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THE PROMISED MAHDI Allamah Muhammad Baqir Al-Majlisi THE PROMISED MAHDI Allamah Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi English Translation of Biharul Anwar, Volume 13 (Old Edition)/Volumes 51-52-53 (New Edition) Kitabul Ghaibah – Book of Occultation Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) – the twelfth Imam of the Twelver Shia Part II Translator Sayyid Athar Husain S.H. Rizvi Ja’fari Propagation Centre Mumbai – 400 050 - India The Promised Mahdi 2 Title : The Promised Mahdi (English Translation of Biharul Anwar volumes on Imam Mahdi a.s.) – Part II Author : Allamah Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi (r.a.) Published : Ja’fari Propagation Centre 94, Asma Manzil, Room no. 10, Bazar Road, Opp. Khoja Masjid, Bandra (W), Mumbai – 400 050. India Tel.: 91-22-26425777, E-mail: [email protected] The Promised Mahdi 3 Table of Contents Chapter Twenty-Six: Test of the Shia during Occultation of Imam Zamana (a.s.) and prohibition of fixing the time of reappearance ............ 5 Chapter Twenty-Seven: Excellence of waiting for reappearance, merits of Shia during Occultation and the best deeds of that time .......................... 22 Report of Ammar Sabati ................................................................................. 28 Report of Ibrahim Kufi .................................................................................... 31 Duties of Shia during Occultation ................................................................... 41 Firm faith of the Shia ...................................................................................... 41 Report of Zurarah bin Ayyan .......................................................................... 47 Remain steadfast on your faith ........................................................................ 50 Chapter Twenty-Eight: Those who falsely claim meeting the Imam (a.s.) during Major occultation and that the Imam comes visits the people but no one recognizes him .................................................................................. 52 Chapter Twenty-Nine: Those who have met the Imam (a.s.) during the Major Occultation and near to the time of the Author............................. 59 Incidents of the Green Island and the White Sea ............................................ 59 Treatise of the Green Island and the White Sea – Report of Mazandarani ..... 59 1- Maulana Ahmad Ardibeli meets Imam (a.s.) .............................................. 72 2- Amir Ishaq Astarabadi ................................................................................ 73 3- Mirza Muhammad Astarabadi .................................................................... 74 4- Incident of a man from Qashan ................................................................... 74 5- The deceptive pomegranate ........................................................................ 76 Chapter Thirty: Signs of Reappearance .................................................... 78 Remoteness of Islam ....................................................................................... 89 Effect of the Uprising of Imam Zamana (a.s.) and its Signs ........................... 89 Sermon of Amirul Momineen (a.s.) and the conditions in the last period of time .................................................................................................................. 91 Who is Dajjal? ................................................................................................. 93 Would Dajjal be a Jew? ................................................................................... 94 Opinion of Ahle Sunnat scholars about Dajjal ................................................ 96 Shaykh Saduq’s Statements about Dajjal ........................................................ 97 Objections ....................................................................................................... 97 Signs of the Uprising of the Qaim of Aale Muhammad (a.s.) ....................... 100 Sufyani .......................................................................................................... 102 Amirul Momineen (a.s.) and Umar Ibne Saad .............................................. 122 Report of Abu Basir about other signs of reappearance ................................ 126 Report of Abaya Rabi .................................................................................... 129 The Promised Mahdi 4 Report of Jabir Jofi and General Conditions in the Last period of time ........ 132 Rise of the Sufyani is inevitable .................................................................... 143 Advent of Sufyani ......................................................................................... 146 Sufyani will cut them off like grass .............................................................. 162 Chapter Thirty-One: Reappearance of Imam Zamana (a.s.), its signs and what all will occur after that ..................................................................... 