Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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The Birth of the Possessor (of Divine Authority) (a.s.)
22. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Ahmad ibn abu Ali ibn Ghiyath from Ahmad ibn al-Hassan who has said the following. “ Yazid ibn ‘Abdallah has said in his will to sent a horse, a sword and certain other properties to holy location (office of the Imam (a.
The Birth of the Possessor (of Divine Authority) (a.s.)
23. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Shadhan al-Naysaburi who has said the following. “Five hundred Dirhams less twenty was collected with me. I decided to sent them but I did not like to send five hundred less twenty. I then added twen
Chapter on Miscellaneous Issues
12. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hisham ibn Salim who said: I said to Abi Abdillah (as): "What is the right of Allah over His creation?" He replied: "That they should only say that which they know and should remain sil
The Birth of the Possessor (of Divine Authority) (a.s.)
24. It is narrated from al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Ash‘ari who has said the following. “The letters of abu Muhammad (a.s.) would come about the matters related to al-Junayd, who killed Fars, abu al-Hassan and others. When he passed away letters about the issue
The Birth of the Possessor (of Divine Authority) (a.s.)
25. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn Salih who has said the following. “I had a female slave that had attracted my attention. I wrote to him (Imam al-Mahdi (a.s.) requesting permission to have a child from her. The answer came, “You may do so b
The Birth of the Possessor (of Divine Authority) (a.s.)
26. Ali ibn Muhammad has said the following. “Ibn al-‘Ajami in his will had set aside one third of his properties for the holy location (office of the Imam (a.s.) and had written the deed for it. Before he would take the one third out of his properties he gav
The Birth of the Possessor (of Divine Authority) (a.s.)
27. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from abu ‘Aqil ‘Isa ibn Nasr who has said the following. “Ali ibn Ziyad al-Saynari wrote a letter to request for a shroud. He (al-Mahdi (a.s.) wrote back to him, “You will need it in the year eighty.” He died in the year eigh
The Birth of the Possessor (of Divine Authority) (a.s.)
28. Ali ibn Muhammad has narrated from Muhammad ibn Harun ibn ‘Imran al-Hamadani who has said the following. “I owed five hundred Dinars to the holy location (office of Imam al-Mahdi (a.s.). I felt extremely depressed about it. I said to myself, “The stores t
The Birth of the Possessor (of Divine Authority) (a.s.)
29. Ali ibn Muhammad has said the following. “Ja‘far (the impostor) sold of the items that he sold a Ja‘fari (descendants of Ja‘far ibn abu Talib) female child that they (family of abu Muhammad (a.s.) had brought up. A certain ‘Alawi person informed the buyer
The Birth of the Possessor (of Divine Authority) (a.s.)
30. Al-Husayn ibn al-Hassan al-‘Alawi has said the following. “A man who was an informer for Ruz Hassani with another man with him once said to Ruz, “This man (al-Mahdi (a.s.) is out there. Money is collected for him. He has representatives in many places. Th
The Birth of the Possessor (of Divine Authority) (a.s.)
31. Ali ibn Muhammad has said the following. “A prohibition to visit the Quryash cemetery and al-Hira (Karbala) came out of the holy location (office of Imam al-Mahdi (a.s.). After a few months the Vizier (abu al-Fath Ja‘far ibn Furat) summoned al-Baqtia, and
The Statements and the Explicit Texts on Leadership with Divine Authority) of the Twelve Imams (a.s.)
1. A number of our people has narrated Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Barqi from abu Hashim Dawud ibn al-Qasim al-Ja‘fari from abu Ja‘far al-Thani who has said the following. “Once Amir al-Mu’minin Ali (a.s.) came with al-Hassan and al-Husayn and he was holding the ha
The Statements and the Explicit Texts on Leadership with Divine Authority) of the Twelve Imams (a.s.)
2. Also Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Hassan al-Saffar from Ahmad ibn abu ‘Abdallah from abu Hashim a similar hadith. Muhammad ibn Yahya has said, “I said to Muhammad ibn al-Hassan, “O abu Ja‘far I wish this would have been narrated thr
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13. Muhammad ibn al-Hassan from Sahl ibn Ziyad from ibn Sinan from Muhammad ibn Marwan al-‘Ijli from Ali ibn Hanzala who has said the following. “(Imam) abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.), said, ‘Note the position of the people from the degree of their narration of Hadith
The Statements and the Explicit Texts on Leadership with Divine Authority) of the Twelve Imams (a.s.)
3. Muhammad ibn Yahya and Muhammad ibn ‘Abdallah have narrated from ‘Abdallah ibn Ja‘far from al-Hassan ibn Zarif and Ali ibn Muhammad from Salih ibn abu Hammad from Bakr ibn Salih from ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn Salim from abu Basir from abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) who has
The Statements and the Explicit Texts on Leadership with Divine Authority) of the Twelve Imams (a.s.)
4. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Ibrahim ibn ‘Umar al-Yamani from Aban ibn abu ‘Ayyash from Sulaym ibn Qays and Muhammad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from ‘Umar ibn ’Udhayna and Ali ibn Muhamma
The Statements and the Explicit Texts on Leadership with Divine Authority) of the Twelve Imams (a.s.)
5. A number of our people has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Khalid his father from ‘Abdallah ibn al-Qasim from Hanan ibn al-Sarraj from Dawud ibn Sulayman al-Kisa‘i from abu al-Tufayl who has said the following. “I was present in the funeral procession
The Statements and the Explicit Texts on Leadership with Divine Authority) of the Twelve Imams (a.s.)
6. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn Ahmad from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from abu Sa‘id al-‘Usfuriy from ‘Amru ibn Thabit from Abu Hamza who has said the following. “I heard Ali ibn al-Husayn say, ‘Allah created Muhammad , Ali and the eleven Ima
The Statements and the Explicit Texts on Leadership with Divine Authority) of the Twelve Imams (a.s.)
7. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from ‘Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Khashshab from ibn Sama‘a from Ali ibn al-Hassan ibn Ribat from ibn ’Udhayna from Zurara that he heard Abu Ja'far (al-Baqir) (as) say: "The twelve Imams all from the family of Muhammad (sw). Th
The Statements and the Explicit Texts on Leadership with Divine Authority) of the Twelve Imams (a.s.)
8. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Mas‘ada ibn Ziyad from abu ‘Abdallah and Muhammad ibn al-Husayn from Ibrahim from ibn abu Yahya al-Madyani from abu Harun al-‘Abdi from abu Sa‘id al-Khudriy who has said the following. “I was