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

Narrated to us Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Ishaq رضي الله عنه: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Hammam Abu Ali from Abdullah bin Ja’far from Hasan bin Musa Khashshab from Abi Muthanna Nakhai from Zaid bin Ali bin Husain bin Ali from his father Ali bin Husain عليه السلام from his father Husain bin Ali عليه السلام that he said: The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: “How can that people be destroyed whose foremost are me, Ali and eleven of my descendants, the possessors of signs and whose last is Masih, the son of Maryam. But between these two eras, he will be destroyed who is not from me and I am not from him.”