172 Chapter Thirty-Two: Companions of Imam Zamana (a.s.) ................... 203 When Imam Zamana (a.s.) stages an uprising in Najaf ................................. 220 Flag of the Qaim is same as the flag of the Prophet ...................................... 252 Reply to the objection of opponents .............................................................. 276 Supplication of Hazrat Hujjat (a.t.f.s.) .......................................................... 286 Chapter Thirty-Three: What will happen at the time of the Reappearance of Imam Zamana (a.s.) according to the report of Mufaddal bin Umar ................................................................................... 288 Chapter Thirty-four: Rajat (The Return) ............................................... 325 Dua Ahad ...................................................................................................... 402 Chapter Thirty-five: Successors of Imam Qaim (a.s.) ............................ 465 Chapter Thirty-six: Epistles issued by Imam Mahdi (a.s.) .................... 470 Ziyarat Aale Yasin ........................................................................................ 486 Dua to be recited after Ziyarat....................................................................... 487 The Promised Mahdi 5 26 Chapter Twenty-Six: Test of the Shia during Occultation of Imam Zamana (a.s.) and prohibition of fixing the time of reappearance ﺟَ ﻌْ ﻔﹶ ﺮُ ﺑْ ﻦُ ﻣُ ﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺪٍ ﻋَ ﻦْ ﺇﹺ ﺳْ ﺤَ ﺎ ﻕَ ﺑْ ﻦﹺ ﻣُ ﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺪٍ ﻋَ ﻦْ ﺃﹶﺑﹺﻲ ﻫَ ﺎ ﺷِ ﻢﹴ ﻋَ ﻦْ ﻓﹸ ﺮَ ﺍ ﺕِ ﺑْ ﻦﹺ ﺃﹶ ﺣْ ﻨَ ﻒَ ﻗﹶ ﺎ ﻝﹶ ﻗﹶ ﺎ ﻝﹶ ﺃﹶ ﻣِ ﲑُ ﺍ ﻟﹾ ﻤُ ﺆْ ﻣِ ﻨﹺ ﲔَ ﻉ ﻭَ ﺫﹶ ﻛﹶ ﺮَ ﺍ ﻟﹾ ﻘﹶ ﺎ ﺋِ ﻢَ ﻓﹶ ﻘﹶ ﺎ ﻝﹶ ﻟﹶﻴَﻐَِﻴﺒﱠﻦ ﻋَ ﻨْ ﻬُ ﻢْ ﺣَﺘﱠﻰ ﻳَ ﻘﹸ ﻮ ﻝﹶ ﺍ ﻟﹾ ﺠَ ﺎ ﻫِ ﻞﹸ ﻣَﺎ ﻟِ ﻠﱠ ﻪِ ﻓِﻲ ﺁ ﻝﹺ ﻣُ ﺤَ ﻤﱠ ﺪٍ ﺣَ ﺎ ﺟَ ﺔﹲ 1- Ghaibat Tusi: It is narrated from Ja’far bin Muhammad from Ishaq bin Muhammad from Abi Hashim from Furat bin Ahnaf that he said: Amirul Momineen (a.s.) said about the Qaim: “Imam Mahdi (a.s.) will remain in occultation till an ignorant person says: What does Allah have to do with Aale Muhammad (a.s.)?” 2- Ghaibat Tusi: It is narrated from Muhammad bin Himyari from his father from Ibne Yazid from Hammad bin Isa from Ibrahim bin Umar Yamani from a man from Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) that he said: “O Shia of Muhammad’s progeny, you are going to be tested like the kohl in the eye. One knows when the kohl is put into his eye, but he does not know when it gets out of it. Just in the same way that one believes in our matter in the morning and recants it in the evening or he believes in it in the evening and when morning comes, he recants it… 3- Ghaibat Tusi: It is narrated from Muhammad Himyari from his father from Ayyub bin Nuh from Abbas bin Aamir from Rabi bin Muhammad Musalli that he said: Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) said to me: The Promised Mahdi 6 “By Allah, people will be broken up like glass, however glass can be joined together again. By Allah, people will be broken up like earthen pots; which if once broken cannot be joined again. By Allah, you people shall be crushed; by Allah, you shall be sieved like wheat is sieved from the chaff.” 4- Ghaibat Tusi: It is narrated from Ali Ibne Yaqtin that he said: Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) said to me: “O Ali, the Shia have been brought up with hopes since two hundred years.” Yaqtin said to his son, Ali: “What is the matter?! What had been said (by the infallible Imams) to us occurred, but what had been said to you did not occur – he meant the fate of the Abbasids.” Ali said: “What had been said to you and what had been said to us were from the same source but the time of your matter came and it occurred as it had been said to you whereas the time of our matter did not come yet so we justified that by hopes and wishes. If it was said to us that this matter would occur after two hundred or three hundred years, our hearts would be hard and then most of people would apostatize, but they said to us that it would be so near in order to attract the hearts of people and to make them feel that deliverance was about to come.” 5- Ghaibat Tusi: It is narrated from Ghazairi from Bazufari from Ali bin Muhammad from Fadhl bin Shazan from Ahmad bin Muhammad and Ubais bin Hisham from Karaam from Fudhail that he said: I asked Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) if a time has been fixed for reappearance of Imam Zamana (a.s.) and he replied: “Those who fix a time for it are liars. Those who fix a time for it are liars. Those who fix a time for it are liars.” 6- Ghaibat Tusi: It is narrated from Fadhl bin Shazan from Husain bin Yazid Sahhaf from Mudhir Jawwaz from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) that he said: “Those who fix a time for it are liars. We have not timed what
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