عبد الله بن سنان

I heard Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s) say: Among the inevitable matters is that this son of mine is the Qaim of this Ummah and the owner of the sword; and the Imam pointed to Abul Hasan Imam Musa Kadhim (a.s).

I heard from Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s) that he said with regard to change of destiny (Bada) by Allah: That which Almighty Allah gave to the angels, they conveyed it to the prophets and the prophets in turn conveyed to the people [law of religion]. Therefore, in this instance it is not Bada, because it is called definite (Mahtum); and among the definite matters is that this son of mine is the Qaim.

The Messenger of Allah (s) said: “Very soon will come a people after you, each of whom will be eligible for fifty times your reward. They said: O Messenger of Allah (s), we lived in your company, fought the Badr, Uhad and Hunain battles with you and the Holy Quran came down among us? The Prophet said: Indeed, if you were to face what they faced, you will not be as patient as them.”

“Allah does not consent save to reverse the timing of the diviners.”

A caller from the Heaven will call out: “So-and-so the son of so-and-so is the man of this matter. Then what is the fight for?”

“The cry (from the Heaven), the rising of as-Sufyani, the rising of al-Yamani, killing the pure innocent man and a hand appearing in the sky will be inevitable. There will be also a fright in Ramadan, which will awaken the sleepers, terrify the awake and bring the girls out of their veils.”

“Allah is not ashamed to torture a nation believing in an imam, who is not from Allah, even if it is pious and God-fearing and He is ashamed to torture a nation believing in an imam, who is from Allah, even if it is guilty and sinful.”

“Death and killing will spread among people until they resort to the Kaaba. Then a caller (from the heaven) will call out when fighting and killing become so violent: (What are all these fights and killings for? Your man is so-and-so.”

“This matter, which you stretch your necks to, will not be until a caller from the Heaven calls: “So and so is the man of this matter so what is this fighting for?”

“The staff of Prophet Moses (as) was a branch of a myrtle tree planted in Paradise. Gabriel brought it to him when he set out towards Madyan. The staff of Prophet Moses (as) and the coffin of Adam (as) are in the lake of Tabariya. They neither decay nor change until they will be taken out by al-Qa’im (as) when he will rise.”

My father and I went to Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as). He said: “What will you do if you become in a time that you do not find an imam of guidance nor any banner and then no one will be saved from that confusion except one, who will pray Allah with the prayer of drowner?” My father said: “By Allah, this is a great calamity. May I die for you! What will we do then?” He said: “If that occurs-and you will not attain it-then keep to that you have had until the matter becomes clear.”

he heard Imam Ali (as) say: "Before the appearance of the Qa'im (Imam Al-Mahdi), there will be deceitful years in which the truthful will be called liars, and the liars will be believed, and those who deceive will be brought closer (and in another narration: the 'ruwaybida' will speak)." So I asked: "What is the 'ruwaybida' and the 'mahil'?" He said: "Do you not read the Quran? It refers to deceit." I asked: "And what is the 'mahil'?" He said: "It refers to the deceiver."

“Once when I was with Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as), a man from Hamadan said to him: “People criticize us and say to us that we claim that a caller from the Heaven will call out the name of the man of deliverance.” Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) became so angry. He changed his sitting and said: “Do not narrate this from me but narrate it from my father and you are not to be blamed for that. I have heard my father saying: “By Allah, it has been mentioned in the Qur’an. Allah has said, ‘If We please, We should send down upon them a sign from the heaven so that their necks should stoop to it.’ Everyone on the earth then will submit to that (the call coming from the Heaven) and his neck will stoop when a call is heard from the Heaven announcing that: ‘The right is with Ali bin Abu Talib and his followers.’ The next day Iblis will rise in the space until he disappears from the people of the earth and calls out: ‘The right is with Uthman bin Affan and his followers. He has been killed unjustly so you are to avenge his blood.’ Allah will confirm the believers, who believe in the first call and then those, whose hearts are full of diseases, will doubt and become confused. By Allah, the disease of the heart is the enmity towards us. Then they will turn away from us and begin to criticize us. They will say that the first call is a piece of magic of the people of this house (Ahlul Bayt).” Then Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) recited this Qur’anic verse, ‘And if they see a miracle they turn aside and say: Transient magic.’” The same was narrated by Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed from Muhammad bin al-Mufadhdhal bin Ibraheem, Sa’dan bin Iss’haq bin Sa’eed, Ahmad bin al-Husayn bin Abdul Melik and Muhammad bin Ahmad bin al-Hasan al-Qatawani from al-Hasan bin Mahboob from Abdullah bin Sinan.