Abd al-Adhim al-Hasani narrated...

Abd al-Adhim al-Hasani narrated: I said to Imam al-Jawad (PBUH), "I wish you were al-Qa'im of the family of Muhammad (PBUH&HF) who fills the earth with peace and justice just as it was filled with injustice and tyranny." He (PBUH) replied, "O Abu al-Qasim! Any one of us (Ahl al-Bait (PBUT)) is standing (Qa'im) to [^1] al-Ghaiba, al-Nu'mani, p. 204, Hadith 4; Bihar al-Anwar, vol. 65, p. 165, Hadith 16. maintain the command of Allah, the mighty and the majestic, and is a guide to His religion.

However, the Qa'im by whom Allah will cleanse the earth from people of disbelief and rejection and will fill it with justice and peace is he whom Allah will conceal his birth from people, will hide him from them, and will prohibit calling him by his name. He will be named after the Apostle of Allah (PBUH&HF) and will have his nickname (Abu al-Qasim), to whom the earth will yield and for whom any difficult thing will become simple.

The number of his companions will be equal to that of warriors of Badr, 313 men who will gather around him (at once) from far parts of the earth, and this is the saying of Allah, "Wherever you are, Allah shall bring you together.

Certainly Allah has power over all things." (2:148) Once this number of sincere individuals gather for him, he will manifest his affair and when pledge to him was completed by 10,000 men[^1] by leave of Allah, he will rise and will not seize fighting the enemies of Allah until Allah, the mighty and the majestic, is satisfied." I asked him, "O My master!

How will he know that Allah has been satisfied?" The Imam (PBUH) replied, "Allah shall cast mercy into his heart."[^2] Occultation has been the result of forsaking the Imam (PBUH) and will continue as long as he is without enough sincere followers. The very fact that Imam al-Mahdi (PBUH) is without helper and is deserted by people during the time of occultation has been testified in the following tradition.

Asbagh Ibn Nabata has narrated: The Leader of the Faithful (PBUH) said, "The master of this kingdom is the forsaken, the deserted, and the lonely one."[^3] Certainly, the Imam (PBUH) has not been afraid of the tyrants for Allah has created him to take revenge against all the tyrants and to eradicate their power. In reality, he has kept himself away from those who claim to be his lovers, because he is afraid of their disobedience and betrayal.