1 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ إِبْراهيمَ بْنِ إِسْحاقَ الطَّالِقانِيُ‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا الحُسَيْنُ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيل قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو عَمْرٍو سَعِيدُ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ نَصْرٍ القَطَّانُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عُبِيْد اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ السُّلْمِيُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحِيمِ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا العَبَّاسُ بْنُ أَبي عَمْروٍ، عَنْ صَدَقَةَ بْنِ أَبي مُوسَى، عَنْ أَبي نَضْرَةَ قالَ: لَمّا احْتُضِرَ أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الباقِرعَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ عِنْدَ الوَفاةِ دَعا بِاِبْنِهِ الصَّادِق‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ لِيَعْهَدَ إِلَيْهِ عَهْداً، فَقالَ لَهُ: أَخُوهُ زَيْدُ بْنِ عَلِىٍ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: لَوْ امْتَثَلْتَ فِيَّ تَمْثالَ الحَسَنِ وَالحُسَيْن‏عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ لَرَجَوْتُ أَن لا تَكُونُ أَتَيْتُ مُنْكَراً، فَقالَ لَهُ: يا أَبَا الحَسَنِ إِنَّ الأَماناتِ لَيْسَتْ بِالْمِثالِ، وَلا العُهُودُ بِالرُّسُومِ وَإِنَّما هِيَ اُمُورٌ سابِقَةٌ عَنْ حُجَجِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ دَعا بِجابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّه، فَقالَ لَهُ: يا جابِر حَدَّثَنا بِما عايَنْتَ مِنَ الصَّحِيفَةِ، فَقالَ لَهُ جابِرٌ: نَعَمْ، يا أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ، دَخَلْتُ عَلَى مَوْلاتِي فاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ لِاُهَنِّئَها بِمَوْلِدِ الحُسَيْنِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، فَإِذا بِيَدَيْها صَحِيفَةٌ بَيْضاءُ مِنْ دُرَّةٍ، فَقُلْتُ لَها: يا سَيِّدةَالنِّساءِ ما هذِهِ الصَّحِيفَةُ الَّتِي أَراها مَعَك؟ قالَتْ: فِيها أَسْماءُ الأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ وُلْدِي، قُلْتُ لَها:ناوِلِيني لأَنْظُرَ فِيها قالَتْ: يا جابِر لَوْ لا النَّهْيُ لَكُنْتُ أَفْعَلُ، لكِنَّهُ قَدْ نُهِيَ أَنْ يَمُسَّها إِلاّ نَبِيٌّ أَوْ وَصِيُّ نَبِيٍّ أَوْ أَهْلُ بَيْتِ نَبِيٍّ، وَلكِنَّهُ مَأْذُونٌ لَكَ أَنْ تَنْظُرَ إِلى باطِنِها مِنْ ظاهِرِها قالَ جابِرٌ: فَإِذا أَبُو القاسِمِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْمُصْطَفى‏ اُمُّهُ آمِنَةُ، أَبُو الحَسَن عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبي طالِبٍ المُرْتَضى‏ اُمُّهُ فاطِمَةُ بِنْتِ أَسَدِ بْنِ هاشِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ مَنافٍ، أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الحَسَن بْنِ عَلِىٍّ البَرِّ، أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ التَّقِيُّ اُمُّهُما فاطِمَةُ بِنْتِ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَلِىُّ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ العَدْلُ، اُمُّهُ شَهْرْبانُويَه بِنْتُ يَزْدْجِرْدَ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الباقِرُ اُمُّهُ اُمُّ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بِنْتِ الحَسَن بْنِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ جَعْفَرُ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ الصَّادِقُ وَاُمُّهُ اُمُّ فَرْوَةَ بِنْتِ القاسِمِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبي بَكْرٍ، أَبُو إِبْراهيمَ مُوسَى بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ اُمُّهُ جارِيَةٌ اِسْمُها حَمِيدَةُ المُصَفَّاةُ، أَبُو الحَسَن عَلِىُّ بْنِ مُوسَى الرِّضا عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ اُمُّهُ جارِيَةٌ اِسْمُها نَجْمَةُ، أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ عَلِيِّ الزَّكِيُّ اُمُّهُ جارِيَةُ اِسْمُها خيزَرانُ، أَبُو الحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الأَمِين، اُمُّهُ جارِيَةٌ اسْمُها سُوسَنُ، أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الحَسَنُ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الرَّفِيقُ، اُمُّهُ جارِيَةٌ اِسْمُها سَمانَةُ وَتُكَنّي اُمُّ الحَسَنِ، أَبُو القاسِمِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ الحَسَنِ هُوَحُجَّةُ اللَّهِ القائِمُ، اُمُّهُ جارِيَةٌ اسْمُها نَرْجِسُ - صَلَواتُ اللَّه عَلَيْهِمْ أَجْمَعِينَ.قالَ مُصَنِّفُ هذا الْكِتابِ: جاءَ هذا الْحَدِيث هكَذا بِتَسْمِيَةِ القائِمِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، وَالَّذِي أَذْهَبُ إِلَيْهِ النَّهْيُ عَنْ تَسْمِيَتِهِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ.

6-1 Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Taliqani narrated that Al-Hussein ibn Isma’il quoted on the authority of Abu Amro Sa’eed ibn Muhammad ibn Nasr al-Qat’tan, on the authority of Ubaydillah Muhammad al-Salami, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abdul Rahim, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Sa’eed ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Al-Abbas ibn Abi Amro, on the authority of Sadaqa ibn Abi Musa, on the authority of Abi Nadhra, “When Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (s) was about to pass away, he called in his son - As-Sadiq (s) to entrust him with the Trusteeship. His brother Zayd ibn Ali (s) told him, “I think it would not have been improper if you had treated us like Al-Hassan (s) and Al-Hussein (s) . Then there would be no fear that you will be denied.” He (s) said, “O Abul Hassan! What is entrusted cannot be dealt with by using examples. His decrees do not depend on traditions. These are things that have been totally set from before the birth of the Divine Proofs of God (the Imams) the Exalted the Sublime.” Then he called in Jabir ibn Abdullah and told him, “O Jabir! Tell us about the sheet that you saw yourself.” Then Jabir told him (s), “O Aba Ja’far! Yes. I went to see the Blessed Lady Fatima - my master - the daughter of God’s Prophet (s) to congratulate her upon the birth of Al-Hussein (s).There was a silvery-white pearl brilliant sheet of paper in her hands. I told her, “O Master of all Women! What is this sheet that I see you have?” She (s) said, “The names of the Imams who are going to be from my progeny are written on it.” I said, “Give it to me to look at.” She (s) said, “O Jabir! I would have surely done so if it was not forbidden to do so. However, it is forbidden for anyone but the Prophet (s), the Prophet’s Trustee or a Member of the Holy Household to touch it. You are only allowed to look at it from the outside.” Jabir added, “It said, ‘Abul Qasim Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Mustafa (the Prophet) whose mother is Amina, Abul Hassan Ali ibn Abi Talib al-Morteza whose mother is Fatima - the daughter of Asad ibn Hashem ibn Abd Manaf, Abu Muhammad Al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Barr, Abu Abdullah Al-Hussein ibn Ali At-Taqi whose mother is (the Blessed Lady) Fatima - the daughter of Muhammad, Abu Muhammad Ali ibn Al-Hussein al-Adl whose mother is Shahr Banu - the daughter of Yazd Gird, Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir whose mother is Umm Abdullah - the daughter of Al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib, Abu Abdullah Ja’far ibn Muhammad As-Sadiq whose mother is Umm Farwa - the daughter of Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, Abu Ibrahim Musa ibn Ja’far whose mother is a slave maid called Hamidah al-Mosaffat, Abul Hassan Ali ibn Musa Al-Ridha (s) whose mother is a slave maid called Najma, Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali al-Zak’ki whose mother is a slave maid called Khayzaran, Abul Hassan Ali ibn Muhammad Al-Amin whose mother is a slave maid called Susan, Abu Muhammad Al-Hassan ibn Ali al-Rafiq whose mother is a slave maid called Samanah and whose nickname is Ummul Hassan, Abul Qasim Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan (s) who is the Riser (Imam al-Mahdi) - the Proof of God - whose mother is a slave maid called Narjis. May God’s Blessings be upon them all.’”The author of this book (Sheikh Sadooq) said, This tradition has been narrated this way by mentioning the name of the Riser (s). However, I think that it is not proper to mention his name - may God bless him.

2 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي؛ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الوَلِيد قالا: حَدَّثَنا سَعْدُ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ؛ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الحِمْيَريُّ جَمِيعاً، عَنْ أَبي الخَيْرِ صالِح بْنِ أَبي حَمَّادٍ؛ وَالحَسَن بْنِ ظَرِيفٍ جَمِيعاً، عَنْ بَكْرِ بن صالِحٍ، وَحَدَّثَنا أَبي وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنِ مُوسَى بْنِ المُتَوَكِّلِ؛ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنِ عَلِيِّ ماجِيلوَيْه، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِبْراهيمِ بْنِ هـاشِمٍ، وَالحُسَيْنُ بْنِ إِبْــراهيمِ بْنِ ناتانَةَ؛وَأَحْمَدَ بْنِ زِيادِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الهَمَذانيُّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ - قالُوا: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنِ إِبراهِيمِ بْنِ هاشِمٍ، عَنْ أَبيهِ، عَنْ بَكْرِ بْنِ صالِحٍ، عَنْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمنِ بْنِ سالِمٍ، عَنْ أَبي‏بَصِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبي عَبْدِ اللَّه‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، قالَ: قالَ أَبي‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ لِجابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصارِيِّ: إِنَّ لي‏ إِلَيكَ حاجَةً فَمَتى‏ يَخِفُّ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ أَخْلُو بِكَ فَأَسْأَلَكَ عَنْها؟ قالَ لَهُ جابِرٌ: فِي أيُّ الأَوْقاتِ شِئْتَ فَخَلا بِهِ أَبي‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فَقالَ: يا جابِرُ أَخْبِرْنِي عَنْ اللَّوْحِ الَّذِي رَأَيْتَهُ فِي يَدِ اُمِّي فاطِمَة بِنْتِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَما أَخْبَرَتْكَ بِهِ اُمِّي أَنَّ فِي ذلِكَ اللَّوْحِ مَكْتُوباً؟ قالَ جابِرٌ: أَشْهَدُ بِاللَّهِ إِنِّي دَخَلْتُ عَلَى اُمّكَ فاطِمَة فِي حَياةِ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ لِاُهَنِّئَها بِوِلادَةِ الحُسَيْنِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، فَرَأَيْتُ فِي يَدِها لَوْحاً أَخْضَرَ ظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهُ زُمُرُّدٌ، وَرَأَيْتُ فِيهِ كِتاباً أَبْيَضَ شِبْهَ نُورُ الشَّمْسِ، فَقُلْتُ لَها بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَاُمِّي يا بِنْتَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ ما هذا اللَّوْحُ؟ فَقالَتْ: هذا اللَّوْحُ أَهْداهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ إِلى رَسُولِهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ فِيهِ اِسْمُ أَبي وَاِسْمُ بَعْلِي وَاِسْمُ ابْنِيَّ، وَأَسْماءُ الأَوْصِياءِ مِنْ وُلْدِي، فَأَعْطانِيهِ أَبي‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ لِيَسُرَّني بِذلِكَ، قالَ جابِرٌ: فَأَعْطَنِيهِ اُمُّكَ فاطِمَةُ، فَقَرَأْتُهُ و انْتَسَخْتُهُ، فَقالَ: أَبي‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: فَهَلْ لَكَ يا جابِرُ أَنْ تَعْرِضَهُ عَلِيَّ؟ قالَ: نَعَمْ، فَمَشى‏ مَعَهُ أَبي‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ حَتّى‏ انتَهى‏ إِلى مَنْزِلِ جابِر، فَأَخْرَجَ أَبي‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ صَحِيفَةٌ مِنْ رَقٍّ قالَ جابِرٌ: فَأُشْهِدُ بِاللَّهِ إِنِّي هكَذا رَأَيْتُهُ فِي اللَّوْحِ مَكْتُوباً: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ هذا كِتابٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ العَزِيزِ الحَكِيمِ لُِمحَمَّدٍ نُورِهِ وَسَفِيرِهِ وَحِجابِهِ وَدَلِيلِهِ نَزَلَ بِهِ الرُّوحُ الأَمِينُ مِنْ عِنْدَ رَبِّ العالَمِينِ، عَظِّمْ يا مُحَمَّدُ أَسْمائِي، وَاشْكُرْ نَعْمائِي وَتَجْحَدْ آلائي، إِنّي أَنَّا اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلاّ أَنَا، قاصِم الجَبَّارِينَ، وَمُذِلُّ الظَّالِمِينَ، وَدَيَّانَ الدِّينِ، إِنّي أَنَا اللَّهُ لا إِلهَ إِلاّ أَنَا، فَمَنْ رَجا غَيْرِ فَضْلِي، أَوْ خــافَ غَيْـرَ عَـذابِي عَـذَّبْتُهُ عَذابـاً لا أَعَـذَّبُ بِهِ أَحَـداً مِـنَالعالَمِينَ، فَإِيّايَ فَاعْبُدْ وَعَلِيِّ فَتَوَكَّلْ، إِنّي لَمْ أَبْعَثْ نَبِيّاً فَأَكْمَلْتُ أَيَّاماً وَاَنْقَضَتْ مُدَّتُهُ، إِلاّ جَعَلْتُ لَهُ وَصِيّاً وَإِنّي فَضَّلْتُكَ عَلَى الأَنْبِياءِ، وَفَضَّلْتُكَ وَصِيِّكَ عَلَى الأَوْصِياءِ، وَأَكْرَمْتُكَ بِشِبْلَيْكَ بَعْدَهُ، وَبِسِبْطَيْكَ الحَسَنِ وَالحُسَيْنِ، فَجَعَلْتُ حَسَناً مَعْدِنَ عِلْمِي بَعْد انْقِضاءَ مُدَّةِ أَبِيهِ، وَجَعَلْتُ حُسَيْناً خازِنَ وَحْيِي، وَأَكْرَمْتُهُ بِالشَّهادَةِ وَخَتَمْتُ لَهُ بِالسَّعادَةِ، فَهُوَأَفْضَلُ مَنِ اسْتَشْهِدَ، وَأَرْفَعُ الشُّهَداءِ دَرَجَة عِنْدِي، وَجَعَلْتُ كَلِمَتِيَ التَّامَّةَ مَعَهُ وَالحُجَّةَ البالِغَةَ عِنْدَهُ، بِعِتْرَتِهِ اُثِيبُ وَأَعاقِبَ، أَوَّلُهُمْ عَلِيٌّ سَيِّدُ العابِدِينَ، وَزَيْنُ أَوْلِيائِي الماضِينَ، وَابْنِهِ شَبِيهُ جَدِّهِ الَمحْمُودِ، مُحَمَّد الْباقِرُ لِعِلْمِي وَالمَعْدِنُ لِحُكْمِي، سَيَهْلِكَ المُرْتابُون فِي جَعْفَرٍ، الرَّادُّ عَلَيْهِ كَالرَّادِ عَلِيَّ، حَقٌّ القَوْلُ مِنِّي، لَأَكْرِمَنَّ مَثْوى‏ جَعْفَرٍ، وَلا سُرَّنَّهُ فِي أَشْياعِهِ أَنْصارِهِ و أَوْلِيائِهِ، وَانْتَجَبْتُ بَعْدَهُ مُوسَى، وَانْتَحَبْتُ بَعْدَهُ فِتْنَةٌ عَمْياءُ حِنْدِسٌ، لأَنَّ خَيطَ فَرْضِي لا يَنْقَطِعُ، وَحُجَّتِي لا تَخْفى‏، وَإَنَّ أَوْلِيائِي لا يَشْقَوْنَ، إَلا وَمن جَحَدَ واحِداً مِنْهُمْ فَقَدْ جَحَدَ نِعْمَتِيَ، وَمَنْ غَيْرِ آيَةً مِنْ كِتابي فَقَدْ افْتَرى‏ عَلَيَّ، وَوَيْلٌ لِلْمُفْتَرينَ الْجاحِدِينَ عِنْدَ انْقِضاءِ مُدَّةِ عَبْدِي مُوسَى و حَبِيبِي وَخَيْرَتي، إِنَّ المُكَذَّب بِالثَّامِنِ مُكَذَّب بِكُلِّ أَوْلِيائِي، وَعَلِيٌّ وَلِيِّي وَناصِرِي، وَمَنْ أَضَعُ عَلَيْهِ أَعْباءَ النُّبُوَّة وَأَمْنَحُهُ بِالْاِضْطِلاعِ، يَقْتُلُهُ عِفْرِيتٌ مُسْتَكْبِرٌ يُدْفَنُ بِالْمَدِينَةِ الَّتِي بَناها العَبْدُ الصَّالِحُ إِلى جَنْبِ شَرِّ خَلْقِي، حَقّ‏ن القَوْلُ مِنِّي لَاُقِرَّنِّ عَيْنَيْهِ بِمُحَمَّدٍ ابْنِهِ وَخَلِيفَتِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَهُو َوارِثُ عِلْمِي ومَعْدِنُ حُكْمِي وَمَوْضِعُ سِرِّي وَحُجَّتِي عَلَى خَلْقِي جُعِلْتُ الجَنَّةَ مَثْواهُ شَفَّعْتُهُ فِي سَبْعِينَ مِنْ أَهْل بَيْتِهِ كُلِّهُم قَدْ اسـْتَوْجَبُوا النَّـارَ،وَأَخْتِمُ بِالسَّعادَةِ لِإِبْنِهِ عَلِيٍّ وَلِيِّي وَناصِرِي، وَالشَّاهِدَ فِي خَلْقِي وَأَمِيني عَلَى وَحْيِي، اُخْرِجُ مِنْهُ الدَّاعِيَ إِلى سَبِيلِي وَالخازِنَ لِعِلْمِي الحَسَن، ثُمَّ أَكْمِل ذلِكَ بِاِبْنِهِ رَحْمَةً لِلْعالَمِينَ، عَلَيْهِ كَمالُ مُوسَى، وَبِهاءُ عِيسَى، وَصَبْرُ أَيُّوبَ، سَيَذِلُّ فِي زَمانِهِ أَوْلِيائِي وَتُتَهادِى‏ رُؤُسُهُمْ كَما تُتَهادِى‏ رُؤُسُ التُّرْكِ وَالدَّيْلَمِ فَيُقْتَلُونَ و يُحْرِقُونَ ويَكُونُونَ خائِفِينَ مَرْعُوبِينَ وَجِلِينَ، تُصْبَغُ الأَرْضُ بِدِمائِهِمْ وَيَفْشُو الْوَيْلُ وَالرَّنِينُ فِي نِسائِهِمْ، أَوْلئك أَوْلِيائِي حَقّاً، بِهِمْ أَدْفَعُ كُلِّ فِتْنَةٍ عَمْياءَ حِنْدِسٍ، وَبِهِمْ اكشِفُ الزَّلازِل و أَرْفَعُ الآصارِ وَالأَغْلالَ اُولئِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ صَلَواتٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ وَرَحْمَةٌ، وَاُولئِكَ هُمُ المُهْتَدُونَ.قالَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمن بْنِ سالِمٍ: قالَ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ: لَوْ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ فِي دَهْرِكَ إِلاّ هذا الْحَدِيثِ لَكَفاكَ، فَصُنْهُ إِلاّ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ.

