Those Who Denied the Qaim عليه السلام as the 12th Imam

Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 37
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma

Book 2, Chapter 37

Those Who Denied the Qaim عليه السلام as the 12th Imam

4- حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْكُوفِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَهْلُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ الْآدَمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ مَحْبُوبٍ‌ عَنْ‌ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ الْعَبْدِيِّ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي يَعْفُورٍ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع‌ مَنْ أَقَرَّ بِالْأَئِمَّةِ مِنْ آبَائِي وَ وُلْدِي وَ جَحَدَ الْمَهْدِيَّ مِنْ وُلْدِي كَانَ كَمَنْ أَقَرَّ بِجَمِيعِ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ وَ جَحَدَ مُحَمَّداً ص فَقُلْتُ يَا سَيِّدِي وَ مَنِ الْمَهْدِيُّ مِنْ وُلْدِكَ قَالَ الْخَامِسُ مِنْ وُلْدِ السَّابِعِ يَغِيبُ عَنْهُمْ شَخْصُهُ وَ لَا يَحِلُّ لَهُمْ تَسْمِيَتُهُ.
4 - Narrated to us Ali bin Ahmad bin Muhammad رضي الله عنه: Narrated to us Muhammad bin Abi Abdullah Kufi: Narrated to us Sahl bin Ziyad Adami: Narrated to us Hasan bin Mahboob from Abdul Aziz Abdi from Ibne Abi Yafur that he said: Abi Abdullah عليه السلام said: “One who has faith in the Imams from my forefathers and my descendants, but denies the Mahdi from my progeny, is like one who believes in all the prophets but rejects Muhammad صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم. I said: My chief, who is the Mahdi from your progeny? He replied: The fifth descendant of the seventh Imam, whose person will remain hidden from your view and uttering his name is unlawful for you.”