ٱلْوَلَاءُ وَٱلْبَرَاءُ‎

Dua against the oppressor


بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم،

لَتَجِدَنَّ أَشَدَّ ٱلنَّاسِ عَدَٰوَةًۭ لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱلْيَهُودَ وَٱلَّذِينَ أَشْرَكُوا۟ ۖ

You will surely find the most intense of the people in animosity toward the believers [to be] the Jews and those who associate others with Allāh

5:82

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ,

اللَّهُمَّ شَتِّتْ شَمْلَهُمْ وَ فَرِّقْ جَمْعَهُمْ وَ قَلِّبْ تَدْبِيرَهُمْ وَ بَدِّلْ أَحْوَالَهُمْ وَ قَرِّبْ آجَالَهُمْ وَ اشْغَلْهُمْ بِأَبْدَانِهِمْ وَ خَرِّبْ بُنْيَانَهُمْ وَ سَوِّدْ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَ بَيِّضْ عُيُونَهُمْ وَ نَكِّسْ أَعْلَامَهُمْ وَ أَغْرِقْهُمْ كَإِغْرَاقِ فِرْعَوْنَ وَ أَهْلِكْهُمْ كَإِهْلَاكِ شَدَّادٍ وَ خُذْهُمْ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُقْتَدِرٍ يَا جَبَّارُ جَبِّرْ عَلَيْهِمْ يَخَافُونَ فِي عَهْدِي يَخَافُونَ كُلَّ كَلَامِكَ وَ عَقَدْتُكُمْ وَ قَيَّدْتُكُمْ وَ بِكُلِّ كِتَابٍ أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ عَلَى الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ الْمُرْسَلِينَ بِرَحْمَتِكَ يَا أَرْحَمَ الرَّاحِمِينَ

O Allah, scatter them and disperse their gatherings, overturn their plans, change their circumstances, shorten their lives, preoccupy them with their own bodies, destroy their structures, blacken their faces, blind their eyes, bring down their flags, drown them as You drowned Pharaoh, destroy them as You destroyed Shaddad. Seize them with Your might, O Mighty, O All-Powerful. O Compeller, compel upon them. They fear in my time, they fear all Your words. I have bound and restrained you by every book that Allah, the Almighty, has revealed to the prophets and messengers. By Your mercy, O Most Merciful of the merciful.

Meftah Al Jinan V1 pg. 528

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When they went out, he had regained consciousness, so they said to him, ‘What is the matter with you? Woe be unto you!’ He said, ‘The Prophet-hood has gone from the Children of Israel up to the Day of Judgement. By Allah! This is the one who will destroy them’. The Quresyh were happy with that. So when he saw that they had become happy, he said, ‘You are becoming happy? But, by Allah, he will rob you of the power which the people of the East and the West would talk about it’. And Abu Sufyan was saying, ‘He would rob from his own city?’

Al-Kāfi - Volume 8, When the Holy Prophet SWWA was born, Hadith #1

Reliable Chain ● إسناده معتبر

اللهم صل على محمد وآل محمد

Birth of the Prophet SAWS


عَنْ أَبِي بَصِيرٍ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ (عليه السلام) قَالَ

