Hadiths Of The Will Of Prophet Muhammad(s)

[Guest]

Bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim

Assalamu alaykum jamian,

I was wondering if we could list up the ahadith which mention the will of the blessed Prophet(S) about his successors. So far all our ahadith with the will testifies the words of the ansari shiites who believe in 12 mahdis. So far I have found three.

“O Father of Al Hassan, bring me a leaf and a paper”, and he dictated his will until he came to a position where he said ”O Ali, there will be twelve Imams and after them there will be twelve Mahdi’s. You, O Ali, are the first of the twelve Imams, God has named you in his heavens Ali Al Mortada,The Prince of the believers, Grand truthful, the bright Farouq (Judge and differentiating between true and false), the trusted, and the Mahdi (rightly guided). These names may not be truly attributed to other than you. O Ali, you are my guardian on my own family, their living and their dead. My women, whom you maintain shall find me tomorrow, and whom you reject I am acquitted of her. I will not see her and she will not see me on the day of resurrection, and you are the successor (Khalifa) on my nation after me. If the day of death comes to you, hand it over to my son Hassan the very beneficial. Then if the day of death comes to him, let him hand it over to my son Al Hussein, the Martyr, the Pure and the Assassinated. If the day of death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, the master of the servants and worshipers Ali.If the day of death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Mohamed Al Baqir.If the day of death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Jaâfar Al Sadiq (the honest).If the day of death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Moussa Al Kadhim (The Patient).If the day of death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Ali Al Reda.If the day of death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Mohamed Al Thiqa (The Trustworthy).If the day of death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Ali Al Nasih (The Advisor). If the day death of comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Al Hassan Al Fadil. If the day of death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Mohammed the Mandate of the Holy Family of Mohamad Peace be upon them all. These are the twelve Imams. Then there will be twelve Mahdi’s after them. then when Allah receiveth him, let him hand it over to his son, the first of the close ones, he has three names, one like mine and my Father’s: Abdollah (Servant of God), Ahmad and the third name is The Mahdi (the guided) and he is the first Believer” (Ghaybat al-Tusi, p. 150)

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My father, may God be pleased with him, narrated to us, saying: Sa’ad bin Abdullah narrated to us saying: Muhammed bin al-Hussain bin al-Khattaab narrated to us from al-Hasan bin Mahboob from Abi’l Jarood from [imam] Abu Ja‘far [al-Baqir, peace be upon him] from Jabir ibn ‘Abdallah al-Ansari said:"Once I went to see Fatima (a) and I saw with her a tablet in which the names of the (al-awsiyaa’) executors of the wills were written. I then counted them to twelve. The last one’s name was al-Qa’im. The names of three of them was Muhammad and the names of another three was Ali. (al-Khisal Saduq, p. 477)

And another from ghaybat Tusi which acts as a copy of the one from Khisal al-Saduq only that the one from Tusi mentions 12 names from sons of Fatimah in the will. Do we have more ahadith on the matter of the will tablet?

[Qa'im]

The hadith you gave above exists in two forms. The form above says 3 `Alis and 3 Muhammads, and another matn says 4 `Alis and 3 Muhammads. Both are widely narrated. The isnad of the above tradition is sahih up until Abu'l Jarud, who is a controversial figure (founded a Zaydi sect) but nonetheless let us discuss the matn. Perhaps this is the strongest version of this hadith. In this version, I understand it to mean that the three `Alis and three Muhammads were of the children of Fatima - even if it does not say it clearly in the matn, it is likely the intended meaning - the confusion between 3 and 4 in different versions of this hadith would mean the former would refer to the children of Fatima, and the latter would refer to the 12 Imams altogether. The confusion over matn makes sense depending on if the narrator was referring to sons or total; these differences occur over oral tradition.

To say that this is referring to 12 Mahdis is more than a stretch. Firstly, many people point to the existence of the will in Tusi's ghayba as proof for its acceptance. The majority of Tusi's ghayba consists of weak ahadith on the topic, which is why I'd stick to using al-Kafi or Kamal ad-Deen with some exceptions. In this particular example, in the first hadith you posted (the will) there up to six majhool (unknown) narrators which makes the chain incredibly weak (out of 8 people). I'd be more forgiving if there were more unknowns, or if the unknowns had some status in our rijal, but some of them have not been heard of. In Islam one cannot establish `aqeeda on an issue unless it was supported by sahih mutawater traditions, but on the contrary we have an unsubstantiated chain in this tradition. The matn of the tradition is also unsupported by our authentic material - the closest you'll get to it is what we are dealing with above; as well as a few ahadith that discuss twelve Mahdis.

