Kitab al-Ghayba: The Book of Occultation

Chapter 21: The Shia when al-Qa'im appears

1 - حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد بن عقدة قال: حدثنا حميد بن زياد، عن علي

(1) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa'eed bin Oqda narrated from Hameed bin Ziyad from Ali bin as-Sabah from Abu Ali al-Hasan bin Muhammad al-Hadhrami from Ja'far bin Muhammad from Ibraheem bin Abdul Hameed from someone that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) had said:

“When al-Qa'im (as) appears, those, who have thought themselves as his followers, will apostatize and those, who are somehow like the worshippers of the sun and the moon, will believe in him.”[^1]

2 - حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد قال: حدثنا أحمد بن يوسف بن يعقوب أبو

(2) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa'eed narrated from Ahmad bin Yousuf bin Ya'qoob al-Ju’fi from Issma'eel bin Mihran from al-Hasan bin Ali bin Abu Hamza from al-Mufadhdhal bin Muhammad al-Ash’ari from Hurayz from Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) from his father (as) that Ali bin al-Husayn as-Sajjad (as) had said:

“When al-Qa'im appears, Allah will cure every sick believer and restore to him his power.”[^2]

3 - أخبرنا أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسن التيملي، قال:

(3) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa'eed narrated from Ali bin al-Hasan at-Taymali from al-Hasan and Muhammad, the sons of Ali bin Yousuf, from Sa’dan bin Muslim from Sabah al-Muzni from al-Harith bin Haseera from Habba al-Orani that Amirul Mo'mineen (as) had said:

“As if I see our Shia in the mosque of Kufa setting up pavilions to teach the people the Qur'an as it has been revealed but when our Qa’im appears, he will destroy it (the mosque) and level its mihrab to the ground.”[^3]

4 - أخبرنا علي بن الحسن قال: حدثنا محمد بن يحيى العطار، قال: حدثنا

(4) Ali bin al-Husayn narrated from Muhammad bin Yahya al-Attar from Muhammad bin Hassaan ar-Razi from Muhammad bin Ali from Abdullah bin Muhammad al-Hajjaal from Ali bin Aqaba bin Khalid that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) had said:

“As if I see the Shia of Ali with the Qur'an in their hands teaching people the divine principles.”[^4]

5 - حدثنا أبو سليمان أحمد بن هوذة قال: حدثنا إبراهيم بن إسحاق

(5) Abu Sulayman Ahmad bin Hawtah narrated from Ibraheem bin Iss’haq an-Nahawandi from Abdullah bin Hammad al-Ansari from Sabah al-Muzni from al-Harith bin Haseera that al-Asbugh bin Nabata had said:

“I heard Ali (as) saying: “As if I see the Persians setting up their pavilions in the mosque of Kufa and teaching people the Qur'an as it has been revealed!”

I said: “O Amirul Mo'mineen, is the Qur'an not as it has been revealed?”

He said: “No, it is not. The names of seventy ones of Quraysh have been removed from it.[^5] The name of Abu Lahab has been left (in the Qur'an) just to remind the Prophet (S) of something because he is the Prophet’s uncle.”[^6]

6 - أخبرنا علي بن أحمد البندنيجي، عن عبيد الله بن موسى العلوي، عمن

(6) Ali bin Ahmad al-Bandaneeji narrated from Obaydillah bin Musa al-Alawi from someone from Ja'far bin Yahya from his father that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) had said:

“How about you when the companions of al-Qa'im (as) set up their pavilions in the mosque of Kufa and then he (al-Qa'im) appears with new ideals and a new rule? He will be severe with the Arabs.”[^7]

7 - أخبرنا محمد بن همام قال: حدثني جعفر بن محمد بن مالك، قال: حدثنا

(7) Muhammad bin Hammam narrated from Ja'far bin Muhammad bin Malik from Abu Tahir al-Warraaq from Uthman bin Eessa that Abus-Sabah al-Kinani had said:

“Once I was with Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) when an old man came to him and said: “My sons became undutiful to me and my brothers turned away from me.”

Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) said: “Do you not know that the truth has a government and the untruth also has a government? Each of them is low in the state of the other. Whoever enjoys the ease of the untruth will be punished in the state of the truth.”[^8]

8 - حدثنا أبو سليمان أحمد بن هوذة، قال: حدثنا أبو إسحاق إبراهيم بن

(8) Abu Sulayman Ahmad bin Hawtha narrated from Ibraheem bin Iss’haq an-Nahawandi from Abdullah bin Hammad al-Ansari from Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Muhammad that his father (Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq) (as) had said:

“When al-Qa'im appears, he will send a man to every country of the world. He will say to him: “Your covenant is in your hand. Whenever a matter faces you that you do not understand or do not know how to judge on it, you are to look at (the covenant in) your hand and act according to it.”

Then he will send an army to Constantinople. When the army reaches the sea, the soldiers will write on their feet something and will walk on the surface of the water. When the Romans see them walk on the water, they will say: “These are his companions walking on the water so how about him?” Then they will open to them the gates of the city. They enter the city and rule as they like.”[^9]

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

(9) 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 Hurayz that Abban bin Taghlub had said:

“Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) said: “This life does not end until a caller from the Heaven will call out: “O people of the truth, come together!” They will crowd in one place. Then the caller will call out again: “O people of falsehood, come together!” They will crowd in one place.”

I said: “Can these people mix with those people?”

He said: “No, by Allah, they cannot. Allah has said, ‘On no account will Allah leave the believers in the condition which you are in until He separates the evil from the good.’[^10]”[^11]

10 - حدثنا أحمد بن محمد بن سعيد قال: حدثنا أحمد بن يوسف بن يعقوب أبو

(10) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa'eed narrated from Ahmad bin Yousuf bin Ya'qoob al-Ju’fi from Issma'eel bin Mihran from al-Hasan bin Ali bin Abu Hamza from his father and Wuhayb from Abu Baseer that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) had said:

“Every one of you is to prepare himself for the appearance of al-Qa'im even with one arrow because if Allah knows that one intends that sincerely, He may prolong his life that he may live until the appearance of al-Qa'im and then he becomes one of his assistants and supporters.”[^12]

[^1]: Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.363, Bisharatul Islam p.222, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.3 p.501.

[^2]: Al-Khissal p.541, Rawdhatul Wa’idheen, vol.2 p.295, as-Sirat al-Mustaqeem, vol.2 p.261, Ithbat al-Hudat, vol.3 p.496, Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.316, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.3 p.192.

[^3]: Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.364, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.3 p.126.

[^4]: Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.364.

[^5]: The apparent meaning of this saying shows that the Qur'an is distorted but the real opinion of the Shia concerning the Qur'an is not so.

[^6]: Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.364.

[^7]: Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.365, Bisharatul Islam p.223, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.4 p.47.

[^8]: Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.365.

[^9]: Dala’il al-Imama p.249, Ithbat al-Hudat, vol.3 p.573, Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.365, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.3 p.317.

[^10]: Qur'an, 3:179.

[^11]: Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.365.

[^12]: Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.366, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.4 p.6.