¶ Door Number Thirty-Five
¶ The Yamani
¶ “Whoever goes against him is from the people of hellfire.”
Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) is a man who appeared in 1999 in Iraq claiming that Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family) sent him as a Messenger and announcing himself as the promised Yamani, calling people to pledge allegiance to Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family). Imam Al-Baqir (From Him is Peace) said:
“There is no banner which is more guided than the banner of the Yamani, it is a banner of guidance because he calls towards your companion. If the Yamani emerges then selling weapons becomes impermissible upon the people and every Muslim, and if the Yamani emerges then rise and go to him, for verily his banner is a banner of guidance and it is not permissible for any Muslim to go against him, whoever does so is from the people of hellfire, because he calls to the truth and to the straight path.”
The character of the Yamani is a central character in the Islamic end times narrations, his appearance precedes the appearance of Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family) and the Yamani is actually one of the very close and non-changing signs of the appearance of the Mahdi (PBUH & His Family). Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) said:
“The Call is from the things that must come to pass, and the Sufyani is from the things which must come to pass, and the Yamani is from the things which must come to pass, and the killing of the pure soul is from the things which must come to pass, and a palm which appears in the sky is from the things which must come to pass.”
The Yamani, in fact, is one of three characters that appear at the same time before the emergence of the Qaim/Riser and they are the Khorasani, the Yamani, and the Sufyani. Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) said:
“The emergence of the Sufyani and the Yamani and the Khorasani takes place in one year, in one month, in one day, in order like the order of beads, one following the other.”
Figure 1: An Older Picture of Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace)
It was this important matter, the matter of the Yamani, that made people gravitate towards Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) when he first began calling people to it publicly. Educated scholars of religion and non-educated simple people all began to join his Call. They all knew they had a divine obligation to obey the Yamani and no one had claimed to be the Yamani and come with so many proofs other than Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace). He claimed to be “Ahmed” in the Will of the Prophet of Allah (PBUH & His Family) and he claimed to be
“Ahmed from Basra”
mentioned in the narrations of the companions of the Mahdi (PBUH & His Family). He claimed to be the most knowledgeable in regard to the Qur’an, the Gospels, and the Torah and he challenged the scholars of these three religions to debates. He asked the people to ask God about him and encouraged people to cast lots (make istikharah) on whether he was truthful or not. Thousands of people claimed to have had dreams from God in which they were told that Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) is the truth, and hundreds of people claimed to have witnessed miracles at the hands of Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace). He checked all the boxes and his voice shook the hearts of the people. He delivered four recorded sermons which have survived to this day, the Sermon of Hajj, the Sermon of the Meeting with Imam Mahdi (PBUH), the Sermon to the Greatest of them Lest They Return, and the Sermon of Advice to the Students of the Hawza. In these sermons, Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) preached his main message which was that the number one enemy to God and to Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family) and the Qaim/Riser (From Him is Peace) was the religious scholars and the religious establishment. This was a fulfillment of the narrations from the Ahlul-Bayt that stated such. Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) said:
“If the Qaim rises he suffers more than the Prophet of Allah (PBUH & His Family) did from the ignorant people of the Jahiliya…the Prophet of Allah (PBUH & His Family) was sent to them while they were worshiping stones and rocks and sticks and carved wood, and verily our Qaim if he rises, he shall go to the people and all of them will be interpreting the book of Allah against him and using it as a proof against him.”
It was also narrated:
“If Imam Mahdi emerges, he has no clearer enemy than the jurisprudents especially…and if it were not for the sword in his hand the scholars would have issued fatwas to kill him.”
¶ The Dajjal of Sistan
Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) made enemies out of a billion-dollar institution, the Shia religious institution. He claimed that the so-called Grand Ayatollah Sistani was actually the Dajjal of Sijistan (Sistan) mentioned in the narrations. The Prince of the Believers (From Him is Peace) had said:
“The Dajjal emerges from a town called Isfahan from a small Jewish village, his right eye is erased”
and Sistani’s ancestors are originally from Isfahan. It was also narrated:
“And the appearance of the Dajjal who shall come out from the East from Sijistan.”
Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) claimed that Sistani was a Dajjal who paved the way for and helped America, the Greater Antichrist and Dajjal, to eliminate completely the Supremacy of God from Iraq and establish the supremacy of the people. It is also interesting to note that Sistani has undergone surgery in London on his right eye and many claim he is blind in his right eye.
Figure 2: Ali Sistani, Dajjal of Sijistan (Sistan)
¶ The Sufyani
Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) started his Call in 1999 and was appointed by Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family) publicly. Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) had said:
“Verily, if you see the Sufyani you would see the most evil of people.”
And it was also narrated:
“He has a cross in his neck.”
Imam Al-Baqir (From Him is Peace) said:
“The Sufyani is red, blond, blue and he never worshiped God.”
The Prince of the Believers (From Him is Peace) also said: “The Sufyani will emerge with a red banner.” As you can see from the pictures below, king Abdullah of Jordan’s hair was blond when he was a child, he has blue eyes, his skin complexion is red, he wears crosses on his neck and chest, and his banner is red. In addition to all that, he was crowned in the same year that Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) was.
Figure 3: The Sufyani “king of Jordan”
One day Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) said, “The Sufyani is the so-called king of Jordan.”
I said, “The events that are happening now in Iraq, this is all leading to the emergence of the Khorasani, the Yamani and the Sufyani towards Kufa, right?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “This is one of the important events that happen in this Call, you are correct, great job my son.”
¶ Warnings to World Leaders
Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) did as the Prophet of Allah (PBUH & His Family) did at the beginning of Islam. Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) wrote letters to several of the world’s leaders calling them to heed the appearance of Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family). One of his letters was addressed to the “supreme leader” of Iran, Ali Khamenei in which he demanded that he turn over the leadership of the republic of Iran to Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family). Another letter was addressed to the former U.S. president George Bush warning him of the consequences of his actions in Iraq. Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) also addressed the people of Iraq asking them for support.
The Imam (From Him is Peace) went on to write two very important books, one called The Book of Monotheism and the other titled The Calf. He also built a house of prayer with his followers and taught them many things. They later gathered his teachings and quotes and wrote books from it. The Imam (From Him is Peace) also announced that the symbol of his Call would be the Star of David (PBUH) or the six-pointed star, as it is part of the inheritance of the Prophets and Messengers, and he was the inheritor of the Prophets and Messengers (PBUT). This led the scholars to attack him and spread rumors that he was an Israeli agent sent to destroy Islam. The Imam (From Him is Peace) taught that the Star had the same meaning as God is Great in the Iraqi flag and that anyone who disrespected the Star was disrespecting the name of God.
¶ Taqleed (Imitation of the Religious Scholars)
Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) began teaching that Taqleed (imitation) of the scholars in religious matters is false and not from Islam. He also taught that the Khums (religious 1/5 tax) was not to be given to the religious scholars, but to Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family) himself. These two issues stripped away all the authority of the religious scholars. The religious scholars had been teaching and preaching the Khomeini lies of the Wilayat Al-Faqih or the Rule of the Jurisprudent, which gave the scholars the same authority as the Prophets and Messengers (PBUT). The scholars have also been teaching that Taqleed is obligatory and that every single Muslim had to choose a scholar to follow. If they did not, then God would not accept any of their good deeds, prayers, fasting, and charitable acts. The scholars had made themselves Imams and made themselves God. Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) began to take the axe to all of these false beliefs and taught that the scholars were getting rich off of the poor and stealing their money in the name of God and religion.
When the poor would become ill, the scholars would tell them to visit the mausoleums of the Infallibles and pray for the cure. When the scholars would get sick, they would go to the best of hospitals in the lands of Europe and America to be cured. Yet, they would chant “Death to America.” The hypocrisy and corruption of the religious institutions was exposed for the first time by Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace). He will go down in history as the only one who exposed their false foundation in this way.
Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) began teaching that the religious scholars were actually the enemies of Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family) and Jesus (PBUH) and all the Prophets and Messengers (PBUT). He reminded people that the religious scholars were the enemies of Jesus (PBUH). The religious scholars were the enemies of Mohammed and the Family of Mohammed (From Them is Peace). He quoted the narrations of the Holy Household of Prophet Mohammed (From Them is Peace). Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) said:
“His (the Qaim’s) enemies are the religious scholars of Taqleed, they enter under his rule in fear of his sword and authority and in desire of what he has, the ones who know God from the people of truth pledge allegiance to him… ”
Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) also said:
“And he abolishes the Jizya (taxing the non-Muslim citizens of the country) and he calls to God by the sword and he abolishes all the different sects from the Earth and there shall not remain except for the pure religion because of the enmity from the religious scholars who do Taqleed, the people of Ijtihad…”
Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) also said:
“If the Qaim/Riser emerges from Karbala and goes to Najaf and the people are around him, he kills between Karbala and Najaf 16,000 religious scholars and the hypocrites around him shall say, ‘He is not from the sons of Fatimah or else he would have had mercy on them…’ ”
It is clear that the greatest problem that the Qaim/Riser faces in the beginning of his reign is the issue of religious scholars. Although the Qaim/Riser is peaceful and only seeks to spread the religion of God, as they did with Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace), the religious scholars seek to have him killed because his religion leaves those false scholars of religions without a job and exposes them as frauds and liars. The religious scholars are the main problem with the world today. They are the tools of the tyrannical governments and regimes. They preach to the people to obey the leader and they claim that whoever rebels and protests against the tyrant is a disbeliever. They are the ones who protected the tyrants of the Middle East and enforced their authority, not just in the Middle East, but all over the world.
¶ The Campaign Against the Yamani
This war that Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) led against the Shia scholars and religious institutions resulted in them preparing to wage an ultimate battle against the Imam (From Him is Peace) and the Call and what they perceived to be a growing threat against their authority. In 2007, Shia scholars began issuing religious decrees against Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) and his followers, declaring them heretics and declaring Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) to be a Dajjal. The Marja institution pushed the Iraqi security forces to raid the homes, arrest and attack the followers of Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace). Many of the believers were innocently killed, arrested without just cause, and jailed without due process. The Shia militias and followers of the scholars were looking for Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace), wanting to kill him, because he spoke against the religious scholars which they considered to be heretical.
Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) had predicted that this would take place in his Sermon of Hajj. He said:
And the whole world will see a new Karbala on this Earth, a Karbala which has Al-Hussein and his companions who are a few calling to the Truth, to the Supremacy of Allah, and refusing the supremacy of the people, the American democracy, and the Saqifa of the non-working scholars. A Karbala which has Shareeh Al-Qadhi and Shimr ibn Thul Jawshan and Shibth ibn Rabiy, the non-working scholars who commanded the killing of Al-Hussein. A Karbala which has Yazeed, Ibn Ziyad, Sirjaun, and the Romans (who are America) behind them. And the world will see an epic battle of a new message of Jesus the son of Mary upon the Holy Land. And it will be a Holy Land which has Jesus and his disciples, who are a few, oppressed, afraid that the people would harm their faith. It will be a Holy Land which has the clerics of the Jews who demand the killing of Jesus, and the Romans (the Americans) who comply with their demands and try to kill Jesus…Let the will of the Lord be like this, the way it always was, that the tyrants triumph and the Messengers and believers are killed, as we are not created for this world but for the hereafter. O Allah, if this satisfies You, then take until You are satisfied, or let the will of the Lord change this time so that the whole world will see a few oppressed people who have nothing except their faith that there is no power except by Allah, triumph and defeat the worst tyrants this Earth has ever known. Those non-working scholars will say, actually some of them have already said, “Kill Ahmed Al-Hassan as he speaks about the clerics.” Yes, he speaks about the clerics because he wants to restore the way of the Messenger of Allah anew. And what clerics are they? They fight those who call to some of the Truth, so how [will it be] while I call them today to the whole Truth? The path of the Prophets and Messengers, the path of the Imams and successors, the path of Mohammed and Ali, the path of Al-Hussein, the path of Imam Mahdi (PBUH), the path of Jesus (PBUH) who said, “My servant is my hands and my transportation is my feet, the earth is my bed and the stone is my pillow. My warmth in winter is the rising of the sun, my light at night is the moon, my food is hunger, my slogan is fear, my clothing is wool, my fruit and basil are what the land bears fruit for the wild and cattle. I sleep while I have nothing, and I rise while I have nothing, and yet there is no one on Earth more wealthy than me.”
