57.Gabriel came to the Prophet s.a.w and said:"O Muhammad!Allah orders you to marry Fatima to your brother Ali.

"The Prophet s.a.w sent for Ali and said to him:"O Ali, I will marry my daughter Fatima, the head lady of the women of the world and the most beloved one to me, to you and there will be from you(your offspring)the two masters of the martyrs of paradise, the oppressed bloodstained martyrs on the earth after me and the highborn progeny, with whom Allah will defeat injustice, revive the truth and finish off the untruth. Their number is like the number of months of a year. Behind the last one of them Prophet Jesus the son of Blessed Virgin Mary a.s. will offer the prayer". Gaibat AlNumani p.65 58.Ali son of Abi Hamza AlBata'eni said to Imam Ritha pbuh "We narrated that the Imam will not pass away until he sees his offspring.He said Abu AlHassan(AlRitha pbuh): Did you narrate a different hadeeth than this? He said: No. He said: Yes by Allah you have narrated, except the Riser and you do not know what it means and to whom it was referring to. So Ali Ibn Hamza said:Yes by Allah, this is in the hadeeth. Abu AlHasan a.s. said: Woe onto you, how can you be so sure about something when you left some of it. So pay attention to this part"And you do not know what it means to whom it was referring to" if it was talking about Imam Al Mahdi a.s. it wouldn't have been hidden from a man like Ali son of Abi Hamza AlBata'eni who excelled in memorizing the narrations of Ahlulbayt a.s. And how can it be hidden from him and most of the people around that time knew that the Riser that is being discussed is the Imam Al Mahdi a.s. So since the meaning is "no offspring for him" was hidden from Ali son of Abi Hamza AlBata'ini and the rest from the narrators, it must be meant to someone different than Imam Al Mahdi pbuh and he is the last of the Mahdis from the offspring of Imam Al Mahdi a.s. which is the meaning that was intended from Imam Al Ritha a.s. when he said "and you do not know to whom it was referred to and what it was meant" Bihar Al Anwar v.48 p.270 59.Sulaim Ibn Qais from Salman AlMuhammady from the Messenger of Allah pbuhap in a long narration:"And then he hit his hand on AlHussain pbuh and said:"O Salman, Mahdi of my nation that will spread the earth with justice and tranquility after it has been fillied with oppression and tyranny is from this son. Imam son of Imam, scholar son of scholar, executor son of executor, his father that comes after him is an Imam executor of a scholar. He said: I said: O Prophet of Allah, the Mahdi is better or his father?He said: His father is better than him. The first one has like all their reward because Allah guided them through him" Sheikh Nathem AlUqaily: From this narration the Mahdi here cannot be Imam Al Mahdi pbuh because it doesn't apply to him if the father comes after the son we know that the father can't come after the son because the Prophet s.a.w said "his father that comes after him is an Imam executor of a scholar"and ofcourse there is no parent that comes after his son in existence so it remains that the Mahdi pbuh , his father will come after him in appearance such is the case of Imam Al Mahdi pbuh and his executor Ahmed. So the narrations indicate that the first Mahdi would appear before his father Imam Al Mahdi AlHujja son of AlHasan pbuh so the Mahdi that his father comes after him is the first Mahdi from the offspring of Imam Al Mahdi pbuh. And the father of Imam Al Mahdi pbuh is not better than Imam Al Mahdi pbuh from evidence of the Prophet s.a.w From Abu Abdullah(Imam Jaafer a.s)from his fathers a.s he said:"Prophet of Allah says:"And he chose from me Ali,Hassan,and Hussein and the completion of the 12 Imams from the son of Hussein, the 9th of them is the inner(of them),and he is the outer,he is the best of them,and he is the Qa'em(the one who stands)".Gaiba Al Numani p.73

