[23] The narrator of the Hadith says...

[23] The narrator of the Hadith says: Imam Mohammed Baqir -asws (our 5 th Imam -asws ) has said, ‘After Al-Hussain -asws ibn Ali -asws there will be nine ‘A’immah -asws (Leaders with Divine Authority). The ninth of them will be Al-Qa’im -ajfj (the one who will rise with Divine Authority and Power). [24] ‘ The narrator of the Hadith says: ‘I heard Abu Ja’far -asws say, ‘We are twelve ‘A’immah -asws (Leaders with Divine Authority). Al-Hassan -asws and Al-Hussain -asws are of them -asws .

Thereafter ‘A’immah -asws (Leaders with Divine Authority) are from the descendants of Al-Hussain -asws .’’ [25] The narrator of the Hadith says: Imam Mohammed Baqir -asws (our 5 th Imam -asws ) said: ‘The Messenger of Allah -saww has said, ‘I -saww and twelve persons -asws from my -saww descendants and you -asws , O Ali -asws , are the safety anchor of the Earth, that is, the pillars thereof and its ropes. Through us -asws Allah -azwj has Secured the earth from devouring the inhabitants.

If all the twelve persons -asws from my family were not to be there, the earth will devour her inhabitants without delay. [26] The narrator of the Hadith says: Imam Mohammed Baqir -asws (our 5 th Imam -asws ) said: ‘The Messenger of Allah -saww has said, ‘From my -saww descendants there will be twelve noble supervisors -asws , who are Muhaddathun -asws , persons to whom angels speak, and very intelligent.

The last of them will be Al-Qa’im -ajfj (the one who will rise with Divine Authority and Power and with Truth) who will fill the earth with justice after being taken over by the injustice. [27] The narrator of the Hadith says: ‘Once I took an oath with myself that I would not eat any food during the day until the rise of Al-Qa‘im -asws (the rise of Al-Mahdi -ajfj with Divine Authority and power). I then went to see Imam Jafar-e-Sadiq -asws .

‘The narrator has said, ‘A man from your Shi’a (followers) has imposed on himself an oath not to eat any food during the day until the rise of Al-Qa’im -ajfj from the family of Muhammad -saww ? ‘The Imam -asws said, ‘Fast, then, O Karrarn. Do not fast on the two ‘Eid days and the three days of Tashriq (11, 12, 13 th ) of the month of Zil-Haj. Also do not fast when you are on a journey or when you will have an illness.

It is because when Al-Hussain -asws was martyred, the heavens and the earth and all the Angels in them mourned before the Lord.