Bihar-Al-Anwar-Vol-51-52-53-the-Promised-Mahdi-English-Translation-Part-1

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by  Ali Mohamed

THE PROMISED MAHDI
Allamah Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi

English Translation of Biharul Anwar, Volume 13 (Old
Edition)/Volumes 51-52-53 (New Edition)
Kitabul Ghaibah – Book of Occultation
Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) – the twelfth Imam of the Twelver Shia

Part I

Translator
Sayyid Athar Husain S.H. Rizvi

Ja’fari Propagation Centre
Mumbai – 400 050 - India
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Publisher’s Preface

Title : The Promised Mahdi (English Translation of Biharul Anwar
volumes on Imam Mahdi a.s.) – Part I
Author : Allamah Muhammad Baqir al-Majlisi (r.a.)
Published : Ja’fari Propagation Centre
94, Asma Manzil, Room no. 10, Bazar Road, Opp. Khoja
Masjid, Bandra (W), Mumbai – 400 050. India
Tel.: [phone], E-mail: [email protected]
Scheme of Chapters of The Promised Mahdi
Chapter One: Holy Birth of the Imam of the Age (a.s.) and the circumstances
of his respected mother
Chapter Two: His names, titles, patronymic and their reasons
Chapter Three: Prohibition of pronouncing the name of Imam Zamana (a.s.)
Chapter Four: Attributes, traits and lineage of Imam Zamana (a.s.)
Chapter Five: Verses about the Rise of the Qaim
Chapter Six: Words of Allah and His Messenger about the Qaim as narrated
by Shia and Sunni
Chapter Seven: Narrations of Amirul Momineen (a.s.) in this regard
Chapter Eight: Narrations of Imams Hasan and Husain (a.s.) about the
Promised Mahdi
Chapter Nine: Narrations from Imam Zainul Abideen (a.s.)
Chapter Ten: Narrations from Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.)
Chapter Eleven: Narrations of Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.)
Chapter Twelve: Narrations of Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.)
Chapter Thirteen: Narrations of Imam Ali bin Musa Reza (a.s.)
Chapter Fourteen: Narrations of Imam Muhammad Taqi (a.s.)
Chapter Fifteen: Narrations of Imam Ali Naqi (a.s.) and Imam Hasan Askari
(a.s.)
Chapter Sixteen: Prophecies of Soothsayers engraved on rocks
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Chapter Seventeen: Arguments of Shaykh Tusi
Chapter Eighteen: Occultations of the Prophets and Imam Zamana (a.s.)
Chapter Nineteen: People with long lifespans in the History of Humanity –
longevity of Imam Zamana (a.s.)
Chapter Twenty: Miracles and narratives of his Emissaries
Chapter Twenty-one: The Emissaries who communicated between the Shia
and the Qaim during the minor occultation
Chapter Twenty-two: Those who falsely claimed to be emissaries and
gateways to the Imam
*END OF VOLUME 51*
Chapter Twenty-three: Those who have seen His Eminence (a.s.)
Chapter Twenty-four: Report of Saad bin Abdullah Ashari
Chapter Twenty-five: Causes of the Occultation of the Imam and how the
people will benefit from the holy being of the Imam during Occultation
Chapter Twenty-Six: Test of the Shia during Occultation of Imam Zamana
(a.s.) and prohibition of fixing the time of reappearance
Chapter Twenty-Seven: Excellence of waiting for reappearance, merits of
Shia during Occultation and the best deeds of that time
Chapter Twenty-Eight: Those who falsely claim meeting the Imam (a.s.)
during Major occultation and that the Imam comes visits the people but no
one recognizes him
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Those who have met the Imam (a.s.) during the Major
Occultation and near to the time of the Author
Chapter Thirty: Signs of Reappearance
Chapter Thirty-One: Reappearance of Imam Zamana (a.s.), its signs and what
all will occur after that
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Chapter Thirty-Two: Companions of Imam Zamana (a.s.)
*END OF VOLUME 52*
Chapter Thirty-Three: What will happen at the time of the Reappearance of
Imam Zamana (a.s.) according to the report of Mufaddal bin Umar
Chapter Thirty-four: Rajat (The Return)
Chapter Thirty-five: Successors of Imam Qaim (a.s.)
Chapter Thirty-six: Epistles issued by Imam Mahdi (a.s.)
*END OF VOLUME 53*
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Table of Contents
Publisher’s Preface ......................................................................................... 2
Introduction .................................................................................................. 13
Special Features of this Translation ................................................................ 13
The Author .................................................................................................... 15
Father – Allamah Majlisi, the First ................................................................. 15
Sons of Majlisi I .............................................................................................. 16
Allamah Majlisi ............................................................................................... 16
Allamah Majlisi and the post of Shaykhul Islam ............................................ 16
Valuable writings of Allamah Majlisi ............................................................. 16
Translations of the various books of Allamah Majlisi .................................... 18
Teachers of Allamah Majlisi ........................................................................... 19
Students of Allamah Majlisi ............................................................................ 19
His Death ......................................................................................................... 19
Chapter One: Holy Birth of the Imam of the Age (a.s.) and the
circumstances of his respected mother ....................................................... 20
Chapter Two: His names, titles, patronymic and their reasons ............... 51
Chapter Three: Prohibition of pronouncing the name of Imam Zamana
(a.s.) ................................................................................................................ 56
Chapter Four: Attributes, traits and lineage of Imam Zamana (a.s.) ..... 61
Chapter Five: Verses about the Rise of the Qaim ..................................... 71
Chapter Six: Words of Allah and His Messenger about the Qaim as
narrated by Shia and Sunni....................................................................... 105
Chapter 1: His advent in the last period of time ............................................ 127
Chapter 2: Mahdi is from my progeny and from the Progeny of Fatima ...... 128
Chapter 3: Mahdi is a leader of Paradise ....................................................... 128