60.Sulaim Ibn Qais AlHilali from Salman AlFarisy in a long narration from the Messenger of Allah pbuhap"So the Messenger of Allah pbuhap said:My brother is the best in my nation and Hamza and Jaafar the two are the best in my nation after Ali and after you and after my sons and my grandsons AlHasan and AlHussain and after the executors from my son this-and the Messenger of Allah pointed with his hand to AlHussain a.s.-and from them is the AlMahdi. And the one before him is better than him, the first one is better than the other because he is his Imam and the other one is the executor of the first. Us Ahlulbayt, Allah has chosen for us the hereafter over the Dunya(world).." Book of Suleim Ibn Qais -investigated by Muhammad Baqer AlAnsary p.132-134 "the one before him is better than him" "the first one is better than the other" If the one before him is better than him can it really mean Imam Hasan Al Askari a.s. is better than Imam Al Mahdi a.s.? Let us read these hadeeths: From Salman AlFarisy he said, we were with the Messenger of Allah pbuhap and AlHusain son of Ali pbut was on his thigh, and so he placed his hand on his face and said:"O Aba Abdullah, you are the Sayed of the Sayeds, and you are an Imam son of an Imam, brother of an Imam and father of the 9 Imams, the 9th one of them is the Riser, their Imam, most knowledgeable one, most wise and best of them"Mugtathab AlAthar of Amed son of Ayash AlJawhari p.8-9 From Abi Baser from Abi Jaafar pbuh he said:"There will be from us 9 after AlHussain son of Ali, the 9th of them is their Riser and he is the best of them" Dala'el AlImama Muhammad Ibn Jareer AlTabari the Shia p.353 So the hadeeths mention that the 9th one from the son of Hussain a.s. is the best of them which means that Imam Al Mahdi a.s. is the best out of the 8 Imams from the son of Hussain a.s. The 9th one of them is Imam Al Mahdi a.s. and the Mahdi is not better than his father...so how can his father Imam Hasan AlAskari a.s. be better than him when the Imam said clearly that Imam Al Mahdi is the best of them? "he is his Imam" the hadeeth says here that the 9th one from the son of Hussain is their Imam meaning Imam Al Mahdi pbuh is an Imam over the other 8 Imams including his father Imam Hasan AlAskari a.s. From Salman AlFarisy he said, we were with the Messenger of Allah pbuhap and AlHusain son of Ali pbut was on his thigh, and so he touched his face with his hand and said:"O Aba Abdullah[Hussain], you are the Sayed of the Sayeds, and you are an Imam son of an Imam, brother of an Imam and father of the 9 Imams, the 9th one of them is the Riser, their Imam, most knowledgeable one ,most wise and best of them"Mugtathab AlAthar of Amed son of Ayash AlJawhari p.8-9 So this Mahdi cannot be Imam Al Mahdi Muhammad son of AlHasan a.s., it is Ahmed the successor of Imam Al Mahdi because his father is his Imam and also Imam Al Mahdi is the Imam of the other 8 Imams. 61.About the Rise of the Riser pbuh between AlRukn and AlMaqam he says:"..and we have been oppressed and sent out from our houses and sons"Gaibat AlNumani p.288-290 62.Sayed Ibn Tawoos "And I have found a narration which is connected in chain that the Mahdi peace of Allah be upon him has sons , a group of guardians at the sides of the countries of seas, very great, with the descriptions of the benevolent ones"Najem AlThaqib v.2 p.67-68