After the house of Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) was bombed, his followers killed, and his land usurped, Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) was forced to go into hiding, as his life was now clearly in danger by these Shia militias and Shia government. In the Sermon of the Meeting, Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) said this:
And very soon you shall see what sin you have committed and what sanctity you have violated and regret will do no good and soon enough I shall go away from you. O you seed of the killers of Al-Hussein ibn Ali, peace be upon him! For your scholars killed him before you and your Mujtahids such as Shimr ibn Thul Jawshan, and Shibth ibn Rabiy, and your forefathers helped them and today, if I willed, I could name which one of you is Shimr ibn Thul Jawshan and Shibth ibn Rabiy. But wait, what do I have to do with those fools who can barely even understand a single hadith, and do not be happy, O you oppressors! Do not be happy by me leaving you and migrating from your lands for it won’t be long before I return, with my Father Mohammed ibn Al-Hassan Al-Mahdi, peace be upon him, who shall not give you except the sword and death under the shadow of the sword! O you who were satisfied with what your forefathers did and followed Shimr, may Allah’s curse be upon him in your time, and Shibth ibn Rabiy, may Allah’s curse be upon him in your homes, and regret shall do you no good then, O you killers of the Prophets and sons of the Prophets! And you shall not find except the loss of this world and the hereafter due to what your hands and your tongues have committed of fraud and deceit and lies and assumptions and false accusations, and my Father shall come to you, angry and sorrowful about what you have done to me and how you violated my sanctity. And then you shall know when knowledge will not benefit you at all, whom you plotted against and which sanctity of Allah and Mohammed and Ali and their families, peace be upon them, you violated, O you who know no loyalty and abandon the Book, O you who are a group of sinners, twisters of the word and killers of the Prophets and their children, Allah will not allow you to get at my neck as He allowed you with my Grandfather Al-Hussein (PBUH). So this is the end and today is Allah’s Greater Day and this is a warning from the first warnings and verily it is one of the big warnings. This is a warning to mankind and I shall return to my Father Mohammed ibn Al Hassan Al-Mahdi (PBUH) and tell him how you belied me and violated my sanctity, with your deceit and false accusations, and finally how you tried to imprison me and kill me, not for any crime, but only because you knew that the truth I had come with will not leave of your falsehoods anything. And you shake hands with those who deny the existence of Allah such as the communists and do not deny them anything. “O my people, if my residence and my reminding of the signs of Allah has become burdensome upon you – then I have relied upon Allah. So resolve upon your plan and [call upon] your associates. Then let not your plan be obscure to you. Then carry it out upon me and do not give me respite.”
This is the last known photograph of Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) taken in 2007 before his disappearance from Iraq (Figure 4).
Figure 4: Picture of Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) in 2007
¶ The Calf and the Samiri
Having killed and imprisoned many of Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan’s supporters, and with the Imam having left Iraq, the next stage of the evil plan of the Shia institution was about to commence. Unable to prove to the public that Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) or the believers in him were guilty of any crime, they were forced to allow the remaining believers to freely practice their faith in Iraq. They even allowed them to open offices and publish official publications all throughout the country. If the followers of Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) or the Imam himself had been guilty of any crime, the government would have never allowed them to open official offices and centers of worship, operate a satellite station, and openly call people to the faith. They allowed them to do all this, but under their control, not just in Iraq, but in the United Kingdom, Australia, and other parts of the world as well.