6-2 My father and Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Waleed narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah and Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Hemyari quoted on the authority of Abil Khayr Salih ibn Abi Hammad and Al-Hassan ibn Dharif, on the authority of Bakr ibn Salih who narrated the following tradition. Also my father, Muhammad ibn Musa ibn al-Mutawakkil, Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluwayh, Ahmad ibn Ali ibnIbrahim ibn Hashem, Al-Hussein ibn Ibrahim ibn Tatana and Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamadani - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Bakr ibn Salih, on the authority of Abdul Rahman ibn Salim, on the authority of Abi Basir, on the authority of Abi Abdullah (as-Sadiq) (s), “My father (s) told Jabir ibn Abdullah Al-Ansari, ‘I have something to do with you in private. When is the most convenient time for you to come so that I may ask you something?’ Jabir replied to him (s), ‘Whenever you please.’ Then my father (s) met him in private and told him, ‘O Jabir! Tell me about the tablet which you saw in the hands of my mother (the Blessed Lady) Fatima - the daughter of God’s Prophet (s), and what my mother told you about what is recorded in it in writing.’ Jabir said, ‘I take God as a witness that I went to see your mother (the Blessed Lady) Fatima during the lifetime of God’s Prophet (s) to congratulate her upon the birth of Al-Hussein (s). Then I saw a green tablet in her hand which I thought to be emeralds. In it there were white writings which were as brilliant as sunshine. I told her, ‘O daughter of God’s Prophet (s)! May my mother and father be your ransom! What is this tablet?’ She (s) replied, ‘This is a tablet which God the Exalted the Sublime has bestowed upon His Messenger (s). In it there are the names of my father, my husband, my two sons, and the names of the Trustees from my progeny. My father (s) gave it to me to make me happy.’ Jabir added, ‘Then your mother (the Blessed Lady) Fatima gave it to me. I read it and wrote down a copy of it.’”Then Imam As-Sadiq (s) added, “My father (s) asked, ‘O Jabir! Can you show it to me?’ He said, ‘Yes.’ Then my father accompanied him to Jabir’s house where Jabir brought a sheet made of skin for my father and said, ‘I take God as a witness that this is what I saw written on that tablet, ‘In the Name of God the Beneficent, the Merciful. This is a writing from God the Honored the Wise to Muhammad - His Light, His Messenger and His Veil, and His Reason which has been descended upon him by the Trustworthy Spirit from the Lord of the Two Worlds. O Muhammad! Exalt My Names. Be grateful for My Blessings. Do not deny. Indeed I am God. There are no gods other than Me. I am the Defeater of the Tyrants, the Humiliator of the Oppressors! The Owner of the Religion. Indeed I am God. There are no gods other than Me. I will punish whoever places hopes in others but Me or fears things other thanMy Chastisement in such a way that no one in the Two Worlds has been punished. Thus worship Me alone, and rely only on Me. Whenever I appoint a Prophet and his time ends I appoint a Trustee for him. I have made you superior over the other Prophets, and have made your Trustee (The first Divine Leader) superior over the other Prophet’s Trustees. I have honored you with two lion cubs after him - your two grandsons Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein. I have established Al-Hassan (The second Divine Leader) as the Treasure-Mine of My Knowledge after the expiration of the term of his father. I have established Al-Hussein (The second Divine Leader) as the storehouse of My Revelations. I have honored him with the Martyrdom, and have perfected Prosperity for him. He is the noblest of the martyrs. He holds the highest rank of the martyrs near Me. And I have entrusted him with My Perfect Word, and I have left the Complete Proof near him. I give rewards and chastisements by his kinship - the first of whom is Ali (The fourth Divine Leader)- the Master of the Worshippers and the adornment of the previous Trustees. His son (Muhammad) - the praised one - is like his grandfather. He is Muhammad Al-Baqir - the analyzer of My Knowledge and the Treasure House of My Wisdom. Those who doubt Ja’far will be destroyed. Whoever rejects him has indeed rejected Me. I say the right thing. I highly honor Ja’far (The sixth Divine Leader). I will make him happy regarding his followers, companions and friends. I have appointed Musa (The seventh Divine Leader) after him. After him there will be a short period of dark sedition, although there will not be a breach of Divine Leadership. My Proof will not remain hidden and the Trustees will not suffer. Beware that whoever denies any of them has indeed denied Me. Whoever changes any of the verses of My Book has indeed ascribed lies to Me. Woe be to those who ascribe lies and those who deny! Whoever denies the eighth (Divine Leader Al-Ridha) after the duration of the Leadership of Musa - My Servant, Friend and Appointed One - is over, has indeed denied all My Trustees. Ali is My Trustee and Helper. He is the one on whose shoulders I will place the burden of Prophethood and grant him power. A haughty wicked fellow (al-Ma’mun) will murder him and bury him in a town that is established by a good servant next to My worst creature. I say the right thing. I will make him happy by his successor after him Muhammad (The ninth Divine Leader) - his son. He is the inheritor of My Knowledge and the Treasure-house of My Wisdom. He is the site of My Secrets and My Proof for My creatures. Ihave established Heaven as his place and have accepted his intercession on behalf of seventy members of his family who have all become sure to burn in the Fire. And I will end the affairs of his son Ali (The tenth Divine Leader) - My Trustee and Helper, a Witness over My creatures, and My Entrusted with My Revelations - with prosperity. I will bring about Al-Hassan (The eleventh Divine Leader) from him - a caller to My Path and the Treasure-house of My Knowledge. Then I will complete Divine Leadership with his son (The twelfth Divine Leader)- Mercy for the people of the two Worlds. He will possess the Perfection of Moses, the Illumination of Jesus, and the Patience of Jacob. My friends will be belittled during his time. Their heads will be given to others as gifts like the heads of the Turks and the Daylams (Who were opposed to Islam) were. They will be killed and burnt. They will be in fear. The Earth will turn red from their shed blood. Their women will cry and mourn. They are truly My friends. I will fend off all oppressive seditions by them. I will fend off any earthquakes by them. I will eliminate any hardships and burdens by them. They are the ones on whom is the Blessings and Mercy from their Lord. They are the guided ones.’”Abdurrahman ibn Salim said that Abu Basir said, “If you had not even heard any traditions in all your life, just this one is enough for you. Therefore, guard it from all but those for whom it is meant.”

3 - وَحَدَّثَنا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الحَسَنُ بْنِ حَمْزَةَ العَلَوِيُّ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ دُرُستٍ السَّرْوِيُّ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مالِكَ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ عِمْرانَ الكُوفِيُّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمنِ بْنِ أَبي نَجْرانَ؛ وَصَفْوانَ بْنِ يَحْيَى، عَنْ إِسْحاقَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ، عَنْ أَبي عَبْدِ اللَّه‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، أَنَّهُ قالَ: يا إِسْحاقُ ألا اُبَشِّرُكَ؟ قُلْتُ: بَلى‏ جَعَلَنِيَ اللَّهُ فِداكَ يا ابْنِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ، قالَ: وَجَدْنا صَحِيفَةً بِإِمْلاءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَخَطِّ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنين‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فِيها: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ هذا كِتابٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ العَزِيزِ العَلِيمِ، وَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ مِثْلَهُ سَواءً إِلاّ أَنَّهُ قالَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ فِي آخِرَه: ثُمَّ قالَ الصَّادِقُ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: يا إِسْحاقُ هذا دِينُ المَلائِكَةِ وَالرُّسُلِ، فَصُنْهُ عَنْ غَيْرِ أَهْلِهِ يَصُنْكَ اللَّهُ تَعالى‏ وَيُصْلِحْ بالَكَ،ثُمَّ قالَ: مَنْ دانَ بِهذَا أَمِنَ مِنْ عِقابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ».

6-3 And Abu Muhammad Al-Hassan ibn Hamza Al-Alawi - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Abu Ja’far Muhammad ibn Al-Hussein ibn Dorost al-Saravi quoted on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Malik, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Imran al-Kufi, on the authority of Abdurrahman ibn Abi Najran and Safwan ibn Yahya, on the authority of Ishaq ibn Ammar that Abi Abdullah (s) asked him, “O Ishaq! Do you want me to give you glad tidings?” He replied, “O grandson of the Prophet of God! May God sacrifice me for you! Yes.” He (s) said, “We have a sheet dictated by God’s Prophet (s) and recorded in the handwriting of the Commander of the Faithful (s) in which it is written, ‘In the Name of God the Beneficent, the Merciful. This is a Book from God the Honorable the All-Knowing.’ Then he narrated the rest of the tradition as it was recorded in the previous one except at the end of it he said, “Then As-Sadiq (s) said, O Ishaq! This is the religion of the angels and the Messengers. Protect it from those to whom it does not belong. May God the Sublime safeguard and improve your conditions.” Then he (s)added, “God the Exalted the Honorable will save from the Fire whoever brings faith in these issues.”

4 - حَدَّثَنا أَبُو العَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنِ إِبْراهيمَ بْنِ إِسْحاقَ الطَّالِقانِيُّ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا الْحَسَنُ بْنِ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا سَعِيدُ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ القَطَّانُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَبْدُ اللَّه بْنِ مُوسَى الرُّويانِيُّ أَبُو تُرابٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ العَظِيم بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الحَسَنِيِّ، عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ بن زَيْدِ بْنِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، قالَ: حَدَّثَني عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنِ عَلِيِّ الباقِرَ جَمَعَ وُلْدَهُ وَفِيهِمْ عَمُّهُمْ زَيْدُ بْنُ عَلِىٍ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ ثُمَّ اَخْرَجَ إِلَيْهِم كِتاباً بِخَطِّ عَلِيِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ وَإِمْلاءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ مَكْتُوبٌ فِيهِ: «هذا كِتابٌ مِنَ اللَّهِ العَزِيزِ الحَكِيمِ - حَدِيثُ اللَّوْحِ إِلى المَوضِعِ الَّذِي فِيهِ وَاُؤلئِكَ هُمُ المُهْتَدُونَ - ثُمَّ قالَ فِي آخِرِهِ: قالَ عَبْدُ العَظِيمِ: العَجَبُ كُلِّ العَجَبُ لُِمحَمَّدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ وَخُرُوجِهِ وَقَدْ سَمِعَ أَباهُ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ يَقُولُ هذا وَيَحْكِيهِ، ثُمَّ قالَ: هذا سِرُّ اللَّهِ وَدِينُهُ دِين مَلائِكَتِهِ، فَصُنْهُ إلاّ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ وَأَوْلِيائِهِ».

6-4 Abul Abbas Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Taliqani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Al-Hassan ibn Isma’il quoted on the authority of Sa’eed ibn Muhammad al-Qattan, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Musa al-Royani Abu Torab, on the authority of Abdul Azeem ibn Abdullah Al-Hassani, on the authority of Ali ibn Al-Hassan ibn Zayd ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (s), on the authority of Abdullah ibn Muhammad ibn Ja’far ibn Muhammad, on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather (s): Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (s) gathered all his children together along with their uncle Zayd ibn Ali (s) and showed them some writing in the handwriting of Ali (s) and dictated by God’s Prophet (s) in which it was recorded, “This is a Book from God the Honorable the Wise.” It contains the same material as stated before until where it said, “They are the guided ones.” Then at the end he said, “I wonder about Muhammad ibn Ja’far (Imam Sadiq’s son) and his revolt having heard these from his father (s).’ “ Then he added, “These are God’s Secrets, His Religion and the Religion of His angels. Then guard it against those to whom it does not belong.”

5 - حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ شاذَوَيْه المُؤَدِّبُ؛ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ هارُونَ الفامِيُّ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُما - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الحِمْيَريُّ، عَنْ أَبيهِ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مالِكٍ الفَزارِيِّ الكُوفِيِّ، عَنْ مالِكٍ بْنِ السَّلُولِيِّ، عَنْ دُرُستٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الحَمِيدَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ القاسِمِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ، عَنْ أَبي السَّفاتِجِ، عَنْ جابِرٍ الجُعفِيِّ، عَنْ أَبي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الباقِرِعَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ، عَنْ جابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّه الأَنْصارِيِّ، قالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى فاطِمَةَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَقُدَّامَها لَوْحٌ يَكادُ ضَوْؤُهُ يَغْشَي الأَبْصارَ، وَفِيهِ اثْنا عَشَر اِسْماً ثَلاثَةٌ فِي ظاهِرهِ، وَثَلاثَةٌ فِي باطِنِه، وَثَلاثَةٌ أَسْماءٍ فِي آخِرِهِ، وَثَلاثَةٌ أَسْماءٍ فِي طَرَفِهِ، فَعَدَدْتُها فَإِذا هِيَ اثْنا عَشَر، قُلْتُ: أَسْماءُ مَنْ هؤُلاءِ؟ قالَتْ: هذِهِ أَسْماءُ الأَوْصِياءِ، أَوَّلُهُم ابْنِ عَمِّي وَأَحَد عَشَرَ مِنْ وُلْدِي آخِرُهُمُ القائِمُ، قالَ جـابِرٌ: فَرَأَيْتُ فِيـهِمُحَمَّداً مُحَمَّداً مُحَمَّداً فِي ثَلاثَةَ مَواضِعَ، وَعَلِيّاً عَلِيّاً عَلِيّاً عَلِيّاً فِي أَرْبَعَةِ مَواضِع.

6-5 Ali ibn Al-Hussein ibn Shathawayh al-Mo’addib - may God be pleased with him and Ahmad ibn Harun al-Ami - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Hemyari quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Malik al-Fazari al-Kufi, on the authority of Malik ibn al-Salooli, on the authority of Dorost ibn Abdul Hamid, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Jabala, on the authority of Abul Safatij, on the authority of Jabir al-Jo’fi, on the authority of Abi Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (s), on the authority of Jabir ibn Abdullah Al-Ansari, “I went to see (the Blessed Lady) Fatima - the daughter of God’s Prophet (s). There was a tablet in front of her. It was so brilliant that it was about to blind my eyes. Twelve names could be seen - three names on the tablet, three names on the back, three names at the end and three names on the side. I counted them. There were twelve of them. I asked, ‘Whose names are these?’ (The Blessed Lady) Fatima (s) replied, ‘These are the names of the Trustees. The first of them is my cousin (Imam Ali), and the rest are from my progeny. The last one of them is the Riser.’”Jabir ibn Abdullah Al-Ansari added, “The name Muhammad Muhammad Muhammad was seen in three places and the name Ali Ali Ali Ali could be seen in four places.”

6 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى العَطَّارُ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبي، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبي الخَطَّابِ، عَنِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ، عَنْ أَبي الجارُودِ، عَنْ أَبي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَنْ جابِر بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصارِيِّ قالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى فاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلاَمُ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْها لَوْحٌ فِيهِ أَسْماءُ الأَوْصِياءِ فَعَدَدْتُ اثْنِي عَشَرَ، آخِرُهُمُ القائِمُ، ثَلاثَةً مِنْهُمْ مُحَمَّدٌ، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ مِنْهُمْ عَلِيٌّ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ.

6-6 Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his father quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Al-Hussein ibn Abil Khattab, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Mahboob, on the authority of Abil Jarood, on the authority of Abi Ja’far (s), on the authority of Jabir ibn Abdullah Al-Ansari, “I went to see (the Blessed Lady) Fatima (s). There was a tablet in front of her in which there were the names of the Trustees. There were twelve names - the last one of which is the Riser. Three of them were Muhammad (s) and four of them were Ali (s).”

7 - حَدَّثَنا الحُسَيْنَ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِدْرِيسَ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبي، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى، وَإِبْراهيمَ بْنِ هاشِمٍ جَمِيعاً، عَنِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ مَحْبُوبٍ، عَنْ أَبي الجارُودِ، عَنْ أَبي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَنْ جابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الأَنْصارِيٍّ قالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى فاطِمَةَ عَلَيْهَا السَّلاَمُ وَبَيْنَ يَدَيْها لَوْحٌ فِيهِ أَسْماءُ الأَوْصِياءِ، فَعَدَدْتُ اثْنِي عَشَر، آخِرُهُمُ القائِمُ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، ثَلاثَةٌ مِنْهُمْ مُحَمَّدٌ، وَأَرْبَعَةٌ مِنْهُمْ عَلِيٌ‏ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ.

6-7 Al-Hussein ibn Ahmad ibn Idris - may God be pleased with him - narrated that his father quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa and Ibrahim ibn Hashem, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Mahboob, on the authority of Abil Jarood, on the authority of Abi Ja’far (s), on the authority of Jabir ibn Abdullah Al-Ansari, “I went to see (the Blessed Lady) Fatima (s). There was a tablet in front of her in which there were the names of the Trustees. There were twelve names - the last one of which is the Riser. Three of them were Muhammad (s) and four of them were Ali (s).”