63.Imam Al Saadeq pbuh said:"The Companion of the matter pbuh has a house which is said that it is the House of AlHamd(Praise), in it is a lamp that is illuminating ever since he was born until he rises with the sword, it doesn't extinguish" Safeenat AlBihar v.1 p.115 Ilaam AlWara p.431 : From Eissa AlKhashab he said: I said to AlHussein son of Ali(a.s):Are you the Companion of the Matter?He said:"No,but the Companion of the Matter is the abandoned one(Tareed),the fugitive(Shareed),Mawtoor by his father,and his nickname is his uncles,he shall carry the sword on his shoulder for eight months". Kamal Al Deen by Sheikh AlSadooq p.318 Sunni narrations: 64.From Abi Sa'eed AlKhudri from the Messenger of Allah s.a.w he said:"From us is AlQaem and from us is AlMansoor and from us is AlSafah and from us is AlMahdi, as for AlQaem the successorship will come to him and he will not shed a drop of blood, as for AlMansoor not a banner will come in its way, as for AlSafah he will shed money and blood, as for AlMahdi he will spread it with justice like how it was spread with oppression" Kanz Al Umal-Mutaqi AlHindi v.14 p.280 h.38688-Tareekh Damashq v.32 p.302 65.Fitan Ibn Hamad who is Sheikh AlBukhari (1/395)hadeeth#1186 narrated from Rashdeen from Ibn Lahee'a from Abi Qabeel from Abdullah son of Umro he said:"After the Mahdi that will take the people of Yemen to their cities,it is then the Mansoor,and then after him the Mahdi that will open the city of Rome by his hand" 66.Fateh Al Bari Sharh Saheeh AlBukhari v.13 p.181 It was said by Abu AlHussein Bani AlMunada:"It is possible by the meaning of the hadeeth in that there will be 12 Caliphates after the Mahdi that will emerge in the end times,for I found in the book of Daniel that if the Mahdi dies,5 men will rule from the oldesgt grandson and 5 from the younger grandson and then he will give successorship to the last one for the caliphate,a man from the son of the older grandson,so then he will rule after him a son and then 12 kings will rule each one of them is an Imam Mahdi." 67.14769-In Tafseer son of Abi Hatem hadeeth#137302628 v.8 Ibn Abi Hatem AlRazi Tafseer Abi Hatem from Ka'ab AlAhbar he said:(They are 12,and when they all pass away,there will be 12 similar to them replacing them,and that is a promise from Allah to this nation and he read:"Allah has promised, to those among you who believe and work righteous deeds, that He will, of a surety, grant them in the land, inheritance (of power), as He granted it to those before them"And that is the work of Bani Isra'el.) Continuing with Shia narrations: 68.A hadeeth for instance that doesn't speak about Imam Al Mahdi a.s. but is speaking about a different Mahdi like "Ahmed" is this hadeeth. Pay very close to attention inshallah : : :

Narrated from Hathlam son of Basheer I said to Ali son of Alhussein(a.s)describe to me the emergence of the Mahdi and tell me about its details and signs,he said:"Before his emergence is the emergence of a man his name is Awf AlSilmy in the land of AlJizeera(Iraq),his home will be in Tikreet and his killing will be at the mosque of Damascus and then its the emergence of Shuaib son of Saleh from Samarqand and then the Sufyani the cursed one will emerge from Wadi AlYabees and he is the son of Utba son of Abi Sufyan, if the Sufyani appeared the Mahdi would disappear and then he shall emerge after that" Bihar v.52 p.213 - (( )( ) ) ( ) 1149 / 291 52 / 294 : 50 / 50 1 )( / . : :

: 213 -53 -176 3 * .

