محمد بن يحيى

“No one will pronounce the exact name of the in charge of this task (Leadership with Divine Authority), except an unbeliever.”

“Al-Qa’im (the one who will rise with Divine Authority) will rise and he will not be obliged to any one under any covenant, agreement or oath of allegiance.”

“Abu Ja’far (a.s.) wrote to me, ‘when Allah, the Most Holy, the Most High, is angry with His creatures He keeps us away from their neighborhood.”

“I heard abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) say as herein below. “People will miss their Imam (a.s.). He will attain Hajj and see them but they will not see him.”

“Al-Qa’im will rise and he has never paid any homage to anyone nor has he had a covenant or a bond with anyone.”

“Al-Qa’im will rise and he has not paid homage to any one nor has he had a bond or a covenant with anyone at all.” There are some traditions narrated from Imam Ali (as) confirming the occurrence of the disappearance of Imam al-Mahdi (aj). The traditions talk about confusion and seditions (that occur during the absence of al-Qa’im) that no one will be saved from except those, who will be patient before sufferings and distresses.

“Abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) has said, Al-Qa’im ((the one who will rise with Divine Authority) will have two disappearances. One of them will be for a short time and the other for a longer time. No one would know his place during the shorter disappearance except the special persons from his Shi‘a. During his longer disappearance no one will see him except very special persons from his friends.”

“People will miss their imam. He attends the seasons of hajj. He sees the people but they do not see him.”

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

“The world will still have an authority from Allah knowing the permissible and impermissible things and inviting people to the way of Allah.”

“You still expect (deliverance) until Allah sends for this matter one, whom you do not know whether he is created or not.” These traditions are clear in referring to the twelfth imam (al-Mahdi) because there has not been any disagreement about the birth of any one of the other eleven imams or about their existence or inexistence besides that none of people has said that any of these eleven imams has disappeared or that seditions have occurred in religion during their periods or confusion has spread among people about the condition of those imams except this imam (al-Qa’im). Imam Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) has declared that when saying: “If three names (of the imams); Muhammad, Ali and al-Hasan succeed, the fourth (imam) will be al-Qa’im.” The will of Allah has determined to make this imam disappear in order to try the people during this disappearance of the authority of Allah and to sift the pure ones, who submit to Allah by believing in His authority even if the authority is not among them and who believe that Allah will never leave the world without an authority even if the person of that authority is absent.

“As if I see the Shia of Ali with the Qur’an in their hands teaching people the divine principles.”

“I heard abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) say as herein below. “The person who will rise to Divine power on earth will disappear from the public sight before he will do so.” I then asked, “Why, will happen so?” He said, “He will be afraid.” He then pointed to his midsection meaning thereby being murderd.”

“If people are just two men, one of them will be the imam. The last one to die is the imam lest someone protests against Allah that He has left him without an authority from Him.”

“Al-Qa’im disappears twice; one is a short disappearance and the other is long. In the first disappearance some of his close Shia knows his place and in the other one no one knows his place except his guardians of his religion.”

“Once I was with Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) when Muhzim came to him. Muhzim said to Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as): “May I die for you! Please tell me when this matter, which we are waiting for, occurs!” Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) said: “O Muhzim, the diviners often tell false things, the hasteners perish and only the submissive believers are saved.”

“love those whom you love and hate those whom you hate until Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most gracious, will grant him permission to reappear.”

Some people asked me in the year two hundred and ninety to accept religious dues. I refused that request and wrote a letter, seeking instructions. The answer came, “In Ray is Muhammad Ibn Ja’far Arabi. He should deliver it to him, for he is from our men of trust.”

“The companions of Talut have been tried by the river. Allah has said, ‘Allah will try you by a river.’ The companions of al-Qa’im also will be tried like that.”

I asked Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s) to pronounce the name of the Qaim, so that I may recognize him through his name. The Imam said: Aba Khalid, you have asked about a thing and about one such that even if his children had recognized him, they would also have become jealous and have cut him into pieces.