Tradition n. 399

قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:

اَل مَهدِيّ مِن عِترَتِي مِن وُلدِ فاطِمَةَ.

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “Al-Mahdi is of my progeny from the sons of Fatimah (‘a).”

Sunan Abu Dawud, vol. 4, p. 107

Tradition n. 400

قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:

طُوبـى لِمَـن اَدرَكَ قائِـمَ اَهلِ بَيتِـي وَ هُوَ مُقتَدٍ بِهِ قَبلَ قِيامِـهِ، يَتَوَلّى وَلِيَّهُ وَ يَتَبَرَّأُ مِن عَدُّوِهِ وَ يَتَوَلَّى الأَئِمَّةَ الهاديَةَ مِن قَبلِهِ، اوُلـئِكَ رُفَقائِي وَ ذَوُوا وُدّي وَ مَوَدَّتِي وَ اَك رَمُ اُمَّتي عَلَيَّ.

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “Happiness is for the one who will attend the Qaim of my Ahl Al-Bayt and will follow him before his rise. This person will love his (Qaim's) lovers and hate his enemies, and will accept the leadership of the Imams from before his advent. These ones are my friends, and are the most sincere members of my Ummah whom I honour very much.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 52, p. 129

Tradition n. 401

قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:

يَبعَثُ اللّهُ رَجُلاً مِن عِترَتِي مِن اَهلِ بَي تي فَيَم لَأُ بِهِ الأرضَ قِسطاً كَما مُلِئَت ظُلماً وَ جَورًا.

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “Allah will raise a man from my progeny, from my Ahl Al-Bayt, by whom the earth will be filled with justice thoroughly the same as it has been filled with injustice and oppression.”

Al-Musannif, vol. 11, p. 371

Tradition n. 402

قالَ رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم:

مَن ماتَ وَلَم يَعرِف اِمامَ زَمانِهِ ماتَ مَيتةً جاهِلِيَّةً.

The Holy Prophet (S) said: “The person who dies and has not known the Imam of his time (Imam Mahdi (‘a) is that of the present time) has died the same as one who died during the Age of Ignorance.”

Musnad Ahmad Ibn Hanbal, vol. 2, p. 83; vol. 3, p. 446 & vol. 4, p. 96: Sahih Bukhari, vol. 5, p. 13 & Sahih Muslim vol. 6, p. 21, No.1849. In addition to 25 other references introduced by Sunni scholars.

Tradition n. 403

قالَ الإمامُ أَميرُ المُؤمنينَ عَلِيٌّ عليه السلام :

لَو قَد قامَ قائِمُنا لَأَنزَلَتِ السَّماءُ قَط رَها، و لَأَخ رَجَتِ الأَر ضُ نَباتَها، وَ لذَهَبتِ الشَّح ناءُ مِن قُلُوبِ العِبادِ و اِص طَلَحَتِ السِّباعُ وَ البَهائِمُ.

Imam Amir al-Mu’minin ‘Ali (‘a) said: “When our Qaim rises, the sky will send down its drops, the earth will grow its plants, enmity will come out from the servants' hearts (in order that they live in peace and brotherly love), and savages and beasts will continue to live together peacefully....”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 52, p. 316

Tradition n. 404

عَنهُ، عَن أَبِي الجارُودِ قالَ: قُلتُ لِأَبي جَعفَـرٍ عليه السلام : يَابـنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ هَل تَعرِفُ مَوَدَّتِي لَكُم وَانقِطاعي إِلَي كُم وَ مُوالاتي إيّاكُم؟ قالَ: فَقالَ: نَعَم، قالَ:

فَقُلتُ: فَإِنّي أَس أَلُكَ مَسأَلَةً تُجِيبُنِي فيها فَاِنّي مَكفُوفُ البَصَرِ قَلِيلُ المَش ـيِ وَلا أَس تَطيعُ زِيارَتَكُم كُلَّ حينٍ قالَ: هاتِ حاجَتَكَ، قُلتُ: أَخ بِر نِي بِدِينِكَ الّذي تَدِينُ اللّهَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ بِهِ أَنتَ وَ أَهلُ بَيتِكَ لِأَدِينَ اللّهَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ بِهِ، قالَ:

إن كُن تَ أَق صَر تَ الخُطبَةَ فَقَد أَع ظَم تَ ال مَس أَلَةَ، وَ اللهِ لَأَُع طِيَنَّكَ دِينِي وَ دينَ آبائِيَ الّذِي نَدِينُ اللّهَ عَزَّوَجَلَّ بِهِ: شَهادَةَ أَن لا إلهَ إلَّا اللّهُ، وَ أَنَّ مُحَمَّداً رَسُولُ الله صلی الله عليه و آله و سلم، وَ الإِِقرارَ بِما جاءَ بِهِ مِن عِندِ اللهِ، وَالوَلايَةَ لِوَلِيِّنا وَالبَراءَةَ مِـن عَدُوِّنا، وَالتَّسليمَ لأَِم رِنا، وَانت ظارَ قائِمِنا، وَالاِِج تِهادَ وَالوَرَعَ.