So let's talk about the other hadiths that say there will be twelve Mahdis. Those hadiths are weak too, but like you said, bare weakness does not mean fabrication. But is it possible that Ahmad al-Hassan applied the concept incorrectly? Let's look at the hadiths below:

3 - Narrated to us Ahmad bin Ziyad bin Ja’far Hamdani: Narrated to us Ali bin Ibrahim bin Hashim from his father from Abdus Salam bin Salih Harawi that he said: Informed us Waki bin Jarrah from Rabi bin Saad from Abdur Rahman bin Salit that he said: Husain bin Ali bin Abi Talib (a.s.) said:“From us there are twelve Mahdis, the first of whom is Amirul Momineen Ali bin Abi Talib (a.s.) and the last of whom is my ninth descendant. And he is truly the Imam al-Qaim. Allah will enliven the earth after its death through him. And through him triumph His religion over all the religions even if the polytheists may dislike this. There will be occultation for him during which communities will apostize but others will remain steadfast on religion. They will be tortured and told: If you are true when will this promise be fulfilled? Know that one who observes patience during those tribulations will be like one who fights the holy war under the command of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.).”

6 - Narrated to us Muhammad bin Ali Majilaway and Muhammad bin Musa bin Mutawakkil - May Allah be pleased with them - they said: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Yahya al-Attar from Muhammad bin Hasan as-Saffar from Abi Talib Abdullah Ibne Salt Qummi from Uthman bin Isa from Sama-a bin Mehran that he said:

“I, Abu Baseer and Muhammad bin Imran, slave of Abu Ja’far al-Baqir (a.s.) were in a house in Mecca. Muhammad bin Imran said: I heard Abi Abdullah (a.s.) say: We are the twelve Mahdis. Abu Baseer asked: Did you really hear this from Abi Abdullah as-Sadiq (a.s.)? He swore once or twice that he had heard it from him. Abu Baseer said: But I have heard it from Abu Ja’far (a.s.).”

A similar tradition is narrated to us by Muhammad bin Hasan bin Ahmad bin Walid (r.a.) that he said: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Hasan as-Saffar from Abi Talib Abdullah bin Salt al-Qummi from Uthman bin Isa from Samaa-a bin Mehran.

13 - Narrated to us Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Ishaq Taliqani (r.a.): Narrated to us Ahmad bin Muhammad Hamdani: Narrated to us Abi Abdullah Asimi from Husain bin Qasim bin Ayyub from Hasan bin Muhammad bin Sama-a from Thabit Saigh from Abu Baseer from Abi Abdullah Sadiq (a.s.) that he heard him say:“From us there will be twelve Mahdis. Six have passed and six are remaining. Allah will do with the sixth as He pleases.”

As you can see these ahadith, which come through a variety of different sources, are saying that the 12 Mahdis are the same as the 12 Imams. There is only one hadith in all of Kamal ad-Deen which says the twelve Mahdis will come after the twelfth Imam (as), but it was narrated by a dha`eef liar who has been cursed by our muqaddimeen (who himself was a Waqifi and not a twelver Shi`i) as well as other majhools.

So to establish a new sect based on weak hadiths is a danger. There are ahadith in Tusi's ghayba which indicate that the twelfth Imam was dead and will be brought back to life. It was clear that Tusi's book had presented many different opinions from different Shi`i sects; opinions which may contradict each other, but present a variety of the source material on the Mahdi. Some other things to consider:

1. It is sahih and mutawatir that there would only be one living Imam at a time.

2. No authentic source that I've seen indicates that the 12th Imam had children or will have children - is there any tangible record of their existence over the last 1200 years?

3. No record of the presence of others Imams during the occultation and it contradicts the reliable hadiths.

4. The twelve Imams were called Mahdis.

5. The Yamani in Shiism is not fom Banu Hashim.

6. No hadiths which directly refer to the Yamani as an Imam or a Mahdi

7. Many hadiths indicate that the Khorasani, Misri, and even the Sufyani are expected to rise up within the same day or at least within the same year as the Yamani.

