Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Promised Mahdi (part Two) 36 Chapter Thirty-six: Epistles issued by Imam Mahdi (a.s.) أَخْبَرَنَا جَمَاعَةٌ عَنْ أَبِي الْحَسَنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ دَاوُدَ الْقُمِّيِّ قَالَ وَجَدْتُ بِخَطِّ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّوْبَخْتِيِّ وَ إِمْلَاءِ أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ رَوْحٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَلَى ظَهْرِ كِتَابٍ فِيهِ جَوَابَاتٌ وَ مَسَائِلُ أُنْفِذَتْ مِنْ قُمَّ يُسْأَلُ عَنْهَا هَلْ هِيَ جَوَابَاتُ الْفَقِيهِ ع أَوْ جَوَابَاتُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الشَّلْمَغَانِيِّ لِأَنَّهُ حُكِيَ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ هَذِهِ الْمَسَائِلُ أَنَا أَجَبْتُ عَنْهَا فَكَتَبَ إِلَيْهِمْ عَلَى ظَهْرِ كِتَابِهِمْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِيمِ قَدْ وَقَفْنَا عَلَى هَذِهِ الرُّقْعَةِ وَ مَا تَضَمَّنَتْهُ فَجَمِيعُهُ جَوَابُنَا وَ لَا مَدْخَلَ لِلْمَخْذُولِ الضَّالِّ الْمُضِلِّ الْمَعْرُوفِ بِالْعَزَاقِرِيِّ لَعَنَهُ اللَّهُ فِي حَرْفٍ مِنْهُ وَ قَدْ كَانَتْ أَشْيَاءُ خَرَجَتْ إِلَيْكُمْ عَلَى يَدَيْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ هِلَالٍ وَ غَيْرِهِ مِنْ نُظَرَائِهِ وَ كَانَ مِنِ ارْتِدَادِهِمْ عَنِ الْإِسْلَامِ مِثْلُ مَا كَانَ مِنْ هَذَا عَلَيْهِمْ لَعَنَةُ اللَّهِ وَ غَضَبُهُ فَاسْتَثْبَتُّ قَدِيماً فِي ذَلِكَ فَخَرَجَ الْجَوَابُ أَلَا مَنِ اسْتَثْبَتَ فَإِنَّهُ لَا ضَرَرَ فِي خُرُوجِ مَا خَرَجَ عَلَى أَيْدِيهِمْ وَ إِنَّ ذَلِكَ صَحِيحٌ 1- Ghaibat Tusi: A group of scholars has narrated from Abul Hasan Muhammad bin Ahmad bin Dawood Qummi that he said: “I found the following in the manuscript of Ahmad bin Ibrahim Naubakhti, dictated by Abul Qasim Husain bin Rauh.
It was mentioned behind the book that contained replies to questions sent from Qom and it was asked if the replies were written by the Faqih (Imam Qaim) or Muhammad bin Ali Shalmaghani? The reason of this query is that people say: Shalmaghani says: I have written replies to these questions, so it was mentioned behind it: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. We were informed about this letter and its matter and all these are our replies.
Not a single letter belongs to the condemned and deviated and the deviating one. Before this, some points reached you through Ahmad bin Hilal and other people like him but all of them also apostasied like Shalmaghani and may Allah send chastisement on them. The inquirer wrote at the end: I have had this verified before also.