لَمَّا وُلِدَ النَّبِيُّ (صلى الله عليه وآله): جَاءَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ إِلَى مَلَإٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ فِيهِمْ هِشَامُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ وَ الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ الْمُغِيرَةِ وَ الْعَاصُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ وَ أَبُو وَجْزَةَ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرِو بْنِ أُمَيَّةَ وَ عُتْبَةُ بْنُ رَبِيعَةَ فَقَالَ أَ وُلِدَ فِيكُمْ مَوْلُودٌ اللَّيْلَةَ فَقَالُوا لَا قَالَ فَوُلِدَ إِذاً بِفِلَسْطِينَ غُلَامٌ اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ بِهِ شَامَةٌ كَلَوْنِ الْخَزِّ الْأَدْكَنِ وَ يَكُونُ هَلَاكُ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ وَ الْيَهُودِ عَلَى يَدَيْهِ قَدْ أَخْطَأَكُمْ وَ اللَّهِ يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ فَتَفَرَّقُوا وَ سَأَلُوا فَأُخْبِرُوا أَنَّهُ وُلِدَ لِعَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْمُطَّلِبِ غُلَامٌ فَطَلَبُوا الرَّجُلَ فَلَقُوهُ فَقَالُوا إِنَّهُ قَدْ وُلِدَ فِينَا وَ اللَّهِ غُلَامٌ قَالَ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَقُولَ لَكُمْ أَوْ بَعْدَ مَا قُلْتُ لَكُمْ قَالُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَقُولَ لَنَا قَالَ فَانْطَلِقُوا بِنَا إِلَيْهِ حَتَّى نَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهِ فَانْطَلَقُوا حَتَّى أَتَوْا أُمَّهُ فَقَالُوا أَخْرِجِي ابْنَكَ حَتَّى نَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ ابْنِي وَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ سَقَطَ وَ مَا سَقَطَ كَمَا يَسْقُطُ الصِّبْيَانُ لَقَدِ اتَّقَى الْأَرْضَ بِيَدَيْهِ وَ رَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهَا ثُمَّ خَرَجَ مِنْهُ نُورٌ حَتَّى نَظَرْتُ إِلَى قُصُورِ بُصْرَى وَ سَمِعْتُ هَاتِفاً فِي الْجَوِّ يَقُولُ لَقَدْ وَلَدْتِيهِ سَيِّدَ الْأُمَّةِ فَإِذَا وَضَعْتِيهِ فَقُولِي أُعِيذُهُ بِالْوَاحِدِ مِنْ شَرِّ كُلِّ حَاسِدٍ وَ سَمِّيهِ مُحَمَّداً قَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَأَخْرِجِيهِ فَأَخْرَجَتْهُ فَنَظَرَ إِلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَلَّبَهُ وَ نَظَرَ إِلَى الشَّامَةِ بَيْنَ كَتِفَيْهِ فَخَرَّ مَغْشِيّاً عَلَيْهِ فَأَخَذُوا الْغُلَامَ فَأَدْخَلُوهُ إِلَى أُمِّهِ وَ قَالُوا بَارَكَ اللَّهُ لَكِ فِيهِ فَلَمَّا خَرَجُوا أَفَاقَ فَقَالُوا لَهُ مَا لَكَ وَيْلَكَ قَالَ ذَهَبَتْ نُبُوَّةُ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ هَذَا وَ اللَّهِ مَنْ يُبِيرُهُمْ فَفَرِحَتْ قُرَيْشٌ بِذَلِكَ فَلَمَّا رَآهُمْ قَدْ فَرِحُوا قَالَ قَدْ فَرِحْتُمْ أَمَا وَ اللَّهِ لَيَسْطُوَنَّ بِكُمْ سَطْوَةً يَتَحَدَّثُ بِهَا أَهْلُ الْمَشْرِقِ وَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَ كَانَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ يَقُولُ يَسْطُو بِمِصْرِهِ.

Abu Baseer, who has narrated the following: Abu Ja’far AS has said:

‘When the Prophet SAWS came to this world, a man from the People of the Book went to a group from the Qureysh among whom were Hisham Bin Al-Mugheira, and Al-Waleed Bin Al-Mugheira, and Al-A’as Biin Hisham, and Abu Wajzat Bin Abu Amro Bin Umayya, and Uteyba Bin Raiya. So he said, ‘Has there been a birth tonight among you?’ They said, ‘No’. He said, ‘Then there has been born in Palestine a boy. His name is Ahmad. He is with a black silky mole, and there will occur destruction of the People of the Book, and the Jews by his hands. By Allah AZWJ, you are mistaken, O group of Qureysh’. So they dispersed and asked around. They were informed that a boy has been born to Abdullah Bin Abdul Muttalib AS. So they sought the man, met him and said, ‘By Allah AZWJ, a boy has been born among us’. He said, ‘Was it before I spoke to you, or after what I spoke to you?’ They said, ‘It was before you spoke to us’. He said, ‘Come with me until I look at him SAWS. So they went and came to his SAWS mother AS. They said, ‘Bring out the boy to us until we look at him’. She AS said, ‘By Allah, my son dropped and he did not drop like the newly born drop. He leaned upon the ground by his hands, and raised his head towards the sky. So he looked at it. Then Light came out from him to the extent that I saw the castles of Basra, and heard a call in the atmosphere saying: ‘You have blessed with the Chief of the community. So when you pick him up say, ‘I seek refuge for him with the One, from the evil of every envious one, and name him Muhammad’. The man said, ‘Bring him out’. So she brought him out. He looked at him, then turned him over and looked at the mole between his shoulder blades. He fell down unconscious. So they took the boy, and gave him to his mother and said, ‘May Allah Bless you with regards to him.