8. There are many sahih traditions which indicate only twelve Imams - no more, no less - with al-Qa'im (as) being the final one.

I hope this answers some questions.

[AbbasMahdi]

Bismillah

Salaam Alaykum. Firstly I am a Brother of Imam Mahdi,All my work is for this Assistance, I am not part of the Ansar of Ahmad Hassan(LA). I believe

they are destroying Unity in the 12er community and the convert community,which I am a part of.Recently on a Facebook Group they left this message(minus the will of the Prophet muhammad,which has been explained).How do i respond to them?Inshallah i will hear a answer soon.May Allah bless you and your family

2- Abi Hamza narrated from Abi Abdullah [pbuh] in a long hadith that he said:“O Aba Hamza, from among us 11 Mahdies after the Qa’im from the progeny of Al-Hussain [AS]” -Ghaiba, Al-Tosi page 478-479.

3- Abi Baseer said: I told Al-Sadiq Ja’far bin Muhammad [pbuh]: O son of the Messenger of Allah, I heard from your father [pbuh] that he said: there will be 12 Mahdies after the Qa’im, he said: “he said 12 Mahdies and not 12 Imams, but they are folk of our Shia who call people to pledge allegiance to us and to know our right” –Kamal Al-Deen wa Tamam Al-Ni’emah, Sheikh Al-Sadooq page 358.

4- Abi Abdullah [pbuh] said: “from among us 12 Mahdies after the Qa’im [pbuh] from the progeny of Hussain [pbuh]” –Muntakhab Al-Anwar Al-Mude’ah, Sayyed Baha’a Al-Deen Al-Najafi p.353-354

5- Al-Hadrami narrated from Abi Ja’afar [pbuh] saying: I asked him which spot on earth is the most favoured after the Haram of Allah [swt] and the Haram of his Messenger [pbuhf]? He said: “Al-Kofah O Aba Baker, it is the virtuous and purified, in it are the graves of the dispatched prophets, the non-dispatched [prophets] and the honest successors. And in it is the Mosque of Suhail where God has not sent a Prophet unless he prayed inside it, and from it the justice of God appears and in it will be His Riser and the Risers after him, and it is the dwellings of the prophets, successors and the righteous ones” – Kamel Al-Ziyarat by Ja’afar bin Muhammad bin Qoloweh, page 76.

Imam Abu Ja’afar [pbuh] mentions the Mahdies saying: “and the Risers after him”, which means after the Qa’im (pbuh). So he names the Mahdies by (Risers).

6- Habbah Al-Arni said: the Prince of the believers [pbuh] went out to Heera and said: “this will be joined to this” and he pointed with his hand to Kofa and Heera “until a cubit in between them will be sold in Dinars, and then in Heera a mosque shall be built which has 500 doors,the caliphate of the Qa’im [May God hasten his relief] shall pray in it, because the mosque of Kofa will be small for them and 12 Imams of justice will pray in it” – Bihar AlAnwar v.52 p.474, Tahtheeb AlAhkaam by Sheikh Al-Tosi v.3 p.245

The Prince of believers states in this narration that a mosque will be built in Heera where the caliphate of the Qa’im will pray in it, and then he [pbuh] said:“and 12 Imams of justice will pray in it” and those Imams [pbut] will pray in it after the Qa’im [pbuh] builds it, which means they are not the same 12 Imams, but rather they are those whom other narrations names them by (Mahdies).

7- A dua from Ahlul Bait [pbut]: “O Allah and pray upon the holders of his covenant, attain them their hopes, make their lives longer and grant them victory. Fulfil what you have entrusted them from the matter of your religion, and make us their helpers and supporters of your religion, and pray upon his pure fathers, the rightly guided Imams…” – Mikyal Al-Makarim v.2 p.73

The dua here is for the Qa’im [pbuh] and the holders of his covenant are his successors as it is clear. This dua mentions the phrase: “Fulfil what you have entrusted them from the matter of your religion” because they [pbut] are entrusted with the matter of religion. And the proof that the intended here are the Mahdies is that he prays upon the Mahdies and then he prays upon his pure fathers, meaning the fathers of the Qa’im [pbuh].

