إبراهيم

“I was standing with Ibrahim on Safa Mountain when a youth came and stood over Ibrahim. He took hold of his book of rituals of Hajj and told him about some matters.”

“Al-Qa’im will rise and he has not paid homage to anyone at all.”

“If something happens, who will take your place?” He said, ‘This, Abul Qasim Husain Ibn Rauh Ibn Abi Ja’far Naubakhti will take my place and will be the emissary between you and the Master of the Affair. He will be his representative and he is a reliable and honest man. Refer to him in your affairs and trust him in your vital matters. I have been ordered to that and I conveyed the message.”

“I saw him after the passing away of Abu Muhammad Askari (a.s) when he had grown up; I kissed his hand and his head.”

And among them Abdullah bin Jundab Bajali he was the representative of Abu Ibrahim Imam Kadhim (a.s) and Abul Hasan Imam Ridha (a.s) and as mentioned in reports, he was a pious gentleman and he held a position of great respect in the view of those two Imams.

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.

I heard the Messenger of Allah (s) say: “Mahdi is from my progeny, from the descendants of Fatima.”

“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 ask.’ Then he asked questions that we have mentioned elsewhere. Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Ishaq says that the reply of Husain bin Rauh was so astonishing that the next day he went to him to ask him whether it was his own reply or he had learnt it from the Infallible Imam (a.s). Husain bin Rauh told him: “O Muhammad bin Ibrahim! I never say anything on my own, even in the most difficult circumstances. Rather the source of everything is the favors I have received from the Proof of Allah and heard from him...”

I carried money for Imam Kadhim (a.s), but he said: Hand it over to Mufaddal bin Umar. I took it back to Jofa locality and placed it before the house of Mufaddal.

I said to Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) that Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (as) often said: “Al-Qa’im of Muhammad’s progeny will disappear twice; one will be longer than the other.” He said: “Yes, but that will not be until the army of the tribe of so and so disagrees, life becomes so difficult, as-Sufyani rises, distresses and calamities increase and death and killing spread among people until they resort to the sanctum of Allah (the Kaaba) and the sanctum of the Prophet (S) (the Prophet’s mosque).”

in the year in which he died: I will be taken in this year and the authority (Amr) will belong to son, Ali, who is named after two Alis. The first Ali is Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s) and the second Ali is Ali bin Husain, the blessings of God be on them. He (i.e. Ali Ridha) is given understanding, forbearance, knowledge, help, love, piety and religion of the first and tribulation and endurance in the face of adversity of the second.

“Al-Qa’im will appear on the day of Ashura.” All these signs that have been mentioned by the infallible imams (as) throughout the current true traditions, which are so numerous, must occur before the appearance of al-Qa’im (as) because the infallible imams (as) have said that they are inevitable and surely their sayings are the most truthful. It has been said to them: “We hope that al-Qa’im (as) appears without being preceded by the rising of as-Sufyani.” They said: “By Allah it is inevitable and it must occur.” They have confirmed that the five signs will be the greatest evidences, after which al-Qa’im (as) will appear. They have denied timing and said: “Whoever narrates from us traditions talking about timing, do not hesitate in considering him as a liar whoever he is because we do not time.” This is clear evidence showing the falseness of whoever claims that he is al-Qa’im before the occurrence of these signs.

“Al-Yamani and as-Sufyani will rise like two racehorses.”

Once I came to Abu Abdullah Ja’far bin Muhammad (as). While I was sitting with him, (his son) Abul Hasan Musa (al-Kadhim) came in. He was a young boy. I got up and kissed him and then I sat down. Abu Abdullah (as) said to me: “O Ibraheem, he will be your companion after me. Because of him many people will perish and others will be pleased. May Allah damn his killer and double the torment for his soul! Allah will derive from him the best of the people on the earth in his time. His name will be like the name of his grandfather. He will be the heir of his grandfather’s knowledge, wisdom and judgements. He will be the essence of the imamate and the top of wisdom. He will be killed by the arrogant of so-and-so family after some wonders because of envy. But Allah will carry out His order even the polytheists are averse. Allah will derive from his progeny the rest of the twelve inspired imams, whom He will honor with dignity of His and will place in the sanctuary of His. He, who waits for the twelfth imam and fights with him, is as if he has fought with the Prophet (S) and defended him.” Then a man of the freed slaves of the Umayyads came in and Imam as-Sadiq (as) stopped talking. I visited him eleven times wishing that he might complete his speech but I failed. In the next year I came to him. He said: “O Ibraheem, he will relieve his Shia from their grief after long strait, affliction, oppression and fright. Blessed is he, who will attend at that time! O Ibraheem, this suffices you.” I have never come back with something more pleasant to my heart and more delightful to my eye than this thing.”

I heard Abu Ibrahim, Imam Kadhim (a.s) say: So and so [Bani Abbas] would arrest and imprison me. Then he said: Although this matter would be much prolonged, but it would end in a nice way.

“Know your imam because if you know him, it does not harm you whether deliverance comes soon or late.”

“A caller (from the Heaven) will call out the name of al-Qa’im: O you the son of so-and-so, get up!”

“Nine imams are after al-Husayn bin Ali. The ninth one is al-Qa’im.”

“Five signs will become visible before the reappearance of the Qaim: Call from the sky, advent of Sufyani, splitting of the earth in the desert, advent of Yamani and killing of Nafse Zakiyyah (the pure soul).”

I said to Abu Ibrahim [Imam Musa Kadhim (a.s)]: I am afraid that something may happen and I will not be able to meet you. So tell me who the Imam is after you? Imam (a.s) replied: My son, so-and-so, meaning Abul Hasan [Imam Ali Ridha].