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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books The Book of Occultation the Accursed Men Who Claimed To Be Emissaries and Gateways To the Imam The Sheikh says in Kitāb Al-Ghaiba : The first one of them is the one known as al-Sharī‘i. A congregation of scholars narrated to us from Abu Muhammad al-Tala‘kabari on the authority of Abu ‘Ali Muhammad Ibn Himām, saying, Al-Sharī‘i’s patronym was Abu Muhammad.

Hārūn said, I think his name was al-Hasan and he was from the companions of Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali Ibn Muhammad and then after him from the companions of al-Hasan Ibn ‘Ali. He is the first one who claimed a position that Allah did not assign to him and he was not qualified for it. He blasphemed Allah and his Hujjas, peace be unto them, and attributed to them what is not worthy of them and they are disdainful thereof. The Shī‘a cursed him and turned away from him with dislike.

Hārūn says, Then words of disbelief and sacrilege were expressed by him. All such claimants, first, attribute lies to the Imam and claim that they are his representatives, calling the weakling to believe in them through such pervert claims. Then they graduate up to the claims of self-deification, like the words of Hallāj as manifested by Abu Ja‘far al-Shalmaghāni and his likes. On all of them be the constant curses of Allah. One of them is Muhammad Ibn Nasīr al-Numairi.

Says Ibn Nūh, Abu Nasr Hibatullah Ibn Muhammad said, Muhammad Ibn Nasīr al-Numair was from the companions of Muhammad al-Hasan Ibn ‘Ali (a.s). And when Abu Muhammad was transferred to his eternal abode, Abu Muhammad claimed the position of Abu Ja‘far Muhammad Ibn ‘Othmān, that is, he claimed that he was the deputy of the Imam of the Age. He claimed “Bābiyya,” that is, to be a gateway to the Imam.

Allah disgraced and humiliated him through the blasphemy and ignorance, which he manifested, and through the curse of Abu Ja‘far Muhammad Ibn ‘Othmān and his dislike and denunciation of him. He claimed this position after al-Sharī‘i. Abu Tālib al-Anbāri says, When Muhammad Ibn Nasīr manifested his heresies and blasphemies, Abu Ja‘far (a.s) took the oath of damnation against him and made his disdain for him known. Ibn Nasīr heard that and came to Abu Ja‘far to soften his heart and apologize.

Abu Ja‘far did not give him permission to enter, and barred and turned him away empty-handed. Sa‘d Ibn ‘Abdillah has said, Muhammad Ibn Nasīr al-Numairi claimed that he was an apostle, a prophet and that ‘Ali Ibn Muhammad (a.s) had sent him.