¶ Door Number Thirty-Four
¶ The Riser
¶ “If you see him, pledge allegiance to him and crawl to him even if it were on ice.”
The Qaim or Riser is the promised and awaited Savior of mankind. Traditions have mentioned that he will call the people to a new Covenant or a new Islam. Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) said:
“If the Riser rises he shall call the people to a new Islam, and he shall guide them to a matter that was lost and that the people strayed from, and verily the Riser was called a Mahdi [a Guide] because he guides to a matter which is lost, and he was called a Riser because he rises with the truth.”
The Qaim is the one who establishes an actual country and homeland for the believers, a Divine Just State in which the rule of God is established. The Qaim is the one who returns with the souls of all of the Prophets and Messengers and righteous ones, and establishes new family units based on soul connections instead of biological connections.
¶ The Ultimate Sign of the Qaim Is the Soul World
One day I said to Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace), “I am writing about the religion, and I have written, ‘We have come with the truth of reincarnation and the return of the souls to the world more than once, and we know that every soul has a father and the father in the soul world is not necessarily the father in the physical world. Every soul has one father and we come to this world many times and in each incarnation the father and mother and siblings are different. This is the sign that we know the Qaim by, and the ultimate proof, for Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) said, ‘Verily, God chose between the souls in the shadows and then made them enter the bodies, and if our Qaim emerges he shall make the brother inherit from the brother whom God paired him with in the shadows, and he does not make him inherit from his physical brother, know him from that, and whoever knows him from that there shall not remain upon him a stronger proof.’ We are now using the knowledge of the soul world as a proof and so we have with us the Qaim of the Family of Mohammed.’ ”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Yes, my son. Great job!”
¶ Our Duties Towards the Qaim
One day I said to the Imam (From Him is Peace), “Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) said: ‘Verily, if the believer has any (money) he can spend it as he wishes on his children, but then if the Qaim rises (the believer) carries to the Qaim what he has (of money and property) and whatever is left over from that (money) he uses it for his livelihood, then if he does that, (the believer) has fulfilled his obligations.’ And also Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) said: ‘Our Shia can spend whatever is in their hands as they please in goodness, but if our Qaim rises then all treasures (wealth and fortune) become impermissible for those who have treasures, and they must bring it in order that the Qaim uses it against his enemies and that is the meaning of the words of God, ‘Those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend it in the way of God, give them glad tidings of a painful torment.’ ” What is the meaning of this tradition, that there shall come a time when the Qaim shall make the people’s money forbidden for them?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “It’s true. It means that the Qaim is the only one who shall be just between the people in terms of living and will treat everyone equally with no difference.”
It is clear from the narrations of the Ahlul-Bayt (From Them is Peace) that the believers have a financial duty towards the Qaim (From Him is Peace). It is also clear from the words of Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) that the Rise has already begun, and we are currently in it now. It is also clear from his words that forty percent of the Rise is gathering money for the establishment of our Divine Just State. Therefore, it is the duty of every single believing man and woman in this Call to turn in all of their belongings except for that which they need for basic livelihood, in order to help the Qaim establish his State. Individuals who work and receive salaries are required to turn in the entirety of their salary, after deducting from it what they need for their livelihood, on a consistent monthly basis. Those who own properties such as houses or land must sell it in order to donate it to the cause of the establishment of a Divine Just State. Supporting the Qaim comes by any means necessary.
One day I said to Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace), “I am going to use an unrealistic example, it is only an example, but I want to ask.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Yes.”
I said, “If someone steals from an oppressor for the sake of the Qaim of the Family of Mohammed (PBUH & His Family)…”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “This is not stealing.”
I said, “What about a person who deals with Riba [usury] in order to give money to the Qaim?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Riba no, Riba is not allowed at all. It is extremely ugly.”
And this is not something that is unfamiliar for those who believed in the Prophets and Messengers (PBUT). In the book of Acts, the believers sold their homes and gave the money and all their belongings to the Apostles of Christ (PBUH) in order to establish a community of believers.
“All the believers were one in heart and mind. No one claimed that any of their possessions was their own, but they shared everything they had. With great power the apostles continued to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. And God’s grace was so powerfully at work in them all that there were no needy persons among them. For from time to time those who owned land or houses sold them, brought the money from the sales and put it at the apostles’ feet, and it was distributed to anyone who had need.”
