His person will be unseen and the mention of his name will be disallowed.

His person will be unseen and the mention of his name will be disallowed.[^9] In a Tawqee, the Imam has said: “Accurse, accursed is the one who utters my name in the gathering of people.”[^10] In another Tawqee, the Imam says: “Curse of Allah on the one who utters my name in the gathering of people.” Both the above epistles are recorded by Shaykh Sadooq in Kamaluddin.[^11] In Kamaluddin Shaykh Sadooq has quoted a tradition from Imam Baqir (as) that he said: “Umar bin Khattab asked Amirul Momineen (as) about the Mahdi: O Ibne Abi Talib tell me about the Mahdi, what his name is?

He replied: As for his name; I cannot tell you that. Indeed my dearest one and my friend (the Prophet) has taken oath from me not to mention his name till Allah, the Mighty and Sublime does not raise him and these are from the matters that Allah, the Mighty and Sublime has given to His Messenger in his knowledge.”[^12] In the tradition of Khizr that we mentioned in Part Two quoting through a correct chain of narrators, it is mentioned: And I testify for a man from the descendants of Husain whose patronymic and name will not be mentioned till…