• Occultation of the Imam is also a divine grace (Lutf)
• Concealed Births
• Why the Promised Mahdi was born in an Extraordinary Manner
• Question
• Reply
• Disappearance of the prophets
• Long age of Imam Zamana (a.s.) is not extraordinary
• Reply
• Objection
• Reply
• A glance at our opinion
• Solitary report and Widely related reports
• Question
• Reply
• Explanation of Allamah Majlisi
• 18
• Chapter Eighteen: Occultations of the Prophets and Imam Zamana (a.s.)
• Birth of His Eminence, Musa (a.s.)
• Disappearance of Isa (a.s.)
• Longevity of Nuh (a.s.)
• 19
• Chapter Nineteen: People with long lifespans in the History of Humanity - longevity of Imam Zamana (a.s.)
• Abu Duniai Muammar
• Reports of Abu Duniawi
• Statements of Shaykh Saduq about Abu Duniai Maghribi
• Ubaid bin Sharid Jurhami
• Rabi bin Dhaba Fazari
• Shaqqul Kahin and his wise counsels
• Shaddad bin Aad bin Iram and his paradise. Like which nothing was ever made on this earth  
• Auf bin Kunana and his wise statements
• Inscription on the Ehram Tablet of Egypt
• Lubaid bin Rabia
• Aktham bin Saifee
• Wise bequest of Aktham bin Saifi to his children
• Shaykh Saduq’s view
• Sarbabak Hindi
• Abdullah Yemeni Moammar
• Shaykh Baba Ratan Moammar
• Another Aged Person
• Abu Amr Uthman bin Khattab bin Abdullah bin Awwam (Moammar)
• Moammar Mashriqi
• Harith bin Kaab Moammar
• Mustaughar Moammar
• Duraid bin Zaid Moammar
• Zuhair bin Janab Moammar
• Zul Asba Adwani
• Mady Karb Himyari
• Rabi bin Zaba Fazari
• Abu Tamahan Qini
• Abdul Masih bin Baqila Ghassani
• Nabigha Jodi
• Luqman bin Aad
• Zabira bin Saeed
• Duraid bin Sama Jashami
• Mohsin bin Ghassan
• Amr bin Hamama Doosi
• Harith bin Mazaz Jurhami
• Yarab bin Qahtan
• A brief account of the long lived Persians
• Afridun, the Just
• Amr Aaamir Maziqiya
• Jalhama bin Adad bin Zaid bin Yashjab
• Amr bin Lahih
• Aged Personalities of the Old Testament and their ages
• 20
• Chapter Twenty: Miracles and narratives of his Emissaries
• An Interesting Story
• Another interesting story
• Reports of Muhammad bin Salih
• Story of Ahmad Dinawari
• Muhammad bin Ali Alawi Husaini
• Hasan bin Nadhr
• Sons of Qasim Ibne Yala
• Dismissal of the servant
• Muhammad bin Ahmad
• Muhammad bin Ibrahim Mahziyar
• Ahmad Ibne Hasan
• Extraordinary incident of Qasim Ibne Ala
• Messenger of the people of Qom
• Explanation of Shaykh Tusi
• Abu Surah Zaidi
• Abu Ghalib Zurari
• Another Story
• “He is not my son!”
• Shaykh Saduq and his brothers
• Muhammad bin Shadhan
• Man from Sawad
• The cost of the slave was less
• Muhammad Ibne Ibrahim Ibne Mahziyar
• Khuzistani Scribe
• Messenger of the man from Balkh
• Ahmad bin Hilal Sufi
• Hasan Ibne Fadhl Yamani
• Ali Ibne Muhammad Shamshati
• Abu Rija Misri
• Abul Qasim Ibne Abi Habis
• The woman who was not pregnant
• Predictions
• Reports of Saad bin Abdullah Ashari
• Muhammad Ibne Ali Aswad
• Shaykh Saduq Muhammad bin Babawayh
• The Lady of Aba
• Ja’far Ibne Muhammad Ibne Matil
• Abul Hasan Aqiqi
• Muhammad Ibne Shadhan
• Murjia partner
• Muhammad Ibne Hasan Sairafi
• Abu Ali Baghdadi
• A Shia Lady
• A Youth from Bani Abbas
• 21
• Chapter Twenty-one: The Emissaries who communicated between the Shia and the Qaim during the minor occultation
• (1) Abu Amr Uthman bin Saeed Amri
• (2) Abu Ja’far Muhammad bin Uthman bin Saeed Amari
• (3) Abul Qasim Husain Ibne Ruh Naubakhti
• (4) Abul Hasan Ali bin Muhammad Saymoori - the last special deputy of Imam Zamana (a.s.)
• Special Representatives of Imam Zamana (a.s.)
• Statement of Aminuddin Tabarsi
• 22
• Chapter Twenty-two: Those who falsely claimed to be emissaries and gateways to the Imam   
• Husain Ibne Mansur Hallaj
• Muhammad bin Ali Shalmaghani
• Abu Bakr Baghdadi - Abu Dalf Majnun
• *END OF VOLUME 51*
• 23
• Chapter Twenty-three: Those who have seen His Eminence (a.s.)
• An elderly man in Fustat City
• Yusuf bin Ahmad Ja’fari
• Ahmad bin Abdullah Hashmi
• Abu Nuaim Ansari
• Ali bin Mahziyar Ahwazi
• Abu Sahl Naubakhti
• Yaqub bin Yusuf Ghassani
• Ahmad bin Ishaq Qummi
• Yaqub bin Manfus
• Abu Harun
• Muhammad bin Uthman
• A Man from Fars
• Abu Saeed Ghanim bin Saeed Hindi
• Muhammad bin Uthman Amari
• Nasim the Maidservant
• Abu Nasar Taraif
• Names of those who have seen His Eminence
• Hasan bin Wajna
• Ibrahim bin Mahziyar
• Abdullah Suri
• Rashid Hamadani
• Servant of Imam Ali Reza (a.s.)
• Ali bin Mahziyar
• Grandfather of Abul Hasan Wajna
• Delegation of the people of Qom and Jabal
• Kamil bin Ibrahim Madani
• The aged Kufian - Sharif Umar bin Hamza
• Second Incident
• Abul Adyan the Servant
• Debate between Ibnul Khatib and Uthman
• Qari Najmuddin Ja’far is cured of Paralysis
• Portico
• Restoration of eyesight
• Battle of Siffeen
• Display of Alawite Fury
• 24
• Chapter Twenty-four: Report of Saad bin Abdullah Ashari
• His meeting with the Imam and the questions that he asked the Imam
• Objection of an opponent of Shia
• Replies of Imam Zaman (a.s.) to these Objections
• 25
• Chapter Twenty-five: Causes of the Occultation of the Imam and how the people will benefit from the holy being of the Imam during Occultation
• Why the Hidden Imam is compared to the Sun behind the cloud
• Notes