Hadith 337
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If it is said: Is it not that some have opposed your beliefs; like those who believe that Mahdi is from the progeny of Ali (a.s), but not from the progeny of Husain, instead he is from the progeny of Muhammad bin Hanfiyyah? Among your opponents are Sabaiyya who believe that Ali (a.s) has not died. Some have said that he is Ja’far Ibn Muhammad, who has not died. Some have said
He is Hasan Ibn Ali Askari (a.s) and he has not died. Some have said that the Mahdi is his brother, Muhammad Ibn Ali, who is alive and has not died. What is your argument to invalidate these claims? We will say: We have invalidated all of them by proving that the individuals they believe to be alive are dead, and by proving that the Imams are Twelve, and by the rational arguments concluding the Imamate of Ibn Hasan through the miracles that prove his Imamate and through the narratives of his birth and his miracles that prove his Imamate.
فإن قيل: أليس قد خالف جماعة فيهم من قال المهدي من ولد علي عليه السلام، فقال هو محمد بن الحنفية؟ وفيهم من قال من السبائية هو علي عليه السلام لم يمت. وفيهم من قال جعفر بن محمد لم يمت. وفيهم من قال موسى بن جعفر لم يمت. وفيهم من قال المهدي هو أخوه محمد بن علي وهو حي باق لم يمت. ما الذي يفسد قول هؤلاء؟ قلت: هذه الأقوال كلها أفسدناها بما دللنا عليه من موت من ذهبوا إلى حياته، وبما بينا أن الأئمة اثنا عشر. وبما دللنا على صحة إمامة ابن الحسن عليه السلام من الاعتبار وبما سنذكره من صحة ولادته وثبوت معجزاته الدالة على إمامته، غير أنا نشير إلى إبطال هذه الأقوال بجمل من الأخبار ولا نطول بذكرها لئلا يطول به الكتاب ويمله القارئ.
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