Editors Notes

Author’s Preface

Chapter Three: The Proofs About The Reappearance of The Mahdi,

Section One

Section Two

Section Three

Section Four

Section Five

Section Six

Section Seven

Section Eight

Section Nine

Section Ten

Section Eleven

Section Twelve

Section Thirteen

Section Fourteen

Section Fifteen

Section Sixteen

Section Seventeen

Section Eighteen

Section Nineteen

Section Twenty

Section Twenty-One

Section Twenty-Two

Section Twenty-Three

Section Twenty-Four

Section Twenty-Five

Section Twenty-Six

Section Twenty-Seven

Section Twenty-Eight

Section Twenty-Nine

Section Thirty

Section Thirty-One

Section Thirty-Two

Section Thirty-Three

Section Thirty-Four

Section Thirty-Five

Section Thirty-Six

Section Thirty-Seven

Section Thirty-Eight

Section Thirty-Nine

Section Forty

Section Forty-One

Section Forty-Two

Section Forty-Three

Section Forty-Four

Section Forty-Five

Section Forty-Six

Section Forty-Seven

Section Forty-Eight

Section Forty-Nine

Section Fifty

Section Fifty-One

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

This text, which is available in two volumes and is authored by
Ayatullah Lutfullah as-Safi al-Gulpaygani, presents a handful of
precious narrations about the 12th Awaited Imam. The narrations in this
volume focus on the reappearance of the Awaited Imam and this text
presents the implications and interpretations of these authentic
traditions.


Selected Narrations about the Twelfth Imam volume 2

Section Twenty
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The traditions that indicate he is from the descendants of Imam Abū
l-Ḥasan \`Alī b. Muḥammad b. \`Alī b. Mūsā al-Riḍā, peace be on him

Comprised of 107 traditions

558. Kamāl al-dīn[^1]: Narrated to us Aḥmad b. Ziyād Ja\`far al-Hamdānī,
may Allah be satisfied with him, from \`Alī b. Ibrāhīm, from \`Abd-Allah
b. Aḥmad al-Mauṣilī, from al-Ṣaqr b. Abī Dulaf, from (Imam) \`Alī b.
Muḥammad b. \`Alī al-Riḍā, peace be on him, who said: “The Imam after me
is al-Ḥasan, my son, and after al-Ḥasan will be his son, the Qā’im, who
will fill the earth with fairness and justice just as it will be filled
with injustice and unfairness.”

559. Kamāl al-dīn[^2]: Narrated to us \`Abd al-Wāḥid b. Muḥammad b.
al-\`Abdūs al-\`Aṭṭār, may Allah be satisfied with him, from \`Alī b.
Muḥammad b. Qutayba al-Nīsābūrī, from Ḥamdān b. Sulaimān, from al-Ṣaqr
b. Abū Dulaf, who said:

I heard (Imam) Abū Ja\`far Muḥammad b. \`Alī al-Riḍā, peace be on him,
say, “The Imam after me is my son \`Alī. His affair is my affair (amruhū
amrī), his speech is my speech, and his obedience is my obedience. The
Imam after him will be his son al-Ḥasan. His affair is the affair of his
father, his speech is the speech of his father, and his obedience is the
obedience of his father.”

Then, he became silent. I asked him, “O Son of Allah’s Messenger! Who is
the Imam after al-Ḥasan?” [On hearing this], he started weeping
violently and said, “Verily, after al-Ḥasan will be his son who will
rise with the truth; the awaited one (al-muntaẓar).” I asked, “O Son of
Allah’s Messenger! Why is he called the one who will rise (al-Qā’im)?”
He answered, “Because he will rise after he is no longer remembered and
after most of those who had believed in his Imamate will no longer
believe in him.”

I enquired, “Why is he called the awaited one (al-muntaẓar)?” He
replied, “Because he will be in an occultation which will continue for
many days and long periods. The purified ones (al-mukhliṣūn) will wait
for his reappearance, the skeptics will renounce him, and the deniers
will make fun when he is mentioned. Those who determine the time [of his
reappearance] will be liars, those who hasten concerning his
reappearance will perish, and only those who submit will be saved.”

The traditions with the following numbers also show the aforementioned
concept: 242–308, 558–571, 608, 641, 786–807, 859, and 1230.

[^1]: Kamāl al-dīn, vol. 2, chap. 37, p. 383, no. 10; Kifāyat al-athar,
chap. 38, pp. 292, no. 4; I\`lām al-warā, chap. 2, sect. 2; Ithbāt
al-hudāt, vol. 3, chap. 30, sect. 1, p. 394, no. 17; Biḥār al-anwār,
vol. 50, sect. 2, p. 239, no. 4.

[^2]: Kamāl al-dīn, vol. 2, chap. 36, p. 378, no. 3; Kifāyat al-athar,
chap. 37, pp. 283–284, no. 3; I\`lām al-warā, chap. 2, sect. 2,; Biḥār
al-anwār, vol. 51, chap. 2, p. 30, no. 4.