The same happened with the community with Moses (PBUH):
“Tell the sons of Israel to raise a contribution for Me; from every man whose heart moves him you shall raise My contribution. And this is the contribution which you are to raise from them: gold, silver and bronze, blue, purple, and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair, rams’ skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood, oil for lighting, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, onyx stones and setting stones, for the ephod and for the breastpiece. And let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them.”
And the narrations are many concerning the companions of Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) and the early Muslims bringing all their wealth and gold and placing it in the hands and lap of the Messenger of God.
Those who object to handing over their wealth to the Qaim are not truly believers in the Divine Just State and in the Qaim himself, and have failed to complete the obligations sent down upon them by God. To support the Qaim with what he needs for establishing a Divine Just State is the whole of religion.
Another one of the duties of the believer in the time of the Qaim is to migrate to the Qaim by any means necessary. The traditions are many in this regard and state that even if you were in a box, you must break out of that box and migrate to him, even if you were to crawl on your knees or on snow. Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) said:
“We are members of a Household for whom Allah has chosen the hereafter over this world. The people of my Household will face calamity, expulsion, and exile after I am gone, until some people will come from the East carrying Black Banners. They will ask for something good but will not be given it. Then they will fight and will be victorious, then they will be given what they wanted, but they will not accept it and will give leadership to a man from my family. Then he will fill it with justice just as it was filled with injustice. Whoever among you lives to see that, let him go to them even if he has to crawl over snow.”
So, the main two obligations the believer has to fulfill when the Qaim rises is to hand over to him all wealth and to migrate to him in order to serve him in whichever way he assigns them. As such, the Israelites migrated with Moses (PBUH) and the early Christians migrated with Jesus (PBUH) and the Apostles after him (PBUT) and as such the Muslims migrated with Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) in order to establish a community of faith and believers.
¶ The Identity of the Qaim
The Riser is the one who will rise and take action to change the condition of the people. Muslims have traditionally thought that the Riser is Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family) and Imam Mahdi is the Riser, but in fact they are two different people. When referring to Imam Mahdi, we are speaking about the Twelfth Imam (PBUH & His Family) and when referring to the Qaim or Riser of the Family of Mohammed (From Him is Peace), we are talking about another person.
The Muslims have awaited the emergence of the Qaim for more than 1,400 years and all the Prophets and Messengers (PBUT) awaited his appearance and prayed to return with him in order to help him establish a Divine Just State. His arrival is the culmination of the efforts of all the Prophets, Messengers and Imams (PBUT). His identity is important and has been at the center of a lot of disagreement and confusion. For the Sunni Muslims, he is a descendant of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) to be born in the end times, and his name and the name of his father are similar to the name of the Prophet and his father, and they believe that his name thus should be Mohammed son of Abdullah (even though the narrations don’t explicitly state that). For the Shia, the Twelfth Imam, Mohammed ibn Al-Hassan the Mahdi (PBUH & His Family) is the Riser. The followers of Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) consider that Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) is the Riser from the Family of Mohammed. So, who is he in reality?
¶ Description of the Qaim
If we look for the description of the Qaim or Mahdi in narrations, we find that the narrations concerning the Qaim are contradictory. Some describe the Qaim or the Mahdi as ruling for 7 years, others record him as ruling for 19, and yet others list other numbers of years. If we look at the narrations describing his physical features, we also find them contradictory, some describe him as tall and dark-skinned resembling Moses (PBUH), others describe him as fair-skinned. Some narrations describe him appearing at the age of 32 and others have him appearing in his 40’s. Some narrations describe a Qaim or Mahdi who is a warrior and who engages in many battles and other traditions describe a Mahdi who rises to the throne without having spilt a drop of blood. The fact of the matter is that the differences in the narrations describing the Qaim, or the Mahdi, are due to the fact that the narrations are describing different people.
¶ Two Names, Three Names
Imam Al-Baqir (PBUH) narrated from his Father who narrated from his Grandfather (PBUT) who said that the Prince of the Believers Ali (PBUH) said while he was on the minbar,
“There shall come forth a man from my sons in the end times who is white in color with some redness, he has a large belly, wide thighs and broad shoulders, in his back are two moles, one the same color as his skin, and the other similar to the one of the Prophet of God (PBUH & His Family). He has two names, a name which is hidden and a name which is announced, as for the one which is hidden it is Ahmed, as for the one which is announced it is Mohammed. If he shakes his banner there shall light up for it what is between the East and West, and he places his hand on the heads of the servants and there remains not a believer except that his heart is stronger than the piece of iron, and God shall give him the strength of forty men and there shall not remain a single dead person except that he becomes happy while he is in his grave and they will visit each other in the graves and give glad tidings concerning the Rise of the Riser (PBUH).”
