Fifth Objection: it is Not Permissible for the Imams to Be Only Twelve, Since the Proof of God Must Remain Upon This Ummah Until the Day of Resurrection

Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 19

Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma

Book 1, Chapter 19

Fifth Objection: it is Not Permissible for the Imams to Be Only Twelve, Since the Proof of God Must Remain Upon This Ummah Until the Day of Resurrection

Hadith #1

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ فَهْدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ حُسَيْنِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ مُوسَى الْوَجِيهِيِ‌ عَنِ الْمِنْهَالِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِعَلِيٍّ عليه السلام يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَخْبِرْنِي بِمَا يَكُونُ مِنَ الْأَحْدَاثِ بَعْدَ قَائِمِكُمْ قَالَ يَا ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ ذَلِكَ شَيْ‌ءٌ ذِكْرُهُ مَوْكُولٌ إِلَيْهِ وَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص عَهِدَ إِلَيَّ أَنْ لَا أُخْبِرَ بِهِ إِلَّا الْحَسَنَ وَ الْحُسَيْنَ.

Narrated to us Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Ishaq from Abdul Aziz bin Yahya from Ibrahim bin Fahad quoting from Muhammad bin Uqbah from Husain bin Hasan from Ismail bin Umar from Umar bin Musa Wajihi from Minhal bin Amr from Abdullah bin al-Harith that he said: I asked Ali “O Amiral Momineen, please inform me of the events that shall occur after your Qaim.” He replied: “O ibn Harith it is something that only he is entrusted to say. And the Messenger of Allah made me promise that except for Hasan and Husain, I shall not tell anyone anything about it.”