8- Imam Sajad said: ((the Qa’im from us will rise and then after him will be twelve Mahdis)) Sharh Alkhbar 3/400 (Explanation News 3 / 400.)

9- In the dua reported from a woman who was in the house of Imam Al-Mahdy [pbuh] and Sheikh Al-Tosi related it to us: “O Allah pray upon Muhammad Al-Mustafa, and Ali Al-Murtatha, and Fatima Al-Zahraa, and Al-Hassan Al-Reza, and Al-Hussain Al-Musaffa and all the successors, the lights of the gloominess and the banners of guidance and the signs of piety and the firm handhold and the strong rope and the straight path. And pray upon your successor and the holders of his covenant and the Imams from his sons, and make their lives longer…” – Ghaibat Al-Tosi p.28, Bihar Al-Anwar v.52 p.22.

The woman reports the dua from Imam Al-Mahdy when he prays upon his fathers and followed it by praying upon the Mahdies and he says when mentioning the Mahdies (and make their lives longer) and it is known that the Imams of his forefathers are dead, so he is praying for the Mahdies [pbut].

10- It is narrated from Imam Al-Askary on the Dua of 3rd of Sha’ban: “and the successors from his progeny after their Qa’im and his occultation” –Bihar v.53 p.94.

11- Sayyid ibn Tawoos said: and we have chosen what ibn Abi Qurra has mentioned in his book on the authority of Muhammad ibn Essa bin Ubaid, on the authority of the virtuous one [pbut]: and repeat on the night of 23rd of the Month of Ramadan while you are standing and sitting and at all times and during the whole month….say after praising Allah Taala and praying upon His prophet and his progeny peace be upon them:

“O Allah cherish Your supporter, the one who rises with Your matter Muhammad ibn Hassan (may peace and blessings be upon him and his forefathers), in this hour and in every hour as a patron, a protector, a leader, a victor, an evidence, and assister; until you accommodate him on earth being obeyed, and allow him to enjoy it lengthwise and breadthways, and make him and his offspring the Inheriting Imams.”

References:

(Kitab alIqbaal p.86 & Bihar Al Anwar, vol.86, p.340; And vol.94, p.349; And vol.99, p.314)

12- Sheikh Al-Sadooq narrated that Imam Al-Jawad peace be upon him said:

“If you are done with the written prayer, say: I have approved Allah as a Lord, and Islam as a religion, and the Quran as a Book, and Muhammad as a prophet and Ali as a master and Al-Hassan and Hussain and Ali ibn Al-Hussain …. and Al-Hujja ibn Al-Hassan ibn Ali as Imams. O Allah your supporter is Al-Hujjah so protect him… and make him the Riser of your matter and the victorious of your religion and show him what he delights in his self, his progeny, his family…”

(Ma La Yahzarho Al-Faqeeh: vol.1 p327, Al-Kafi: vol. 2 p.548)

13- The Duaa written in a notebook by Imam Mahdi and given to Yacoob bin Yousef Al-Tharrab Al-Ghassani, narrated in the book of Sheikh Al-Tosi: “In the name of Allah the Merciful, the Intensely Merciful… (he prayed upon all the 12 imams, till Imam Mahdi peace be upon him) :

“… O Allah give him and his progeny, and his Shia … what makes him pleased and delighted” … until he says: “O Allah, pray upon your supporter and upon his heirs apparent and the Imams of his sons and make their lives longer…”

(Ghaiba by Sheikh Al-Tosi p.273-280)

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Reliable Chain of Narrators:

Sayed son of Tawoos, he said: and we have chose what was mentioned by son of Abi Qura in his book and he said it was from a source from Ali son of Alhassan son of Ali son of Fathal from Muhammad son of Eesa son of Abeed from the rightous ones (Ahlulbayt a.s) he said:

“O Allah be for your guardian, the one who rises with your matter Muhammad ibn Hassan, to his fathers peace and blessings in this hour and every hour, a patron, a protector, a leader, a victor, an evidence, and assister, until you make him on earth be supported and make him enjoy its height and breadth and make for him an offspring Imams that inherit” Bihar Al Anwar v.49 p.349

1. Najashi called him Thiqa p.397 -1066-Muhammad son of Ali son of Yaqoob son of Isa’ac son of Abi Qura Abu AlFaraj AlQana’e the writer, he is Thiqa (reliable), heard a lot and wrote a lot” Mustadrakat Ilm AlRijal v.7 p.251-252-14111-(Thiqa by agreement)

2. (Book)Ibn Tawoos says he received all duas from Ibn Abi Yaqra and he is Abu AlFaraj Muhammad son of Abi Qura and he is a well known reliable person by agreement.