Chapter 4: Allegiance to the Mahdi .............................................................. 128
Chapter 5: People of the east will support the Mahdi ................................... 129
Chapter 6: Duration of his rule ...................................................................... 129
Chapter 7: Isa bin Maryam (a.s.) prays behind the Mahdi ............................ 130
Chapter 8: His looks ...................................................................................... 132
Chapter 9: Mahdi is from the progeny of Imam Husain (a.s.) ...................... 133
Chapter 10: Munificence of the Mahdi ......................................................... 134
Chapter 11: Mahdi is not Isa Ibne Maryam (a.s.) .......................................... 135
Chapter 12: The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.s.) is the first, Isa (a.s.) is the last
and the Mahdi is in the middle ...................................................................... 136
Chapter 13: His name and his looks .............................................................. 136
Chapter 14: Village from where he will rise ................................................. 136
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Chapter 15: Clouds will shade him ............................................................... 136
Chapter 16: The angel that will come with the Mahdi .................................. 136
Chapter 17: His Complexion and Physique .................................................. 137
Chapter 18: His right cheek mole .................................................................. 137
Chapter 19: Mahdi’s teeth ............................................................................. 137
Chapter 20: Conquest of Constantinople ...................................................... 137
Chapter 21: His rule comes after tyrant rulers .............................................. 138
Chapter 22: Mahdi is a virtuous Imam .......................................................... 138
Chapter 23: Prosperity of the Ummah during his rule .................................. 138
Chapter 24: Mahdi is the Caliph of Allah ..................................................... 138
Chapter 25: Mahdi is living and alive ........................................................... 138
Chapter Seven: Narrations of Amirul Momineen (a.s.) in this regard . 147
Opinion of Ibne Abil Hadid about the promised Mahdi ............................... 151
Another discussion of Ibne Abil Hadid ......................................................... 159
Chapter Eight: Narrations of Imams Hasan and Husain (a.s.) about the
Promised Mahdi ......................................................................................... 161
Chapter Nine: Narrations from Imam Zainul Abideen (a.s.) ................ 165
Chapter Ten: Narrations from Imam Muhammad Baqir (a.s.) ............ 168
Chapter Eleven: Narrations of Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s.) ....................... 174
Chapter Twelve: Narrations of Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) ...................... 184
Chapter Thirteen: Narrations of Imam Ali bin Musa Reza (a.s.) ......... 187
Chapter Fourteen: Narrations of Imam Muhammad Taqi (a.s.) .......... 191
Chapter Fifteen: Narrations of Imam Ali Naqi (a.s.) and Imam Hasan
Askari (a.s.) ................................................................................................. 195
Chapter Sixteen: Prophecies of Soothsayers engraved on rocks ........... 200
Prediction of Satih the soothsayer before reappearance ................................ 200
Chapter Seventeen: Arguments of Shaykh Tusi ..................................... 204
Proof for Supreme religious leadership ......................................................... 206
Objections of an Ahle Sunnat scholar ........................................................... 206
Reply ............................................................................................................. 207
Further clarification of Shaykhul Taifa ......................................................... 210
Other objections and their replies.................................................................. 212
Queries to the deniers of Imam Zamana (a.s.) .............................................. 213
Evidence of the infallibility of the Imam ...................................................... 216
Truth is not beyond the pale of the Islamic Ummah ..................................... 217
Refutation of Kaisaniyya beliefs ................................................................... 218
Nawusiyya ..................................................................................................... 220
Waqifiya ........................................................................................................ 220
Query ............................................................................................................. 221
Reply ............................................................................................................. 221
Objection ....................................................................................................... 223
Reply ............................................................................................................. 224
What do the other sects say? ......................................................................... 226
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Conclusion .................................................................................................... 227
Another Objection ......................................................................................... 228
Reply ............................................................................................................. 228
Question ........................................................................................................ 230
Reply ............................................................................................................. 230
Another Query ............................................................................................... 230
Reply ............................................................................................................. 231
Common excellences in Prophet and Imams ................................................ 231
Objection ....................................................................................................... 234
