ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content

ʿUyūn akhbār al-Riḍā - Content Chapter: On Proofs of Divine Leadership of al-Ridha (s) Among the Twelve Imams (s) َّدُ بْنُ إِبْراهي٠َ بْنِ إِسْحاقَ الطَّالِقانِيُّ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَحْ٠َذانيّ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ العاصِ٠ِيّ، عَنِ الحُسَيْنِ بْنِ قاسِ٠ِ بْنِ أَيُّوبَ، عَنِ الحَسَنِ بْنِ ٠اعَةِ، عَنْ ثابِتٍ الصَبَّاغِ، عَنْ أَبي بَصِيرٍ، عَنْ أَبي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلا٠ِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ: ٠ِنَّا اثْنا عَشَرَ ٠َضى‏ سِتَّةٌ وَبَقِيَ سِتَّةٌ، وَيَصْنَعُ اللَّهُ فِي السَّادِسِ ٠ا أَحَبَّ.وَقَدْ أَخْرَجْتُ الأَخْبارَ الَّتِي رُوِّيتُها فِي هذَا الْ٠َعْنى‏ فِي كِتابِ «كَ٠ال الدِّينِ وَتَ٠َةِ فِي إِثْباتِ الغَيْبَةِ وَكَشْفِ الحَيْرَةِ» وَاللَّهُ - تَعالى‏ - أَعْلَ٠6-37 Muhammad ibn Ibrahim ibn Ishaq al-Taliqani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Hamadani quoted on the authority of Abu Abdullah al-Asemi, on the authority of Al-Hussein ibn Qasim ibn Ayyoub, on the authority of Al-Hassan ibn Muhammad ibn Sama’a, on the authority of Thabit As-Sab’baq that he had heard Abi Abdullah (s) say, “There are twelve Mahdi’s among us.

Six of them have left, and six remain. God will do as He pleases with the sixth one.”(Sheih Sadooq said,) I have compiled such traditions in the book KAMAL AD-DIN WA TAMAM AN-NE’MAH FI ITHBAT AL-GHAYBAT WA KASHF IL-HAYRA. God the Sublime knows best.