Abil Jarud said: “I asked Imam al-Baqir (‘a) whether he knew about my love and sincerity for him and he answered he did. Then, I said I had a question for him to answer me, for my eyes were blind and I scarcely walked, so I could not always go to visit him. He wanted me to express my question. I requested him to inform me of the creed by which he and his household adored Allah, Almighty and Glorious, so that I could worship Him, too, by it. He responded:

'You asked a great thing, though you stated a short expression. By Allah, I give you (your answer of) my religion and the religion of my fathers by which we worship Allah, Almighty and Glorious. It is: the confession of faith that there is no god but Allah, that Muhammad (S) is the Messenger of Allah, with affirmation that what has come to him (the Qur'an) is from Allah, having affection (for us and) for the lovers and obedient to us (Ahl Al-Bayt) and hatred to our enemies, surrender to our cause, awaiting our Qaim (the twelfth Imam, for whom there is a domination that will come whenever Allah wills), and endeavouring (for establishing divine obligatories and lawful matters) and being pious, (with avoiding unlawful things)'.”

Al-Kafi, vol. 1, p. 34

Tradition n. 405

قالَ الإمامُ الباقِرُ عليه السلام :

... إِذا قامَ قائِمُنا وَضَـعَ يَدَهُ عَلى رُؤُوسِ العِبادِ فَجَمَعَ بِهِ عُقُولَهُم، وَ كَمُلَت بِهِ أَح لامُهُم ، ثُمَّ مَدَّ اللّهُ فِي أَبصارِهِم وَ أَس مـاعِهِم حَتّى لا يَكُونَ بَي نَهُـم وَ بَينَ القائِمِ حِجابٌ يُرِيدُ أَن يُكَلِّمَهُم فَيَس مَعُونَ، وَ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَي هِ وَ هوَ في مَكانِهِ!

Imam al-Baqir (‘a) said: “When our Qaim rises, sets his hand (authority) over the heads of the servants, then, he will give them intellectual development and complete their patience and insights. After that, Allah will extend their sights and their hearing so that there will be no barrier between them and the Qaim when he decides to speak with them, then they hear, and they can watch him while he is in his place.”

Yaum al-Khalas, p. 269

Tradition n. 406

قالَ الإمامُ الصّادِقُ عليه السلام :

إِنَّ ال مُؤمِنَ فِي زَمانِ القائِمِ، وَ هُوَ بِالمَشرِقِ، لَيَرى أَخاهُ الّذي هُوَ فِي المَغرِبِ، و كَذَا الّذي فِي المَغرِبِ يَرى أَخاهُ الّذي فِي المَش رِقِ.

Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) said: “At the time of Al-Qaim (Al-Mahdi) (‘a) a believer who is in the East can see his (Muslim) brother who is in the West, and vice versa, the one who is in the West can see his (Muslim) brother who is the East.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 52, p. 391

Note

Dear reader! Surely the existence of the means of communication such as satellites, televisions and the like can be helpful for us to understand this tradition although none of these technological devices existed when these precious words were uttered.

Tradition n. 407

قالَ الإمامُ الصّادِقُ عليه السلام :

... يَقِفُ بَي نَ الرُّك نِ وَالمَقامِ، فَيَصرُخُ صَرخَةً فيَقُـولُ: يا مَعاشِرَ نُقَبائِي، وَ أَهـلَ خاصَّتِي، وَ مَن ذَخَرَهُـمُ اللّهُ لِنُص رَتِـي قَبـل ظُهُورِي عَلى وَجـهِ الأَرضِ: اِئ تُونِي طائِعِينَ!. فَتَرِدُ صَي حَتُـهُ عليهم وَ هُم فِي مَحارِيبِهِم وَ عَلى فُرُشِهِم فِي شَرقِ الأَرضِ وَ غَربِها، فَيَسمَعُونَـهُ فِي صَيحَةٍ واحِـدَةٍ فِي اُذُنِ كُـلِّ رَجُـلٍ، فَيَجِيئُونَ نَحوَها،وَلا يَمضِي لَهُم اِلّا كَلَم حَةِ بَصَرٍ حَتّى يَكُونُوا كُلُّهُم بَينَ يَدَي هِ عليه السلام بَينَ الرُّك نِ وَ المَقامِ.

Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) said: “He (Al-Mahdi) will stay (in a place close to the Kabah) between the Pillar and the Standing place (of Abraham) and will call out saying: “O' group of my administrators and the prominent people of mine whom Allah has stored preparing for my triumph before my advent over the face of the earth! Come to me obediently.” Then, his call will reach them while they are in their praying places and at home in their beds whether in the East of the Earth or in its West. So, they hear him with this single call which reaches the ears of every one, and, they totally respond (by coming to him) as well. Then, it takes for them but a moment that all of them gather there, between the Pillar and the Standing-place (of Abraham), attending him (‘a).”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 53, p. 7

Tradition n. 408

قالَ المُفَضَّلُ: سُبحانَ اللهِ، أَجَلَّ هذا مِن عِل مٍ، قالَ الصّادِقُ عليه السلام :

نَعَم ، يا مُفَضَّلُ فَأَل قِهِ إِلى شِيعَتِنا لِئَلّا يَشُكُّوا فِي الدِّينِ.

Imam as-Sadiq (‘a) told his sincere companion, Al-Mufaddal, somethings from the story of Al-Mahdi and his advent, thus: “O' Mufaddal! tell our followers the data (about Al-Mahdi) in order that they may not doubt in (their) religion.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 53, p. 6

Tradition n. 409

قالَ الإمامُ المَهدِيّ عجل الله تعالی فرجه الشريف :

أَنَا ال مَهدِيُّ و أَنَا قائِمُ الزَّمانِ، أَنَا الَّذي أَم لَأُها عَدلاً كَمـا مُلِئَت جَورًا، إِنَّ الأرضَ لا تَخلُو مِن حُجَّةٍ وَ لا يَبقَى النّاسُ فِي فَتـرَةٍ وَ هذِه أَمانَةٌ لا تُحَدِّث بِها إلّا إِخ وانَكَ مِن أَهلِ ال حَقِّ.

Imam Mahdi (‘a) said: I am Al-Mahdi and I am the still-living one who will establish justice throughout the world the same as it has been filled with oppression. Surely the earth will never remain without a witness, and people will not live in lack of a leader. Thus, do not retell this except to your (Muslim) brothers who are people of Truth.”

Kamal ad-Din, p. 445

Tradition n. 410

قالَ الإمامُ المَهدِيّ عجل الله تعالی فرجه الشريف:

... أَمَّا الحَوادِثُ الواقِعَةُ فَار جِعُوا فِيها إِلى رُواةِ حَدِيثِنا فَإِنَّهُم حُجَّتِي عَلَيكُم وَ أَنَا حُجَّةُ اللهِ عليهم .

Imam Mahdi (‘a) said: “But for the incidents that happen (for Muslims), refer to the narrators of our traditions, (i.e. scholars), because they are my witnesses upon you and I am the witness of Allah upon them.”

Kamal ad-Din, p. 484

Tradition n. 411

كَتَبَ الإمامُ المَهدِيُّ عجل الله تعالی فرجه الشريف فِي رِسالةٍ إِلى الشَّيخِ المُفِيدِ(ره):

فَإِنّا يُحِيطُ عِل مُنا بِأَنبائِكُم وَلا يَع زُبُ عَنّا شَي ءٌ مِن أَخبارِكُم.

Imam Al-Mahdi (‘a) wrote in a letter to Ash-Shaykh Al-Mufid: “We are aware of your circumstances and nothing of your affairs is concealed from us.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 53, p. 175

Tradition n. 412

وَ كَذلِكَ كُتِبَ فِي هذِهِ الرِّسالَةِ :

إِنّا غَيرُ مُهمِلِينَ لِمُراعاتِكُم وَ لا ناسِيـنَ لِذِك رِكُـم وَ لَولا ذلِكَ لَنَـزَلَ بِكُـمُ ال ـلَأ واءُ وَاص طَلَمَـكُـمُ الأعـداءُ فَاتَّقُـوا اللّهَ جَلَّ جَلالُهُ ... .

Imam Mahdi (‘a) wrote in a letter to Ash-Shaykh Al-Mufid: “We are not regardless of considering you nor are we forgetful of you, because if it were not so, afflictions would shower upon you and enemies would eradicate you. Hence, fear Allah and obey Him, Glory be to His Majesty.”

Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 53, p. 175

Supplication

May Allah (SwT) hasten the reappearance of our 12th Imam (‘a) to establish equality, truth, and justice throughout the world.