Kitab al-Ghayba: The Book of Occultation

Chapter 17: The distresses al-Qa'im meets from people

1 - أخبرنا أبو العباس أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد بن عقدة قال: حدثنا محمد بن

(1) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa'eed bin Oqda narrated from Muhammad bin al-Mufadhdhal bin Ibraheem from Muhammad bin Abdullah bin Zurara from Muhammad bin Marwan that al-Fudhayl bin Yasar had said: I heard Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) saying:

“When our Qa’im appears, he will receive harms from the ignorant people more and bitterer than that the Prophet (S) had received from the ignorant people of the pre-Islamic age.”

I said: “How is that?”

He said: “The Prophet (S) came to people while they used to worship sculptured stone and wood whereas when al-Qa'im comes to people, they will protest against him by interpreting the Book of Allah according to their fancies. By Allah, he (al-Qa'im) will insert his justice into their houses like the entering of hot and cold.”[^1]

2 - أخبرنا عبد الواحد بن عبد الله بن يونس قال: حدثنا محمد بن جعفر

(2) Abdul Wahid bin Abdullah bin Younus narrated from Muhammad bin Ja'far al-Qarashi from Muhammad bin al-Husayn bin Abul Khattab from Muhammad bin Sinan from al-Husayn bin Mukhtar from Abu Hamza ath-Thimali that Abu Ja'far al-Baqir (as) had said:

“When the man of this matter (al-Qa'im) appears, he will receive (harm) from people worse than what the Prophet (S) has received.”[^2]

3 - أخبرنا محمد بن همام قال: حدثنا حميد بن زياد الكوفي، قال: حدثنا

(3) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Hameed bin Ziyad al-Kufi from al-Hasan bin Muhammad bin Suma’a from Ahmad bin al-Hasan al-Maythami from Muhammad bin Abu Hamza from some of his companions that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) had said:

“Al-Qa'im will face (difficulties) in his wars more than what the Prophet (S) has faced. The Prophet (S) came to people while they used to worship stone and wood whereas the people of al-Qa'im will protest against him by the means of the Book of Allah and will fight him by the means of the Book of Allah.”[^3]

4 - أخبرنا علي بن أحمد قال: أخبرنا عبيد الله بن موسى العلوي، عن محمد

(4) Ali bin Ahmad narrated from Obaydillah bin Musa al-Alawi from Muhammad bin al-Husayn from Muhammad bin Sinan from Qutayba al-A’sha that Abban bin Taghlub had said:

“Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) said: “When the banner of the truth (al-Mahdi) appears, the people of the east and the west will curse it. Do you know why?”

I said: “No, I do not.”

He said: “That is because of what harms the people receive from his (al-Mahdi’s) family before his appearance.”[^4]

5 - أخبرنا عبد الواحد بن عبد الله قال: حدثنا محمد بن جعفر القرشي، قال:

(5) Abdul Wahid bin Abdullah narrated from Muhammad bin Ja'far al-Qarashi from Muhammad bin al-Husayn from Muhammad bin Sinan from Qutayba al-A’sha that Mansoor bin Hazim had said:

“Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) said: “When the banner of the truth is raised, it will be cursed by the people of the east and the west.”

I said: “What for?”

He said: “That is because of what people receive from the Hashemites (before the appearance of al-Qa'im).”[^5]

6 - أخبرنا علي بن أحمد، عن عبيد الله بن موسى وأحمد بن علي الأعلم قالا:

(6) Ali bin Ahmad bin Obaydillah bin Musa and Ahmad bin Ali al-A’lam narrated from Muhammad bin Ali as-Sayrafi from Muhammad bin Sadaqa, ibn Othayna al-Abdi and Muhammad bin Sinan from Ya'qoob as-Sarraj that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) had said:

“Al-Qa'im will fight the people of thirteen cities and nations and they will fight him; Mecca, Medina, Basra, Dast Maysan,[^6] Sham, the Umayyads, the Kurds, the Arab nomads, the people of the tribes of Dhabba, Ghaniy, Bahila, Azd and the people of ar-Riy (a town in Iran).”[^7]

[^1]: Ithbat al-Hudat, vol.3 p.544, Hilyatul Abrar, vol.2 p.630, Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.362, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.3 p.501.

[^2]: Hilyatul Abrar, vol.2 p.631, Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.362, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.3 p.297.

[^3]: Hilyatul Abrar, vol.2 p.631, Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.362, Ithbat al-Hudat, vol.3 p.544, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.3 p.501.

[^4]: Hilyatul Abrar, vol.2 p.631, Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.363, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.3 p.500.

[^5]: Hilyatul Abrar, vol.2 p.631, Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.363.

[^6]: A town between Basra and Ahwaz.

[^7]: Ithbat al-Hudat, vol.3 p.544, Hilyatul Abrar, vol.2 p.632, Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.363.