Reply ............................................................................................................. 234
Application of Divine Penalties during the Occultation of Imam Zamana (a.s.)
....................................................................................................................... 235
Finding the truth during the occultation of the Imam ................................... 236
Statement of Sayyid Murtadha (a.s.) ............................................................. 237
Opinion of an Intellectual .............................................................................. 238
Reply of Another Scholar .............................................................................. 238
Reply of Shaykh Tusi .................................................................................... 239
Another Reply ............................................................................................... 240
Question ........................................................................................................ 240
Reply ............................................................................................................. 241
Question ........................................................................................................ 241
Reply ............................................................................................................. 242
Question ........................................................................................................ 242
Reply ............................................................................................................. 242
Question ........................................................................................................ 243
Reply ............................................................................................................. 243
Occultation of the Imam is also a divine grace (Lutf) ................................... 243
Concealed Births ........................................................................................... 244
Why the Promised Mahdi was born in an Extraordinary Manner ................. 245
Question ........................................................................................................ 246
Reply ............................................................................................................. 246
Disappearance of the prophets ...................................................................... 247
Long age of Imam Zamana (a.s.) is not extraordinary .................................. 249
Reply ............................................................................................................. 249
Objection ....................................................................................................... 251
Reply ............................................................................................................. 251
A glance at our opinion ................................................................................. 252
Solitary report and Widely related reports .................................................... 253
Question ........................................................................................................ 254
Reply ............................................................................................................. 254
Explanation of Allamah Majlisi .................................................................... 258
Chapter Eighteen: Occultations of the Prophets and Imam Zamana (a.s.)
...................................................................................................................... 261
Birth of His Eminence, Musa (a.s.) ............................................................... 267
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Disappearance of Isa (a.s.) ............................................................................ 267
Longevity of Nuh (a.s.) ................................................................................. 268
Chapter Nineteen: People with long lifespans in the History of Humanity
– longevity of Imam Zamana (a.s.) ........................................................... 273
Abu Duniai Muammar .................................................................................. 273
Reports of Abu Duniawi ............................................................................... 275
Statements of Shaykh Saduq about Abu Duniai Maghribi ............................ 277
Ubaid bin Sharid Jurhami .............................................................................. 282
Rabi bin Dhaba Fazari ................................................................................... 283
Shaqqul Kahin and his wise counsels ........................................................... 284
Shaddad bin Aad bin Iram and his paradise. Like which nothing was ever
made on this earth ......................................................................................... 286
Auf bin Kunana and his wise statements ...................................................... 294
Inscription on the Ehram Tablet of Egypt ..................................................... 296
Lubaid bin Rabia ........................................................................................... 299
Aktham bin Saifee ......................................................................................... 303
Wise bequest of Aktham bin Saifi to his children ......................................... 306
Shaykh Saduq’s view .................................................................................... 308
Sarbabak Hindi .............................................................................................. 309
Abdullah Yemeni Moammar ......................................................................... 310
Shaykh Baba Ratan Moammar ...................................................................... 311
Another Aged Person .................................................................................... 311
Abu Amr Uthman bin Khattab bin Abdullah bin Awwam (Moammar) ....... 313
Moammar Mashriqi ....................................................................................... 314
Harith bin Kaab Moammar ........................................................................... 315
Mustaughar Moammar .................................................................................. 316
Duraid bin Zaid Moammar ............................................................................ 316