8 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِاللَّه، عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبي عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ عُمَرِ بْنِ اُذَيْنَةَ، عَنْ أَبانِ بْنِ أَبي عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ سَلَيْمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الهِلالِيِّ قالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الطَيَّارَ يَقُولُ: كُنَّا عِنْدَ مُعاوِيَةَ [أَنَا] وَالحَسَنُ وَالحُسَيْنُ‏عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبَّاسٍ، وَعُمَرَ بْنِ أَبي سَلَمَةَ، وَاُسامَةُ بْنِ زَيْدٍ - فَذَكَرَ حَدِيثاً جَرى‏ بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَهُ وَأَنَّهُ قالَ لِمُعاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبي سُفْيانَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ يَقُولُ: أَنَا أَوْلى‏ بِالْمُؤْمِنينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، ثُمَّ أَخِي عَلِىُّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ أَوْلى‏ بِالْمُؤْمِنينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، فَإِذا اسْتَشْهُدَ فَابْنُهُ الحَسَنُ أَوْلى‏ بِالْمُؤْمِنينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، ثُمَّ ابْنِي الحُسَيْنُ أَوْلى‏ بِالْمُؤْمِنينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، فَإِذا اسْتَشْهُدَ فَابْنُهُ عَلِىُّ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ أَوْلى‏ بِالْمُؤْمِنينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ، وَسَتَدْرِكُهُ يا عَبْدَ اللَّهِ، ثُمَّ اِبْنِي مُحَمَّـدُ بْنِ عَـلِىٍّ البـاقِرُ أَوْلى‏ بِالْمُؤْمِنينَ مِنْ أَنْفُسِهِمْ وَسَتَدْرِكُهُ عَبْدِ اللَّه وَتَكَمَّلَهُ اثْنِي عَشَر إِماماً تِسْعَةٌ مِنْ وُلْدِ الحُسَيْنِ، قالَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: ثُمَّ اسْتَشْهَدتُ الحَسَنَ وَالحُسَيْنَ‏عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ وَعَبْدَ اللَّه بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ وَعُمَرَ بْنِ أَبي سَلَمَةَ وَاُسامَةَ بْنِ زَيْدٍ، فَشَهَدُوا لي‏ عِنْدَ مُعاوِيَةَ.قالَ سَلِيمُ بْنُ قَيْسٍ: وَقَدْ كُنْتُ سَمِعْتُ ذلِكَ مِنْ سَلْمانَ وَأَبِي ذَرٍّ وَالْمِقْدادِ وَاُسامَةَ أَنَّهُمْ سَمِعُوا ذلِكَ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ.

6-8 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abi Omayr, on the authority of Umar ibn Uthaynah, on the authority of Aban ibn Abi Ayyash, on the authority of Solaym ibn Qays al-Hilali that he had heard Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Tayyar say, “Al-Hassan (s), Al-Hussein (s), Abdullah ibn Abbas, Umar ibn Abi Salamah, Osamah ibn Zayd and I were with Mo’awiya.” Then he narrated what was expressed. He told Mo’awiya ibn Abi Sufyan, “I (Abdullah) heard God’s Prophet (s) say, ‘To the believers, I am to be held more superior than themselves. Then my brother Ali ibn Abi Talib is more superior to the believers than themselves. When it comes to martyrdom, my son Al-Hassan is more superior to the believers than themselves. Then my son Al-Hussein is more superior to the believers than themselves. Once he is martyred his son Ali ibn Al-Hussein is more superior to the believers than themselves.And O Abdullah! You will live to see him. Then it is my son Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (s) who is more superior to the believers than themselves. And O Hussein! You will live to see him. Then he went on until he completed the twelve Imams nine of whom are from the progeny of Al-Hussein.’ Abdullah added, “Then I took Al-Hassan (s), Al-Hussein (s), Abdullah ibn Abbas, Umar ibn Abi Salamah and Osamah ibn Zayd who were all present there as witnesses on my behalf in the presence of Mo’awiya.” Solaym ibn Qays said, “I have heard a similar account from Salman, Abu Tharr, al-Miqdad and Osamah who have heard this from God’s Prophet (s).

9 - حَدَّثَنا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الحَسَن القَطَّانُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّه أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ‏إِبْراهِيمِ بْنِ أَبي الرِّجالِ البَغدْاديُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدُوسٍ الحَرَّانِيّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَبْدُ الغَفَّارِ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبي الأَسْوَدٍ، عَنْ مُطَرَّفٍ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَيْسٍ بْنِ عَبْدٍ قالَ: كُنَّا جُلُوساً فِي حَلْقَةٍ فِيها عَبْدُ اللَّه بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَجاءَ أَعْرابِيٌ: فَقالَ: أيُّكُمْ عَبْدُ اللَّه بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ؟ فَقالَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ: أَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قالَ: هَلْ حَدَّثَكُمْ نَبِيُّكُمْ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ كَمْ يَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ مِنَ الخُلَفاءِ؟ قالَ: نَعَمْ، اثْنا عَشَر عِدَّةُ نُقَباءِ بَنِي إِسْرائِيلَ.

6-9 Abu Ali Ahmad ibn Al-Hassan al-Qattan narrated that Abu Abdullah Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Abil Rajal al-Baghdadi quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ubdoos al-Harrani, on the authority of Abdul Ghaffar ibn al-Hakam, on the authority of Mansoor ibn Abil Aswad, on the authority of al-Muttraf, on the authority of al-Sha’bi, on the authority of his uncle Qays ibn Abdullah, “We were sitting around and Abdullah ibn Mas’ood was also present. A Bedouin came and asked, ‘Which one of you is Abdullah ibn Mas’ood?’ Abdullah said, ‘I am Abdullah ibn Mas’ood.’ The Bedouin asked, ‘Has your Prophet told you how many successors he will have after him?’ He replied, ‘Yes. Twelve successors - as many as the Israelite chiefs.’”

10 - حَدَّثَنا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبي الحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ عَبْدَوَيْه القَطَّانُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو يَزِيدَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ خالِدِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ المَرْوَزِىُّ بِالرَّيِّ فِي شَهْرِ رَبِيعُ الأَوَّلِ سِنَةَ اثْنَتَيْنِ وَثَلاث مائَةٍ، قالَ: حَدَّثَنا إِسْحاقُ بْنِ إِبْراهِيمَ الحَنْظَلِيُّ فِي سَنَةَ ثَمانٍ وَثَلاثِينَ وَمائتَيْنِ – وَهُوَ المَعْرُوفُ بِإِسْحاقَ بْنِ راهْوَيْه - قالَ: حَدَّثَنا يَحْيَى بْنُ يَحْيَى قالَ: حَدَّثَنا هَشِيمٌ عَنْ مَجالِدٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقِ، قالَ: بَيْنا نَحْنُ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ نَعْرِضُ مَصاحِفَنا عَلَيْهِ، إِذْ قالَ لَهُ فَتىً شابٌ: هَلْ عَهِدَ إِلَيْكُمْ نَبِيُّكُمْ كَمْ يَكُونُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ خَلِيفَةٌ؟ قالَ: إِنَّكَ لَحَدِيثُ السِّنِّ وَإِنَّ هذَا شَي‏ءٌ ما سَأَلَنِي عَنْهُ أَحَدٌ قَبْلَكَ، نَعَمْ عَهِدَ إِلَيْنا نَبِيِّنا صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ أَنَّهُ يَكُونُ بَعْدَهُ اثْنا عَشَر خَلِيفَةً بِعَدَدِ نُقَباءِ بَنِي إِسْرائِيلَ.

6-10 Abu Ali Ahmad ibn Abil Hassan ibn Ali ibn Abduwayh al-Qattan narrated that Abu Yazid Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Khalid ibn al-Marwazi at Ray in the (Arabic) month of Rabi’ul Awwal in the year 230 A.H. (844 A.D.) quoted on the authority of Ishaq ibn Yahya bin Khalid bin Yazid from Yahya bin Yahya Ibrahim al-Hanzalay known as Ishaq ibn Rahwayh in the year 238 A.H. (844 A.D.), on the authority of Haytham, on the authority of Mojalid, on the authority of al-Sha’bi, on the authority of Masrooq, “We were sitting with Abdullah ibn Mas’ood and would read the Quran with him. A young fellow asked him asked, ‘Has your Prophet told you how man successors he will have after him?’ He replied, ‘You are young. No one had asked me this question before. Yes. Our Prophet (s) has told us that there will be twelve successors after him - as many as the Israelite chiefs.’”

11 - حَدَّثَنا أَبُو القاسِمِ عَتَّابُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الوَرامِينيُّ الحافِظُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ صـاعِدٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمنِ بْنِ الفَضْلِ، وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ سَـوَّارٍقالا: حَدَّثَنا عَبْدُ الغَفَّارِ بْنُ الحَكَمِ، قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ أَبي الأَسْوَدٍ، عَنْ مُطَرَّفٍ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ؛ وَعَتَّابُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، قالَ: حَدَّثَنا إِسْحاقُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الأَنْماطِيِّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا يُوسُفُ بْنُ مُوسَى، قالَ: حَدَّثَنا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ أَشْعَثِ بْنِ سَوَّارٍ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ، وَحَدَّثَنا عَتَّابُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَناالحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الحَرَّانِيّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ مُحَمَّد الوَزَّانُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمَةَ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَشْعَثُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ، عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ؛ كُلَّهُمْ قالُوا عَنْ عَمِّهِ قَيْسِ بْنِ عَبْدِ - (قالَ: أَبُوالقاسِمِ عَتّابٌ وَهذا حَدِيثُ مُطَرَّفٍ) قالَ: كُنَّا جُلُوساً فِي الْمَسْجِدِ وَمَعَنا عَبْدُ اللَّه بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ، فَجاءَ أَعْرابِيٌ فَقالَ: فيكُمْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ؟ قالَ: نَعَمْ، أَنَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، فَما حاجَتُكَ؟ قالَ: يا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ هَلْ أَخْبَركُمْ نَبِيُّكُمْ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ كَمْ يَكُونُ فَيَكُمْ مِنْ خَلِيفَةٍ؟ قالَ: لَقَدْ سَأَلْتني عَنْ شَي‏ءٍ ما سَأَلَنِي عَنْهُ أَحَدٌ مِنْذُ قَدِمْتُ العِراقَ، نَعَمْ اثْنا عَشَر عِدَّةُ نُقَباءِ بَنِي إِسْرائِيلَ. وَقالَ أَبُو عُرُوبَةَ فِي حَدِيثِهِ: نَعَمْ، هذِهِ عِدَّةُ نُقَباءِ بَنِي إِسْرائِيلَ، وَقالَ جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ، عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيَ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ قالَ: الخُلَفاءُ بَعْدي اثْنا عَشَر كَعِدَّةِ نُقَباءِ بَنِي إِسْرائِيلَ.

6-11 Abul Qasim Attab ibn Muhammad al-Varamini al-Hafiz narrated that Yahya ibn Muhammad ibn Sa’d, on the authority of Ahmad ibnAbdurrahman ibn Al-Fadhl and Muhammad ibn Abdullah ibn Suwar, on the authority Abdul Ghaffar ibn al-Hakam, on the authority of Mansoor ibn Abil Aswad, on the authority of Muttraf, on the authority of al-Sha’bi, on the authority of Attab ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Ishaq ibn Muhammad al-Anmati, on the authority of Yusuf ibn Musa, on the authority of Jareer, on the authority of Ash’ath ibn Suwar, on the authority of al-Sha’bi, on the authority of Attab ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Muhammad al-Harrani , on the authority of Aoub ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, on the authority of Sa’eed ibn Moslemeh, on the authority of Ashas ibn Saw’war, on the authority of al-Sha’bi, on the authority of his uncle Qas ibn Abd, (on the authority of Abul Qasim Attab who said this was narrated by Muttraf), “We were sitting in the mosque and Abdullah ibn Mas’ood was also present. A Bedouin came and asked, ‘Is Abdullah ibn Mas’ood among you?’ Abdullah said, ‘Yes. I am Abdullah ibn Mas’ood. What do you want?’ The Bedouin asked, ‘O Abdullah! Has your Prophet informed you how many successors will vome after him?’ He replied, ’You have asked me what others have not asked me before since I came here from Iraq. Yes. There will be twelve successors - as many as the Israelite chiefs.’” Abu Aroobah has narrated this statement as follows in his version of this tradition, ‘Yes. They are as many as the Israelite chiefs.’ Abu Aroobah has narrated as follows in the next tradition his version of this.

12 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الحَسَنِ القَطَّانُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبِيْدَةَ النِيْسابُوريُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو القاسِمِ هارُونُ بْنُ إِسْحاقَ - يَعْنِي الهَمْدانِيَّ - قالَ: حَدَّثَني عَمِّي إِبْراهيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ زِيادِ بْنِ عِلاقَةَ وَعَبْدِ المَلِكَ بْنِ عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ جابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قالَ: كُنْتُ مَعَ أَبي عِنْدَ النَّبِيِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: يَكُون بَعْدي اثْنا عَشَر أَمِيراً، ثُمَّ أَخْفى‏ صَوْتَهُ فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي: ماالَّذِي أَخْفى‏ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ قالَ: قالَ: كُلُّهُم مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ.

6-12 Ahmad ibn Al-Hassan al-Qattan narrated that Abu Bakr Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ubaydah al-Neishaboori quoted on the authority of Abul Qasim Harun ibn Ishaq, i.e. al-Hamdani, on the authority of his uncle Ibrahim ibn Muhammad, on the authority of Ziyad ibn Ilaqa and Abdul Malik ibn Umayr, on the authority of Jabir ibn Samrah, “My father and I were with the Prophet (s). I heard the Prophet (s) say, ‘There will be twelve Leaders after me.’ Then the Prophet (s) lowered his voice. I asked my father, ‘What did he (s) say when he lowered his voice?’ My father said, ‘The Prophet (s) said, ‘They are all from the Quraysh (tribe).’”

13 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الحَسَنِ القَطَّانُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو عَلِيِّ بْنِ إِسْماعِيلَ المَرْوَزِىُّ بِالرَّيِّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا الفَضْلُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الجَبَّارِ المَرْوَزِىُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنُ الحَسَنِ - يَعْنِي ابْنِ شَقِيقٍ - قالَ: حَدَّثَنا الحُسَيْنُ بْنُ واقِدٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَني سَماكُ بْنِ حَرْبٍ، عَنْ جابِرِ بْنِ سَمُرَةَ قالَ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ، فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: إِنَّ هـذَا الأَمْرَ لَنْ يَنْقَضِي حَتّى‏ يَمْلِكَ اثْناعَشَر خَلِيفَةً، فَقالَ: كَلِمَةً خَفِيَّةً فَقُلْتُ لأَبِي: ما قالَ؟ فَقالَ: قالَ: كُلُّهُم مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ.

6-13 Ahmad ibn Al-Hassan al-Qattan narrated that Abu Ali Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Isma’il al-Marwazi in Ray quoted on the authority of Al-Fadhl ibn Abdul Jabbar al-Marwazi, on the authority of Ali ibn Al-Hussein, i.e. ibn Shaqiq , on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Vaqid, on the authority of Semak ibn Harb, on the authority of Jabir ibn Samra, “I went to the Prophet (s) and heard him say, ‘This affair will not end untilthe twelve successors come.’ Then he said something to my father quietly. I asked my father: ‘What did he say?’ He said, ‘They are all from the Quraysh (tribe).’”

14 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحاقَ القاضِي قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو يَعْلى‏ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنُ الجَعْدِ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا زُهَيْرٌ، عَنْ زِيادِ بْنِ خَيْثَمَةَ، عَنْ أَسْوَدَ بْنِ السَّعِيدِ الهَمْدانِيَّ قالَ: سَمِعْتُ جابِرَ بْنَ سَمُرَةَ يَقُولُ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ يَقُولُ: يَكُونُ بَعْدي اثْنا عَشَر خَلِيفَةً، كُلَّهُم مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ، فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ إِلى مَنْزِلِهِ فَأَتَيْتَهُ فِيما بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُ، فَقُلْتُ: ثُمَّ يَكُونُ ماذا؟ قالَ: ثُمَّ يَكُونُ الهَرْجُ.

6-14 Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Qadhi narrated that Abu Ya’la quoted on the authority of Ali ibn al-Ja’d, on the authority of Zohair, on the authority of Ziyad ibn Khaythama, on the authority of Aswad ibn al-Sa’eed al-Hamadani that he had heard Jabir ibn Samrah say that he had heard God’s Prophet (s) say, “There will be twelve successors after me. All of them will be from the Quraysh tribe.” When the Prophet (s) returned home, Jabir ibn Samrah went to see him (s)in private and asked, “What will happen after them?” The Prophet (s) replied, “Then there will be chaos.”

15 - حَدَّثَنا أَبُو القاسِمِ عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ مُحَمَّد الصائِغُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا الحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِىٍّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا شَيْخٌ بِبَغْدادَ: يُقالُ لَهُ: يَحْيَى سَقَطَ عَنِّي اِسْمُ أَبِيهِ قالَ: عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنِ بَكْرٍ السَّهْمِيُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا حاتَمُ بْنِ أَبي صَغِيرَةِ، عَنْ [أَبي] بُجِيرٍ، قالَ: كانَ أَبُو الخُلْدِ جارِي فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ وَيَحْلِفُ عَلَيْهِ إِنَّ هذِهِ الاُمَّةَ لا تَهْلِكُ حَتّى‏ تَكُونَ فِيها اثْنا عَشَر خَلِيفَةً، كُلَّهُمْ يَعْمَلُ بِالْهُدى‏ وَدِينِ الحَقَّ.

6-15 Abul Qasim Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Sa’igh narrated that Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sa’eed quoted on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali, on the authority of the Sheikh in Baghdad, on the authority of Yahya - whose father’s name I have forgotten, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Bakr As-Sahmy, on the authority of Hatam ibn Abi Mugheera, on the authority of (Abi) Bojayr, “A man called Abul Khold was my neighbor. I heard him swear and say, ‘Indeed this nation will not terminate until twelve Caliphs - all of whom act according to the right religion and guidance - appear amongst them.’”

16 - حَدَّثَنا أَبُو القاسِمِ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الصائِغُ، قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو عَبْدِاللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَعِيدٌ، قالَ: حَدَّثَنا الحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِىٍّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا صَفْوانُ بْنُ عَمْروٍ، عَنْ شُرَيح بْنِ عُبِيْدٍ، عَنْ عَمْروٍ البُكائيِّ، عَنْ كَعْبِ الأَحْبارِ، قالَ فِي الخُلَفاءِ: هُمُ اثْنا عَشَر فَإِذا كانَ عِندَ انْقِضائِهِمْ وَأَتى‏ طَبَقَةٌ صالِحَةٌ، مَدَّ اللَّهُ لَهُم فِي العُمْرِ كَذلِكَ وَعَدَ اللَّهُ هذِهِ الاُمَّةِ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ: «وَعَدَ اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا مِنْكُمْ وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحاتِ لَيَسْتَخْلِفَنَّهُمْ فيِ الأَرْضِ كَمَا اسْتَخْلَفَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ»، قالَ و كَذلِكَ فَعَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِبَنِي إِسْرائِيلَ، وَلَيْسَ بِعَزِيز أَنْ تَجْمَـعَ هذا الاُمَّةَ يَوْماً أوْ نِصْفَ يَوْمٍ «وَإِنَّ يَوْماً عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍ مِمَّاتَعُدُّونَ.» وَقَدْ أَخْرَجْتُ طُرُق هذِهِ الأخْبار كِتاب الْخِصالِ.

