Regarding the Designation of Al-qa'im: 3 حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَاحِدِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ العبدوس [بْنِ عُبْدُوسٍ] الْعَطَّارُ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمْدَانُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الصَّقْرُ بْنُ أَبِي دُلَفَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَلِيٍّ الرِّضَا ع يَقُولُ إِنَّ الْإِمَامَ بَعْدِي ابْنِي عَلِيٌّ أَمْرُهُ أَمْرِي وَ قَوْلُهُ قَوْلِي وَ طَاعَتُهُ طَاعَتِي وَ الْإِمَامُ بَعْدَهُ ابْنُهُ الْحَسَنُ أَمْرُهُ أَمْرُ أَبِيهِ وَ قَوْلُهُ قَوْلُ أَبِيهِ وَ طَاعَتُهُ طَاعَةُ أَبِيهِ ثُمَّ سَكَتَ فَقُلْتُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ فَمَنِ الْإِمَامُ بَعْدَ الْحَسَنِ فَبَكَى ع بُكَاءً شَدِيداً ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْحَسَنِ ابْنَهُ الْقَائِمَ بِالْحَقِّ الْمُنْتَظَرَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا ابْنَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ لِمَ سُمِّيَ الْقَائِمَ قَالَ لِأَنَّهُ يَقُومُ بَعْدَ مَوْتِ ذِكْرِهِ وَ ارْتِدَادِ أَكْثَرِ الْقَائِلِينَ بِإِمَامَتِهِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ وَ لِمَ سُمِّيَ الْمُنْتَظَرَ قَالَ لِأَنَّ لَهُ غَيْبَةً يَكْثُرُ أَيَّامُهَا وَ يَطُولُ أَمَدُهَا فَيَنْتَظِرُ خُرُوجَهُ الْمُخْلِصُونَ وَ يُنْكِرُهُ الْمُرْتَابُونَ وَ يَسْتَهْزِئُ بِذِكْرِهِ الْجَاحِدُونَ وَ يَكْذِبُ فِيهَا الْوَقَّاتُونَ وَ يَهْلِكُ فِيهَا الْمُسْتَعْجِلُونَ وَ يَنْجُو فِيهَا الْمُسْلِمُونَ.
3 - Narrated to us Abdul Wahid bin Muhammad bin Ubdus al-Attar (r.a.): Narrated to us Ali bin Muhammad bin Qutaibah Nishapuri: Narrated to us Ahmad bin Sulaiman: Narrated to us Saqr bin Abi Dulf that: I heard Aba Ja’far Muhammad bin Ali ar-Reza say:
“The Imam after me is my son, Ali. His command is command of his father and his statement is statement of his father and his obedience is obedience of his father. Then the Imam fell silent. Then he said: The Imam after him will be his son, Hasan. His command is command of his father and his statement is statement of his father and his obedience is obedience of his father. After this Imam became silent.
The narrator asked: ‘O son of Allah’s Messenger, who will be the Imam after Hasan?’ Imam started weeping profusely and said: ‘After him, his son Qaim (a.t.f.s.) will be the Imam’. He will be in Ghaibat and pious and sincere people will await his reappearance while those in doubt will deny him and will ridicule his remembrance (zikr). Those who will hasten will be destroyed and those who submit will be successful.”