The Iranian and Iraqi intelligence services ended up infiltrating the religion at its highest positions. They recruited some of the members of the faith as well and made them in charge of the religion. They then brought someone to impersonate the voice of the Imam (From Him is Peace) and had him record a sermon called the Sermon of Muharram. They opened for him a Facebook page and set up an official office and claimed that the office was the only representative and door to Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace). Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) would never be seen in public, nor would he appear in any video or photograph since 2007. But his voice appearances would be many in the Paltalk room of the office. Almost all the believers in Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) believed that he was indeed behind the voice, the office, and the Facebook page. That is, until 2015. This period from 2008 until 2015 is called the Fitnah (Trial) of the Calf.
The Imam (From Him is Peace) predicted that all of this would happen and for that reason he had written a book and left it for his followers titled The Calf. The book referenced the trial that the Children of Israel went through when Moses (PBUH) went away from them for a period of forty days and nights, and the Samiri convinced them to build a Calf made of gold and worship it instead. This Calf did not move nor was it alive, but it did make a sound, just as the voice behind the office, the imposter, did. The believers in Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) gave the Calf (the imposter voice and fake office) their money and they obeyed its every command, not knowing that Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) had not communicated with any of them since 2007. Many of the original followers of Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) became convinced that he had died, and they decided to be a part of this conspiracy for the purposes of money and power.
¶ The Absence Years
Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) went into an absence and disappeared from Iraq, taking along with him only a few of his most trusted and faithful companions. From those companions was Aba Ja’far (PBUH) whose incarnation is the Mahdi Abraham (PBUH), and his wife. When the Imam (From Him is Peace) was forced to leave, some of his companions had to make extreme sacrifices in order to accompany him.
One day the Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “I do not wish that he (Aba Ja’far) ever gets married to another wife other than Umm Ja’far, he must remain with her as she is a very great woman and I depend on her in a big way.”
I said, “May I serve her and all those who serve you.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Do you know, son, that they left their children years ago in order that they remain beside me and not be distracted by anything other than this Daawa (Call)? Peace be upon them, they are extremely great.”
I said, “How old were their children?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “The youngest of their children was five months old and now he is a young man.”
I said, “Glory be to God! Five months old?!”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Imagine the magnitude of the sacrifice.”
I said, “Yes, by your truth, they are indeed great in faith. Where did they leave them?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “They left them with believers who remained behind to raise them.”
I said, “I heard that you have many children with you in that community that Aba Ja’far is in.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Today there are 178 boys and girls under the age of 16.”
I said, “How many are the members of the community with you, my Father?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “799, but that number increases and decreases.”
I said, “Increases and decreases?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Because I send them to different places on different missions and for works.”
I said, “So they are preparing the Earth for you?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Yes, they are participating in that.”
I said, “Were they from the ones that were with you when you left Iraq?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Yes, my son. A small group of them was. They are from those who adore you, son. Your picture is everywhere.”
I had never visited the community with the Imam (From Him is Peace) and the reasons for that are many. I do not need to list them here, but it is part of the divine plan of God that I be kept away from that community of believers, just as Joseph (PBUH) was kept away from his family for many decades in Egypt until he was the one who told them “I am Joseph”, and just as Moses (PBUH) was kept away from his people for many years in Midian. When I would speak with the Imam (From Him is Peace) it would be away from that community. The community with the Imam (From Him is Peace) represents a group of the highest believers and angels. Some of them are from the 313 and 50, but not all of them. Some of the 313 and 50 are currently with me. Others, we are still waiting for them to join us.
On another occasion while describing the believers with him, the Imam (From Him is Peace) said,
“Look, O light of my eyes, those who are with me here are not shaken by anything. I shall give you an example in order that you understand. If I told them that the Hujjah Mohammed ibn Al-Hassan Al-Askari apostatized, they would not be affected. They would be sad, but the strongest of storms does not affect them.”