The companion is asking Imam Ali son of Hussain pbuh Zain Al Abideen about the emergence of the Mahdi and the Imam answes him by speaking about the signs which precede and come before Imam Al Mahdi a.s. like the Sufyani l.a. This hadeeth states that the Mahdi has disappeared during the time of the Sufyani's appearance, but how is it possible for the Mahdi to disappear, if the Sufyani is a guaranteed,inevitable sign before Imam Al Mahdi a.s.?And how can the Mahdi disappear without an appearance in the first place? Abi Abdullah (a.s) said:"Before the rise of the Riser are 5 inevitable signs,Yamani,Sufyani,killing of the pure soul,the cry,landslide in Bayda"Bihar v.52 p.215 The Sufyani is a sign before Imam Al Mahdi a.s. so how can the Mahdi disappear during a sign that comes before him ?Is this logical to any sincere truth seeker? Does this mean that Imam Al Mahdi a.s. appeared before the Sufyani, so we can distort every single hadeeth about the solidified time frame that Ahlulbayt pbut set for the Sufyani l.a preceding Imam Al Mahdi a.s.?!! And how can this be possible when all the hadeeths consider the Sufyani to be a sign which comes before Imam Al Mahdi a.s.? The only solution to this hadeeth is to consider that the Mahdi in this hadeeth is another one, but does it go against Ahlulbayt pbut?If we believe in that there is a Mahdi appearing before the Sufyani and disappears during when the Sufyani l.a appeared? The answer is no, it doesn't contradict and go against Ahlulbayt pbut because there are hadeeths which speak about 12 Mahdis after Imam Al Mahdi a.s which have reached to the point of Tawater(frequently narrated). And some of them are: From Ahmad son of Muhammad AlaYadi from Ali son of Uqba from his father(Uqba son of Khaled) Abi Abdullah(a.s)he said:"From us after the Riser (a.s)are 12 Mahdis" Mukhtasar Basa'er AlDarajat p.49 Imam Al Saadeq pbuh said:"After the Riser there will be 12 Mahdis from the son of Hussein" p.385/Burhan v.3 p.310/Bihar AlAnwar v.53 p.148

Imam Al Saadeq pbuh said:"After the Riser there will be 11 Mahdis from the son of Hussein" Mukhtasar Basa'er AlDarajat p.38 Gaibat AlToosi p.478/Bihar AlAnwar v.53 p.145 Prophet Muhammad(saw)said:"If the day of death comes to him, let him hand it over to his son, Mohammed the Mandate/Preserver of the Holy Family of Mohamad Peace be upon them all. These are the twelve Imams. Then there will be twelve Mahdi's after them. then when Allah receiveth him, let him hand it over to his son, the first of the close ones, he has three names, one like mine and my Father's: Abdollah (Servant of God), Ahmad and the third name is The Mahdi (the guided) and he is the first Believer" Gaibat AlToosi p.150-151 Moreover, the first Mahdi Ahmed is the "the first of the close ones", "the first Mahdi", "the first believer" and the son of Imam Al Mahdi a.s. Muhammad son of AlHasan a.s. There is absolutely no solution to this hadeeth:"if the Sufyani appeared the Mahdi would disappear and then he shall emerge after that" until when it becomes essential for us to include the first Mahdi,first believer Ahmed in the timeframe preceding the Sufyani l.a who is the only named Mahdi who fits the character of guider to the straight path before Imam Al Mahdi a.s. Muhammad son of Al Hassan pbuh. And that guider to the straight path..who calls to the possessor...who we must stand up for ...no banner more guided than his banner...is the Yamani, the only man that guides to a path that is straight according to Ahlulbayt pbut before Imam Al Mahdi's emergence. So, we if separate the Yamani from Ahmed, there would be a serious complication and confusion between the two of them, because when we say the "Yamani" we don't know his name but we know that he comes before the Sufyani: Imam Al Sadeq a.s:"Before the Sufyani is an Egyptian and a Yamani" Bihar Al Anwar v.52 p.210 and when we say "Ahmed" we know he is the first of the 313 and he is the first Mahdi who is infallible mentioned in the Prophet's will and ofcourse" a guider to a straight path" and doesn't enter people into misguidance. Additionally,the Yamani is a guider to the straight path, and turning away from him leads to hell and the same thing goes for Ahmed whereby turning away from him also leads to hellfire because he is mentioned in the Prophet's will and the Prophet called him the first Mahdi.There