6-16 Abul Qasim Abdullah ibn Muhammad al-Sa’igh narrated that Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Sa’eed quoted on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali, on the authority of al-Waleed ibn Muslim, on the authority of Safwan ibn Amr, on the authority of Shorayh ibn Obayd, on the authority of Amr al-Boka’ee, on the authority of Ka’b al-Ahbar, “The Caliphs are twelve. When their time ends and righteous people come, then God will extend their life as God has promised to His nation.” Then he recited (the verse), ‘God has promised, to those among you who believe and work righteous deeds, that He will, of a surety, grant them in the land, inheritance (of power), as He granted it to those before them…’  He continued, “The Honorable the Exalted God treated the Children of Israel the same way. It is not hard for the Noble God to gather this nation in one day or half a day, ‘…Verily a Day in the sight of thy Lord is like a thousand years of your reckoning.’ (The author of the book said,) I have compiled the various forms of such traditions in AL-KHISAL.

17 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِاللَّه بْنِ أَبي خَلَفٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ عَبْدِاللَّه بْنِ مُسْكانَ، عَنْ أَبانِ بْنِ تَغْلِبَ، عَنْ سُلَيمِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ الهِلالِيِّ، عَنْ سَلْمان الفارْسِيِ‏رحمه الله قالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى النَّبِيِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ فَإِذا الحُسَيْنُ عَلَى فَخِذَيْهِ وَهُوَ يُقَبِّلُ عَيْنَيْهِ وَيَلْثِمُ فاهُ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ: أَنْتَ سَيِّدٌ بْنُ سَيِّدٍ، أَنْتَ إمامٌ بْنُ إمامٍ، أَنْتَ حُجَّةٌ بْنُ حُجَّةٍ، أَبُو حُجَجٍ تِسْعَةٍ مِنْ صُلْبِكَ تاسِعُهُمْ قائِمُهُمْ.

6-17 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah ibn Abi Khalaf quoted on the authority of Yaqoob ibn Yazid, on the authority of Hammad ibn Isa, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Moskan, on the authority of Aban ibn Taqlib, on the authority of Solaym ibn Qays al-Hilali, on the authority of Salman al-Farsi - may God have Mercy upon him said, “I went to see the Prophet (s). Al-Hussein was sitting on his lap. The Prophet (s) was kissing his eyes and lips and said, ‘You are a Master, the son of a Master. You are an Imam, the son of an Imam. You are a Proof, the son of a Proof. You are the father of nine Proofs that come from your loin. The one from your ninth generation will be the Riser.’”

18 - حَدَّثَنا حَمْزَةُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَيْدِ بْنِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْن بْنِ أَبي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فِي بِقُمّ فِي سَنَةِ تِسْعَ وَثَلاثِينَ وَثَلاثِ مائَةٍ قالَ: أَخْبَرنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ الكُوفِيُّ مَوْلى‏ بَنِي هاشِمٍ قالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي القاسِمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَمَّادٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا غِياثُ بْنُ إِبْراهيمَ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ زَيْد بْنِ عَلِىٍّ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبيهِ، عَنْ آبائِهِ، عَنْ عَلِيِ‏ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهُ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: اُبْشِرُوا - ثَلاثَ مَرَّاتٍ - إِنَّما مَثَلُ اُمَّتِي كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ لا يُدْرى‏ أَوَّلُهُ خَيْرٌ أَمْ آخِرُهُ، إِنَّما مَثَلُ اُمَّتِي كَمَثَلِ حَدِيقَةٍ اُطْعِمَ مِنْها فَوْجٌ عاماًثُمَّ أطعم مِنْها فَوْجٌ عاماً، لَعَلَّ آخِرَها فَوْجٌ يَكُونُ أَعْزَضَها بَحْراً وَأَعْمَقَها طُوْلاً وَفَرْعاً وَأَحْسَنَها جَنْياً، وَكَيْفَ تَهْلِكُ اُمَّة أَنَا أَوَّلُها وَاثْنا عَشَر مِنْ بَعْدي مِنَ السُّعَداء وَاُولُوالأَلْبابِ وَالمَسِيحُ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ آخِرُها؟ وَلكِنْ يَهْلِكُ مِنْ بَيْنِ ذلِكَ نَتْجُ الهَرْجِ، لَيْسُوا مِنِّي و لَسْتُ مِنْهُمْ.

6-18 Hamza ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Zayd ibn Ali ibn Al-Hussein ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (s) in the (Arabic) month of Rajab of the year 339 A.H. (949 A.D.) in Qum narrated that Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Sa’eed al-Kufi - a chief of the Hashemite tribe on the authority of Al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Hammad, on the authority of Ghiyath ibn Ibrahim, on the authority of Hussein ibn Zayd ibn Ali, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad, on the authority of his father (s), on the authority of his forefathers (s), on the authority of Ali (s) that God’s Prophet (s) said, “Glad tidings! Glad tidings thrice! The similitude of my nation is like that of rain which one does not know whether its beginning is good or its end. The similitude of my nation is like that of a garden from which one group eat for one year and others benefit from it the next year. There may be some at the end with more power and more benefits. How can a nation be destroyed which starts with me and twelve Prosperous Ones - the Imams - and ends with the Messiah - Jesus (s): the son of (the Blessed Lady) Mary (s)? However, the next generation after this chaos will be destroyed. They do not belong to my nation and I am not one of them.”

19 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّه، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبي الخَطَّاب، عَنِ الْحَكَمِ بْنِ مِسْكِينٍ الثَّقَفِيَّ، عَنْ صالِحِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّـلامُ قالَ لَمّا هَلَكَ أَبُو بَكْرِ اسْتُخْلِفَ عُمَرُ رَجَعَ عُمَرُ إِلى‏ الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَعَدَ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِرَجُلٌ، فَقالَ: يا أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنين إِنّي رَجُلٌ مِنَ اليَهُودٍ، وَأَنَا عَلاَّمَتُهُمْ وَقَدْ أَرَدْتُ أَن أَسأَلَكَ عَنْ مَسائِلَ، إِنْ أَجَبْتَنِي فِيها أَسْلَمْتُ، قالَ: ما هِيَ؟ قالَ: ثَلاثٌ وَثَلاثٌ وَواحِدَة، فَإِنْ شِئْتَ سَأَلْتُكَ، وَإِنْ كانَ فِي قَوْمَك أَحَدٌ أَعْلَمُ مِنْك فَأَرشِدْنِي إِلَيْهِ، قالَ: عَلَيْكَ بِذلِكَ الشابَّ - يَعْنِي عَلِىَّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ - فَأَتى عَلِيّاً عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فَسَأَلَهُ، فَقالَ لَهُ: لِمَ قُلْتَ ثَلاثاً وَثَلاثاً وَواحِدَةً، أَلاّ قُلْتَ سَبْعاً؟ قالَ: أَنَا إِذاً لَجاهِلَ إِنْ لَمْ تُجِبْنِي فِي الثَّلاثِ اكْتَفَيْتُ، قالَ: فَإِنْ أَجَبْتُكَ تُسْلِمُ؟ قالَ: نَعَمْ، قالَ: سَلْ، قالَ: أَسأَلُكَ عَنْ أَوَّل حَجَرٍ وُضِعَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ، وَأَوَّل عَيْنٍ نَبَعَتْ وَأَوَّلَ شَجَرَةِ نَبِتَتْ؟ قالَ يا يَهُودِيُّ: أَنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ: إِنَّ أَوَّل حَجَرٍ وُضِعَ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْض الْحَجَرُ الَّذِي فِي بَيْتِ المُقَدَّس وَكَذَبْتُمْ هُوَالْحَجَرُ الَّذِي نَزَلَ بِهِ آدَمُ مِنَ الجَنَّة، قالَ: صَدَقْتَ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَبِخَطِّ هارُونَ وَإِمْلاءِ مُوسَى‏عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ، قالَ: وَأَنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ: إِنَّ أَوَّلَ عَيْنٍ نَبَعَتْ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْض العَيْنُ الَّتِي فِي بَيْتِ المُقَدَّس وَكَذَبْتُمْ، هِيَ عَيْنُ الحَياة الَّتِي غَسَلَ فِيها يُوشَعُ بْنُ نُونٍ السَّمَكَةَ وَالعَيْنُ الَّتِي شَرِبَ مِنْها الخِضْر وَلَيْسَ يَشْرَبُ مِنْها أَحَدٌ إِلاَّ حَيِيَ، قالَ: صَدَقْتَ، وَاللَّه إِنَّهُ لَبِخَطِّ هارُون وَإِمْلاءِ مُوسَى‏عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ قالَ: وَأَنْتُمْ تَقُولُونَ: إِنَّ أَوَّل شَجَرَةٍ نَبَعَتْ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْض الزَّيْتُون وَكَذَبْتُمْ هِيَ العَجْوَةُ الَّتِي نَزَلَ بِها آدَمُ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ مِنَ الجَنَّةِ مَعَهُ، قالَ: صَدَقْتَ، وَاللَّه إِنَّهُ لَبِخَطِّ هارُون وَإِمْلاءِ مُوسَى‏عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ.قالَ: وَالثَّلاثُ الاُخْرى‏ كَمْ لِهذِهِ الاُمَّةِ مِنْ إمامِ هُدىً لا يَضُرُّهُمْ خِذْلانُ مِنْ خُذْ لَهُمْ؟ قالَ: اثْنا عَشَر إِماماً، قالَ: صَدَقْتَ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَبِخَطِّ هارُونَ وَإِمْلاءِ مُوسَى‏عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ، قالَ: فَأَين يَسْكُنُ نَبِيُّكُمْ فِي الجَنَّة؟ قالَ: فِي أَعْلاها دَرَجَةً وَأَشْرَفِها مَكاناً فِي جَنَّاتِ عَدْنٍ، قالَ: صَدَقْتَ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَبِخَطِّ هارُونَ وَإِمْلاءِ مُوسَى‏عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ، قالَ: فَمَنْ يُنْزِلُ مَعَهُ فِى منْزِلِهِ؟ قالَ: اثْنا عَشَر إِماماً، قالَ: صَدَقْتَ وَاللَّه إِنَّهُ لَبِخَطِّ هارُونَ وَإِمْلاءِ مُوسَى‏عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ.ثُمَّ قالَ: السَّابِعَة فَأَسْأَلُكَ كَمْ يَعِيشُ وَصِيِّه بَعْدَهُ؟ قالَ: ثَلاثِينَ سِنَةً، قالَ: ثُمَّ ماذا؟ يَمُوتُ أَوْيُقْتَلُ؟ قالَ: يُقْتَلُ وَيُضْرِبُ عَلَى قَرْنِهِ فَتُخْضَبُ لِحْيَتُهُ، قالَ: صَدَقْتَ وَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَبِخَطِّ هارُون وَإِمْلاءِ مُوسَى‏عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ.وَلِهذَا الْحَدِيث طُرُق اُخَر قَدْ أَخْرَجْتُها فِي كِتاب كَمالِ الدِّين وَتَمامِ النِّعْمَةِ فِي إِثْباتِ الغَيْبَة وَكَشْفِ الحَيْرَة.

6-19 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Al-Hussein Abil Khattab, on the authority of al-Hakam ibn Meskin al-Thaqafi, on the authority of Salih ibn Oqbah that Ja’far ibn Muhammad (as-Sadiq) (s) said, “When Abu Bakr died and Umar tookover, he returned to the mosque and sat down. A man came to him and said, “O Commander of the Faithful! I am one of the Jews. I am one of their scientists. I have several questions to ask you. If you answer them I will become a Muslim.” Umar said, “What are those questions?” He said, “Three, three and one. If you are ready I will ask them, but if there is someone more knowledgeable than you in your tribe direct me to him.” Then Umar said, “Go to that young man - that is Ali ibn Abi Talib (s).” The man asked him (s) his questions. Ali (s) said, “Why did you say three, three and one? Why didn’t you say seven?” The Jew said, “Since then I would be ignorant. Should you not answer the first three, I will suffice and not ask the rest.” Ali (s) said, “Will you become a Muslim if I answer the first three questions?” The man said, “Yes.” Then Ali (s) said, “Ask.” He said, “I want to ask you about the first stone placed on the Earth, the first spring gushed forth and the first tree grown.” Ali (s) said, “O Jew! You say that the first stone place on the Earth is the one in the Holy House of Bayt ul-Maqdis. But you lie. It is the stone that Adam brought down to Earth from Heaven.” He said, “You are right! By God, Aaron wrote this down which was dictated to him by Moses (s).” Ali (s) said, “You say that the first spring which gushed forth from the Earth was the one in the Holy House of Bayt ul-Maqdis. But you lie! It is the Spring of Life in which Yush’a ibn Noon washed that fish. It is the same spring from which al-Khizr drank. Whoever drinks from it will live forever.” The Jew said, “You are right! By God, Aaron wrote this down which was dictated to him by Moses (s).” Ali (s) added, “You say that the first tree grown on the Earth was an olive tree. But you lie! That tree was al-Ajwa which Adam brought down with him to the Earth from Heaven.” He said, “You are right! By God, Aaron wrote this down which was dictated to him by Moses (s).” The Jew said, “And now for the second three. How many Divine Leaders does this nation have to guide them who will not lose anything if all the people stop following them?” Ali (s) said, “Twelve Divine Leaders!” The Jew said, “You are right! By God, Aaron wrote this down which was dictated to him by Moses (s).” The Jew asked, “Where does your Prophet reside in Paradise?” Ali (s) said, “In the highmost place and the noblest location in the Eternal Paradise.” The Jew said, “You are right! By God, Aaron wrote this down which was dictated to him by Moses (s).” The Jew asked, “Who are the people who live with him in the same house?” Ali (s) said, “The twelve Divine Leaders.” The Jew said, “You are right! By God, Aaron wrotethis down which was dictated to him by Moses (s).” Then the Jew said, “And now for the seventh question. For how many years will his successor live after him?” Ali (s) said, “For thirty years.” The Jew asked, “What will happen next? Will he die or will he get killed?” Ali (s) said, “He will be killed. He will be struck on the crown of his head with a sword and his beard will be covered with blood.” The Jew said, “You are right! By God, Aaron wrote this down which was dictated to him by Moses (s).”(The author of this book (Sheikh Sadooq) said,) There are other sources for this tradition which I have presented in the book KAMAL AD-DIN WA TAMAM AN-NE’MAH FI ITHBAT AL-GHAYBA WA KASHF AL-HAYRA.

20 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الحَسَنِ القَطَّانُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا القَطَّانُ قالَ: بَكْرُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ حَبِيبٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا تَمِيمُ بْنُ بُهْلُولٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَبْدِاللَّهِ بْنِ أَبي الهُذَيْلِ وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الإِمامَة فِيمَنْ تَجِبُ وَما عَلامةُ مَنْ تَجِبُ لَهُ الإِمامَةٌ؟ فَقالَ: إِنَّ الدَّلِيلَ عَلَى ذلِكَ وَالحُجَّةَ عَلَى المُؤْمِنِينَ وَالقائِمَ بِاُمُورِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ وَالنَّاطِقَ بِالْقُرآنِ وَالْعالِمَ بِالأَحْكامِ أَخُو نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ خَلِيفَتُهُ عَلَى اُمَّتِهِ وَوَصِيُّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَوَلِيِّهِ الَّذِي كانَ مِنْهُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ هارُونَ مِنْ مُوسَى، المَفْرُوض الطَّاعَةِ بِقَوْلِ اللَّه عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: «يا أَيُّهَاالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الأَمْرِمِنْكُمْ» المَوْصُوفُ بِقَوْلِه عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: «إِنَّما وَلِيُّكُمُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا الَّذِينَ يُقِيمُونَ الصَّلاةَ وَيُؤْتُونَ الزَّكاةَ وَهُمْ راكِعُونَ»، وَالمَدْعُوُّ إِلَيْهِ بِالْوِلايَةِ، المُثْبَتُ لَهُ الإِمامَةُ يَوْمَ غَدِيرِ خُمٍّ بِقَوْلِ الرَّسُولِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ عَنِ اللَّه عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: أَلَسْتُ أَوْلى‏ بِكُمْ مِنْكُمْ بِأَنْفُسَكُمْ؟ قالُوا: بَلى‏، قالَ: فَمَنْ كُنْتُ مَوْلاهُ فَعَلِىٌّ مَوْلاهُ، اَللَّهُمَّ والِ مَنْ والاهُ، وَعادَ مَنْ عاداهُ، وَانْصُر مَنْ نَصَرَهُ، وَاخْذُلْ مَنْ خَذَلَهُ وَأَعِنْ مَنْ أَعانَهُ، عَلِىُّ بْنُ أَبِي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنينَ وَإِمام المُتَّقِينَ، وَقائِدُ الْغُرّ الُمحَجِّلِينَ، وَأَفْضَلِ الوَصِيِّين، وَخَيْرُ الْخَلْقِ أَجْمَعِينَ بَعْد رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَبَعْدَهُ الحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِىٍّ، ثُمَّ الحُسَيْنُ سِبْطاً رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَابْنا خَيْرِ النِّسْوان أَجْمَعِينَ، ثُمَّ عَلِىُّ بْنُ الحُسَيْنِ، ثُمَّ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِىِّ، ثُمَّ جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّد، ثُمَّ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، ثُمَّ عَلِىُّ بْنُ مُوسَى، ثُمَّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِىٍّ، ثُمَّ عَلِىُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، ثُمَّ الحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِىٍّ، ثُمَّ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الحَسَنِ‏ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ، إِلى يَوْمُنا هذا واحِدَاً بَعْدَ واحِدٍ، وَهُمْ عِتْرَةُ الرَّسُول عَلَيْهِ وَ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ المَعْرُفُون بِالْوَصِيَّة وَالإِمامَة، لا تَخِلُو الأَرْضُ مِنْ حُجَّة مِنْهُمْ فِي كُلِّ عَصْرٍ وَزمانٍ، وَفِي كُلِّ وَقْتٍ وَأَوانٍ، وَهُمُ العُرْوَةُ الوُثْقى‏ وَأَئِمَّةُ الهُدى‏، وَالحُجَّة عَلَى أَهْلِ الدُّنْيا إِلى أَن يَرِثَ اللَّهُ الأَرْضَ وَمَنْ عَلَيْها، وَكُلُّ مَنْ خالَفَهُمْ ضالٌ مُضِلٌّ تارِكٌ لِلْحَقِّ وَالهُدى‏ وَهُمُ المُعَبَّرُونَ عَنِ الْقُرْآنِ وَالنَّاطِقُونَ عَنِ الرَّسُولِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ مَنْ ماتَ وَلا يَعْرِفُهُمْ ماتَ مَيْتَةً جاهِلِيَّةً، وَدِينُهُمُ الوَرْعُ وَالعِفَّةُ وَالصِّدْقُ وَالصَّلاحُ وَالاِجْتِهاد وَأَداءَ الأمانَةِ إِلى الْبَرِّ الفاجِرِ وَطُولُ السُّجُودِ وَقِيامُ اللَّيْل، وَاجْتَنابُ الَمحارِم وَانْتِظارُ الفَرَجِ بِالصَّبْرِ، وَحُسْنُ الصُّحْبَة وَحُسْنُ الجَوارِ. ثُمَّ قالَ تَمِيمُ بْنُ بُهْلُولٍ: حَدَّثَني أَبُو مُعاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍعَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ فِي الإِمامَةِ مِثْلَهُ سَواءً.