So, during the years of his absence, the Imam (From Him is Peace) left Iraq with a small group of faithful believers and built a community which reached almost 800 individuals. These individuals work to spread the religion all over the globe in order to pave the way for the Divine Just State. Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) also lived during those years in some African countries including Sudan, where he was accompanied by another one of his close companions, Aba Al-Naseh (PBUH). The incarnation of Aba Al-Naseh (PBUH) is Habib ibn Mudhahir. He was also an individual who was with the Imam (From Him is Peace) from the beginning. It was during this time period that the Imam (From Him is Peace) was working as an engineer for a company making $500 a month. He lived a very poor lifestyle and after paying his rent and buying his food he would spend the rest of his monthly salary on spreading the Call.
One day the Imam (From Him is Peace) spoke about that time and said, “I was living during that time period next door to a Sudanese man who was a Salafi. He knew that I was a Shia and he considered me to be a disbeliever. Every day he would try to harm me by cutting off the electricity in my home and every day I would have to go out and fix the wires which he cut. He never confessed to doing it nor did I ever tell him to stop. One day he walked up to me and pushed me with both his hands in my chest in an attempt to knock me down. I grabbed his hands and held myself up.”
I said, “He physically tried to attack you! God’s curse be upon him!”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Don’t curse him, son, he doesn’t know any better. He is ignorant, he thinks what he did was right. There are many people in the world like that. Pray for their guidance, son, and work night and day to show them the truth.”
I said, “I seek forgiveness from God, my Father.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “God bless you, son. You know there is not a night where I go to sleep except that I ask God to forgive all of the believers.”
I said, “Then this is what I shall do from now on.”
Aba Michael (PBUH) narrates another story that occurred during the absence of the Imam (From Him is Peace).
Before the death of king Abdullah of Hijaz, Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) had begun to call forth and meet with some of the believers who had not yet met with him previously. On one particular night, the Imam (From Him is Peace) was waiting for one of the believers somewhere and so the believer went forth looking for the Imam (From Him is Peace) but he could not find him. However, the believer did see an individual sitting at a distance on a large rock late at night. The believer was not sure if that was the Imam or not and so he did not approach the man. He returned home and apologized to the Imam (From Him is Peace) and said to him: “My Master, I looked for you in the place where we were supposed to meet, and I could not find you. Were you the one who was sitting on the rock?” Do you know, my brother Abdullah, what the answer of the Imam was? The Imam (From Him is Peace) responded and said: “And what rock would handle my sitting upon it? Had I been sitting on it; the heavens and the earth would have shaken from hearing the rock screaming. I shall die and no one shall ever know my full rights.”
¶ Sacrifices
One of the saddest things about the story of Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) is how he had to give up and lose everything. When he left Iraq, it was the last time he would see his mother and she passed away during his absence and he could not even attend her funeral. The Imam (From Him is Peace) did not seem to be in touch with his children. I had heard stories that were not too pleasant and although the Imam (From Him is Peace) always avoided talking about his past, especially family matters, I could gather that his family were not with him and not from his supporters.
One day the Imam (From Him is Peace) said to me, “My fear over you and my love for you has no boundaries, I have children from my loins that I have not thought of on any day nor did I fear for them even one percent of my fear over you and love for you. I said not even one percent in order that I make you realize, my sons and my daughters can go as a ransom for the dust of your feet.”
I was extremely embarrassed at him saying this and I looked at the ground and said, “I ask forgiveness from God, the High, the Great.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “I have three children, Abdullah and Moses and Zainab. Those are the only ones whom God told me are my possessions and what I own from this world. My son, in this Call I have seen great tragedies, and you know. There is no need to mention to you all that has happened to me.”
I said, “There is no power nor might except by God. My Father, every time I look at Maleeka, I think of your children and what has happened to you prevents me from being happy. By God, there is no time that I forget. I kiss your hands for you are a Father and the greatest of Fathers are you.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “God bless you, my son, thank you.”
