The prophet’s (saw) Designation of the qa’im (as)

Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 24

Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma

Book 2, Chapter 24

The prophet’s Designation of the qa’im

Hadith #2

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُوسَى بْنِ الْمُتَوَكِّلِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عِمْرَانَ النَّخَعِيُّ عَنْ عَمِّهِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ يَزِيدَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ سَالِمٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص‌ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى اطَّلَعَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ‌ اطِّلَاعَةً فَاخْتَارَنِي مِنْهَا فَجَعَلَنِي نَبِيّاً ثُمَّ اطَّلَعَ الثَّانِيَةَ فَاخْتَارَ مِنْهَا عَلِيّاً فَجَعَلَهُ إِمَاماً ثُمَّ أَمَرَنِي أَنْ أَتَّخِذَهُ أَخاً وَ وَلِيّاً وَ وَصِيّاً وَ خَلِيفَةً وَ وَزِيراً فَعَلِيٌّ مِنِّي وَ أَنَا مِنْ عَلِيٍّ وَ هُوَ زَوْجُ ابْنَتِي وَ أَبُو سِبْطَيَّ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ أَلَا وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى جَعَلَنِي وَ إِيَّاهُمْ حُجَجاً عَلَى عِبَادِهِ وَ جَعَلَ مِنْ صُلْبِ الْحُسَيْنِ أَئِمَّةً يَقُومُونَ بِأَمْرِي وَ يَحْفَظُونَ وَصِيَّتِي التَّاسِعُ مِنْهُمْ قَائِمُ أَهْلِ بَيْتِي وَ مَهْدِيُّ أُمَّتِي أَشْبَهُ النَّاسِ بِي فِي شَمَائِلِهِ وَ أَقْوَالِهِ وَ أَفْعَالِهِ- يَظْهَرُ بَعْدَ غَيْبَةٍ طَوِيلَةٍ وَ حَيْرَةٍ مُضِلَّةٍ فَيُعْلِنُ أَمْرَ اللَّهِ وَ يُظْهِرُ دِينَ اللَّهِ جَلَّ وَ عَزَّ يُؤَيَّدُ بِنَصْرِ اللَّهِ وَ يَنْصُرُ بِمَلَائِكَةِ اللَّهِ فَيَمْلَأُ الْأَرْضَ قِسْطاً وَ عَدْلًا كَمَا مُلِئَتْ جَوْراً وَ ظُلْماً.

Narrated to us Muhammad bin Musa bin Mutawakkil : Narrated to us Muhammad bin Abi Abdullah Kufi: Narrated to us Musa bin Imran Nakhai from his uncle Husain bin Yazid from Hasan ibn Ali Saalim from his father from Abi Hamza from Saeed bin Jubair from Abdullah ibn Abbas that he said: The Messenger of Allah said:
“Surely, Allah, the Blessed and High, glanced at the earth, chose me from it and appointed me as a Prophet. Then He glanced for the second time, selected Ali and made him an Imam. Thereafter, He ordered me that I take Ali as a brother, friend, successor, caliph and vizier. So, Ali is from me and I am from Ali . He is the husband of my daughter and the father of my two grandsons, Hasan and Husain . Know that surely Allah, the Blessed and, has appointed me and them as proofs upon His servants. From the offspring of Husain , He has designated Imams who will stand by my affair and will protect my will. The ninth of them will be the Qaim of my Ahlul Bayt . He will be the Mahdi (a.t.f.s.) of this nation (Ummah) and the most similar to me in traits, words and deeds. He will appear after a prolonged occultation and a deviating confusion. After that, he will announce the command of Allah and manifest the religion of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic. The assistance of Allah and His angels will help him. He will fill the earth with justice and equity as it would be replete with injustice and tyranny.”