The reality is that the two names, Ahmed and Mohammed are referring to two people and they are the two names mentioned in the Will of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family), Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) and Mohammed ibn Al-Hassan (PBUH & His Family).
As such, with the same logic and principle, in the Will when it says
“He has three names...”,
it is referring to three different people, Ahmed, Abdullah and Al-Mahdi, the First, Second and Third Mahdi. They are Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace), Abdullah Hashem and Al-Mahdi, the Third Mahdi. The narrations which describe the Qaim or the Mahdi at times are referring to Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family), at times to Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) and at times to one of the other Mahdis. But who is the Riser of the Family of Mohammed (PBUH & His Family)?
One day in November of 2018, the Imam (From Him is Peace) said to me, “Do you have the Will with you?”
I said, “Yes.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Read it.”
I said, “Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) said to Ali (PBUH) on the night of his death, ‘O Father of Al-Hassan, bring me a pen and a paper,’ so the Messenger of Allah (PBUH & His Family) dictated his Will until he came to this position where he said: ‘O Ali, there will be twelve Imams after me and after them there will be twelve Mahdis. So you, O Ali, are the first of the twelve Imams, Allah the Exalted has named you in His heavens Ali Al-Murtada (the Content), Amirul Mo’mineen (the Prince of the Believers), Al-Siddiq Al-Akbar (the Greater Truthful), Al-Farouq Al-A’tham (the Greater Judge and Differentiator between truth and falsehood), Al-Ma’moun (the Trusted), and the Mahdi (the Guided). These names may not be attributed to other than you. O Ali, you are my vicegerent/guardian over my own family, their living and their dead, and upon my women: Whomever you kept, she shall find me tomorrow, and whomever you divorced, I am innocent of her, I will not see her and she will not see me on the Day of Resurrection. And you are my successor (Khalifa) over my nation after me. If death comes to you, hand it over to my son Al-Hassan, the righteous and benevolent. Then if death comes to him, let him hand it over to my son Al-Hussein, the martyr, the pure and murdered. If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, the master of worshipers, Dhul Thafanat (the one with hard skin on his knees) Ali. If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Mohammed Al-Baqir (the Revealer of Knowledge). If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Ja’far Al-Sadiq (the Truthful). If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Musa Al-Kathim (the Patient). If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Ali Al-Ridha (the Pleasing One). If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Mohammed Al-Thiqa Al-Taqqi (the Trustworthy, the God-Fearing). If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Ali Al-Nasih (the Advisor). If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Al-Hassan Al-Fadhil (the Meritorious). If death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Mohammed the Safeguarded of the Family of Mohammed (PBUT). Those are the twelve Imams. 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.’ ”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Look at the final sentence from its beginning.”
I said, “Do you mean Abdullah, Ahmed, Al-Mahdi?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Yes, have you asked yourself why your name is first?”
I said, “I heard others ask about that before and I thought it was a mistake and in the original Will it is written Ahmed, Abdullah, Al-Mahdi. I didn’t really think about it much.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “It is not a mistake.”
I said, “But that means that I am the first of the Mahdis and you are the second of the Mahdis?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “From now on you are in the forefront, do you remember when you once told me that Adam (PBUH) spoke to you about the Will?”
I said, “Yes, he mentioned that there is a surprise in it, one shall be before the other.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “That is what he meant.”
I said, “But are you not the vicegerent of the Twelfth Imam, Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family)?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Yes, and here I am, his vicegerent.”
I said, “And I am your vicegerent, but you are after me?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Yes, and before you as well.”
I said, “How are you before me and after me?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Now the people know and will continue to know that Ahmed is the vicegerent of Mohammed.”
I said, “Yes.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “But who is the one who is facing the people? You.”
I said, “Aha! So, you mean that Ahmed is the vicegerent of Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) and Abdullah is the vicegerent of Ahmed, but he dies before Ahmed like Aaron died before Moses, and then Al-Mahdi will be your vicegerent like Joshua became the vicegerent of Moses after the death of Aaron? Is it like that?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Yes, almost, the only difference is that Abdullah remains after Ahmed, he does not die before him, I mean biological death of the body.”
