The Mahdi

The Mahdi Page 18

by Sayyid Muneer Al-Khabbaz

  [108] The Holy Quran, 2:1-3.

  [109] Al-Sadouq, Kamal Al-Deen, 340.

  [110] Ibid; citing: The Holy Quran, 10:20.

  [111] Al-Kitani, “The Fatwa of the International Islamic Fiqh Academy of the Organization of the Islamic Conference,” Intidhar Magazine, No 11, 26.

  [112] A short list of such scholars includes Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani, Ibn Hajar Al-Haythami, Ibn Al-Qayyim, Al-Shawkani, and Al-Soyouti, to name a few.

  [113] A narration is referred to as Sahih if all the individuals in its chain of narrators are trustworthy believers. –Eds.

  [114] The Holy Quran, 13:7.

  [115] The Holy Quran, 17:71.

  [116] Al-Shaybani, Musnad Ahmad, 3:14, 17, 26, 59. See also: Al-Nisaei, Fadael Al-Sahaba, 15; Al-Nisaei, Sunan Al-Nisaei, 5:45, 130; Al-Nisabouri, Al-Mustadrak, 3:109, 147; Al-Tabarani, Al-Mu’jam Al-Awsat, 3:374.

  [117] Al-Shaybani, Musnad Ahmad, 4:96.

  [118] Al-Nisabouri, Al-Mustadrak, 2:448, 3:497.

  [119] Al-Sadouq, Kamaal Al-Deen, 203.

  [120] Arastu, Al-Nudbah, 85.

  [121] Al-Nisabouri, Sahih Muslim, 6:4.

  [122] Sajdat Al-Shukr – the prostration of thankfulness – is a highly recommended act of worship where a believer prostrates before God, praises Him, and thanks Him. –Eds.

  [123] Al-Sadouq, Man La Yahdaruh Al-Faqih, 1:329.

  [124] “Ali Al-Naqi (a), the son of Muhammad Al-Taqi (a), begot Jaafar, who is called by the Imamiyya [i.e. Twelver Shia] ‘Jaafar the Liar.’ He was given that moniker because he attempted to usurp the legacy of his brother Al-Hassan [Al-Askari] (a) rather than [allow it to pass on to Imam Al-Askari’s (a)] son, the Awaited Hujja [Imam Mahdi] (a). There is no qualm about his lineage.” See page 40.

  [125] “And Abu Muhammad [Imam Al-Askari] (a) passed away while his son through Narjis (a) was known to his closest companions and the trusted in his family. We will mention the story of his birth and the accounts we have heard in its regards. The believers – nay, all people – were tested through his occultation. However, Jaafar ibn Ali lusted after his brother’s wealth and status and denied that he had a son….” See page 130.

  [126] “As for the Imam Al-Hassan Al-Askari (a), he had two sons and two daughters. As for his two sons, they are the Master of the Time, may God hasten his honored relief, and the other is Moussa who passed away during his father’s lifetime.” See page 78.

  [127] “Imam Abu Muhammad Al-Hassan Al-Askari (a), who was of a great status in piety and knowledge. He is the father of Imam Muhammad Al-Mahdi (a), the twelfth of the Imams to the Imamiyya [i.e. Twelver Shia], and the Awaited [Imam] to them….” See page 199.

  [128] “Muhammad Al-Mahdi (a), whose age was five years when his father passed away. He was of a brawny build, handsome face and hair, aquiline nose, and wide forehead.” See page 346.

  [129] In the accounts of the year 260 AH, Ibn Al-Atheer wrote, “And in that year Abu Muhammad Al-Alawi Al-Askari [(a)] passed away, and he was one of the twelve imams for the Imamiyya. He is also the father of Muhammad [(a)], whom they believe to be the Awaited One.” See 7:274.

  [130] “Abu Al-Qasim Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan Al-Askari ibn Ali Al-Hadi ibn Muhammad Al-Jawad, who were mentioned earlier. The twelfth of the twelve imams per the beliefs of the Imamiyya, and is known as the Hujja… His birth was on Friday in the mid of the month of Shaaban in the year 255.” See 4:176.

  [131] See his books: Al-Ibar, 125; Tareekh Dowal Al-Islam, 113; and Siyar Aalam Al-Nubala, 13:19. In Al-Ibar, he said, “And in that year [i.e. 256 AH], was the birth of Muhammad ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ali Al-Hadi ibn Muhammad Al-Jawad ibn Ali Al-Rida ibn Moussa Al-Kadhim ibn Jaafar Al-Sadiq Al-Alawi Al-Hussaini. [His agnomen was] Abu Al-Qasim, and is given by the Rafida the names: the Succeeding Hujja, the Mahdi, the Awaited One, and the Master of the Time. He is the last of the twelve [Imams].”

