What is Narrated From Al-Askari عليه السلام Regarding the Designation of Al-qa'im

Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 36

What is Narrated From Al-Askari عليه السلام Regarding the Designation of Al-qa'im

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو طَالِبٍ الْمُظَفَّرُ بْنُ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ الْمُظَفَّرِ الْعَلَوِيُّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ كُلْثُومٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الرَّازِيُّ قَالَ: خَرَجَ بَعْضُ إِخْوَانِي مِنْ أَهْلِ الرَّيِّ مُرْتَاداً بَعْدَ مُضِيِّ أَبِي مُحَمَّدٍ ع فَبَيْنَمَا هُوَ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْكُوفَةِ مَغْمُوماً مُتَفَكِّراً فِيمَا خَرَجَ لَهُ يَبْحَثُ حَصَى الْمَسْجِدِ بِيَدِهِ فَظَهَرَتْ لَهُ حَصَاةٌ فِيهَا مَكْتُوبٌ مُحَمَّدٌ قَالَ الرَّجُلُ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَى الْحَصَاةِ فَإِذَا فِيهَا كِتَابَةٌ ثَابِتَةٌ مَخْلُوقَةٌ غَيْرُ مَنْقُوشَةٍ.

Narrated to us Abu Talib Muzaffar bin Ja’far bin Muzaffar Alawi : Narrated to us Ja’far bin Muhammad bin Masud from his father: Narrated to us Ahmad bin Ali bin Kulthum: Narrated to us Ali bin Ahmad ar-Raazi: “One of our brothers from the people of Rayy went out to investigate the situation after the passing away of Abu Muhammad . As he was in the course of his search in the Masjid of Kufa, thinking about the enterprise he had come for and touching the pebbles of the masjid with his hand, a pebble appeared to him that bore the writing: M.H.M.D. He saw that the writing was not engraved into the stone, but rather the inscription stood above and was raised over the surface of the pebble, as it had been created on it.”