The prophet’s صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم Designation of the qa’im عليه السلام

Narrated to us more than one of our associates: Narrated to us Abu Ali Muhammad bin Hammam: Narrated to us Abdullah bin Ja’far from Ahmad bin Hilal from Muhammad bin Abi Umair from Saeed bin Ghazwan from Abi Baseer from Abi Abdullah عليه السلام narrates from his forefathers that the Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: “Surely Allah, Mighty and Glorified be He, chose Friday from the days, the the month of Ramadan from the months, the Night of Power (Lailatul Qadr) from the nights, chose me from all the Prophets and chose Ali عليه السلام from me. He granted him (Ali) superiority over all the successors. From Ali عليه السلام He chose Hasan عليه السلام and Husain عليه السلام and from Husain عليه السلام, He chose the successors from his descendants. They (descendants) will dispel the distortion of the exaggerators (ghaleen) from the Quran,the plagiarism of the liars and the interpretation of the deviated ones. The ninth of them is their Qaim (a.t.f.s.) and he is their apparent and their concealed.”