  [132] He mentioned the year of Imam Mahdi’s (a) birth as 255 AH.

  [133] “[Al-Askari (a)] did not leave any descendants other than his son Abu Al-Qasim Muhammad Al-Hujja, whose age at the passing of his father was five years – although God had given him great wisdom even at that age. He is also named the Righteous and the Awaited.” See page 207.

  [134] The Holy Quran, 67:2.

  [135] The Holy Quran, 57:25.

  [136] The Holy Quran, 21:105.

  [137] See: Intidhar Magazine, No 14, 63.

  [138] The Holy Quran, 10:20.

  [139] Al-Sadouq, Kamaal Al-Deen, 18.

  [140] The Holy Quran, 14:5.

  [141] Al-Qummi, Tafseer Al-Qummi, 1:367.

  [142] Al-Sadouq, Kamaal Al-Deen, 152.

  [143] Al-Shaybani, Musnad Ahmad, 1:84.

  [144] Al-Sadouq, Kamaal Al-Deen, 151.

  [145] Al-Sadouq, Al-Khisal, 392.

  [146] It is reported that Imam Sadiq (a) said, “The name of Al-Qa’im (a) will be called on the eve of the twenty third. He will rise on the day of Ashura, the day when Hussain ibn Ali (a) was killed. It is as if I see him on that Saturday, the tenth of Muharram, standing between the cornerstone [of the Kaaba] and the Shrine [of Abraham (a)] and Gabriel is to his right calling ‘[Come and pay] allegiance to God.’ His Shia will come to him from the corners of the earth, as it will be bent for them [to travel through] until they pay him allegiance. God will fill the earth with justice through him just as it was filled with oppression and transgression.” Al-Mufid, Al-Irshad, 2:379.

  [147] Al-Tousi, Al-Ghayba, 453.

  [148] Al-Rawandi, Al-Da’awat, 125.

  [149] Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, 1:368. Citing: The Holy Quran, 13:39.

  [150] Al-Tousi, Misbah Al-Mutahajjid, 414.

  [151] Al-Tousi, Al-Ghayba, 472. Citing: The Holy Quran, 7:128.

  [152] Al-Sadouq, Kamal Al-Deen, 320.

  [153] The Holy Quran, 6:75.

  [154] Al-Radi, Nahj al-Balagha, 4:36.

  [155] Al-Reyshahri, Mawsu’at Al-Imam Ali, 302.

  [156] The Holy Quran, 27:88.

  [157] The Holy Quran, 51:47.

  [158] The Holy Quran, 20:7.

  [159] Al-Radi, Nahj al-Balagha, 4:7.

  [160] Al-Sadouq, Kamal Al-Deen, 644.

  [161] Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, 8:295.

  [162] Al-Nu’mani, Al-Ghayba, 203.

  [163] Al-Sadouq, Kamal Al-Deen, 644.

  [164] Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, 1:338.

  [165] The Holy Quran, 3:104.

  [166] Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, 5:59.

  [167] Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, 8:264.

  [168] See, for example: Al-Sadouq, Kamal Al-Deen, 320.

  [169] The Holy Quran, 9:105.

  [170] The Holy Quran, 66:6.

  [171] Al-Sadouq, Kamal Al-Deen, 320.

  [172] Al-Majlisi, Bihar Al-Anwar, 44:329.

  [173] The Holy Quran, 11:8.

  [174] The Holy Quran, 8:33.

  [175] Al-Nu’mani, Al-Ghayba, 248.

  [176] The Holy Quran, 2:228.

  [177] The Holy Quran, 2:282.

  [178] The Holy Quran, 4:11.

  [179] The Holy Quran, 2:282.

  [180] The Holy Quran, 2:275.

  [181] The Holy Quran, 26:192-95.

  [182] The Holy Quran, 75:16-19.

  [183] The Holy Quran, 20:114.

  [184] The Holy Quran, 26:195.

  [185] The Holy Quran, 58:12.

  [186] The Holy Quran, 8:65.

  [187] Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, 4:500.

  [188] Al-Radi, Nahj Al-Balagha, 4:5.

  [189] Al-Ayashi, Tafseer Al-Ayashi, 1:10.

