Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him Is Peace) has revealed that the twelve Imams were actually four souls, reincarnated.
Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) also revealed that Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family), Imam Ali (From Him is Peace), and Imam Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) also have incarnations as Mahdis in the same way that Imam Al-Hussain (From Him is Peace) does. He (From Him is Peace) also revealed that some of the best Prophets and Messengers were sent in this day and age as Mahdis, including the Ulul-Azm Prophets, or the Covenant Prophets (Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, and Jesus). He revealed the names and order of the twelve Mahdis.
- The First Mahdi is Imam Ahmed Al-Hassan (From Him is Peace) whose incarnation is one of the Imams, Imam Al-Hussain. The copies of his soul are his sons Joseph and Moses.
- The Second Mahdi is Aba Al-Sadiq, Abdullah Hashem (From Him is Peace). , whose incarnation is Joseph. His soul is a copy of his father, Imam Al-Hussain (From Him is Peace).
- The Third Mahdi is Moses and his soul is a copy of his father, Imam Al-Hussein (From Him is Peace).
- The Fourth Mahdi is Adam and his soul is a copy of his father’s soul, Imam Ali (From Him is Peace).
- The Fifth Mahdi is Ishmael and his soul is a copy of his father’s soul Abraham, who is a copy of his father’s soul, Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace).
- The Sixth Mahdi is Abraham whose soul is a copy of his father’s soul, Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace).
- The Seventh Mahdi is Michael whose soul is a copy of his father’s soul, Prophet Mohammed (PBUH and His Family).
- The Eighth Mahdi is Noah whose soul is a copy of his father’s soul, Imam Ali (From Him is Peace).
- The Ninth Mahdi is Jesus whose soul is a copy of his mother’s soul, Lady Layla.
- The Tenth Mahdi is Al-Murtada whose children, Adam, Noah, and Jesus are copies of his soul.
- The Eleventh Mahdi is Aaron Al-Sadiq whose incarnation is Imam Al-Sadiq (From Him is Peace) and whose children and grandchildren Abraham, Ishmael, and Elisha, are copies of his soul
- The Twelfth Mahdi Mohammed ibn Al-Zahra is Prophet Mohammed (PBUH & His Family) and his son Michael is a copy of his soul.