It should be borne in mind that quite often amongst these numerous traditions...

It should be borne in mind that quite often amongst these numerous traditions, some chain of narrators can be found that are defective, thereby preventing us to completely rely on them independently. Except for the fact that the authenticity of such traditions are supported and endorsed by other reliable traditions, thereby doing away with the shortcomings. Finally, let us state the purpose of writing this book, with the help of Allah, the Kind, the Loving.

The reader should know that: We have not brought out these traditions to investigate them and therefore often we have not felt the need of mentioning some of them. This is the first volume of this voluminous book concerning our Master Hazrat Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) and is captioned as “Muntakhabul Asar” (A Selection of Traditions). We have selected them so that the masses may derive independent benefit from it, underlining the significance of Caliphate, the status of Wilayah and Imamah.