Nightmares

حدثنا الحسين بن إبراهيم بن ناتانه (رضي الله عنه)، قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم، عن أبيه إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن الحسن بن محبوب، عن هشام بن سالم، عن أبان بن تغلب، قال: قال أبو عبد الله الصادق جعفر بن محمد بن محمد (عليه السلام):

إن المؤمن ليهول عليه في منامه فتغفر له ذنوبه، وإنه ليمتهن في بدنه فتغفر له ذنوبه.

Aban b. Taghlub. He said: Abu Abdillah al-Sadiq Jafar b. Muhammad AS said:

Surely, when the believer has a nightmare, he is forgiven of his sins. When his body becomes ill, his sins are forgiven.

Al-Amālī, The Seventy-Fifth Assembly, the Assembly of Friday, the Middle of Jumada al-Ukhra, 368 AH., Hadith #12

Stopping Sins

مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) يَقُولُ:

إِنَّهُ وَالله مَا خَرَجَ عَبْدٌ مِنْ ذَنْبٍ بِإِصْرَارٍ وَمَا خَرَجَ عَبْدٌ مِنْ ذَنْبٍ إِلا بِإِقْرَارٍ.

Mu’awiyah ibn Ammar who has said the following: “I heard Abu ‘Abdillah AS saying:


‘By Allah a servant cannot get out of sin while persisting in it and a servant cannot get out of sin without confessing to it.’”

Al-Kāfi - Volume 2, Confessing Sins and Regret for it, Hadith #4

It was narrated that Imam Ali AS said:

أَ لَا تَرَوْنَ إِلَى أَطْرَافِكُمْ قَدِ انْتَقَصَتْ، وَإِلَى أَمْصَارِكُمْ قَدِ افْتُتِحَتْ، وَإِلَى مَمَالِكِكُمْ تُزْوَى، وَإِلَى بِلَادِكُمْ تُغْزَى! انْفِرُوا ـ رَحِمَكُمُ اللهُ ـ إِلَى قِتَالِ عَدُوِّكُمْ، وَلَا تَثَّاقلُوا إِلَى الْأَرْضِ فَتُقِرُّوا بِالْخَسْفِ، وَتَبُوءُوا بِالذُّلِّ، وَيَكُونَ نَصِيبُكُمُ الْأَخَسَّ، وَإِنَّ أَخَا الْحَرْبِ الْأَرِقُ، وَمَنْ نَامَ لَمْ يُنَمْ عنْهُ، وَالسَّلَامُ.

Do you not see that the boundaries of your cities have diminished, your populated areas have been conquered, your possessions have been snatched away and your cities and lands have been attacked. May Allāh have mercy on you, get up to fight your enemy and do not remain confined to the earth, otherwise you will face oppression and suffer ignominy and your fate will be the worst. The warrior should be wakeful because if he sleeps the enemy does not sleep; and that is an end to the matter.

Nahj al-Balāgha, To Egyptians through Malik al-Ashtar, upon his appointment as their governor, Hadith #380

Self Evaluation & Reflection

عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُمَرَ الْيَمَانِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ الْمَاضِي (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) قَالَ:

لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ لَمْ يُحَاسِبْ نَفْسَهُ فِي كُلِّ يَوْمٍ فَإِنْ عَمِلَ حَسَناً اسْتَزَادَ الله وَإِنْ عَمِلَ سَيِّئاً اسْتَغْفَرَ الله مِنْهُ وَتَابَ إِلَيْهِ.