¶ The Final Stage
The most important thing that Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) achieved during his absence was reaching the final stage. Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) has played a vital role in this day and age. As we mentioned previously in this Book, Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) reached the rank of God in Creation and was given authority to send forth Messengers. He was the final Messenger from God, and he sent forth the Imams and the Mahdis (PBUT) as Messengers from him. Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) plays the role of Gabriel (PBUH) in this stage. He is the one who carries the inspiration or message from Imam Mahdi Mohammed, the Messenger of God (PBUH & His Family) to the Mahdis (PBUT). Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) is the whole of inspiration in this day and age.
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “The clear opening, perfection in knowing, complete gnosis.”
I said, “Aha! The Dissolution?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “The final stage, the last one, is giving up everything. It is the real truth, perfection.”
Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) has reached the final stage of perfection and has elevated beyond being captive to human sensations and desires. He has become something greater than an Imam or a Mahdi. For example, Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) does not have any sexual desires or instincts. The Imam (From Him is Peace) said,
“I do not have that instinct for I have left my mind and nafs (self) and body a long time ago.”
I have also always known Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) to sleep very little and to go long periods without any sleep at all. At times he would go six days straight without any sleep.
On one occasion, the Imam (From Him is Peace) came to me and said, “Your Father has not slept for three days.”
I said, “There is no power nor might except by God! Why my Father?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “I had many works that I had to do. I only need a few minutes of sleep, it is enough for me.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) would often work in mysterious ways. He (From Him is Peace) has the ability to travel long distances in an instant. He (From Him is Peace) has the ability to use the dream world as a way of communicating. He has the ability to know whenever I was in trouble or whenever I needed him. Whenever I would need the Imam (From Him is Peace) and I would call out to him in my heart, he would hear me and contact me almost immediately. Many times, the Imam (From Him is Peace) would come to me in a dream and give me information and it would turn out to be true. For example, one of the more remarkable instances was when the Imam (From Him is Peace) had been gone for a while on a mission, and I had not spoken to him for a few months. I had a dream one night in which the Imam (From Him is Peace) came to me and said,
“Tonight I shall speak to you”
and indeed that night he came back and exactly as in the dream he did speak with me that night as promised.
This is, in fact, very important because that is how his meetings with Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family) started, he saw the Imam in a dream and the Imam told him to meet him at a particular place. In the Sermon of the Meeting Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) said:
And the story of this meeting was that one day I was asleep and in my sleep I saw a vision. And Imam Mahdi (PBUH) was standing near the Mausoleum of Sayyed Mohammed (PBUH), the brother of Imam Al-Askari (PBUH). And he ordered me to meet him and after that I woke up and it was 2 a.m. And I prayed four Rakat of the night prayer. And I went to sleep and saw another vision that was similar to the previous one. And in it Imam Mahdi (PBUH) was asking to meet me. And I woke up and it was 4 a.m. and so I finished my night prayers and then prayed Fajr. Then two days after these visions, I traveled to Samarra where I visited the two Imams Al-Hadi and Al-Askari (PBUT). Then I returned to the country where I visited Sayyed Mohammed (PBUH). Then I went to Baghdad where I visited the Imams Al-Kathim and Al-Jawad (PBUT). Then I went to Karbala where I visited Imam Al-Hussein and the martyrs (PBUT). And I met Imam Mahdi (PBUH) at night in the Mausoleum of Imam Al-Hussein (PBUH). Then I met with Imam Mahdi (PBUH) in the morning of the next day in the shrine of Imam Mahdi (PBUH), that is in Karbala at the end of the Sudra street. So we sat in the shrine alone, which was almost empty of people, with the exception of the servant (of the shrine) who was standing in the women’s prayer area away from us.