6-20 Ahmad ibn Al-Hassan al-Qattan narrated that Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Zakariya al-Qattan quoted on the authority of Bakr ibn Abdullah ibn Habib, on the authority of Tamim ibn Bohlool, “I asked Abdullah ibn Abil Hozayl about Divine Leadership - who deserves it and what its signs are.” He said, “It is the reason for this. He is the Proof for the believers (after the Prophet (s)). He is the manager of the affairs of the Muslims, the spokesman of the Quran, and the knowledgeable one of its rulings. He is the brother of God’s Prophet. He is his Successor over his nation, and his Trustee over them and their Master whose position relative to him is the same as that of Aaron’s position relative to Moses (s). It is obligatory to obey him as the Honorable the Exalted God said,’O ye who believe! Obey God, and obey the Apostle, and those charged with authority among you…’ He is the same one who is described by the Honorable the Exalted as, ‘Your (real) friends are (no less than) God, His Apostle, and the (fellowship of) believers- those who establish regular prayers and regular charity, and they bow down humbly (in worship).’ He is the same one to whose Mastery the people were invited to which was established for him firmly on the Day of Ghadir Khom by what God’s Prophet (s) said on the authority of the Honorable the Exalted God, “Is it not that my Mastery over you is more than that of your own mastery over yourselves?” And the people answered, “Yes.” Then the Prophet (s) said, “Whoever I am the Master of, Ali is the Master of. O my God! Please be the friend of his friends and be the enemy of his enemies. Assist whoeverassists him, and abandon whoever abandons him. Help whoever helps him. He is Ali ibn Abi Talib (s). He is the Commander of the Faithful, the Divine Leader of the pious ones, the Leader of those with white-foreheads, the Noblest of the Trustees, and the best of the people after God’s Prophet (s).After him come Al-Hassan ibn Ali (s) and Al-Hussein (s) - the grandsons of God’s Prophet (s), the sons of the best of all women. Then there is Ali ibn Al-Hussein (s), then Muhammad ibn Ali (s), Ali ibn Muhammad (s), Al-Hassan ibn Ali (s), Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan (s) successively up to now. They are the Prophet’s progeny known by their Trusteeship and Divine Leadership. There is no time or era in which the Earth is left without one of them. They are the Reliable Grip, Leaders towards guidance, Proofs for the people of the Earth until God inherits the Earth with whatever is in it. Anyone who opposes them (the Imams) is deviant, misleading, and a deserter of the right and the guidance. They (the Imams) are the interpreters of the Quran and the spokespersons of the Prophet (s) with directness. Whoever dies before he recognizes them is regarded as one who has died in the Age of Ignorance. The features of their religion include piety, chastity, honesty, goodness, diligence, returning what we are entrusted with whether it belongs to the pious or the wicked, extended prostration (to God), night worship, avoidance of the forbidden acts, expectation of the Relief by means of patience, good companionship, and being good neighborliness.Then Tamim ibn Bohlool said, “Abu Mo’awiya also narrated this same tradition about Divine Leadership for me on the authority of al-A’mesh, on the authority of Ja’far ibn Muhammad (s).”

21 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنُ إِبراهِيمَ بْنِ هاشِمٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ، وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ أَبي الخَطَّاب الزَيَّاتِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الفُضَيْلِ الصَّيْرَفيِّ، عَنْ أَبي حَمْزَةَ الُّثمالِيِّ، عَنْ أَبي جَعْفَرٍعَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ قالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَرْسَلَ مُحَمَّداً إِلى الجِنِّ وَالإِنْسِ، وَجَعَلَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ اثْنِي عَشَر وَصِيّاً مِنْهُمْ مِنْ سَبَقَ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ بَقِيَ، وَكُلُّ وَصِيٍّ جَرَتْ بِهِ سُنَّةِ، وَالأَوْصِياءِ الَّذِينَ مِنْ بَعْدِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِعَلَى سُنَّةِ أوَصِياءِ عِيسَى‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ وَكانُوا اثْنِي عَشَر، وَكانَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنينَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَلَى سُنَّةِ الْمَسِيحِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ.

6-21 (The author of the book narrated) my father - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Obayd and Muhammad ibn Al-Hussein ibn Abil Khattab al-Zay’yat, on the authority of Muhammad ibn al-Fozayl al-Seyrafi, on the authority of Abi Hamza al-Somali that Abi Ja’far (s) said, “Indeed the Honorable the Exalted God appointed Muhammad to the Prophethood over genies and men. He established twelve Trustees after him some of whom lived before, and some who are yet to come. There is a certain tradition for each and everyone of the Trustees. The Trustees after Muhammad (s)acted upon the same tradition on which the twelve Trustees of Jesus (s) did. The Commander of the Faithful (s) acted upon the same tradition as the Messiah (s) did.”

22 - حَدَّثَنا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْرُورٍ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا الحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عامِرٍ، عَنِ المُعَلَّى بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ البَصَرِيِّ، عَنِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ الوَشَّاءِ، عَنْ أَبانِ بْنِ عُثْمانَ، عَنْ زُرارَةَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ قالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ يَقُولُ: نَحْنُ اثْنا عَشَر إِماماً، مِنْهُمُ الحَسَنُ وَالحُسَيْنُ ثُمَّ الأَئِمَّةُ مِنْ وُلْدِ الحُسَيْنِ‏ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ.

6-22 Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn Masroor - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Al-Hussein ibn Muhammad ibn Aamir quoted on the authority of Al-Mo’alla ibn Muhammad al-Basri, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali Al-Washsha’, on the authority of Aban ibn Uthman, on the authority of Zurara ibn A’yun that he had heard Aba Ja’far say, “We are twelve Divine Leaders including Al-Hassan (s), Al-Hussein (s), and then the rest of the Divine Leaders are from the descendants of Al-Hussein (s).”

23 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِى ماجِيلوَيْه ‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ:حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى العَطَّار، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الحَسَنِ الصَفَّارِ، عَنْ أَبي طالِبٍ عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ الصَّلْتِ القُمِّيِّ، عَنْ عُثْمانَ بْنِ عِيسَى، عَنْ سَماعَةَ بْنِ مِهْرانِ، قالَ: كُنْتُ أَنَا وَأَبُو بَصِيرٍ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنِ عِمْران مَوْلى‏ أَبي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فِي مَنْزِلٍ فَقالَ، مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِمْرانَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِاللَّه‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ يَقُولُ: نَحْنُ اثْنا عَشَر مُحَدَّثاً، فَقالَ لهُ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ: بِاللَّهِ لَقَدْ سَمِعْتُ ذلِكَ مِنْ أَبي عَبْدِ اللَّه‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ ؟ فَحَلَفَهُ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ فَحَلَفَ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهُ، فَقالَ لَهُ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ: لكِنِّي سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ أَبي جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ.

6-23 Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluwayh - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan al-Saffar, on the authority of Abi Talib Abdullah ibn as-Salt al-Qumi, on the authority of Uthman ibn Isa, on the authority of Sama’a ibn Mehran, “Abu Basir, Muhammad ibn Imran - Abi Ja’far’s defender - and I were at Imran’s house. Muhammad ibn Imran says, “I heard Aba Abdullah (s) say, ‘We are twelve ‘Muhaddath.”’ Then Abu Basir asked him, ‘Did you really hear this from Abi Abdullah (s) yourself?’ He made him swear a few times and then said, ‘I heard this from Abi Ja’far (s).’”

24 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِىٍّ ماجِيلوَيْه رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبِ الكُلَيْنِيُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِيٍّ الأَشْعَرِيُّ، عَنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُبِيْدِ اللَّه، عَنِ الحَسَن بْنِ مُوسَى الخَشَّابِ، عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ سَماعَةَ، عَنْ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ رِباطٍ، عَنْ أَبيهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ اُذَيْنَةَ، عَنْ زُرارَةَ بْنِ أَعْيَنَ، قالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ يَقُولُ: نَحْنُ اثْنا عَشَر إِماماً مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ كُلُّهُمٌ مُحَدَّثُونَ بَعْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَعَلِىُّ بْنُ أَبي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ مِنْهُمْ.

6-24 Muhammad ibn Ali Majiluwayh - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Yaqoob al-Kolayni quoted on the authority of Abu Ali al-Ash’ari, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Ubaydillah, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Musa al-Khashshab, on the authority of Ali ibn Sama’a, on the authority of Ali ibn Al-Hassan ibn Rebat, on the authority of his father, on the authority of ibn Ozaynat, on the authority of Zurara ibn A’ayn, “I heard Aba Ja’far (s) say, ‘We are twelve Divine Leaders from the Household of Muhammad after God’s Prophet (s). We are all ‘Muhaddath and Ali ibn Abi Talib (s) is one of us.’”

25 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زِيادِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْهَمَذانيُ‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنُ هاشِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبي عُمَيْرٍ، عَنْ غِياثِ بْنِ إِبْراهيمَ، عَنِ الصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ، عَنْ أَبيهِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْنُ؛ عَنْ أَبيهِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِىٍ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُقالَ: سُئِلَ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنينَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَنْ مَعْنى‏ قَوْلِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: «إنِّي مُخَلِّفٌ فِيكُمُ الثَّقَلَيْنِ كِتابَ اللَّهِ وَعِتْرَتِي» مِنَ العِتْرَةُ؟ فَقالَ: أَنَا وَالحَسَنُ وَالحُسَيْنُ وَالأَئِمَّةُ التِّسْعَةُ مِنْ وُلْدِ الحُسَيْنِ، تاسِعُهُمْ مَهْدِيُّهُمْ وَقائِمُهُمْ، لا يُفارِقُونَ كِتابَ اللَّه، وَلا يُفارِقُهُمْ حَتّى‏ يَرِدُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ حَوْضَهُ.

6-25 Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamadani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abi Omayr, on the authority of Ghiyath ibn Ibrahim, on the authority of As-Sadiq Ja’far ibn Muhammad (s), on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali (s), on the authority of his father Ali ibn Al-Hussein (s), on the authority ofhis father Al-Hussein ibn Ali (s) that the Commander of the Faithful (s) was questioned about the meaning of what God’s Prophet (s) said, “I will leave behind two heavy things with you: God’s Book and my ‘Itra.” He (s) was asked, “What does “my ‘Itra” mean?” He (s) replied, “It is I, Al-Hassan, Al-Hussein and the other nine Divine Leaders from the descendants of Al-Hussein. The ninth of them is their Al-Mahdi (Divinely Guided One) who is their Riser. They will not separate themselves from God’s Book and God’s Book will not separate from them until they meet God’s Prophet (s) at his Pool.”

26 - حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنُ الفَضْلِ البَغدْاديُّ قالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عُمَرَ صاحِبَ أَبي العَبَّاسِ ثَعلَبٍ يُسْأَلُ عَنْ مَعْنى‏ قَوْلَهُ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ:«إنِّي تارِكٌ فِيكُمُ الثَّقَلَيْنِ» لَمْ سُمِّيا بِالثَّقَلَيْنِ؟ قالَ: لأَنَّ الَّتمَسُّكَ بِهِما ثَقِيلٌ.

6-26 Ali ibn Al-Fadhl al-Baghdadi narrated that he had heard that Abu Umar - the friend of Abil Abbas Tha’lab was asked the following question regarding the meaning ‘I will leave two heavy things with you’ that the Prophet (s) said. He was asked, ‘Why are these two things called heavy things?’ He replied, ‘Since they are very hard to adhere to.’

27 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْراهيمَ بْنِ إِسْحاقَ الطَّالِقانِيُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَمَّامٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ بُنْذارٍ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ هِلالٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبي عُمَيْرٍ، عَنِ المُفَضَّل بْنِ عُمَرَ، عَنِ الصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبيهِ، عَنْ آبائِهِ، عَنْ أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنينَ‏ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: لَمّا اُسْرى‏ بي إِلى السَّماءِ أَوْحى‏ إِلى‏ رَبِّي جَلَّ جَلالُهُ فَقالَ: يا مُحَمَّدُ إِنّي اَطَّلَعْتَ إِلى‏ الأَرْضِ اطِّلاعَةً فَاخْتَرْتُكَ مِنْها، فَجَعَلْتُكَ نَبِيّاً، وَشَقَقْتُ مِنْ اِسْمِي اسْماً، فَأَنَا الَمحْمُودُ وَأَنْتَ مُحَمَّدٌ، ثُمَّ اَطَّلَعْتُ الثَّانِيَةَ فَاخْتَرْتُ مِنْها عَلِيّاً وَجَعَلْتُهُ وَصِيِّكَ وَخَلِيفَتِكَ، وَزَوْجَ ابْنَتِكَ، وَأَبَا ذُرِّيَّتِكَ، وَشَقَقْتُ لَهُ اسْماً مِنْ أَسْمائِي، فَأَنَا العَلِيُّ الأَعْلى‏ وَهُوَ عَلِيٌّ، وَجَعَلْتُ فاطِمَةَ وَالحَسَنَ وَالحُسَيْنَ مِنْ نُورِكُما، ثُمَّ عَرَضْتُ وِلايَتَهُمْ عَلَى المَلائِكَةِ، فَمَنْ قَبْلَها كانَ عِنْدِي مِنَ المُقَرَّبِينَ، يا مُحَمَّدُ لَوْ أَنَّ عَبْداً عَبَدَنِي حَتّى‏ يَنْقَطِعُ وَيَصِيرَ كَالشَّنَّ الْبالي، ثُمَّ أَتاني جاحِداً لِوِلايَتِهِمْ ما أَسْكَنْتُهُ جَنَّتِي وَلا أَظْلَلْتُهُ تَحْتَ عَرْشي، يا مُحَمَّد أَتُحِبُّ أَنْ تَراهُمْ؟ قُلْتُ: نَعَمْ يا رَبِّي، فَقالَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: ارْفَعْ رَأسَكَ،فَرَفَعْتُ رَأسِي، فَإِذا أَنَا بِأَنْواارِ عَلِيٍّ وَفاطِمَةَ وَالحَسَنِ وَالحُسَيْنِ وَعَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ وَمُحَمَّدٍ وَمُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ وَعَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى وَمُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ وَعَلِىِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَالحَسَن بْنِ عَلِىٍّ والْحُجَّةِ بْنِ الحَسَنِ القائِمِ فِي وَسْطِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُ كَوْكَبٌ دُرِّيٌّ، قُلْتُ: يا رَبِّ مَنْ هؤُلاءِ؟ قالَ: هؤُلاءِ الأَئِمَّةُ وَهذا القائِمُ الَّذِي يُحِلُّ حَلالي وَيُحَرِّمُ حَرامي، وَبِهِ أَنْتَقِمُ مِنْ أَعْدائِي وَهُوَ راحَةٌ لأَوْلِيائِي وَهُوَ الَّذِي يَشْفي قُلُوب شِيعَتِكَ مِنَ الظَّالِمِين وَالْجاحِدِينَ وَالكافِرِينَ فَيَخْرِجُ اللاّت وَالْعُزَّى طِرِيَّيْنِ فَيُحْرِقُهُما، فَلَفِتْنَةُ النَّاسِ بِهِما يَوْمَئِذٍ أَشَدُّ مِنْ فِتْنَةِ العَجَلِ وَالسَّامِريِّ.

6-27 Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Taliqani narrated that Muhammad ibn Hammam quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Bondar, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr, on the authority of Ahmad ibn Hilal, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abi Umayr, on the authority of al-Mufadhdhall ibn Umar, on the authority of As-Sadiq Ja’far ibn Muhammad (s), on the authority of his father (s), on the authority of his forefathers (s), on the authority of the Commander of the Faithful (s) that God’s Prophet (s) said, “When I was taken for the Ascension to the heavens, my Lord - the Exalted the Magnificent - revealed this to me by saying, “O Muhammad! I looked upon the Earth and chose you - a Look! I chose you from among them. Then I appointed you as the Prophet. I derived a name from My Name. I am Mahmood (praised one) and you are Muhammad. Then I looked a second time and chose Ali from among them and established him as your Trustee, Successor, the spouse of your daughter, the father of your progeny. I derived for him a name from my Names. I am Ali the Highest, and he is Ali. I established Fatima, Al-Hassan and Al-Hussein from your light. Then I offered (the acceptance of) their Mastery to the angels. Whoever accepted it is from those Nearest to God. O Muhammad! If anyone worships Me to the extent that he cuts himself off from everything, and only his bones remain and becomes like an old leather-skin but dies while denying their Mastery, I will not place him in My Paradise, and I will not cover him under My Throne. O Muhammad! Do you like to seethem?” Then I said, “Yes, my Lord!” Then the Honorable the Exalted God said, “Raise your head.” Then I raised my head and encountered the rays of light from Ali, Fatima, Al-Hassan, Al-Hussein, Ali ibn Al-Hussein, Muhammad ibn Ali, Ja’far ibn Muhammad, Musa ibn Ja’far, Ali ibn Musa, Muhammad ibn Ali, Ali ibn Muhammad, Al-Hassan ibn Ali, and al-Hujja ibn Al-Hassan - the Riser in their midst shining like a shining star. I said, “O Lord! Who are they?” God said, “They are the Divine Leaders, and this one is the Riser who will make legitimate what I have allowed, and will forbid what I have forbidden. I will take revenge against My enemies by him. He is the Comfort for My friends. He is the one who will pacify the hearts of your followers from the oppressors, the refuters and the atheists. He will take Lat and ’Uzza  fresh out of the ground and burn them. Indeed the sedition which these two brought for the people is more than the sedition of the calf , and the Samiri.” 