  [190] Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, 1:58.

  [191] The Holy Quran, 16:90.

  [192] The Holy Quran, 3:92.

  [193] The Holy Quran, 49:10.

  [194] The Holy Quran, 4:92.

  [195] The Holy Quran, 4:11.

  [196] The Holy Quran, 2:275.

  [197] The Holy Quran, 16:89.

  [198] The Holy Quran, 2:228.

  [199] Ibid.

  [200] The Holy Quran, 49:13.

  [201] The Holy Quran, 16:97.

  [202] Al-
Ayashi, Tafseer Al-Ayashi, 1:65.

  [203] The Holy Quran, 3:104.

  [204] The Holy Quran, 9:71.

  [205] Al-Sadouq, Kamal Al-Deen, 644.

  [206] The Holy Quran, 57:17.

  [207] Al-Sadouq, Kamal Al-Deen, 668.

  [208] Al-Nu’mani, Al-Ghayba, 32.

  [209] The Holy Quran, 57:16.

  [210] Al-Tousi, Al-Ghayba, 180.

  [211] Al-Qummi, Tafseer Al-Qummi, 2:253.

  [212] The Holy Quran, 21:16, 17.

  [213] The Holy Quran, 44:38, 39.

  [214] The Holy Quran, 17:70.

  [215] The Holy Quran, 55:33.

  [216] The Holy Quran, 33:72.

  [217] See, for example: Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, 1:413.

  [218] The Holy Quran, 2:30.

  [219] The Holy Quran, 36:40.

  [220] The Holy Quran, 31:20.

  [221] The Holy Quran, 14:33.

  [222] The Holy Quran, 7:53.

  [223] The Holy Quran, 45:13.

  [224] The Holy Quran, 24:41.

  [225] The Holy Quran, 62:1.

  [226] The Holy Quran, 17:44.

  [227] The Holy Quran, 3:191.

  [228] The Holy Quran, 28:5.

  [229] The Holy Quran, 7:128.

  [230] The Holy Quran, 24:55.

  [231] The Holy Quran, 21:107.

  [232] Al-Rawandi, Al-Kharaej wa Al-Jaraeh, 2:841.

  [233] Al-Kourani, Asr Al-Dhuhur, 328.

  [234] Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, 8:241.

  [235] The Holy Quran, 55:33.

  [236] Al-Nisabouri, Al-Mustadrak, 4:514.

  [237] Al-Shaybani, Musnad Ahmad, 3:5.

  [238] Al-Shaybani, Musnad Ahmad, 3:52.

  [239] The Holy Quran, 2:31.

  [240] The Holy Quran, 55:33.

  [241] The Holy Quran, 38:35-36.

  [242] The Holy Quran, 27:38-40.

  [243] The Holy Quran, 13:43.

  [244] The Holy Quran, 6:38.

  [245] Al-Sadouq, Al-Amali, 659.

  [246] Al-Sadouq, Oyoon Akhbar Al-Rida, 2:210.

  [247] Al-Sadouq, Kamal Al-Deen, 320.

  [248] Ibid, 675.

  [249] The Holy Quran, 51:56.

  [250] The Holy Quran, 29:69.

  [251] The Holy Quran, 15:99.

  [252] The Holy Quran, 12:108.

  [253] Abu Mikhnaf, Maqtal Al-Hussain (a), 176.

  [254] The Holy Quran, 7:52-53.

  [255] Al-Qummi, Tafseer Al-Qummi, 1:235.

  [256] The Holy Quran, 47:24.

  [257] The Holy Quran, 4:82.

  [258] The Holy Quran, 2:275.

  [259] Al-Ahsaei, Awali Al-La’ali, 4:104.

  [260] The Holy Quran, 11:86.

  [261] Al-Sadouq, Kamal Al-Deen, 331.

  [262] The Holy Quran, 11:1.

  [263] The Holy Quran, 43:4.

  [264] The Holy Quran, 85:21-22.

  [265] The Holy Quran, 56:77-78.

  [266] The Holy Quran, 17:106.

  [267] The Holy Quran, 35:32.

  [268] The Holy Quran, 3:7.

  [269] The Holy Quran, 29:49.

  [270] The Holy Quran, 56:77-79.

  [271] The Holy Quran, 38:41.

  [272] The Holy Quran,

  [273] The Holy Quran, 59:21.

  [274] The Holy Quran, 13:41.

  [275] The Holy Quran, 16:89.