Ibrahim ibn ‘Umar al-Yamani from abu al-Hassan Imam Musa Al Kadhim AS who has said the following:


“One who does not evaluate his deeds every day is not one of us. One must evaluate his deeds and pray to Allah to increase his good deeds, plead for forgiveness to Allah due to one’s committing evil deeds and turn to Him in repentance.”

Al-Kāfi - Volume 2, Evaluation of Deeds, Hadith #2

إسناده حسن كالصحبح ● Transmission is as if its Sahih

3 types of men

عن ثعلبة بن ميمون، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال : قال أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام:

الرجال ثلاثة : عاقل وأحمق وفاجر، فالعاقل الدين شريعته، والحلم طبيعته، والرأي سجيته، إن سئل أجاب ، وإن تكلم أصاب، وإن سمع وعى، وإن حدث صدق، وإن اطمأن إليه أحد وفى، والاحمق إن استنبه بجميل غفل، وإن استنزل عن حسن نزل، وإن حمل على جهل جهل، وإن حدث كذب، لا يفقه وإن فقه لا يتفقه، والفاجر إن ائتمنته خانك، وإن صاحبته شانك وإن وثقت به لم ينصحك

From Abi Abdillah عليه السلام who said: the commander of the faithful عليه السلام said:

Men are of three kinds: intelligent, foolish and corrupt sinner, as for the intelligent one the religion is his path, and forbearance is his habit, and giving counsel is his disposition, when he is asked he answers, and when he speaks he is to the point, and when he hears he comprehends, and when he reports he is truthful, and when one confides in him he is loyal, as for the fool if someone alerts him to a beautiful thing he overlooks it, and if he is dissuaded from good he acquiesces to forsake it, and if he is driven to ignorance he becomes ignorant, and if he reports he is incorrect, he does not understand and if perchance he is able to understand he does not learn from it, and as for the corrupt sinner if you rely on him he betrays you, and if you befriend him he hates you, and if you trust him he is not sincere with you.


Sources:

Muʿjam al-Aḥādīth al-Muʿtabara, Sign of Perfection of Intellect, Hadith #2

Al Khisal V1 pg. 166

Observing Ashura

حدثنا محمد بن إبراهيم بن إسحاق (رحمه الله)، قال: أخبرنا أحمد بن محمد الهمداني، عن علي بن الحسن بن علي بن فضال، عن أبيه، عن أبي الحسن علي بن موسى الرضا (عليه السلام)، قال:

من ترك السعي في حوائجه يوم عاشورا قضى الله له حوائج الدنيا والآخرة، ومن كان يوم عاشورا يوم مصيبة وحزنه وبكائه جعل الله عز وجل يوم القيامة يوم فرحه وسروره، وقرت بنا في الجنان عينه، ومن سمى يوم عاشوراء يوم بركة وادخر فيه لمنزله شيئا لم يبارك له فيما ادخر، وحشر يوم القيامة مع يزيد وعبيد الله بن زياد وعمر بن سعد (لعنهم الله) إلى أسفل درك من النار .

Muhammad b. Ibrahim b. Ishaq RH narrated to us. He said: Ahmad b. Muhammad al Hamadani informed us from Ali b. al-Hasan b. Ali b. Faddal from his father from Abu ‘l Hasan Ali b. Musa al-Rida AS, He said:

Whoever shuns striving for his needs on the day of Ashura’, Allah will meet his needs of this world and the Hereafter. Whoever spends the day of Ashura’ as a day of his adversity and his grief and his lamentation, Allah will make the Day of Resurrection as a day of his happiness and his delight, and his eye shall be cooled due to us in the Gardens. But, whoever calls the day of Ashura’ as a day of blessing and stores anything in his lodging on it, whatever he has stored on that day will not be blessed; and on the Day of Resurrection, he will be gathered with Yazid, Ubaydullah b. Ziyad, and Umar b. Sa`d LA in the lowermost of the lowest pit of the Fire.