28 - حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِمْرانَ الدَّقَّاقُ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبي‏الكُوفِيُّ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عِمْران النَّخَعِيِّ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ النُّوفَلِيِّ، عَنِ الحَسَن بْنِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبي حَمْزَةَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبي القاسِمِ، عَنِ الصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، عَنْ عَلِيِ‏ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: الأَئِمَّةُ بَعْدي اثْنا عَشَر، أَوَّلُهُمْ عَلِىُّ بْنُ أَبِي طالِبٍ وَآخِرَهُمْ القائِمُ، هُمْ خُلَفائِي وَأَوْصِيائِي وَأَوْلِيائِي وَحُجَجُ اللَّهِ عَلَى اُمَّتِي بَعْدي، المُقَرِّبِهِمْ مُؤْمِنٌ، وَالْمُنْكَرُ لَهُم كافِرٌ.

6-28 Ali ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Imran ad-Daqqaq - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Abi Abdillah al-Kufi quoted on the authority of Musa ibn Imran an-Nakha’ee, on the authority of his uncle Al-Hussein ibn Yazid al-Nowfali, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn Abi Hamza, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Yahya ibn Abil Qasim, on the authority of As-Sadiq Ja’far ibn Muhammad (s), on the authority of his father (s), on the authority of his grandfather (s), on the authority of Ali (s) that God’s Prophet (s) said, “There are twelve Divine Leaders after me. The first one of them is Ali ibn Abi Talib (s) and the last one of them is the Riser. They are my Successors, my Trustees, my Masters, and God’s Proofs for my nation after me. Whoever bears witness to them is a believer, and whoever denies them is an atheist.”

29 - حَدَّثَنا أَبُو الحَسَنِ عَلِىُّ بْنُ ثابِتٍ الدَّوالِينيِّ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ بِمَدِينَةِ السَّلامِ سِنَةَ اِثْنَتَيْنِ وَخَمْسِينَ ثَلاثِمائَةٍ [قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الفَصْلِ النَّحْوِيُّ] قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِىِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ الكُوفِيٌّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنُ عاصِمٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى، عَنْ أَبيهِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُوسَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبيهِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أَبيهِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِىِّ، عَنْ أَبيهِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ، عَنْ أَبيهِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ قالَ: دَخَلْتُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ‏ صَـلَّ�� اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَعنْدَهُ اُبَيُّ بْنُكَعْبٍ، فَقالَ لي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: مَرْحَباً بِكَ يا أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّه، يا زَيْنَ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرَضِينَ ! قالَ لهُ اُبَيُّ: وَكَيْفَ يَكُونُ يا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ زَيْنُ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرَضِينَ أَحَدٌ غَيْرِكَ؟ قالَ: يا اُبَيُّ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَني بِالْحَقِّ نَبِيّاً إِنَّ الحُسَيْنَ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ فِي السَّماءِ أَكْبَرُ مِنْهُ فِي الأَرْضِ، وَإِنَّهُ لَمَكْتُوبٌ عَنْ يَمِينِ عَرْشِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: مِصْباحُ هُدىً وَسَفِينَةُ نَجاةٍ، وَإِمامٍ غَيْرِ وَهْنٍ، وَعِزٌّ وَفَخْرٌ وَعِلْمٌ وَذُخْرٌ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ رَكَّبَ فِي صُلْبِهِ نُطْفَةً طَيِّبَةً مُبارِكَةً زَكِيَّةً، وَلَقَدْ لُقَّنَ دَعَواتٍ ما يَدْعُو بِهِنَّ مَخْلُوق إِلاّ حَشَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَعَهُ، وَكانَ شَفِيعَه فِي آخِرَتِهِ، وَفَرَّجَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كَرْبَهُ، وَقَضى‏ بِها دِينِهِ، وَيَسِّرَ أَمْرَهُ، وَأَوْضَحَ سَبِيلَهُ، وَقَوَّاهُ عَلَى عَدُوِّهِ، وَلَمْ يَهْتِكْ سِتْرَهُ، فَقالَ لَهُ اُبَيُّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ: وَما هذِهِ الدَّعَواتُ يا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قالَ: تَقُولُ فَرَغْتَ مِنْ صَلواتِكَ وَأَنْتَ قاعِدٌ: «اَللّْهُمَّ إِنّي أَسأَلُكَ بِكَلِماتِكَ وَمَعاقِدِ عَرْشِك وَسُكَّانِ سَماواتِكَ وَأَنْبِيائِك وَرُسُلِك أَنْ تَسْتَجِيبَ لِي، فَقَدْ رَهِقَنِي مِنْ أَمْرُي عُسْرٌ، فَأَسْأَلُكَ أَنْ تُصَلِّيَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ لي‏ مِنْ أَمْرِي يُسْراً».فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يُسَهِّلُ أَمْرَكَ، وَيَشْرَحُ صَدْرِك، وَيُلَقِّنُكَ شَهادَةَ أَنْ لا إِلهَ إِلاّ اللَّهُ عِنْدَ خُروُجِ نَفْسِكَ، قالَ لَهُ اُبَيُّ: يا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَما هذِهِ النُّطْفَةُ الَّتِي فِي صُلْبِ حَبِيبِي الحُسَيْنِ؟ مَثَلُ هذِهِ النُّطْفَةِ كَمَثَلِ القَمَر، وَهِيَ نُطْفَة بَنِينٍ وَبَناتٍ، يَكُونُ مِنَ اتَّبَعَهُ رَشِيداً، وَمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْهُ غَوِيّاً، قالَ: فَما اسْمُهُ وَما دَعاؤُهُ؟ قالَ: اِسْمُهُ عَلِيٌّ وَدَعاؤُهُ:«يا دائِمُ يا دَيْمُومُ يا حَيُّ يا قَيُّومُ، يا فارِجَ الَهُمْ وَيا باعِثَ الرُّسُل، وَيا صادِقَ الوَعْد».مَنْ دَعا بِهذَا الدُّعاء حَشَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَعَ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْن، وَكانَ قائِدَهُ إِلى الجَنَّة، فَقالَ لَهُ اُبَيُّ: يا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَهَلْ لَهُ مِنْ خَلَفٍ وَوَصِيٍّ؟ قالَ: نَعَمْ، لَهُ مَوارِيثُ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرْضِ، قالَ: ما مَعْنى‏ مَوارِيثِ السَّماواتِ وَالأَرْضِ يا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قالَ: القَضاءُ بِالْحَقِّ وَالْحُكْمُ بِالدِّيانَةِ وَتَأْوِيلُ الأحْكامِ، وَبَيان ما يَكُونُ، قالَ: فَما اسْمُهُ؟ قالَ: اسْمُهُ مُحَمَّدٌ وَإِنَّ الْمَلائِكَةَ لَتَسْتَأْنِسْ بِهِ فِي السَّماواتِ وَيَقُولُ فِي دُعائِهِ: «اَللّْهُمَّ إِنْ كانَ لِي عِنْدَكَ رِضْوانٌ وَوُدٌّ فَاغْفِرْلي وَلِمَنْ تَبِعَني مِنْ إِخْوانِي وَشِيعَتِي، وَطَيِّبْ ما فِي صُلْبِي» فَرَكَّبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي صُلْبِهِ نُطْفَةً طَيِّبَةً مُبارِكَةً زَكِيَّةً وَأَخْبَرَنِي جِبْرَئِيلُ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: أَنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ طَيَّبَ هذِهِ النُّطْفَةَ وَسَمَّاها عنْدَهُ جَعْفَراً، وَجَعَلَهُ هادِياً مَهْدِياً راضِياً مَرْضِياً، يَدْعُو رَبَّهُ فَيَقُولُ فِي دُعائِهِ:«يا دانٍ غَيْرِ مُتَوانٍ، يا أَرْحَمُ الرّاحِمِينَ اجْعَلْ لِشِيعَتِي مِنَ النَّار وِقاءٍ، وَلَهُم عِنْدَكَ رِضاً، وَاغْفِرْ ذُنُوبهم وَيَسِّرْ اُمُورهم، وَاقْضِ دُيُونَهُمْ، وَاسْتِرْ عَوْراتَهُمْ، وَهَبْ لَهُمُ الكَبائِر الَّتِي بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَهُمْ، يا مَنْ لا يَخافُ الضَّيْمَ، وَلا تَأْخُذُهُ سِنَةٌ وَلا نَوْمٌ اجْعَلْ لي‏ مِنْ كُلِّ غَمٍّ فَرَجاً».مَنْ دَعا بِهذَا الدُّعاءِ حَشَرَهُ اللَّه تَعالى‏ أَبْيَضَ الوَجْهِ مَعَ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ إِلى الجَنَّةِ، يا اُبَيُّ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبارَكَ وَتَعالى‏ رَكَّبَ عَلَى هذِهِ النُّطْفَةِ نُطْفَةً زَكِيَّةً مُبارَكَةً طَيِّبَةً، أَنْزَلَتْ عَلَيْها الرَّحْمَة وَسَمَّاها عنْدَهُ مُوسَى، قالَ لَهُ اُبَيُّ: يا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَأَنَّهُمْ يَتَواصَفُونَ وَيَتَناسَلُونَ وَيَتَوارَثُونَ، وَيَصِفُ بَعْضَهُمْ بَعْضاً، قالَ: وَصَفَهُمْ لي‏ جِبْرَئِيلُ عَنْ رَبِّ العـالَمِينَ جَلَّ جَـلالُهُ، قالَ: فَهَلْلِمُوسَى مِنْ دَعْوَة يَدْعُو بِها سِوى‏ دُعاءِ آبائِهِ؟ قالَ: نَعَمْ، يَقُولُ فِي دُعائِهِ:«يا خالِقَ الْخَلْقِ وَيا باسِطَ الرِّزْق وَيا فالِقَ الحُبِّ وَالنَّوى‏ وَبارِى‏ءَ النَّسَمِ، وَمُحْيِيَ المَوْتى‏، وَمُمِيتَ الأَحْياء، وَدائِمُ الثُّباتِ، وَمُخْرِجَ النَّباتِ، افْعَلْ بي ما أَنْتَ أَهْلُهُ».مَنْ دَعا بِهذَا الدُّعاءِ قَضَى اللَّهُ تَعالى‏ حَوائِجَهُ، وَحَشَرَهُ يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ مَعَ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ رَكِّبَ فِي صُلْبِهِ نُطْفَةً مُبارِكَةً زَكِيَّةً مَرْضِيَّةً سَمَّاها عنْدَهُ عَلِيّاً يَكُونُ لِلَّهِ تَعالى‏ فِي خَلْقِهِ رَضِيّاً فِي عِلْمِهِ وَحُكْمِهِ، وَيَجْعَلُهُ حُجَّةً لِشِيعَتِهِ يَحْتَجُونَ بِهِ يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ وَلَهُ دُعاءٌ يَدْعُو بِهِ:«اَللّْهُمَّ أعْطِني الهُدى‏ وَثَبِّتْني عَلَيْهِ‏َ وَاحْشُرْنِي عَلَيْهِ آمِناً، أَمْنَ مَنْ لا خَوْفَ عَلَيْهِ وَلا حُزْنَ وَلا جَزَعَ، إِنَّكَ أَهْل التَّقْوى‏ وَأَهْلُ الْمَغْفِرَةِ».وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ رَكَّبَ فِي صُلْبِه نُطْفَةً مُبارِكَةً طَيِّبَةً زَكِيَّةً مَرْضِيَّةً وَسَمَّاها مُحَمَّدَ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ، فَهُوَشَفِيعُ شِيعَتِهِ وَوارِثُ عِلْم جَدِّهِ، لَهُ عَلامةٌ وَحُجَّةً ظاهِرَةٌ، إِذا وُلِدَ يَقُولُ: «لا إِلهَ إِلاّ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدٌ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ » وَيَقُولُ فِي دُعائِهِ:«يا مَنْ لا شَبِيهَ لَهُ وَلا مِثالَ، أَنْتَ اللَّهُ الَّذِي لا إِلهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ وَلا خالِقَ إِلاّ أَنْتَ، تُفْنِي الَمخْلُوقِينَ وَتُبْقي أَنْتَ، حَلُمَتْ عَمَّنْ عَصاكَ، وَفِي الْمَغْفِرَةِ رِضاكَ».من دَعا بِهذَا الدُّعاءِ كانَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِىٍّ شَفِيعَهُ يَوْمَ القِيامَةِ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَعالى‏ رَكَّبَ فِي صُلْبِهِ نُطْفَةً لا باغِيَةً وَلا طاغِيَةً، بارَّةً مُبارِكَةً طَيِّبَةً طاهِرَةً، سَمَّاها عنْدَهُ عَلِىَّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، فَأَلْبَسَهاالسَّكِينَةَ وَالْوَقار، وَأَوْدَعَها العُلُومَ، وَكُلَّ سِرٍّ مَكْتُومٍ، مَنْ لَقِيَهُ وَفِي صَدْرِهِ شَي‏ءٌ أَنْبَأَهُ بِهِ وَحَذَّرَهُ مِنْ عَدُوِّهِ وَيَقُولُ فِي دَعائِهِ:«يا نُورُ يا بُرْهان يا مُنِيرُ يا مُبِينُ يا رَبِّ اكْفِنِي شَرَّ الشُّرُورِ وَآفاتَ الدُّهُورِ وَأَسأَلُكَ النَّجاةَ يَوْمَ يَنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ».مَنْ دَعا بِهذَا الدُّعاءِ كانَ عَلِىُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ شَفِيعَهُ وَقائِدَهُ إِلى الجَنَّةِ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبارَكَ وَتَعالى‏ رَكَّبَ فِي صُلْبِهِ نُطْفَةً، وَسَمَّاها عِنْدَهُ الحَسَنَ، فَجَعَلَهُ نُوراً فِي بِلادِهِ، وَخَلِيفَةً فِي أَرْضِهِ، وَعِزّاً لِاُمَّةِ جَدِّهِ، وَهادِياً لِشِيعَتِهِ، وَشَفِيعاً لَهُم عِنْدَ رَبِّهِ، وَنِقْمَةً عَلَى مَنْ خالَفَهُ، وَحُجَّةً لِمَنْ والاهُ وَبُرْهاناً لِمَنِ اتَّخَذَهُ إِماماً يَقُولُ فِي دُعائِهِ:«يا عَزِيزَ الْعِزِّ فِي عِزِّهِ، ما أَعَزَّ عَزِيزَ العِزِّ فِي عِزِّهِ، يا عَزِيزاً عُزَّنِي بِعِزِّكَ، وَأيَّدْني بِنَصْرِكَ، وَأَبْعِدْ عَنِّي هَمَزاتِ الشَّياطِينَ، وَأَدْفَع عَنِّي بِدَفْعِكَ، وَاْمنَعْ عَنِّي بِمَنْعِكَ، وَاجْعَلْنِيَ مِنْ خِيارِ خَلْقِكَ، يا واحِدُ يا أَحَدُ، يا فَرْدُ يا صَمَدُ».مَنْ دَعا بِهذَا الدُّعاءِ حَشَرَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَعَهُ، وَنَجَّاهُ مِنَ النَّارِ و لَوْ وَجَبَتْ عَلَيْهِ، وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبارَكَ وَتَعالى‏ رَكَّبَ فِي صُلْبِ الحَسَنِ نُطْفَةً مُبارِكَةً زَكِيَّةً طَيِّبَةً طاهِرَةً مُطَهَّرَةً يَرضى‏ بِها كُلِّ مُؤْمِنٍ مِمَّنْ قَدْ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ تَعالى‏ مِيثاقَهُ فِي الوِلايَة، وَيَكْفُرُ بِها كُلُّ جاحِدٍ، فَهُوَإِمامٌ تَقيٌّ نَقيٌّ بارٌّ، مَرْضِيٌّ هادِيٌّ مَهْدِيٌّ، يَحْكُمُ بِالْعَدْلِ، وَيَأْمُر بِهِ، يُصَدِّقُ اللَّهَ تَعالى‏، وَيُصَدِّقُهُ اللَّهُ تَعالى‏ فِي قَوْلَهُ يَخْرُجُ مِنْ تِهامَةَ حِينَ تَظْهَرُ الدَّلائِلُ وَالْعَلاماتُ، وَلَهُ كُنُوزٌ لا ذَهَبٌ وَلا فِضَّةٌ إِلاّ خُيُولٌ مُطَهَّمَةٌ وَرِجالٌ مُسَوَّمَةٌ، يَجْمَعُ اللَّه تَعالى‏ لَهُ مِنْ أقــاصِي البِلادِ عَلَى عِدَّةِأَهْلِ بَدْرٌ ثَلاثِمائَةٍ وَثَلاثَةَ عَشَر رَجُلاً، مَعَهُ صَحِيفَةٌ مَخْتُومَةٌ فِيها عَدَدُ أَصْحابِهِ بِأَسْمائِهِمْ أَنْسابِهِمْ وَبُلْدانِهِمْ وَطَبائِعِهِمْ وَحِلاهُمْ وَكُناهُمْ كَرَّارُونَ، مُجِدُّونَ فِي طاعَتِهِ. فَقالَ لَهُ اُبَيُّ: وَما دَلائِلُهُ وَعَلاماتُهُ يا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قالَ: لَهُ عَلَمٌ إِذا حانَ وَقْتُ خُرُوجِهِ انْتَشَرَ ذلِكَ الْعِلْمُ مِنْ نَفْسَهُ، وَأَنْطَقَهُ اللَّه تَعالى‏، فَناداهُ العَلَمُ: اُخْرُجْ يا وَلِيَّ اللَّه فَاقْتُلْ أَعْداءَ اللَّهِ، وَهُما آيَتانِ و عَلامَتانِ، وَلَهُ سَيْفٌ مُغْمَدٌ فَإِذا حانَ وَقْتُ خُرُوجِه اخْتَلَعَ ذلِكَ السَّيْفُ مِنْ غِمْدِهِ وَأَنْطَقَهُ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَناداهُ السَّيْفُ: اخْرُجْ يا وَلِيَّ اللَّهِ، فَلا يَحِلُّ لَكَ أَنْ تَقْعَدُ عَنْ أَعْداءَ اللَّهِ، فَيَخْرِجُ وَيَقْتُلُ أَعْداءَ اللَّهُ حَيْثُ ثَقَفَهُمْ وَيُقِيمُ حُدُودَ اللَّه، وَيَحْكُمُ بِحُكْمِ اللَّهِ، يَخْرُجُ وَجَبْرَئِيلُ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ عَنْ يَمِينِه مِيكائِيلُ عَنْ يَسارِهِ وَسَوْفَ تَذْكُرُونَ ما أَقُولُ لَكُمْ وَلَوْ بَعْدَ حِينٍ، وَاُفَوِّضُ أَمْرِي إِلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.يا اُبَيُّ طُوبى‏ لِمَنْ لَقِيهُ، وَطُوبى‏ لِمَنْ أَحَبَّهُ، وَطُوبى‏ لِمَنْ قالَ بِهِ، يَنْجِيِهِمُ اللَّهُ بِهِ مِنَ الهَلَكَةِ وَبِالْإِقْرارِ بِاللَّه وَبِرَسُولِهِ وَبِجَمِيعِ الأَئِمَّةِ، يَفْتَحُ اللَّهُ لَهُمُ الجَنَّةَ، مَثَلُهُمْ فِي الأَرْضِ كَمَثَلِ المِسْكِ الَّذِي يَسْطَعُ ريحُهُ وَلا يَتَغَيَّرُ أبَداً، وَمَثَلُهُمْ فِي السَّماءِ كَمَثَلِ الْقَمَرِ المُنِير الَّذِي لا يُطْفى‏ نُورُهُ أَبَداً.قالَ اُبَيُّ: يا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ بَيانُ حالِ هؤُلاءِ الأَئِمَّةِ عَنِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ؟ قالَ: إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنْزَلَ عَلِيِّ اثْنَتَيْ عَشَرةَ صَحِيفَةً، اسْمُ كُلِّ إِمامٍ عَلَى خاتِمِهِ وَصِفَتُهُ فِي صَحِيفَتِهِ.