  [276] Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, 2:415.

  [277] Al-Nu’mani, Al-Ghayba, 243.

  [278] The Holy Quran, 2:255.

  [279] The Holy Quran, 36:82.

  [280] Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, 1:109.

  [281] The Holy Quran, 6:125.

  [282] The Holy Quran, 17:16.

  [283] The Holy Quran, 18:54.

  [284] The Holy Quran, 16:111.

  [285] The Holy Quran, 36:65.

  [286] The Holy Quran, 41:21.

  [287] The Holy Quran, 5:117.

  [288] The Holy Quran, 2:143.

  [289] The Holy Quran, 17:71.

  [290] The Holy Quran, 44:3.

  [291] Al-Saffar, Basaer Al-Darajat, 241.

  [292] Al-Tousi, Misbah Al-Mutahajjid, 842.

  [293] The Holy Quran, 2:124.

  [294] The Holy Quran, 32:24.

  [295] The Holy Quran, 12:22.

  [296] The Holy Quran, 2:124.

  [297] Al-Majlisi, Bihar Al-Anwar, 26:86-97.

  [298] Al-Saffar, Basaer Al-Darajat, 413.

  [299] The Holy Quran, 11:120.

  [300] The Holy Quran, 25:32.

  [301] See, for example: Al-Saffar, Basaer Al-Darajat, 99-101.

  [302] Al-Mashhadi, Al-Mazaar, 529.

  [303] See, for example: Al-Majlisi, Bihar Al-Anwar, 44:221.

  [304] The Holy Quran, 57:25.

  [305] The Holy Quran, 15:9.

  [306] The Holy Quran, 9:111.

  [307] The Holy Quran, 9:112.

  [308] The Holy Quran, 58:22.

  [309] Al-Kufi, Al-Futuh, 5:21.

  [310] The Holy Quran, 61:8.

  [311] The Holy Quran, 64:8.

  [312] The Holy Quran, 61:9.

  [313] The Holy Quran, 61:9.

  [314] Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, 1:432.

  [315] The Holy Quran, 64:8.

  [316] Al-Mashhadi, Al-Mazaar, 663.

  [317] The Holy Quran, 39:22.

  [318] The Holy Quran, 6:122.

  [319] The Holy Quran, 3:49.

  [320] The Holy Quran, 15:21.

  [321] The Holy Quran, 87:1-3.

  [322] Al-Khaseebi, Al-Hidaya Al-Kubra, 230.

  [323] Al-Sadouq, Oyoon Akhbar Al-Rida, 1:51.

  [324] The Holy Quran, 36:82.

  [325] The Holy Quran, 65:2-3.

  [326] The Holy Quran, 58:21.

  [327] The Holy Quran, 40:51.

  [328] The Holy Quran, 58:22.

  [329] Al-Sadouq, Kamal Al-Deen, 440.

  [330] Al-Sadouq, Kamal Al-Deen, 516.

  [331] The Holy Quran, 10:99.

  [332] The Holy Quran, 2:256.

  [333] The Holy Quran, 2:214.

  [334] The Holy Quran, 8:42.

  [335] The Holy Quran, 5:101

  [336] Al-Sadouq, Kamal Al-Deen, 485.

  [337] Al-Tousi, Al-Ghayba, 339.

  [338] Al-Amili, Al-Sirat Al-Mustaqeem, 2:238.

  [339] Al-Kulayni, Al-Kafi, 8:149.

  [340] The Holy Quran, 13:28.

  [341] The Holy Quran, 6:115.

  [342] The Holy Quran, 10:96.

  [343] The Holy Quran, 38:85.

  [344] The Holy Quran, 3:45.

  [345] The Holy Quran, 3:59.

  [346] The Holy Quran, 18:109.

  [347] The Holy Quran, 2:37.

  [348] Al-Maghribi, Sharh Al-Akhbaar, 3:6.

  [349] Al-Mashhadi, Al-Mazaar, 539.

  [350] The Holy Quran, 6:115.

  [351] The Holy Quran 5:3.

  [352] Al-Tousi, Al-Ghayba, 180.

  [353] Al-Tousi, Misbah Al-Mutahajjid, 842.

  [354] Al-Tabrasi, Al-Ihtijaj, 2:318.

  [355] The Holy Quran, 6:115.

  [356] Al-Tabarani, Al-Mu’jam Al-Awsat, 1:56.

  [357] Al-Harrani, Tuhaf Al-Uqool, 171.

 

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