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Ahmad Bin Muhammad and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Muhammad Bin Al Hassan, from Yaqoub Bin Yazeed, from Muhammad Bin Ismail who said, ‘I heard Abu Al-Hassan -asws saying: ‘The Imam -asws are scholars, truthful, understanding, Muhaddisoun (whom the Angels discuss with)’. [44] Who Should one Consult for Newly Emerging Issues?

Imam-e-Zaman -ajfj has told his representative in a letter, as quoted by al-Tabarsi, in his book Al-Ihtijaj al-Tabarsi: مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِصَامٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ عَن إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ قَالَ سَأَلْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عُثْمَانَ الْعَمْرِيَّ أَنْ يُوصِلَ لِي كِتَاباً قَدْ سَأَلْتُ فِيهِ عَنْ مَسَائِلَ أَشْكَلَتْ عَلَيَّ فَوَرَدَ التَّوْقِيعُ بِخَطِّ مَوْلَانَا صَاحِبِ الزَّمَانِ ع أَمَّا مَا سَأَلْتَ عَنْهُ أَرْشَدَكَ اللَّهُ وَ ثَبَّتَكَ إِلَى أَنْ قَالَ وَ أَمَّا الْحَوَادِثُ الْوَاقِعَةُ فَارْجِعُوا فِيهَا إِلَى رُوَاةِ حَدِيثِنَا فَإِنَّهُمْ ُجَّتِي عَلَيْكُمْ وَ أَنَا حُجَّةُ اللَّه Mohammed ibn Mohammed ibn Asim, from Mohammed ibn Yaqoob, who from Ishaq ibn Yaqoob who said: Tradition from Imam Al-Mahdi -asws in a reply to Ishaq ibn Ya’qub: ‘As far as newly occurring circumstances are concerned, you should refer to the narrators of our Ahadith, for they are my proof over you a nd I -asws am Allah -azwj ’s Proof.

’ [45] Finally, Some additional Ahadith are cited in Appendix III, where ‘Al-Alim’ and ‘Alim’ as well as other derivations of the word ‘Alim’ are used for Masomeen -asws .

Appendix I: Ninety-Nine Names of Allah -azwj : 1 – يد: القطان، عن ابن زكريا القطان، عن ابن حبيب، عن ابن بهلول، عن أبيه، عن أبي الحسن العبدي، عن سليمان بن مهران، عن الصادق جعفر بن محمد، عن أبيه محمد بن علي، عن أبيه علي بن الحسين، عن أبيه الحسين بن علي عن أبيه علي بن أبي طالب عليهم السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه واله: إن لله تبارك وتعالى تسعة وتسعين اسما، مائة إلا واحدة من أحصاها دخل الجنة، وهي: Al Qatan, from Ibn Zakariyya Al Qatan, from Ibn Habeeb, from Ibn Bahloul, from his father, from Abu Al Hassan Al Abdy, from Suleyman Bin Mihran, ‘From Al-Sadiq Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws , from his -asws father Muhammad -asws Bin Ali -asws , from his -asws father -asws Ali Bin Al-Husayn -asws , from his -asws father Al-Husayn -asws Bin Ali -asws , from his -asws father Ali -asws Bin Abu Talib -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: For Allah -azwj Blessed and Exalted there are ninety nine Names, one hundred less one.

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