Abi Talib followed concerning the people of the sawad what...

Abi Talib followed concerning the people of the sawad what is in the white scroll, and verily the Qaim will follow concerning the Arabs what is in the red scroll.” So, I said, “May I be sacrificed for you, what is the red scroll?” He passed his finger over his throat and said, “It is like that”, meaning slaughter.[^5] This same report is narrated through another chain, as quoted by al-Majlisi: بصائر الدرجات: أحمد بن محمد، عن ابن سنان، عن رفيد مولى أبي هبيرة، عن أبي عبد الله عليه السلام Basair al-Darajat : Ahmad b.

Muhammad – Ibn Sinan – Rufayd, freed slave of Abi Hubayrah – Abu ‘Abd Allah, peace be upon him.[^6] Again, this hadith – which is patently from a dha’if book - is dha’if , according to Ayatullah Muhsini[^7]. Shaykh ‘Ali Al Muhsin also states about the riwayah : وهو حديث ضعيف It is a dha’if hadith .[^8] Meanwhile, Shaykh al-Najashi (d. 450 H) further submits about one of its narrators: محمد بن سنان … هو رجل ضعيف جدا لا يعول عليه ولا يلتفت إلى ما تفرد به Muhammad b. Sinan ...

he is a man who is dha’if jiddan (very weak) . He is not relied upon, and no attention is paid to whatever he narrated without corroboration.[^9] And, Shaykh al-Jawahiri also declares about another – who is variously identified as a freed slave of “Ibn Hubayrah”, “Abu Hubayrah” and “Banu Hubayrah”: رفيد مولى بني هبيرة: مجهول Rufayd, freed slave of Banu Hubayrah: Majhul .[^10] So, it is a severely dha’if report. This implication of this, of course, is obvious.

Narration Three ‘Allamah al-Majlisi records: الغيبة للنعماني: علي بن الحسين، عن محمد العطار، عن محمد بن الحسن، عن محمد بن علي الكوفي، عن البزنطي، عن العلا، عن محمد قال: سمعت أبا جعفر عليه السلام يقول: لو يعلم الناس ما يصنع القائم إذا خرج لأحب أكثرهم أن لا يروه مما يقتل من الناس، أما إنه لا يبدء إلا بقريش، فلا يأخذ منها إلا السيف ولا يعطيها إلا السيف حتى يقول كثير من الناس: ليس هذا من آل محمد، لو كان من آل محمد لرحم. Al-Ghaybah of al-Nu’mani : ‘Ali b. al-Husayn – Muhammad al-‘Aṭṭar – Muhammad b.

al-Hasan – Muhammad b. ‘Ali al-Kufi – al-Bazanṭi – al-‘Ala – Muhammad – Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him: If the people knew what the Qaim will do when he rises, most of them would love not to see him, due to those he will kill from the people. But, he will not start (the killings) except with Quraysh. He will not take from it except the sword, and will not give to it except the sword, until a lot of people will say, “This one is not from the family of Muhammad.