Al-Amālī, The Twenty-Seventh Assembly, which is Friday, the First of Muharram, 367 AH. He delivered it after he returned from the Shrine of al-Rida (as), Hadith #4

🏴🏴🏴اَعْظَمَ اللهُ اُجُورَنا بِمُصابِنا بِالْحُسَيْنِ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ وَجَعَلَنا وَاِيّاكُمْ مِنَ الطّالِبينَ بِثارِهِ مَعَ وَلِيِّهِ الاِْمامِ الْمَهْدِيِّ مِنْ آلِ مُحَمَّد عَلَيْهِمُ السَّلام

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Abu Khadija from abu ‘Abdallah AS who has said the following:

“When Fatima AS conceived al-Husayn AS Jibril came to the Messenger of Allah and said, “Fatima will soon give birth to a son. Your ’Umma (followers) will kill him after you will die.” When Fatima had conceived al-Husayn she was unhappy and when she gave birth she was unhappy. Then The Imam AS said, “No mother has ever been seen in the word to bear a child that she would not like. However, she was unhappy because she knew that he will be killed.” The Imam AS has said, “It is this case for which the following verse of the Holy Quran came. “We have advised the human being to be kind to his parents; his mother bore him with hardship and delivered him while suffering a great deal of pain. The period in which his mother bore and weaned him lasted for thirty months. . .” (46:15).”

Al-Kāfi - Volume 1, The Birth of al-Husayn ibn Ali (a.s.), Hadith #3

إسناده معتبر ● Reliable Transmission

■ Part 2

Thus glad tidings to us all on his return, and may we be among those who have been described with the truth.


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One final point is:

The apparent contradiction in who is being called. The narrations of the call/scream can be categorized into 3 main types:

1. The name of Imam Mahdi/Al Qa'im

2. General reference to Aale Muhammad ASWS

3. The name of Imam Ali AS or Forefathers AS

Shaheed Muhammad Sadiq Al-Sadr states the following, in response to these apparent contradictions:

'والصحيح هو عدم التعارض ، باعتبار إحدى النقاط:


النقطة الأولى: أن افترضنا أن كلا ً من الندائين ذو دليل كاف لإثباته، إذاً، فينبغي أن نلتزم بوجود نداء واحد يحتوي على كلا المدلولين، فهو يقول إن الحق في آل محمد وإن أمامكم فلان بن فلان، ولا تنافي بين الأمرين.


النقطة الثانية: أن نفهم الشكل الثاني للنداء راجع إلى الشكل الأول منه. وإن ما يحصل في الخارج هو الشكل الأول فقط. وإنما ذكر الشكل الثاني نتيجة لظروف تاريخية معينة.'

'The correct view is that there is no contradiction, considering one of the following points:

The first point: If we assume that both calls have sufficient evidence to prove them, then we should adhere to the idea that there is one call encompassing both meanings. It says that the truth is with the family of Muhammad, and your leader is so-and-so, the son of so-and-so, with no conflict between the two statements.

The second point: We should understand the second form of the call as referring back to the first form (Name of Al Mahdi) of it. What actually occurs in reality is the first form only, and the second form (Aale Muhammad) is mentioned due to certain historical circumstances.' [4]


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God knows best.


References:

[1] Kamal Al Din, Volume 1 pg. 678

[2] Mu'jam Al-Ahadith Al-Mu'tabara, Volume 2 pg. 337

[3] Kitāb al-Ghayba, The signs preceding the appearance, Hadith #28

[4] Mawsu'at Al-Imam Al-Mahdi AJTF, Sayed Shaheed Muhammad Sadiq Al-Sadr. Volume 3, pg. 114-117

الصيحة - النداء ● The Scream

■ Part 1

حدثنا أبي رضي الله عنه قال: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله قال: حدثنا محمد ابن الحسين بن أبي الخطاب، عن جعفر بن بشير، عن هشام بن سالم، عن زرارة، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام قال:

ينادي مناد باسم القائم عليه السلام، قلت: خاص أو عام؟ قال: عام يسمع كل قوم بلسانهم، قلت: فمن يخالف القائم عليه السلام وقد نودي باسمه؟ قال: لا يدعهم إبليس حتى ينادي (في آخر الليل او نهار) ويشكك الناس.