The Imam (From Him is Peace) also had the ability to know if a person was in a state of doubt, belief, or disbelief. He would never show it though. Rather, he would deal with the person by the apparent in order not to embarrass them and because the people would always claim faith. Jesus (PBUH) had the same ability, and it is mentioned in the Qur’an:
“But when Jesus became conscious of their disbelief, he cried: Who will be my helpers in the cause of Allah? The disciples said: We will be Allah’s helpers. We believe in Allah, and bear thou witness that we have surrendered (unto Him).”
Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) once said to me,
“How difficult is this my son, how difficult, that someone says to you, ‘May my life be your ransom’ and you say to them, ‘May you be blessed,’ while you see the opposite [of what they are saying], you see them lying and being a hypocrite.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) has the ability to look at a person’s face and by the first glance he would be able to tell who they were in a past life. He could tell incarnations of a person and every detail about their life. He could tell when they were born and when they will die. He also could tell by looking at their face whether it was a good time or a bad time for them to hear a particular piece of knowledge or news. Almost every attribute or ability of God, the Imam (From Him is Peace) had gained after the clear opening.
¶ My Relationship With the Imam
Some of the things which perhaps the reader wonders about are how I came to know Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace). How long have I known him for? What was our first meeting like? If you asked him (From Him is Peace) these questions he would answer you with these words,
“I have never left him from the day that he entered into this world.”
¶ Sources
- Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 52, p. 232
- Kitab Al-Ghayba (Book of Occultation), Al-Numani, Vol. 1, p. 260
- Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 52, p. 232
- In the Will of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) it says: “Then there will be twelve Mahdis after him, so if death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, the first of the close ones, he has three names, one like mine and my Father’s and it is Abdullah (Servant of God), Ahmed (the Praised), and the third name is Al-Mahdi (the Guided), and he is the first of the believers.” - Ghaybat Al-Tusi, Al-Shaikh Al-Tusi, Vol. 1, p. 174; Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 53, p. 148
- Bisharat Al-Islam, Mustafa Al-Kazimi, p. 295
- Istikharah in this context means seeking counsel from God, asking Him to show and guide one to the truth.
- Kitab Al-Ghayba (Book of Occultation), Al-Numani, Vol. 1, p. 305
- Yanabi al-Muwadda, Al-Qunduzi, Vol. 3, p. 215
- Dajjāl is an Arabic term that literally means “deceiver”, it refers to a false Prophet or Antichrist figure who leads people astray.
- Al-Kharaij wal Jaraih, Al-Rawandi, Vol. 3, p. 1135
- Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 51, p. 70
- Kamāl al-dīn wa tamām al-niʿma, Al-Shaikh Al-Saduq, Vol. 1, p. 679
- Ghaybat Al-Tusi, Al-Shaikh Al-Tusi, Vol. 1, p. 483
- Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 52, p. 254
- Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 52, p. 273
- Aʿyān al-Shīʿa, Al-Sayyid Muhsin Al-Amin, Vol. 2, p. 54
- Al-Futūḥāt al-Makkiyya (The Meccan Revelations), Ibn Arabi, Vol. 3, p. 327
- Majma al Nurayn, Al Marandi, p. 345
- Marja is an Arabic term that refers to a jurist who is followed by Shia Muslims.
- The Holy Qur’an, Chapter 10 (Yunus), Verse 71
- Jabir Al-Jaafi narrated from Abi Ja’far (From Him is Peace) that he said: “Three hundred and thirteen men including fifty women will gather in Mecca without previous appointment, like autumn leaves, following one another, and it is the qur’anic verse which says: ‘Wherever you are, Allah will bring you all together. Surely Allah is Most Capable of everything.’ ” - Tafsir Al-Ayashi, Mohammed ibn Masoud Al-Ayashi, Vol. 1, p. 65
- One of the most famous companions of Imam Al-Hussein (From Him is Peace) in Karbala. He was one of those who wrote a letter inviting him to Kufa. Upon realizing that the people of Kufa had betrayed him, he joined the Imam in Karbala and was martyred in the battle of Karbala.
- The Holy Qur’an, Chapter 3 (Al-Imran), Verse 52