(6) Ali bin Ahmad bin Obaydillah bin Musa and Ahmad bin Ali...

(6) Ali bin Ahmad bin Obaydillah bin Musa and Ahmad bin Ali al-A’lam narrated from Muhammad bin Ali as-Sayrafi from Muhammad bin Sadaqa, ibn Othayna al-Abdi and Muhammad bin Sinan from Ya'qoob as-Sarraj that Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) had said: “Al-Qa'im will fight the people of thirteen cities and nations and they will fight him; Mecca, Medina, Basra, Dast Maysan,[^6] Sham, the Umayyads, the Kurds, the Arab nomads, the people of the tribes of Dhabba, Ghaniy, Bahila, Azd and the people of ar-Riy (a town in Iran).”[^7] [^1]: Ithbat al-Hudat, vol.3 p.544, Hilyatul Abrar, vol.2 p.630, Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.362, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.3 p.501.

[^2]: Hilyatul Abrar, vol.2 p.631, Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.362, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.3 p.297. [^3]: Hilyatul Abrar, vol.2 p.631, Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.362, Ithbat al-Hudat, vol.3 p.544, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.3 p.501. [^4]: Hilyatul Abrar, vol.2 p.631, Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.363, Mo’jam Ahadeeth al-Imam al-Mahdi, vol.3 p.500. [^5]: Hilyatul Abrar, vol.2 p.631, Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.363. [^6]: A town between Basra and Ahwaz.

[^7]: Ithbat al-Hudat, vol.3 p.544, Hilyatul Abrar, vol.2 p.632, Biharul Anwar, vol.52 p.363. Previous…