Zurara reported from Abu Abdullah Imam Al Sadiq AS who said:

"A caller will call out the name of the Qa'im AS" I asked, "Is it a specific call or a general one?" He replied, "A general one, all people will hear it in their own language." I then asked, "Who would oppose the Qa'im AS after his name has been called out?" He said, "Iblis will not leave them; he will call out (either late at night or day) and cause doubt among the people." [1]


إسناده صحيح ● Sahih Transmission

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Shaykh Asif Al-Muhseni says regarding this narration:

أقول: قوله: «يسمع كل قوم بلسانهم. يحكي عن توسعة ورقي التكنولوجي في ذلك العصر كما ظهر اثره في عصرنا.

'I say: The statement: "Everyone hears in their own language." It speaks about the expansion and advancement of technology in that era, as its impact has appeared in our time.' [2]

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Expanding on Shaykh Asif Muhseni's words, the use of technology may be a possibility in sending warnings of the coming of Al Mahdi AS. This may entail use of the media to convey the news in every tongue. Or technology may be utilised through other means, God knows best. With media being the most powerful tool that shapes society's perception of reality. Though, as is known, the media is also a weapon for projecting misguidance and discord. Leaving us all without direction. Manipulation is a weapon. Sophistry is a weapon. These rhetorics are a delusion only for those who's truth is what they desire. Such that even with the announcement of his return, many will still deny. Muslims and disbelievers alike. Their truth doesn't extend beyond the bubble of delusion they've trapped themselves in. Such that the companion asks, how is it that people will still deny?!

Shaykh Al Nu'mani RH narrates the following, providing additional clarity:


عن زرارة بن أعين، قال:

سمعت أبا عبد الله يقول: ينادي منادٍ من السماء: إن فلاناً هو الأمير. وينادي منادٍ: إن علياً وشيعته هم الفائزون. قلت: فمن يقاتل المهدي بعد هذا؟ فقال: إن الشيطان ينادي: إن فلاناً وشيعته هم الفائزون. (لرجل من بني أمية) قلت: فمن يعرف الصادق من الكاذب؟ قال: يعرفه الذين كانوا يروون حديثنا ويقولون إنه يكون قبل أن يكون، ويعلمون أنهم هم المحقون الصادقون.

Zurara bin A’yun had said:

'I heard Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq AS saying: “A caller will call out from the Heaven that so-and-so is the emir and that Ali and his followers are the triumphants.” I said: “Then who will fight al-Mahdi after that?” He said: “The Satan will call out that so-and-so and his followers are the triumphants-a man of the Umayyads (Uthman).” I said: “Then who will know which the truthful is and which the liar is?” He said: “Those, who used to narrate our traditions, will know that and will know that they are with the truth.”' [3]


Some fear they will never recognize Al Qa'im and consequently may reject him upon his return. The significant influence of technology can lead to widespread deceit, with external forces clashing and the heart becoming their battlefield. Knowing Al Qa'im involves recognizing his signs, understanding the legacy he upholds, and acknowledging that his existence is a continuation of unequivocal divine guidance. Those who do not align themselves with the family of Muhammad SAWS are plagued with an internal void of darkness. A void only illuminated through their divine guidance and applying their objective perception of reality. Of existence. It is our duty to acquire knowledge of the Imam and resonate with his coming by contemplating the actions of his forefathers. Through this understanding, we recognize that the truth lies with Ali and his Shia.

Source: Tarikh Baghdad, Volume 9, pg. 221-222

Authenticated By Sheikh Al-Amini in his Kitab Al-Ghadir.

The Ayah pertaining to this narration:

ٱلْيَوْمَ يَئِسَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن دِينِكُمْ فَلَا تَخْشَوْهُمْ وَٱخْشَوْنِ ۚ ٱلْيَوْمَ أَكْمَلْتُ لَكُمْ دِينَكُمْ وَأَتْمَمْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ نِعْمَتِى وَرَضِيتُ لَكُمُ ٱلْإِسْلَـٰمَ دِينًۭا ۚ

5:3

اِتَّقُوا دَعوَةَ المَظلومِ وإن كانَ كافِراً ؛ فإنّهُ لَيسَ دُونَهُ حِجابٌ.