I said, “So you are the first of the Mahdis and you die, and I am the second of the Mahdis and after me is Al-Mahdi, but at the same time I am before you and face the people?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Great job!”
I said, “So from this moment until my death that is after your death, I am the one in the forefront facing the people?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Even after I appear to them, I shall not always remain with them.”
I said, “Why, my Father?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “I will only appear for a period of time and then I shall disappear from the sight of the people.”
I said, “What is the reason?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “My son, I do not want the people to get used to my existence, and the reason is, I am preparing the Earth for you.”
I said, “For me?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Yes, my appearance for a time period is in order to give strength to your position but honor, glory and respect shall remain for you and our Call.”
I said, “But why are you preparing the Earth for me and not for you? You are the Master of the Earth.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “You shall understand later, be quiet son.”
I said, “I don’t know what to say.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “Don’t say anything. You shall come to know what you mean to your Father and Master.”
I wept and said, “Thank you, my Father.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “God bless you son, and send my peace to everyone, one by one, and tell them all that I forgive everyone and wipe away all their sins and I make them all white as if they were born today, they have no sin which is to be mentioned. I forgive all of them, everyone, every single person. They are all requited of their sins and innocent in front of me. After you inform them all, inform so and so of his mistake and tell him we already knew that you were trying to deceive us and deceive Ahmed Al-Hassan, but alas you have not deceived except your own self. Tell him I forgive him.”
I said, “May God send His prayers and blessings upon Mohammed and the Family of Mohammed, the Imams and the Mahdis! Thank you, O merciful one and generous one! My body has goosebumps from your words. Indeed, he was not deceiving except himself. Thank you, my Father.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “My son, I do not want you to bring up the mistakes of anyone no matter how small it was after this forgiveness, and make them brothers in the cause of God. Let the women hug the women and the men hug the men and let every one of them declare their forgiveness and love for the other with their hearts and tongues and let everyone know that God sees and hears what is in the hearts. Have a wonderful night, my dear son. I leave you in the care and guardianship of God, always and forever.”
I said, “In the care and guardianship of God, my dear Father.”
¶ The Qaim of the Family of Mohammed
One day the Imam (From Him is Peace) said to me, “Who is the Riser of the Family of Mohammed (PBUH & His Family)?”
I said, “You, Ahmed Al-Hassan.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “No. You are incorrect.”
I said, “Who is he?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “He is another person. His worldly name starts with the letter A. His mother is a Roman and he has a son by the name of Aaron Al-Sadiq (PBUH).”
I said, “Me?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “The Riser of the Family of Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) is Abdullah. Joseph, the son of Ahmed Al-Hassan.”
I began to weep.
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “That is the Riser of the Family of Mohammed (PBUH & His Family). You, my son.”
I said, “But wasn’t it you, my Father?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “When? Only in the apparent was it me. This is one of the matters which I shall read in Al-Kufa and the people shall run away from it, this is a small part of it. Did you not feel it one day?”
I said, “It never crossed my mind that I was the Riser of the Family of Mohammed except for what you told me. I always thought it was you.”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “You are my beloved and the light of my eyes, but you should have known it when I told you that you would rule before me, Abdullah, Ahmed, Al-Mahdi.”
The narrations of the Ahlul-Bayt make it clear that the Qaim of the Family of Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) is a son of Ahmed Al-Hassan. Imam Al-Baqir (From Him is Peace) said:
“Moses son of Imran looked in the Torah and read what would be given to the Qaim of the Family of Mohammed from ability and preference, so Moses said: ‘My Lord, make me the Qaim of the Family of Mohammed.’ And so, it was said to him: ‘That is from the sons of Ahmed,’ and so he looked into the second book of the Torah and he found the same and he said the same as he had said before, and it was said to him the same as God said before. He then looked into the third book of the Torah and saw the same and said the same and it was said to him by God the same. [The Qaim is the son of Ahmed].”
There are also several narrations which mention the age of the Qaim when he appears:
“…he appears in the image of a successful youth at the age of 32.”
