He is the Twelfth of us.

He is the Twelfth of us. Allah will facilitate every difficult task for him and will abase every hardship for him. He will reveal the treasures of the earth for him, proximate every far for him, destroy every tyrant through him and kill the rebellious Satan on his hands.

That is the son of the mistress of the slave girls, whose birth will be hidden from the people, and mentioning him by his name will not be permissible for them until Allah manifests him and fills the earth through him with equity and justice, as it will be replete with injustice and oppression.” Shaykh Saduq (r.a.) says, “I have not heard this narration from anyone except Ahmad Ibne Ziyad Hamadani on my return from Hajj. He was a trustworthy, religious and a knowledgeable man.

This report is also mentioned in Kifayatul Athar through another chain of narrators. 3- Ikmaaluddin: Shaykh Saduq (r.a.) has quoted from his father from Saad from Khashab from Abbas bin Amir that: I heard Imam Musa bin Ja’far (a.s.) say, “People will say, the Master of this Affair has not been born yet.” 4- Ikmaaluddin: It is narrated from Hamadani from Ali bin Ibrahim from Muhammad bin Khalid from Ali bin Hisan from Dawood bin Kathir that he said: I asked Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) about the Master of this Affair.

He said: “He is the castaway, the loner, away from his home, hidden from his family, the son of an un-avenged father.” 5- Ikmaaluddin: It is narrated from the father of Shaykh Saduq from Saad from Ibne Isa from Bajali from Muawiyah bin Wahab and Abi Qatadah Ali bin Muhammad from Ali bin Ja’far from his brother, Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) that: I asked him, “What is the interpretation of the word of Allah, the Exalted: قُلْ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَاؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا “Say, ‘Have you thought?

If in the morning your water should have disappeared into the earth, then who would bring you running water?” (Surah Mulk 67:30) He said: “When you lose your Imam and do not see him, what are you going to do?” 6- Ikmaaluddin: It is narrated from Hamadani from Ali from his father from Salih bin Sindi from Yunus Ibne Abdur Rahman that: I came to Imam Musa Kazim (a.s.) and asked: “O son of Allah’s Messenger, are you the Qaim bil Haqq (The Establisher of the Truth)?” He said: “I am the Qaim bil Haqq, however, the Qaim who will clean the earth from the enemies of Allah and will fill it with equity, as it will be full of injustice, is the fifth from my sons.

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