6-29 Abul Hassan Ali ibn Thabit al-Dawalini - may God be pleased with him - in Medinat Al-Salam narrated in the year 352 A.H. (962 A.D.) that Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Abdul Samad al-Kufi quoted on the authority of Ali ibn Aasim, on the authority of Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Musa (s), on the authority of his father Ali ibn Musa (ar-Ridha) (s), on the authority of his father Musa ibn Ja’far (Imam Kadhim) (s), on the authority of his father Ja’far ibn Muhammad (as-Sadiq) (s), on the authority of his father Muhammad ibn Ali (s), on the authority of Ali ibn Al-Hussein (s), on the authority of his father Al-Hussein ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (s), “I went to see God’s Prophet (s) and Ubay ibn Ka’b was with him (s). God’sProphet (s) told me, “O Aba Abdullah! O the adornment of the heavens and the Earths ! Welcome.”Ubay asked him (s), “O Prophet of God! How could anyone but you be the adornment of the heavens and the Earths?”The Prophet (s) said, “O Ubay! I swear by Him who rightfully appointed me as the Prophet that Al-Hussein ibn Ali is greater in the heavens than he is on the Earth. In fact, the following is written on about him on the right side of the Throne of the Honorable the Exalted God, “He (Al-Hussein ibn Ali) is the Lantern of Guidance and the Ship of Salvation. He is the Divine Leader of steadfastness, honor, pride, (source of) knowledge and treasures. And the Honorable the Exalted God has placed a pure, blessed and pious sperm in his loin. He has been taught supplications. The Honorable the Exalted God will reunite with him whoever recites these supplications. He will intercede on their behalf in the Hereafter. And God will eliminate his sorrows, pay back his debts, ease his affairs, clarify his path, empower him over his enemies and not make known his faults all due to him (that is Imam As-Sajjad (s).”Then Ubay ibn Ka’b asked him, “O Messenger of God! What are these supplications?” He (s) said, “When you finish your prayers sit down and say, ‘O my Lord! I implore Thee by your Words, the Seats of your Throne, the Rudder of your Heavens, your Prophets and Messengers to fulfill my prayers since I have encountered difficulties in my affairs. Thus I ask Thee to send blessings upon Muhammad (s) and the Household of Muhammad, and establish convenience in my affairs for me.’ Then the Honorable the Exalted God will make your affairs easy for you, expand your breast , and dictate to you the expression of I bear witness that there is no god but God when you die.”Ubay asked, “O Messenger of God! What is this sperm that He has placed in the loin of my beloved Al-Hussein?”He (s) replied, “The similitude of this sperm is like that of the moon. It is the sperm of boys and girls. Whoever follows him will attain growth and whoever deviates from him will be lost.” He asked, “And what is his name, and what is his supplication?” The Prophet (s) said, “His name is Ali, and his supplication is, ‘O the Eternal, the Everlasting! O the Living the Everbeing! O the Remover of sorrows! O the Appointer of the Messengers! O the Honest in Promises!’”The Honorable the Exalted God will reunite anyone with Ali ibn Al-Hussein (on the Resurrection Day) who supplicates using this supplication. He will lead him to Paradise.Then Ubay asked, “O Messenger of God! Will there be any Successors and Trustees for him?” The Prophet (s) said, “Yes. To him belongs the inheritance of the heavens and the Earth.” He asked, “O Messenger of God! What does the inheritance of the heavens and the Earth mean?” The Prophet (s) said, “It means judging rightfully, issuing decrees according to the religion, interpreting the decrees and expressing what will come in the future.”He asked, “And what is his name?” The Prophet (s) replied, “His name will be Muhammad. He will be the companion of the angels in the heavens. In his supplications he will say, “O my Lord! If Thee are pleased with me and like me, then please forgive me and those of my brethren who follow me, and purify what is in my loin.”Then the Honorable the Exalted God will place a pure, blessed and pious sperm in his loin. Gabriel (s) informed me that the Honorable the Exalted God purifies this sperm and calls him Ja’far Himself, and He establishes him as a Divinely Guided guide, well pleased, and well-pleasing. He will pray to his Lord by saying the following in his supplications, “O the Near One who do not neglect, O the Most Beneficent the Most Merciful! Please grant my followers armour against the Fire. Be pleased with them. Forgive their sins, and ease their affairs. Pay back their debts. Cover up their faults. Forgive their major sins that are between you and them. O the One who has no fear of the oppression of the oppressors! O the One who does not become sleepy or fall asleep. Please establish a relief from all sorrows for me.” The Sublime God will reunite anyone with Ja’far ibn Muhammad with a bright face towards Paradise (on the Resurrection Day) who supplicates using this supplication.O Ubay! Indeed the Honorable the Exalted God has placed a pure, blessed and pious sperm in his loin. He Himself has descended His Mercy unto him and called him Musa. Then Ubay asked, “O Messenger of God! It seems as if they are similar to each other. They are from one generation. They inherit from each other. Some of them describe some others.The Prophet (s) said, “Gabriel described them for me on the authority of the Lord of the Two Worlds - the Exalted the Magnificent.”Then Ubay asked, “Does Musa have supplications that are different from those of his forefathers?” The Prophet (s) said, “Yes. He says the following in his supplications: ‘O the Creator of the creatures! O the expander of the sustenance! O the splitter of the seeds who makes them grow! O the Creator of the living! O the One who gives life to the dead!: Who takes away life from the living! O the Constant and the Well-Established! O the One who makes the plants sprout! Treat me as You please!’”The Sublime God will fulfill the needs of and reunite anyone with Musa ibn Ja’far on the Resurrection Day who supplicates using this supplication by Ali ibn Al-Hussein.And the Honorable the Exalted God Himself has placed a pure, blessed, pious and well-pleasing sperm in his loin, and called him Ali. He is well-pleasing to God among the creatures regarding his knowledge and wisdom. God establishes him as a Proof for his followers on the Resurrection Day so that they can argue based on him on the Resurrection Day. He has supplications in which he says, “O my Lord! Grant me guidance, and establish me firm on that. Resurrect me with it while I am safe and secure as someone who has no fears. You foster piety and forgiveness.”And the Honorable the Exalted God has placed a pure, blessed, pious and well-pleasing sperm in his loin. He Himself has called him Muhammad ibn Ali Himself. He will intercede on behalf of his followers. He inherits the knowledge of his grandfather. He possesses clear signs and proofs which become apparent. When he is born he will say, There is no god but God, and Muhammad (s) is God’s Messenger. In his supplications, he will say, “O the One with no one like unto Him! You are God. There is no god but You. There is no creator but You. You make the creatures perish, but remain yourself. You forgive those who disobey you, and your pleasure lies in forgiveness.”Muhammad ibn Ali will intercede on the Resurrection Day on behalf of whoever supplicates using this supplication by Ali ibn Al-Hussein. And the Sublime God has placed a sperm -neither oppressive nor disobedient, but pious, blessed, pure, and clean- in his loin. He Himself has calledhim Ali ibn Muhammad. He has equipped him with calmness and dignity. He has granted him knowledge and the hidden secrets. Whoever visits him while covering up something in his heart (mind), he will inform him of that, and will admonish him against his enemies and will say the following in his supplications, “O the Light! O the Proof! O the Luminous! O the Lucid! O Lord! Please guard me against the wickedness of the devils, the seditions of the ages. I ask Thee for salvation on the Day on which the Trumpet is blown.”Ali ibn Muhammad will intercede (on the Resurrection Day) on behalf of whoever supplicates using this supplication and lead him into Paradise. And the Blessed the Sublime God Himself has placed a sperm in his loin whom He called Al-Hassan.Then He established him as light in the towns, His Successor on the Earth, as a source of honor for his grandfather, as a guide for his followers, and as one to intercede on their behalf near his Lord, as a revenger of His enemies, and as a Proof for those who are his friends and those who adhere to him as their Divine Leader. In his supplications he said,“O the Noble One - noble in your nobility! How noble is one who is noble in his nobility! O the Noble One! Grant me nobility by your Nobleness. And acknowledge me by your assistance. Keep away from me the temptations of Satan and fend things off from me using your own fending. And protect me by your protection. And establish me as one of your best creatures. O the One and Only! O the Single and the Eternal.”The Honorable the Exalted God will reunite with him (al-Hasan) whoever supplicates using this supplication and save him from the Fire even if the Fire has become incumbent upon him. Indeed the Blessed the Sublime God has placed a pure, blessed and pious sperm - pure and purifying in Al-Hassan’s loin. Any believer from whom the Sublime God has taken a pledge of his Mastery will be pleased with him, and all those who refute him will become atheists. He is a pious, pure, righteous, approved, guiding and Divinely Guided Divine Leader. And he rules justly, and orders to rule that way. He acknowledges the Sublime God, and the Sublime God acknowledges him in His words. He will rise from Tihama (in the Arabia) when signs and proofs have appeared. He possesses treasures that are not of silver and gold, but are of very beautifuland strong horses and remarkable men marked with faith and worship. The Sublime God will gather together as many people as there were in the (Battle of) Badr - that is three hundred and thirteen men - around him from the farthest towns. There is a sealed Tablet with him in which the number of his companions, their names, their family names, their towns, their characteristics, their looks and their nicknames are recorded. They are all fighters striving in his obedience.And Ubay asked him, “O Prophet of God! And what are his proofs and his signs?”The Prophet (s) said, “He has a flag which opens up by itself when the time comes for him to rise. This is inherent in its nature. The Sublime God will empower it to talk, and the flag will say, “O Friend of God! Rise and kill the enemies of God.” These two are two signs and proofs for him. And he has a sword that is placed in its sheath. And when the time comes for him to rise, this sword is drawn out of its sheath by itself. The Sublime God will empower it to talk, and the sword will say, “O Friend of God! Rise. It is no longer allowed for you to be indifferent to the enemies of God.”Then he will rise and kill the enemies of God wherever he finds them. He will establish the bounds set up by God, and rule according to the Decrees of God. He will rise with Gabriel on his right side and Michael on his left side. You will see what I told you happen, even though it may be after some time. And I entrust my affairs to the Sublime, the Honorable the Exalted God.O Ubay! Prosperous be the one who meets him. Prosperous be the one who loves him. Prosperous be the one who believes in him. God will save them from destruction due to him, and due to confessing to God, His Messenger and all the Divine Leaders. God will open up Paradise for them. Their similitude on the Earth is like that of musk which always smells good and never changes. And their similitude in the heavens is like that of the bright moon whose illumination never ceases.Ubay asked, “O Prophet of God! How were the details about these Divine Leaders expressed to you by the Honorable the Exalted God?” The Prophet (s) said, “Indeed the Honorable the Exalted God sent down twelve Tablets to me on each of which the names of each of the Divine Leaders is sealed. The descriptions of each of them is in the appropriate Tablet.”

30 - حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الوَرَّاقُ الرَّازِيُ‏ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا الهِيْثَم بْنِ أَبي مَسْرُوقِ النَّهْدِيِّ، عَنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عُلْوانَ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ خالِدٍ، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ طَرِيفٍ، عَنِ الأَصْبَغِ بْنِ نُباتَهُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ عَبَّاس، قالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ يَقُولُ: أَنَا وَعَلِيٌّ وَالحَسَنُ وَالحُسَيْنُ وَتِسْعَةٌ مِنْ وُلْدِ الحُسَيْن مُطَهَّرُونَ مَعْصُومُونَ.

6-30 Ali ibn Abdullah al-Warraq al-Razi - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah quoted on the authority of al-Haytham ibn Abi Masrooq an-Nahdi, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Ulwan, on the authority of Amr ibn Khalid, on the authority of Sa’d ibn Tarif, on the authority of al-Asbagh ibn Nobata that Abdullah ibn Abbas narrated that he had heard God’s Prophet (s) say, “Ali, Al-Hassan, Al-Hussein, nine of the progeny of Al-Hussein and I are the Pure, the Immaculate.”

31 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ الحَسَنِ القَطَّانُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا القَطَّانُ، قالَ: حَدَّثَنا بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ حَبِيبٍ، قالَ: حَدَّثَنا الفَضْلُ بْنُ الصَقْرِ العَبْدِيِّ، قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو مُعاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَبايَةَ بْنِ رِبْعِيّ، عَنْ عَبْدِاللَّه بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ أَنَا سَيِّدُ النَبِيِّين وَعَلِىُّ بْنُ أَبي طالِب سَيِّدُ الوَصِيِّين وَإِنَّ أَوْصِيائِي بَعْدي اثْنا عَشَرَ، أَوَّلُهُم عَلِىُّ بْنُ أَبي طالِبٍ وَآخِرُهُمُ الْقائِمُ.

6-31 Ahmad ibn Al-Hassan al-Qattan narrated that Ahmad ibn Yahya bin Zakariya al-Qattan quoted on the authority of Bakr ibn Abdullah ibn Habib, on the authority of Al-Fadhl ibn al-Saqr al-Abdi, on the authority of Abu Mo’awiya, on the authority of al-A’amesh, on the authority of Abaya ibn Reb’ee, on the authority of Abdullah ibn Abbas that God’s Prophet (s) said, “I am the Master of the Prophets, and Ali ibn Abi Talib (s) is the Master of the Trustees. The Trustees after me are twelve, the first of whom is Ali ibn Abi Talib (s) and their last one is the Riser.”

32 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زِيادِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْهَمَذانيّ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مَعْقِل القِرْميسِينيُّ حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّه البَصَرِيِّ، قالَ: حَدَّثَنا إِبْراهيمِ بْنِ مِهْزِمٍ، عَنْ أَبيهِ، عَنْ أَبي عَبْدِ اللَّه‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، عَنْ آبائِهِ، عَنْ عَلِيٍ‏ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ، قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: اثْنا عَشَرَ مِنْ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي أَعْطاهُمُ اللَّه فَهْمِي وَعِلْمِي وَحِكْمَتِي وَخَلَقَهُمْ مِنْ طِينَتِي فَوَيْلٌ لِلْمُنْكِرِينَ عَلَيْهِمْ بَعْدي، القاطِعينَ فِيهِمْ صِلَتي، ما لَهُم لا أَنَا لَهُمُ اللَّهُ شَفاعَتِي.

6-32 Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamadani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Ma’aqil al-Qirmaysini quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abdullah al-Basri, on the authority of Ibrahim ibn Mihzam, on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abi Abdullah (s), on the authority of his forefathers (s), on the authority of Ali (s) that God’s Prophet (s) said, “God granted twelve members of my Holy Household my understanding, knowledge and wisdom, and has created them from my nature. Woe be to those who deny them after me, and refute their ties of kinship with me. What is wrong with them? May God not make them benefit from my intercession.”

33 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْراهيمَ بْنِ إِسْحاقَ الطَّالِقانِيُّ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ هَمّامٍ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّه بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الحِمْيَريُّ، عَنِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ مُوسَى الخَشَّابِ، عَنْ أَبي المُثَنّى النَّخَعِيِّ، عَنْ زَيْد بْنِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ، عَنْ أَبيهِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ‏عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ قالَ: قالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: كَيْفَ تَهْلِكُ اُمَّةٌ أَنَا وَعَلِيٌّ وَأَحَدَ عَشَرَ مِنْ وُلْدِي اُولُوالأَلْبابِ أَوَّلُها، وَالمَسِيحُ بْنُ مَرْيَمَ آخِرُها، وَلكِن يَهْلِكَ بَيْنِ ذلِكَ مَنْ لَسْتُ مِنْهُ وَلَيْسَ مِنِّي.

6-33 Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Taliqani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Muhammad ibn Hamam Abu Ali quoted on the authority of Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Hemyari, quoted on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Musa al-Khashshab, on the authority of Abil Muthanna an-Nakha’ee, on the authority of Zayd ibn Ali ibn Al-Hussein, on the authority of his father Ali ibn Al-Hussein (s), on the authority of his father (s) that God’s Prophet (s) said, “How can a nation that begins with me, Ali and eleven of my progeny who are all men of Understanding and ends with the Messiah - the son of (the Blessed Lady) Mary (s) - perish? However, in the meantime anyone who does not belong to my nation, and I am not associated with will perish.”

34 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى العَطَّار قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبي، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الجَبَّارِ، عَنْ أَبي أَحْمَدَ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيادٍ الأَزْدِيِّ، عَنْ أَبانِ بْنِ عُثْمانَ، عَنْ ثابِتِ بْنِ دِينارٍ، عَنْ سَيِّدِ العابِدِينَ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ، عَنْ سَيِّدِ الشُّهَداءِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ، عَنْ سَيِّد الأَوْصِياءِ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبي طالِب‏ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ قالَ: قالَ لي‏ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ: الأَئِمَّةُ مِنْ بَعْدي اثْنا عَشَرَ أَوَّلُهُم أَنْتَ يا عَلِيُّ، وَآخِرُهُمْ القائِمُ الَّذِي يَفْتَحُ اللَّه - تَبارَكَ وَتَعالى‏ ذِكْرُهُ - عَلَى يَدَيْهِ مَشارِقَ الأَرْضِ وَمَغارِبَها.

6-34 Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar (s) narrated that his father quoted on the authority of Muhammad ibn Abdul Jabbar, on the authority of Abi Ahmad Muhammad ibn Ziyad al-Azedi, on the authority of Aban ibn Uthman, on the authority of Abi Ahmad Muhammad ibn Ziyad al-Azedi, on the authority of Aban ibn Uthman, on the authority of Thabit ibn Dinar, on the authority of the Master of the Worshippers Ali ibn Al-Hussein (s), on the authority of the Master of the Martyrs Al-Hussein ibn Ali, on the authority of the Master of the Trustees the Commander of the Faithful Ali ibn Abi Talib (s) that God’s Prophet (s) told him, “There are twelve Divine Leaders after me. O Ali! You are the first one. Their last one is the Riser with whose hands God - whose mentioning is Blessed and High - will conquer the East and the West of the Earth”

35 - حَدَّثَنا أَبي؛ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ الوَلِيدِ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُما - قالا: حَدَّثَنا سَعْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّه؛ وَعَبْدُ اللَّهُ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الحِمْيَريُّ؛ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى العَطَّار، وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِيسَ جَمِيعاً قالُوا: حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ أَبي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ البَرْقِيُّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو هاشِمٍ داوُدُ بْنُ القاسِم الجَعْفَرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ الثَّانِي‏عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ قالَ: أَقْبَلَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنينَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ ذاتِ يَوْمٍ وَمَعَهُ الحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِىِ‏عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ وَسَلْمان الفارسيُّ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ وَأَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنينَ مُتَّكِيٌّ عَلَى يَدِ سَلْمان، فَدَخَلَ الْمَسْجِدَ الحَرام إِذْ أَقْبَلْ رَجُلٌ حَسَنُ الهِيْئَةِ وَاللِّباس، فَسَلِّمَ عَلَى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنينَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فَرَدَّ عَلَيْهِ فَجَلَس، ثُمَّ قالَ: يا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ! أَسأَلُكَ عَنْ ثَلاثِ مَسائِلَ، إِنْ أَخْبَرْتَنِي بِهِنَّ عَلِمْتَ أَن القَوْمَ قَدْ رَكِبُوا مِنْ أَمْرِكَ ما أَقْضي عَلَيْهِمْ أَنَّهُمْ لَيسوا بِمَأمُونِينَ فِي دُنْياهُمْ وَلا فِي آخِرَتِهِمْ، وَإِنْ تَكُنْ الاُخْرى‏ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ وَهُمْ شَرْعٌ سَواءٌ، فَقالَ لَهُ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنين‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: سَلْنِي عَمَّا بَدالَكَ، فَقالَ، أَخْبَرْنِي عَنِ الرَّجُلِ إِذا نامَ أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ رُوحُهُ؟ وَعَنِ الرَّجُل كَيْفَ يَذْكُرُ وَيَنْسى‏؟ وَعَنِ الرَّجُلِ كَيْفَ يُشْبِهُ وُلْدِه الأَعْمامَ وَالأَخْوال فَالْتَفَتَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنينَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ إِلى أَبي مُحَمَّدٍ الحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِىٍ‏عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ، فَقالَ: يا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ أَجِبْهُ.فَقالَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: أَمَّا ما سَأَلْتَ عَنْهُ مِنْ أَمْرِ الإِنْسان إِذا نامَ أَيْنَ تَذْهَبُ رُوحُهُ، فَإِنَّ رُوحُهُ مُتِعَلِّقَةٌ بِالرِّيحِ وَالرِّيحُ مُتِعَلِّقَةٌ بِالْهَواءِ إِلى وَقْتِ ما يَتَحَرَّكُ صاحِبُها لِلْيَقْظَةِ، فَإِنْ أَذِنَ اللَّهُ تَعالى‏ بِرَدِّ الرُّوحُ عَلَى صاحِبِها جَذَبَتْ تِلْكَ الرُّوحُ الرِّيحَ وَجَذَبَتْ تِلْكَ الرِّيحُ الهَواءَ، فَرَجَعَتِ الرُّوحُ فَاُسْكِنَتْ فِي بَدَن صاحِبِها وَإِنْ لَمْ يَأْذَنِ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ بِرَدِّ تِلْكَ الرُّوحِ عَلَى صاحِبِها، جَذَبَ الهَواءُ الرِّيحَ، وَجَذَبَتِ الرِّيحُ الرُّوحُ، فَلَمْ تُرَدَّ عَلَى صاحِبِها إِلى وَقْتِ ما يُبْعَثُ.وَأمَّا ما ذَكَرْتَ مِنْ أَمْرِ الذِّكْرِ وَالنِّسْيانِ، فَإِنَّ قَلْبَ الرَّجُلَ فِي حُقٍّ وَعَلَى الحُقِّ طَبَقٌ، فَإِنْ صَلَّى الرَّجُلُ عِنْدَ ذلِكَ عَلَى مُحَمَّد وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ صَلاة تامَّةً، انْكَشَفَ ذلِكَ الطَّبَقُ عَنْ ذلِكَ الحَقِّ، فَأَضاءَ القَلْبُ وَذَكَرَ الرَّجُلُ ما كانَ نَسِيَ، فَإِنْ [هُوَ] لَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ وَآلِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَوْ نَقَصَ مِنَ الصَّلاةِ عَلَيْهِم، انْطَبَقَ ذلِكَ الطَّبَقُ عَلَى ذلِكَ الحَقِّ، فَأَظْلَمَ القَلْبَ وَنَسِيَ الرَّجُلُ ما كانَ ذَكَرَهُ.و أَمَّا ما ذَكَرْتَ مِنْ أَمْرِ المَوْلُودِ الَّذِي يُشْبِهُ أَعْمامَهُ و أَخْوالَهُ فَإِنَّ الرَّجُلَ إِذا أَتى‏ أَهْلَهُ فَجامَعَها بِقَلْبِ ساكِنٍ وَعُرُوق هادِئَةٍ وَبَدَنٍ غَيْرِ مُضْطَرِبٍ فاستكنت تِلْكَ النُّطْفَةُ فِي الرَّحِمَ خَرَجَ الوَلَد يُشْبِهُ أَباهُ وَاُمُّهُ وَإِن هُوَأَتاها بِقَلْبِ غَيْرِ ساكِن وَعُرُوق غَيْرِ هادِئَة وَبَدَن مُضْطَرِبٍ اضْطَرَبْتُ النُّطْفَةُ فَوَقَعَتْ فِي حالِ اضْطَرابِها عَلى‏ بَعْضِ العُرُوقِ، فَإِنْ وَقَعَتْ عَلَى عِرْق مِنْ عُرُوقِ الأَعْمامِ أَشْبَهَ الوَلَدُ أَعْمامَهُ ؛وَإِنْ وَقَعَتْ عَلَى عِرْقٍ مِنْ عُرُوقِ الأَخْوالِ أَشْبَهُ الوَلَدُ أَخْوالَهُ.فَقالَ الرَّجُلُ: أَشْهَدُ أَن لا إِلهَ إِلاّ اللَّهِ وَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَشْهَدُ بِها، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَشْهَـدُ بِذلـِكَ وَأَشْهَـدُ أَنَّكَ وَصِيُّ رَسُولِـهِ وَالْقائِمُ بِحُجَّتِهِ - وَأَشارَ إِلى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنين‏عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ - وَلَمْ أَزَلْ أَشْهَدُ بِها، وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّكَ وَصِيُّهُ وَالقائِمُ بِحُجَّتِهِ بَعْدك - وَأَشارَ إِلى الحَسَن‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ - وَأَشْهَدُ أَنَّ الحُسَيْنَ بْنِ عَلِى وَصِيُّ أَبِيكَ، وَالقائِمُ بِحُجَّتِهِ بَعْدَكَ، وَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْن أَنَّهُ القائِمُ بِأَمْرِ الحُسَيْنِ بَعْدَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ أَنَّهُ القائِمُ بِأَمْرِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ الحُسَيْنِ بَعْدَهُ، وَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَنَّهُ القائِمُ بِأَمْرِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ، وَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ أَنَّهُ القائِمُ بِأَمْرِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى أَنَّهُ القائِمُ بِأَمْرِ مُوسَى بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، وَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ أَنَّهُ القائِمُ بِأَمْرِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُوسَى، وَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَنَّهُ الْقائِمُ بِأَمْرِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ، وَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى الحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ أَنَّهُ الْقائِمُ بِأَمْرِ عَلِىِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَأَشْهَدُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مِنْ وُلْدِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ لا يُكَنِّي وَلا يُسَمّى‏ حَتّى‏ يَظْهَرَ فِي الأَرْضِ أَمْرُهُ فَيَمْلَأَها عَدْلاً كَما مُلِئَتْ جَوْراً، أَنَّهُ الْقائِمُ بِأَمْرِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِىٍّ، وَالسَّلامُ عَلَيْكَ يا أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنينَ وَرَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ وَبَرَكاتُهُ، ثُمَّ قامَ وَمَضى‏.فَقالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنينَ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ: يا أَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ اتَّبَعَهُ فَانْظُرْ أَيْنَ يَقْصُدُ؟ فَخَرَجَ الحَسَنُ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فِي أَثَرِهِ، قالَ: فَما كانَ إِلاّ أَنْ وَضَعَ رِجْلَهُ خارِجاً مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَما دَرْيَتُ أَيْنَ أَخَذَ مِنَ أَرْضِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ؟ فَرَجَعْتُ إِلى أَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنين‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ فَأَعْلَمْتُهُ، فَقالَ: يـاأَبَا مُحَمَّدٍ أَتَعْرِفُهُ؟ فَقُلْتُ: اللَّهُ تَعالى‏ وَرَسُولُهُ وَأَمِيرِ الْمُؤْمِنينَ أَعْلَمُ. فَقالَ: هُوَالخِضْرُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ.

6-35 My father and Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ahmad ibn al-Waleed - may God be pleased with them - narrated that Sa’d ibn Abdullah, Abdullah ibn Ja’far al-Hemyari, Muhammad ibn Yahya al-Attar and Ahmad ibn Idris - may God be pleased with them - quoted on the authority of Ahmad ibn Abi Abdillah al-Barqi, on the authority of Abi Hashem Dawood ibn Al-Qasim al-Ja’fari, on the authority of Abi Ja’far Muhammad ibn Ali Al-Baqir (s), “One day the Commander of the Faithful (s) was with Al-Hassan ibn Ali (s) and Salman al-Farsi - may God be pleased with him. The Commander of the Faithful (s) was leaning on Salman’s hand. They entered the ‘Al-Haram Mosque (the Kaaba). A good-looking well-dressed man came up to them and greeted the Commander of the Faithful (s). Then the Imam (s) greeted him back. The man sat down and said, “O Commander of the Faithful! I will ask you about three things. If you give me the right answers then I will know that your tribe has something done to you for which they will neither be safe in this world, nor will they be secure in the Hereafter. But if not, I will know that you and the rest are the same.”Then the Commander of the Faithful (s) told him, “Ask me whatever you wish.” He asked, “Inform me about where a man’s soul goes when he goes to sleep, how a man remembers and forgets, and how one’s child looks like his uncles or aunts.”Then the Commander of the Faithful (s) turned to Aba Muhammad Al-Hassan ibn Ali (s) and said, “O Aba Muhammad! Answer him.”Then Al-Hassan (s) said, “Regarding your question about where a man’s soul goes when he sleeps, the soul is associated with the wind, and the wind is associated with the air as long as the owner of the soul does not move. If the Sublime God permits that the soul be returned to its owner, the soul will attract the wind and pull it towards itself. And the wind will attract the air. Thus the soul will return and reside in the body of its owner. However, if the Honorable the Exalted God does not permit that the soul be returned to its owner, then the air will absorb the wind, and the wind will absorb the soul. Then the soul will not return to its owner until the Resurrection time.And regarding what you asked about remembering and forgetting, there is a cavity in a man’s heart over which there is a plate. When a man perfectly expresses that “Blessings be Upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad”, this plate will be removed from that cavity. Then the heart will be illuminated and man will remember what he had forgotten. However, if he does not express that ‘Blessings be Upon Muhammad and the Household of Muhammad’, or imperfectly expresses the blessings upon them, this plate will totally cover that cavity. Then the heart will be in darkness and man will forget what he had remembered.And regarding what you asked about a baby that looks like his aunts or uncles I should say that when a man goes to his wife and has intercourse with her with a calm heart, tranquil hereditary disposition, and an unagitated body, the sperm will enter the uterus and a child who will look like his parents will be formed. However, if he goes to her with a heart that is not calm, a hereditary disposition that is not tranquil and an agitated body, then the sperm will be agitated. When the sperm gets agitated, it will land on some of the other family lines which may be related to his lineage from his aunts or uncles. Then once the sperm falls off on one of the other family lines from the lineage of his uncles, the child will look like one of his uncles. But if the sperm falls on one of the other family lines from the lineage of his aunts, the child will look like one of his aunts.Then the man said, “I bear witness that there is no god but God. I believed in this before. And I bear witness that Muhammad is God’s Messenger. I believed in this before.And I bear witness that you are the Trustee of His Messenger, and you are the Riser to His Proof.” (He was pointing to the Commander of the Faithful when he said this.) I believed in this before.And I bear witness that you are his Trustee and the Riser to His Proof after him. He was pointing to Al-Hassan when he said this.And I bear witness that Al-Hussein ibn Ali is the Trustee of your father and the Riser to His Proof after you.And I bear witness that Ali ibn Al-Hussein is in charge of the affairs of Al-Hussein after him.And I bear witness that Muhammad ibn Ali is in charge of the affairs of Ali ibn Al-Hussein after him.And I bear witness that Ja’far ibn Muhammad is in charge of the affairs of Muhammad ibn Ali after him.And I bear witness that Musa ibn Ja’far is in charge of the affairs of Ja’far ibn Muhammad after him.And I bear witness that Ali ibn Musa is in charge of the affairs of Musa ibn Ja’far after him.And I bear witness that Muhammad ibn Ali is in charge of the affairs of Ali ibn Musa after him.And I bear witness that Ali ibn Muhammad is in charge of the affairs of Muhammad ibn Ali, and I bear witness that Al-Hassan ibn Ali is in charge of the affairs of Ali ibn Muhammad.And I bear witness that a man from the offspring of Al-Hassan ibn Ali whose name and nickname we are not permitted to mention until he Rises will be in charge of the affairs of Al-Hassan ibn Ali. When he rises, he will fill the Earth with justice while it has been filled with oppression. O Commander of the Faithful! Peace, God’s Mercy and His Blessings be upon you.” Then he stood up and left.Then the Commander of the Faithful (s) said, “O Aba Muhammad! Follow him and see where he wants to go.” Then Al-Hassan (s) went after him. Al-Hassan (s) said, “As soon as he left the mosque, I did not see him. It was as if the Honorable the Exalted God had removed him from the Earth! I returned to the Commander of the Faithful (s) and informed him about that.”He (s) asked, “O Aba Muhammad! Did you recognize him?”I said, “O Commander of the Faithful! The Sublime God, His Messenger and the Commander of the Faithful know best.” The Commander of the Faithful (s) said, “He was al-Khidhr (s).”

36 - حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زِيادِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْهَمَذانيّ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنُ إِبراهِيمَ بْنِ هاشِمِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ السَّلامِ بْنِ صالِحٍ الهَرَوِيِّ قالَ: أَخْبَرنا وَكِيعٌ، عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمنِ بْنِ سَلِيطٍ قالَ: قالَ الحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِبٍ‏عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ: مِنَّا اثْنا عَشَرَ مَهْدِيّاً، أَوَّلُهُمْ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنينَ عَلِىُّ بْنُ أَبِي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، وَآخِرُهُمْ التّاسِعُ مِنْ وُلْدِي وَهُوَ الْقائِمِ بِالْحَقِّ، يَحْيِيَ اللَّهُ تَعالى‏ بِهِ الأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِها، وَيُظْهِرُ بِهِ دِينَ الحَقِّ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ، لَهُ غَيْبَةٌ يَرْتَدُّ فِيها قَوْمٌ وَيَثْبُتُ عَلَى الدِّينِ فِيها آخِرُونَ، فَيُؤَذَوْنَ، فَيُقالُ لَهُمْ: مَتى‏ هذا الوَعْدُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صادِقِينَ؟ أَما إِنَّ الصَّابِرَ فِي غَيْبَتِهِ عَلَى الأَذى‏ وَالتَّكْذِيبِ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الُمجاهِدِ بِالسَّيْفِ بَيْنِ يَدِيَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ.

6-36 Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamadani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abdul Salam ibn Salih al-Harawi , on the authority of Wakee’, on the authority of Ar-Rabee’ ibn Sa’d, on the authority of Abdurrahman ibn Saleet that Al-Hussein ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (s) said, “There are twelve Mahdi’s (Divinely Guided Ones) among us. The first one is the Commander of the Faithful Ali ibn Abi Talib (s). The last one is my ninth descendant who is the Riser for the Right. The Sublime God will revive the Earth by him after it perishes, and will make the Right Religion victorious over all religions by him, even though the atheists may not like this. There will be a period of absence for him during which some people will turn away from him while others remain steadfast in the religion and suffer. They will be told, “When is the promise fulfilled if you speak the truth?” Whoever perseveres and withstands the bothering and the denial of the people during his absence, it is as if he has fought in a holy war along with God’s Prophet (s).

37 - حَدَّثَنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْراهيمَ بْنِ إِسْحاقَ الطَّالِقانِيُّ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمَذانيّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ العاصِمِيّ، عَنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ قاسِمِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ، عَنِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَماعَةِ، عَنْ ثابِتٍ الصَبَّاغِ، عَنْ أَبي بَصِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ قالَ: سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: مِنَّا اثْنا عَشَرَ مَهْدِيّاً: مَضى‏ سِتَّةٌ وَبَقِيَ سِتَّةٌ، وَيَصْنَعُ اللَّهُ فِي السَّادِسِ ما أَحَبَّ.وَقَدْ أَخْرَجْتُ الأَخْبارَ الَّتِي رُوِّيتُها فِي هذَا الْمَعْنى‏ فِي كِتابِ «كَمال الدِّينِ وَتَمامِ النِّعْمَةِ فِي إِثْباتِ الغَيْبَةِ وَكَشْفِ الحَيْرَةِ» وَاللَّهُ - تَعالى‏ - أَعْلَمُ.

6-37 Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Taliqani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Hamadani quoted on the authority of Abu Abdullah al-Asemi, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Qasim ibn Ayyoub, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama’a, on the authority of Thabit As-Sab’baq that he had heard Abi Abdullah (s) say, “There are twelve Mahdi’s among us. Six of them have left, and six remain. God will do as He pleases with the sixth one.”(Sheih Sadooq said,) I have compiled such traditions in the book KAMAL AD-DIN WA TAMAM AN-NE’MAH FI ITHBAT AL-GHAYBAT WA KASHF IL-HAYRA. God the Sublime knows best.

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Volume 1

Chapter #6