Epistles issued from Imam Mahdi (a.s)

A reliable Shaykh said in Baghdad that: Ibn Abi Ghanim Qazwini along with some Shia people had a difference of opinion regarding the successorship of His Eminence, Imam Hasan Askari (a.s). So much so that Qazwini denied…

Narrated to us Shaykh Saduq from Ahmad bin Ishaq bin Saad Ashari that an associate of his came and said that Ja’far bin Ali has sent him a letter introducing himself and claiming that he is the Qaim after his father and…

“I asked Muhammad bin Uthman Amari to write to the Imam a letter containing questions that were difficult for me. The Imam sent the following reply: “May the Almighty Allah keep you on guidance. You asked about those of…

Some Shia people differ whether Allah had delegated creation and sustenance to the Imams (a.s) or not. Some say: It is impossible and not allowed for Him to do that, since only Almighty Allah can create bodies; whereas…

Abu Nasr Hibtullah bin Muhammad bin Umme Kulthum binte Abi Ja’far Amari that he said: Some people from Bani Naubakht, including Abul Hasan Ibn Kathir Naubakhti and Umme Kulthum Ibn Abi Ja’far Muhammad Ibn Uthman, may…

sun rises and sets between the two horns of Shaitan; so what is better than Prayer that it may rub the nose of Shaitan on the earth? Therefore pray at this time and rub the nose of Shaitan (disgrace him).

H 251 - Abu Ja’far bin Babawayh says that in a report that is based on the fact that if someone intentionally omits a fast during Ramadhan, all three penalties become obligatory on him and he has to fulfill all of them:…

The following was etched on the ring of Abu Ja’far Samman [Second special deputy of Imam]: “There is no god except Allah, the true and manifest king.” I asked him about its reason and he replied: Abu Muhammad, Imam Hasan…

Muhammad bin Ziyad Saymoori wrote in a letter to the Master of the Age (a.s) for a shroud as a blessing. Reply came: You will need it in year eighty-one. Muhammad bin Ziyad passed away in the year the Imam had mentioned…

“I was in Kerbala on the eve of Arafa. I left following the land route. As I reached Masnath, I sat over a hill to rest and then got up and started walking. A man came from behind the road and asked, “Would you like to…

Abu Ghalib said: I saw a son of Abu Sura. Abu Sura was a prominent member of Zaidiyyah sect and he said: I stayed the day of Arafa there and when it was the time of Isha prayers, I stood up to pray. I rose and began by…

“I reached Kufa. I was a young man and one of our brothers [whose name Abu Abdullah had forgotten], was with me. This was during the period of Shaykh Abul Qasim Husain Ibn Rauh, when he went into hiding and appointed Abu…

I was married to a woman, who was the first woman I had married. I was young man and my age was less than twenty years. I copulated with her at her father’s place and then she stayed there for years. I tried much to…

Muhammad Ibn Ali ­Shalmaghani Azaqari challenged Shaykh Husain Ibn Rauh to a Mubahila (imprecation contest), saying, “I am the companion of the Imam and have been ordered to manifest my knowledge, which I have manifested…

When Shaykh Abul Qasim Husain Ibn Rauh sent the letter of the Imam that cursed Ibn Abi Azaqir, he sent it from where he was in jail in the house of Muqtadir Abbaside to our Shaykh, Abu Ali Ibn Himam in Dhul Hijja of the…

I was in Qom, there began a discussion amongst our people about a man who had negated his son to be from his seed. They sent a man to Shaykh Siyanatullah, as I was present before him. The messenger handed to him the…

a man had at that time recounted that Abul Hasan Ibn Babawayh has three sons. Muhammad and Husain are very adept jurists and they learn what other people of Qom cannot. They have a brother whose name is Hasan. He is the…

How strange! You talked? Yes, I replied. Abu Abdullah Ibn Sura said: Sarwar was a man who never spoke in a loud or a harsh tone; on the contrary he possessed a soft tone.

“I had seen Qasim Ibn Ala, who lived for a hundred and seventeen years, and till he was eighty, his eyesight was intact. He had met our Master Abul Hasan Askari and Abu Muhammad Askari (a.s). At eighty, he lost his…

In 307 A.H. Hasan bin Ali Wajna Naseebi arrived with Muhammad bin Fadhl Mosuli, who was a Shia, but who didn’t believe in the deputyship of Husain bin Rauh. So, he said: The amount paid to Abul Qasim is not rightful [it…

Abul Hasan Ali Ibn Ahmad Ibn Ali Aqiqi came to Baghdad in the year two hundred and ninety eight and went to Ali Ibn Isa Jarrah, who was at that time the minister, to seek help about something he had lost. He asked the…

Ali Ibn Husain Ibn Musa Ibn Babawayh (a.s) asked me after the death of Muhammad Ibn Uthman Amari to ask Abul Qasim Ibn Ruh to ask our Master of the Age (a.s) to pray that Allah gives him a son. I asked him that and he…

H 267 - Abu Abdullah Ibn Babawayh [Shaykh Saduq] said: I started teaching when I was less than twenty years of age. Many a time, Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibn Ali Aswad would attend my sessions and when he observed my…

Muhammad Ibn Ali Ibn Matil said: There was a woman called Zainab from the people of Aba. She was married to Muhammad Ibn Abdil Abi. She had three hundred dinars. She came to my uncle, Ja’far Ibn Muhammad Ibn Matil and…

“I was in the company of Shaykh Abul Qasim Husain Ibn Rauh (q.s.) with a group of people including Ali bin Isa Qasri, when a man stood up and said: ‘I wish to pose some questions to you.’ He (Ibn Rauh) replied, ‘You may…

“It is an obligatory pledge. Is it permissible for me not to go? The answer came, “If you must perform, then be in the last caravan.” My father traveled with the last caravan and his life was saved. All the people in…

“After he had been fascinated with the search and investigation into the matter of Imamate after the Eleventh Imam and had left his homeland to find out what to do. He also wrote a letter to the Master of the Time (a.s),…

There was great discord between me and my wife, mother of my son, Abul Abbas. This continued to such a limit that I became extremely hateful of her. I wrote a letter to Imam (a.s) through Abu Ja’far asking for a Dua.…

These two stories were not put into writing by us in order to remember and retell them, but another person wrote them down, although Abu Ghalib has narrated these incidents often in such a way that I heard from him a…

“I was in the company of Shaykh Abul Qasim Husain Ibn Rauh (q.s.) with a group of people, including Ali bin Isa Qasri when a man stood up and said: ‘I wish to pose some questions to you.’ He (Ibn Rauh) replied, ‘You may…

So far we have mentioned some reports and traditions, which prove the Imamate of the son of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s), his holy existence and occultation. These reports mention unseen matters and prophesize future events…