Evaluation of Hadith e Wasiyat
- 1. The text and
translation of Hadith e Wasiyat
- 2. The correct
meaning of the Hadith e Wasiyat
- 3. The Claims of
the so called Abdullah Aba Sadiq Al Mahdi and his so called soul father Ahmed
Al Hasan
- 4. A discussion on
the chain of narrators of Hadith e Wasiyat
- 5. Conclusion
The text and translation of hadith e Wasiyat
(from the book “Al-Gaybah” of Shaikh
Tusi(ar))
قَالَ
رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ آلِهِ فِي اَللَّيْلَةِ اَلَّتِي كَانَتْ
فِيهَا وَفَاتُهُ لِعَلِيٍّ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ يَا أَبَا اَلْحَسَنِ أَحْضِرْ
صَحِيفَةً وَ دَوَاةً فَأَمْلَأَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ صَلَّى اَللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ
آلِهِ وَصِيَّتَهُ حَتَّى اِنْتَهَى إِلَى هَذَا اَلْمَوْضِعِ فَقَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ
إِنَّهُ سَيَكُونُ بَعْدِي اِثْنَا عَشَرَ إِمَاماً وَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْ اِثْنَا
عَشَرَ مَهْدِيّاً فَأَنْتَ يَا عَلِيُّ أَوَّلُ اَلاِثْنَيْ عَشَرَ إِمَاماً
سَمَّاكَ اَللَّهُ تَعَالَى فِي سَمَائِهِ عَلِيّاً اَلْمُرْتَضَى وَ أَمِيرَ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
وَ اَلصِّدِّيقَ اَلْأَكْبَرَ وَ اَلْفَارُوقَ اَلْأَعْظَمَ وَ اَلْمَأْمُونَ وَ
اَلْمَهْدِيَّ فَلاَ تَصِحُّ هَذِهِ اَلْأَسْمَاءُ لِأَحَدٍ غَيْرِكَ يَا عَلِيُّ
أَنْتَ وَصِيِّي عَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِي حَيِّهِمْ وَ مَيِّتِهِمْ وَ عَلَى نِسَائِي
فَمَنْ ثَبَّتَّهَا لَقِيَتْنِي غَداً وَ مَنْ طَلَّقْتَهَا فَأَنَا بَرِيءٌ
مِنْهَا لَمْ تَرَنِي وَ لَمْ أَرَهَا فِي عَرْصَةِ اَلْقِيَامَةِ وَ أَنْتَ
خَلِيفَتِي عَلَى أُمَّتِي مِنْ بَعْدِي -
فَإِذَا
حَضَرَتْكَ اَلْوَفَاةُ فَسَلِّمْهَا إِلَى اِبْنِيَ اَلْحَسَنِ اَلْبَرِّ
اَلْوَصُولِ فَإِذَا حَضَرَتْهُ اَلْوَفَاةُ فَلْيُسَلِّمْهَا إِلَى اِبْنِيَ
اَلْحُسَيْنِ اَلشَّهِيدِ اَلزَّكِيِّ اَلْمَقْتُولِ فَإِذَا حَضَرَتْهُ
اَلْوَفَاةُ فَلْيُسَلِّمْهَا إِلَى اِبْنِهِ سَيِّدِ اَلْعَابِدِينَ ذِي
اَلثَّفِنَاتِ عَلِيٍّ فَإِذَا حَضَرَتْهُ اَلْوَفَاةُ فَلْيُسَلِّمْهَا إِلَى
اِبْنِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْبَاقِرِ فَإِذَا حَضَرَتْهُ اَلْوَفَاةُ فَلْيُسَلِّمْهَا
إِلَى اِبْنِهِ جَعْفَرٍ اَلصَّادِقِ فَإِذَا حَضَرَتْهُ اَلْوَفَاةُ
فَلْيُسَلِّمْهَا إِلَى اِبْنِهِ مُوسَى اَلْكَاظِمِ فَإِذَا حَضَرَتْهُ
اَلْوَفَاةُ فَلْيُسَلِّمْهَا إِلَى اِبْنِهِ عَلِيٍّ اَلرِّضَا فَإِذَا
حَضَرَتْهُ اَلْوَفَاةُ فَلْيُسَلِّمْهَا إِلَى اِبْنِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلثِّقَةِ
اَلتَّقِيِّ فَإِذَا حَضَرَتْهُ اَلْوَفَاةُ فَلْيُسَلِّمْهَا إِلَى اِبْنِهِ
عَلِيٍّ اَلنَّاصِحِ فَإِذَا حَضَرَتْهُ اَلْوَفَاةُ فَلْيُسَلِّمْهَا إِلَى
اِبْنِهِ اَلْحَسَنِ اَلْفَاضِلِ فَإِذَا حَضَرَتْهُ اَلْوَفَاةُ
فَلْيُسَلِّمْهَا إِلَى اِبْنِهِ مُحَمَّدٍ اَلْمُسْتَحْفَظِ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ
عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلاَمُ فَذَلِكَ اِثْنَا عَشَرَ إِمَاماً ثُمَّ يَكُونُ مِنْ
بَعْدِهِ اِثْنَا عَشَرَ مَهْدِيّاً فَإِذَا حَضَرَتْهُ اَلْوَفَاةُ
فَلْيُسَلِّمْهَا إِلَى اِبْنِهِ أَوَّلِ اَلْمُقَرَّبِينَ لَهُ ثَلاَثَةُ
أَسَامِيَ اِسْمٌ كَاسْمِي وَ اِسْمِ أَبِي وَ هُوَ عَبْدُ اَللَّهِ وَ أَحْمَدُ
وَ اَلاِسْمُ اَلثَّالِثُ اَلْمَهْدِيُّ هُوَ أَوَّلُ اَلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
The Messenger of Allah
(sawa) said on the eve of his departure from the world: “O Abul Hasan, bring a
scroll and pen and ink.” Then he dictated his will, till he came to the words:
“O Ali, very soon after me there will be twelve Imams and after them there
would be twelve Mahdis. And you are the first of the twelve Imams. The Almighty
Allah has named you as Ali Murtadha, chief of believers, the great truthful one
(who testified to the Prophet), the great discriminator (and through you truth
would be distinguished from falsehood) and named you as Mamun and Mahdi, these
names are not appropriate for anyone else other than you.” “O Ali, you are my
successor and in charge of my Ahle Bayt, whether I am alive or dead. In the
same way, you will be my successor on my wives, thus ones you leave in my
marriage contract would meet me tomorrow on Judgment Day and I am aloof from
one you divorce; and on Judgment Day neither would she see me nor would I see
her. After me you are the successor and Caliph on my Ummah. When your death
approaches, you will transfer my successorship and legateeship to my son,
Hasan, the righteous and rightful. When his death comes, he would entrust it to
my son, Husain, the pure and the martyr and when his death comes, he would hand
it over to the chief of the worshippers, the one with calluses on his knees,
Ali, then when his end comes, he would transfer it to his son, Muhammad Baqir
and when his last moments approach, he would entrust it to his son, Ja’far
Sadiq and when his death comes, he would leave it to his son, Musa Kadhim and
when his death comes, he would leave it to his son, Ali (Ridha) and when his
end comes, he would give it to his son, Muhammad, the trustworthy (Taqi) and
when his death arrives, he would present it to his son, Ali (Nasih). And when
his death comes, he would transfer it to his son, Hasan (Fazil) and when his
death arrives, he would leave it to his son (Muhammad), who is the protector of
the Shariah of Muhammad. These were the twelve Imams and after them there will
be twelve Mahdis. When the last moments of the twelfth Imam will approach, he
will hand it over to his son, who is the foremost proximate; and he has three
names: My name, name of my father: Abdullah and Ahmad; and third will be Mahdi
and he will be the first of the believers.”
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