When I was first appointed by Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) and claimed the Will publicly and came forth with an appointment letter from my Father and was named his successor by him, I was 32 years old and this was in 2015. I appeared publicly after the death of king Abdullah just as Imam Mahdi (PBUH & His Family) did and the traditions state that both the Hujjah and the Qaim will appear after the death of king Abdullah:
“…Give me glad tidings of his death and I will give you glad tidings of the appearance of the Hujjah (Imam Mahdi)...”
and other narrations stated:
“Whoever guarantees for me the death of Abdullah, I shall guarantee for them the Qaim.”
And I am the one who claimed the Will and used it as a proof against the people just as my Father did before me:
“…This matter shall never be until he is the one who uses it as a proof against you and calls you to it...”
¶ A Divine Decree by Design
Someone could ask, so why did Imam Ahmed ِِAl-Hassan (From Him is Peace) imply in his books that he was the Riser? There are many answers to this question, some we shall not state for now, for the time has not yet come to explain all the mysteries, but I shall give you one reason. From the time of Adam (PBUH) until today, there has always been a divinely appointed King on the Earth. Since the time of Adam (PBUH), the sons of Iblis, the sons of Cain (May the curse of God be upon them), have always plotted and planned to poison, imprison, and/or kill the divinely appointed Kings. The children of Adam (PBUH) have always been oppressed in the land, and for that reason God has promised a Qaim/Riser, who will successfully liberate the believers and establish a Divine Just State.
Since the children of Cain were always aware of a Savior to come, when Abraham (PBUH) was born, Nimrod had planned to kill this Savior from the Family of Noah (PBUH). When Moses was born, the Pharaoh ordered the killing of every male child to be born to the Hebrews in an attempt to kill the Qaim or Savior of Israel. When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, and his star was witnessed in the East, king Herod of Judea ordered the massacre of the innocents to prevent his rise. The birth of the Twelfth Imam was hidden from Mu’tamid, the Abbasid caliph, who was actively searching for him in order to kill him and prevent his rise.
It is clear that the children of Iblis have one purpose: to prevent the rise of God’s vicegerent and the establishment of the Divine Just State. Thus, it is part of the divine decree to somewhat confuse God’s enemies both as a means of protection and as a way to test the believers in their faith. Imam Ja’far Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) says:
“If we say something to you about a man from us, but it is not in him, and is in his children, don’t deny it.”
In the Holy Qur’an, Prophet Imran (PBUH) was given a promise that he would father the Messiah; however, when he was given a daughter, Mary (PBUH), he thought that God had changed His plan and was disappointed. God’s promise was true, He had said something about Imran’s child, but it was not about her, rather it was concerning her son. The promise of God was fulfilled through Mary (PBUH) with the birth of her son Jesus (PBUH). The people were led to believe one thing in order to protect God’s interests and fulfill God’s plans, just as it happened with the apparent Crucifixion of Jesus (PBUH). The people were led to believe that Jesus (PBUH) was crucified, in order to fulfill a purpose.
The apparent ambiguity is by design and serves a higher purpose that is not completely clear, until God decides that it becomes unambiguously clear through His Proof on the Earth. Thus, for a period of time, Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) was thought to be the Qaim, the look-alike of Jesus, but this is not the case, it was only so in order that God could test those who were firm in their belief and distinguish them from those who doubted, as well as to protect the interests of God and His plan. The divine decree is both a protection against the enemies, and a test for the believers. In the book of Isaiah it states,
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.”
Another explanation is that, in fact, Ahmed and Abdullah could both be considered to be the Qaim (From Him is Peace) for the soul of Abdullah is a copy of the soul of Ahmed. But the body which shall rule as the Qaim physically is Abdullah. Most Muslims claim that the name of the Mahdi would be one that resembles the name of the Prophet (PBUH & His Family) and the name of his father. The name of the Prophet (PBUH & His Family) was Mohammed and his father’s name was Abdullah. Those are two names, and the two names are two people, and the two people are Ahmed Al-Hassan and Abdullah Hashem. I am Ahmed and Ahmed is Abdullah.
One day I said to Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace), “Why did people say that the character of the Righteous Servant is Al-Khidr? Is he Al-Khidr or the Righteous Servant?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “For sure he is both.”
I said, “Who was there then? Me or you? You said to me previously that you are the Righteous Servant and now you said he is Al-Khidr and also you said that Al-Khidr is Prophet Jeremiah, but Jeremiah was a Prophet from the Israelite Prophets and he came much after Moses (PBUH)?”