3. Ali son of Alhassan son of Ali son of Fathaal son of Omar son of Ayman Mawla of Akrama son of Rib’ee AlFayath Abu Alhassan-AlNajashi in his Rijal p.257-258 -676 “.. the most reliable and knowing about narrations”

4. Najashi p.333-334-896-Muhammas son of Eissa son of Abeed son of Yaqteen son of Musa Mawla Asad son of huzaima, Abu Jaafer, praised by our friend he is reliable.

From Ahmad son of Muhammad AlaYadi from Ali son of Uqba from his father (Uqba son of Khaled) Abi Abdullah(a.s)he said: “From us after the Riser (a.s) are 12 Mahdis“

Baha Al Deen AlNajafi called him Thiqa Muntakhab Alanwar AlMuthee’a p.250 he called him (The Thiqa(reliable) Ahmad son of Muhammad Alayaadi May Allah give him mercy) Sheikh AlToosi called one of his books as Alhassan-fine-(AlShafa Wal Jala)

AlNajashi p.271-710 Ali son of Uqba son of Khaled Alasadi Abu Alhassan Mawla is Thiqa (reliable) Thiqa (reliable).

Uqba son of Khaled-Tafseer AlAyashi Surat Yunus p.125 Through Abi Abdullah a.s it tells us he is praised by his eminence. v.6 p.186,185 and v.3 p.142,132

From Sheikh Ali AlNumazi AlShahroudi in Mustadrikaat Ilm AlRijaal Alhadeeth v.5 p.247-147 hadeeth#9432 Uqba son of Khaled: From the companions of AlSaadeq (a.s) Uthman son of Imran from the say of AlSaadeq (a.s) saying to Uqba and Uthman and AlMa’la: Greetings! Greetings with all of you! Faces that love us and we love them.

Imam AlSaadeq a.s says to Uqba: “Mercy be upon you O Ahlulbayt“Rijal AlToosi v.2 p.634

[aaljibar]

Hello some one epxplain the above brothers comment.

[Hameedeh]

On 4/8/2013 at 12:15 PM, AbbasMahdi said:

Firstly I am a Brother of Imam Mahdi,All my work is for this Assistance, I am not part of the Ansar of Ahmad Hassan(LA).

 

16 hours ago, aaljibar said:

Hello some one epxplain the above brothers comment.

Salam. ShiaChat has a blasphemy rule. If the member has made a grammatical mistake in his post, he would be allowed to remain a member. If he is claiming something blasphemous, he would be banned.

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Blasphemy Rule:

It is not allowed for anyone to come to ShiaChat and do the following:

1) Claim to be Imam Mahdi(afs)

2) Claim to be a deputy of Imam Mahdi(afs), or actively promote someone who claims to be either Imam Mahdi(afs) or a deputy of Imam Mahdi(afs) or a relative or direct biological descendant of Imam Mahdi(afs).

3) Claim to have been visited by Imam Mahdi(afs).

https://www.shiachat.com/forum/topic/12120-shiachatcom-rules-and-policy/?do=findComment&comment=2919571

[aaljibar]

On 3/8/2019 at 1:08 AM, Hameedeh said:

 

Salam. ShiaChat has a blasphemy rule. If the member has made a grammatical mistake in his post, he would be allowed to remain a member. If he is claiming something blasphemous, he would be banned.

https://www.shiachat.com/forum/topic/12120-shiachatcom-rules-and-policy/?do=findComment&comment=2919571

No I meant about the Will of the Prophet and the fact that the Imams said there will be 12 Imams and 12 mahdis after them.

[Hameedeh]

16 hours ago, aaljibar said:

No I meant about the Will of the Prophet and

I was not referring specifically to you about the Blasphemy Rule. I was informing everyone because of the statement by @AbbasMahdi who mentioned "I am the Brother of Imam Mahdi" which was ambiguous for all of us. Was that a figurative or literal statement? Or a misunderstanding of English language?