is one guiding banner in Age of appearance as Ahlulbayt pbut wouldn't let us take two ways and go to two people before Imam Al Mahdi's emergence like one goes to Ahmed and the other goes to Yamani, and its unwise and selfish to believe in someone because of his description "Yamani" without knowing who he actually is and what he actually is as Ahlulbayt pbut wouldn't mislead us.If we fit Ahmed to be the Yamani, we will realize that it is one man who calls to the possessor and guides to a path that is straight before Imam Al Mahdi's emergence as this is the only best solution in solving the questions that arise concerning the Mahdi disappearing during the timeframe of the Sufyani l.a. Other Sunni narrations: 69.AlSuyooti in Urf AlWardi with a chain from Saleh son of Abi AlJu'ud he said:"The Mahdi will be 21 years or 22 years and then another after him and he is righteous 24 years and then another who is righteous for 9 years"AlUrf AlWardi in Akhbar AlMahdi LilSuyooti h.251 The narrator is among the Thiqa and Taba'een and from the Rijal of the two Saheehs Mizan AlItidal AlThahabi v.2 p.109 h.3045 70.Fateh AlBari Sharh Saheeh AlBukhari for Ibn Hajar 20/266 #6682 From a long passage he said:Abu AlHussein son of AlMunadi:On the part where he collected about the Mahdi,it possible in the meaning of the hadeeth "(There will be 12 caliphates)meaning that this will happen after the Mahdi who will emerge in the end times,for I found in the book of Daniel,when the Mahdi dies,there will be 5 men ruling from the son of the oldest grandson and then 5 from the son of the

younger grandson and then the last one will pass his leadership from the son of the oldest grandson and then his son will rule and 12 kings will reign,each one of them is an Imam Mahdi,Ibn AlMunadi said:"and in the narration of Abi Saleh from IbnAbbas. The Mahdi's name is Muhammad son of Abdullah and he is a man whose beard is dyed in red,the nation will be relieved by him from all the depressions,and his justice will eliminate all the unjustice,and then after him will be 12 men." 71.Sayed Ibn Tawoos:"Salam Alaiko Ya Hujjat Allah on his earth..blessings of Allah be upon you and your Household the benevolent and pure...I get closer to Allah by you and your Household...my Master O Saheb AlZaman peace of Allah be upon you and your Household...Peace of Allah be upon you and your pure Household" Jamal AlIsboo p.41-42 Bihar AlAnwar v.99 p.215-216 72.Sheikh AlToosi:AlFathel Ibn Shathan from uthman son of Eissa from Saleh son of Abi AlAswad from Abi Abdullah pbuh he said:He mentioned AlSahla and said:"Verily, it is the house of our Saheb if he arrived with his family" 73.Imam Jaafer(a.s)says to O Aba Muhammad the narrator of the hadeeth"As if I see the Riser in the mosque of AlSahla with his family and children.I said:Would that be his house?He said:Yes." Bihar AlAnwar v.52 p.381 74.Imam AlSaadeq pbuh said:"From us after the Messenger pbuhap are 7 Imam successors where obeying them is obligatory, the 7th one is the Riser" "From us" meaning from Imam AlSaadiq pbuh, and if the 7th one here is meant Imam Al Mahdi pbuh it would not make him the Riser but someone after him and that is "Ahmed". "It is possible that the 7th one is from him because its apparent from his word"From us" it is an indication to himself and also we say from him[he]AlQaem[with the matter].And the report doesn't have "the seventh one from our first" and if what we say is possible, then the conflict drops" Gaibat AlToosi p.54 Abu Abdullah pbuh said:"On the head of the seventh one from us is the Faraj(relief)"Gaibat AlToosi p.53 75.So far there are 21 narrations which tell us that there is an Imam after Imam Al Mahdi and 53 narrations proving an offspring,lineage,family,children,successors from Imam Al Mahdi pbuh. Reading the Zyara of the two Askaris in Thya AlSaliheen it mentions "O Allah hasten the relief of your Wali(guardian)and the son of your Wali(guardian), and make our relief with their relief Ya Arham AlRahimeen(O Most merciful)."P.247 Thya AlSaliheen So we know from this dua that the Wali is Imam Al Mahdi a.s. and the son of the Wali of Imam Al Mahdi a.s. also exists according to this dua. Not only that, but this dua says make our relief with their relief, so we even expect a relief(Faraj)from the son of the Wali and we should hope that our relief be with his.