The Imam (From Him is Peace) said, “I shall put you at ease, I have already said many times, that I am you and you are me, you are from me and you are a part of me, this part shares with me everything that pertains to me because it is me and it is from me.”
¶ Sources
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- Al-Haft Al-Shareef, Al-Muffadhal ibn Omar Al-Jofi, Door 66, p. 180
- Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 70, p. 143
- Tafsir Al-Ayyashi, Mohammad ibn Masoud Ayyashi, Vol. 2, p. 87
- The Holy Bible, Book of Acts, Chapter 4, Verses 32 - 35
- The Holy Bible, Book of Exodus, Chapter 25, Verses 2-8
- Aamer Abu Al-Tufail narrated that the Prince of the Believers (PBUH) said to him: “O Aamer if you hear the Black Banners approaching from Khurasan and you were locked in a box, then break that lock and that box until you are killed underneath it, and if you are unable to, then roll until you are killed underneath it.” - Life of Imam Mahdi, Baqir Sherif Al-Qurashi, Vol. 1, p. 273
- Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 51, p. 87
- Abu Abdillah (PBUH) said: “The Kingdom of the Qaim from us is 19 years and a few months.” - Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 52, p. 298
- Imam Al-Baqir (PBUH) said: “...He is the one with redness, hollow eyes, elevated edges of the eyebrows, broad shoulders…and in his face there is a resemblance of Moses.” - Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 51, p. 40
- On the authority of Aba Abdillah (PBUH) he said: “He appears in the image of a successful youth at the age of 32.”
- Kitab Al-Ghayba (Book of Occultation), Al-Numani, Vol. 1, p. 193 - The Messenger of Allah (PBUH & His Family) said: “The Mahdi (PBUH) from my sons is forty years old.” - Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 51, p. 80
- On the authority of Al-Hassan bin Abd Al-Rahman Al-Akli, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, he said: “Allegiance will be pledged to the Mahdi between the Rukn and the Maqam. He does not awaken a sleeper nor does he shed blood.” - Al-Malahim wal Fitan, Al-Sayyid ibn Tawus, Vol. 1, p. 133
- Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 51, p. 35
- Ghaybat Al-Toosi, Vol. 1, p. 174; Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 53, p. 148
- From Abi Abdillah (PBUH) he said: “It is as if I see the Qaim (PBUH) on the platform of Kufa, and he is wearing a cloak, so he takes out from his cloak a book sealed with a golden seal, so he removes the seal and reads it to the people, so they run away from him like the running of sheep.” - Al-Kafi, Al-Shaikh Al-Kulayni, Vol. 8, p. 167
- Kitab Al-Ghayba (Book of Occultation), Al-Numani, Vol. 1, pp. 244 - 245
- Kitab Al-Ghayba (Book of Occultation), Al-Numani, Vol. 1, p. 193
- 250 Signs Until the Appearance of Imam Mahdi, Muhammad Ali Tabatabai, Sign No. 88, p. 136
- Bihar Al-Anwar, Al-Allamah Al-Majlisi, Vol. 52, p. 210
- Kitab Al-Ghayba (Book of Occultation), Al-Numani, Vol. 1, p. 335
- “When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him, but if it is a daughter, she shall live.” - The Holy Bible, Book of Exodus, Chapter 1, Verse 16
- “Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.” - The Holy Bible, Book of Matthew, Chapter 2, Verse 16
- Tafsir Al-Qummi, Ali ibn Ibrahim Al-Qummi, Vol. 1, p. 101
- On the authority of Abu Abdullah (PBUH), he said: “God revealed to Imran, ‘I shall grant you a blessed son that heals the blind and the lepers, and resurrects the dead by My permission, and I shall make him a Messenger to the Children of Israel.’ So he informed his wife Hannah of this, who is the Mother of Mary, so when she became pregnant with her, she thought that she was pregnant with a boy. But when she gave birth to a female child, she said: ‘O Lord! I have given birth to a female and a female is not the same as a male.’ Because the female cannot be a Messenger, and God said, ‘and Allah knew full well what she had given birth to.’ So when God granted Mary Jesus (PBUH), Jesus was the one whom God gave glad tidings to Imran about and whom He had promised to him, so if we tell you something about a man from us, and it is in his children, do not deny it.” - Tafsir Al-Qummi, Ali ibn Ibrahim Al-Qummi, Vol. 1, p. 101
- The Holy Bible, Book of Isaiah, Chapter 55, Verses 8-9