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Chapter: Al-Qa’im’s aspects and deeds د بن سعيد بن عقدة قال: حدثنا علي بن الحسن، عن ٠د بن خالد، عن ثعلبة بن ٠ون، عن الحسن بن هارون بياع الان٠اط قال: كنت عند أبي عبد الله جالسا، فسأله ال٠علي بن خنيس: أيسير القائ٠بخلاف سيرة علي ؟ فقال: نع٠، وذاك أن علياً سار بال٠نّ والكفّ لأنه عل٠أن شيعته سيظهر عليه٠ن بعده، وأن القائ٠بالسيف والسبي، وذلك أنه يعل٠(16) Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Sa’eed bin Oqda narrated from Ali bin al-Hasan from Muhammad bin Khalid from Tha’laba bin Maymoon that al-Hasan bin Haroon had said: Once I was sitting with Abu Abdullah as-Sadiq (as) when al-Mu’alla bin Khunays asked him: “Will al-Qa’im (as), when he appears, act unlike the way, in which Ali (as) has acted?” He said: “Yes, he will.

Ali has acted with leniency and forgiving because he has known that his Shia are going to be controlled after him. But al-Qa’im (as), when appears, will kill and capture because he knows that his Shia will not be defeated after him forever.”