Traditional reports in condemnation of Waqifites

As for reports, which has come in ridicule and condemnation of Waqifiya and which are present in the books of our scholars; they are much more than that which can be counted, therefore we have mentioned only some of them.

I and Uyyana, the cane-seller, were in the company of Ali bin Abi Hamza Bataini, chief of Waqifiya. I heard him say: Abu Ibrahim (a.s) said to me: O Ali Ibn Abi Hamza, you and your companions are like donkeys (fools). Uyyana asked me: Did you hear that? I replied: Yes, by Allah, I heard it. Uyyana said: No, By God, I will never go to him as long as I am alive.

Uthman bin Isa said to me in a report: Ziyad Qandi and Ibn Muskan said to me: We were in the company of Abu Ibrahim (a.s) when the Imam said: At this moment, the best of the folk of the earth is with you. Then Abu Hasan Ridha (a.s), who was yet a child, came there. We said: The best of the folks of the earth? After that Abul Hasan Ridha (a.s) came near. Imam Musa Kadhim (a.s) hugged and kissed him and said: Dear son, do you know what these two said? He replied: Yes, my master. They have doubt about me. Ali bin Asbat said[a]: I mentioned this tradition to Hasan bin Mahbub and he also said: The tradition is incomplete. It is not as such; on the contrary, it is that: Ali bin Raab said to me: Abu Ibrahim (a.s) said to those two persons: If you deny his right or are dishonest with him, the curse of Allah, the angels and all the people would be on you. O Ziyad, you and your companions would never earn respect. After that Ali Raab said: I met Ziyad Qandi and said: I have received information that Abu Ibrahim (a.s) said this and that to you? Ziyad replied: I think you have lost your mind. Then he went away and avoided me after that. I also never spoke with him or pursued him. Hasan bin Mahbub said: We were always waiting for the curse of Imam (a.s) to be proved true about Ziyad; till during the time of Imam Ridha (a.s) Ziyad died an apostate.

Ibrahim bin Yahya bin Abi Balad said: Imam Ridha (a.s) said: What did Hamza bin Bazi, the unfortunate one do? I replied: He has also come. Imam (a.s) said: He thinks that my father is alive, they [Hamza and his associates] are in doubt today and tomorrow they would not die, except as heretics. Safwan says: I said to myself: I knew that they are among doubters, but how can they die disbelievers and heretics? Not much time passed when I received information that one of them said at the time of his death: I am a disbeliever in my Lord who wants me to die. Safwan says: I said: This testifies for that same tradition [of the Imam].

I asked Qasim bin Ismail Qarshi, who was a Mamtur : What did you hear from Muhammad bin Abu Hamza? He replied: Only one tradition. But after that a large number traditions were issued by him and he narrated them all from Muhammad bin Abi Hamza. Ibn Rabah also says: I asked Qasim: How many traditions have you heard from Hannan? He replied: Four or five. But later on a large number of traditions were issued by Qasim, which he narrated from Hannan.

the head of Mahdi was presented as a gift to Isa bin Musa, who is among the associates of Sufyani? He also said: Abu Ibrahim (a.s) would return after eight months. Are the supporters of Abu Hamza not aware of his falsehood?

Ali bin Abu Hamza was mentioned before Imam Ridha (a.s). Imam (a.s) cursed him and said: Ali bin Abi Hamza wants that Almighty Allah should not be worshipped in the heavens and the earth, but Almighty Allah wants to perfect the effulgence of His guidance, even if the accursed polytheists are displeased. I asked: Polytheists? He replied: Yes, by Allah, it is true and he will be degraded. This point is mentioned in the Book of Allah. Then he said: They wanted to blow out the effulgence of God. This verse is about him and people like him who wished to put out the light of God.