Zuhair bin Janab Moammar .......................................................................... 316
Zul Asba Adwani .......................................................................................... 317
Mady Karb Himyari ...................................................................................... 317
Rabi bin Zaba Fazari ..................................................................................... 317
Abu Tamahan Qini ........................................................................................ 317
Abdul Masih bin Baqila Ghassani ................................................................. 317
Nabigha Jodi.................................................................................................. 319
Luqman bin Aad ............................................................................................ 320
Zabira bin Saeed ............................................................................................ 320
Duraid bin Sama Jashami .............................................................................. 321
Mohsin bin Ghassan ...................................................................................... 321
Amr bin Hamama Doosi ............................................................................... 321
Harith bin Mazaz Jurhami ............................................................................. 321
Yarab bin Qahtan .......................................................................................... 321
A brief account of the long lived Persians ................................................ 322
Afridun, the Just ............................................................................................ 322
Amr Aaamir Maziqiya .................................................................................. 322
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Jalhama bin Adad bin Zaid bin Yashjab ....................................................... 322
Amr bin Lahih ............................................................................................... 322
Aged Personalities of the Old Testament and their ages ............................... 323
Chapter Twenty: Miracles and narratives of his Emissaries ................. 325
An Interesting Story ...................................................................................... 326
Another interesting story ............................................................................... 328
Reports of Muhammad bin Salih .................................................................. 331
Story of Ahmad Dinawari ............................................................................. 332
Muhammad bin Ali Alawi Husaini ............................................................... 339
Hasan bin Nadhr ............................................................................................ 341
Sons of Qasim Ibne Yala ............................................................................... 342
Dismissal of the servant ................................................................................ 343
Muhammad bin Ahmad ................................................................................. 343
Muhammad bin Ibrahim Mahziyar ............................................................... 343
Ahmad Ibne Hasan ........................................................................................ 344
Extraordinary incident of Qasim Ibne Ala .................................................... 345
Messenger of the people of Qom .................................................................. 349
Explanation of Shaykh Tusi .......................................................................... 350
Abu Surah Zaidi ............................................................................................ 351
Abu Ghalib Zurari ......................................................................................... 353
Another Story ................................................................................................ 355
“He is not my son!” ....................................................................................... 356
Shaykh Saduq and his brothers ..................................................................... 357
Muhammad bin Shadhan ............................................................................... 357
Man from Sawad ........................................................................................... 358
The cost of the slave was less ....................................................................... 358
Muhammad Ibne Ibrahim Ibne Mahziyar ..................................................... 358
Khuzistani Scribe .......................................................................................... 359
Messenger of the man from Balkh ................................................................ 359
Ahmad bin Hilal Sufi .................................................................................... 361
Hasan Ibne Fadhl Yamani ............................................................................. 361
Ali Ibne Muhammad Shamshati .................................................................... 362
Abu Rija Misri............................................................................................... 363
Abul Qasim Ibne Abi Habis .......................................................................... 364
The woman who was not pregnant ................................................................ 366
Predictions ..................................................................................................... 366
Reports of Saad bin Abdullah Ashari ............................................................ 367
Muhammad Ibne Ali Aswad ......................................................................... 368
Shaykh Saduq Muhammad bin Babawayh .................................................... 368
The Lady of Aba ........................................................................................... 369
Ja’far Ibne Muhammad Ibne Matil ................................................................ 369
Abul Hasan Aqiqi .......................................................................................... 370
Muhammad Ibne Shadhan ............................................................................. 372
Murjia partner................................................................................................ 372