Evidence of the Imamate of Imam Musa Kadhim عليه السلام and refutation of Waqifiya

Kitāb al-Ghayba|Volume 1|Book 1|Chapter 11

Evidence of the Imamate of Imam Musa Kadhim عليه السلام and refutation of Waqifiya

41- قال وحدثني أحمد بن الحسن قال حدثني يحيى بن إسحاق العلوي عن أبيه قال دخلت على أبي عبد الله عليه السلام فسألته عن صاحب هذا الأمر من بعده، قال: صاحب البهمة. وأبو الحسن في ناحيـة الدار ومعه عناق مكية ويقول لهـا: اسجدي لله الذي خلقك. ثم قال: أما إنه الذي يملأها قسطاً وعدلاً كما ملئت ظلما وجورا.

H 41 - Narrated to me Ahmad bin Hasan that: Narrated to me Yahya bin Ishaq Alawi from his father that: We came to Imam Ja’far Sadiq and inquired from him about his successor. Imam said: The same who is with that animal. At that moment Abul Hasan Imam Kadhim was in a section of the house with a lamb and telling it: Prostrate for the God, Who has created you. After that, Imam Ja’far Sadiq said: Know that he is the one who would fill the earth with justice and equity, just as it would be fraught with injustice and oppression.

<p class='libAr' dir='rtl'>فأول ما فيه أنه سأله عن مستحق هذا الأمر بعده فقال: صاحب البهمة،وهذا نص عليه بالإمامة.وقوله: أما إنه يملأها قسطاً وعدلاً كما ملئت ظلما وجورا لا يمتنع أن يكون المراد أن من ولده من يملأها قسطاً وعدلاً وإذا احتمل ذلك سقطت المعارضة.Explanation: The interpretation of the report is that the questioner asked the Imam about someone eligible for this post after him and the Imam عليه السلام said: The owner of Bahima [animal], this statement is textual declaration (Nass) on the Imamate of Imam Kazim عليه السلام and as for the fact that the Imam said: Know that he would fill up the earth with justice and equity, just as it would be fraught with injustice and inequity. It does not rule out that the aim of the Imam is that one of his descendants would fill up the earth with justice and equity. When this possibility is right, there is no other contradiction in it.
Author: Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī