After Hasan and Husain عليه السلام No Two Brothers Can Be Imams
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 38
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma
Book 2, Chapter 38
After Hasan and Husain عليه السلام No Two Brothers Can Be Imams
9- حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ فَضَّالٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ سَالِمٍ قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِلصَّادِقِ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ ع الْحَسَنُ أَفْضَلُ أَمِ الْحُسَيْنُ فَقَالَ الْحَسَنُ أَفْضَلُ مِنَ الْحُسَيْنِ قَالَ قُلْتُ فَكَيْفَ صَارَتِ الْإِمَامَةُ مِنْ بَعْدِ الْحُسَيْنِ فِي عَقِبِهِ دُونَ وُلْدِ الْحَسَنِ فَقَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى أَحَبَّ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ سُنَّةَ مُوسَى وَ هَارُونَ جَارِيَةً فِي الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ ع أَلَا تَرَى أَنَّهُمَا كَانَا شَرِيكَيْنِ فِي النُّبُوَّةِ كَمَا كَانَ الْحَسَنُ وَ الْحُسَيْنُ شَرِيكَيْنِ فِي الْإِمَامَةِ وَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ جَعَلَ النُّبُوَّةَ فِي وُلْدِ هَارُونَ وَ لَمْ يَجْعَلْهَا فِي وُلْدِ مُوسَى وَ إِنْ كَانَ مُوسَى أَفْضَلَ مِنْ هَارُونَ ع قُلْتُ فَهَلْ يَكُونُ إِمَامَانِ فِي وَقْتٍ وَاحِدٍ قَالَ لَا إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ أَحَدُهُمَا صَامِتاً مَأْمُوماً لِصَاحِبِهِ وَ الْآخَرُ نَاطِقاً إِمَاماً لِصَاحِبِهِ فَأَمَّا أَنْ يَكُونَا إِمَامَيْنِ نَاطِقَيْنِ فِي وَقْتٍ وَاحِدٍ فَلَا قُلْتُ فَهَلْ تَكُونُ الْإِمَامَةُ فِي أَخَوَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْحَسَنِ وَ الْحُسَيْنِ ع قَالَ لَا إِنَّمَا هِيَ جَارِيَةٌ فِي عَقِبِ الْحُسَيْنِ ع كَمَا قَالَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَ وَ جَعَلَها كَلِمَةً باقِيَةً فِي عَقِبِهِ ثُمَّ هِيَ جَارِيَةٌ فِي الْأَعْقَابِ وَ أَعْقَابِ الْأَعْقَابِ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ.
9 - Narrated to us Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Ishaq رضي الله عنه: Informed us Ahmad bin Muhammad Hamadani: Narrated to us Ali bin Hasan bin Ali bin Faddal from his father from Hisham bin Saalim that: I asked As-Sadiq Ja’far bin Muhammad عليه السلام:
“Who is superior, Hasan or Husain? He replied: Hasan is superior to Husain. I said: Then how come the Imamate has come in the generations of Husain after him? And not in the generations of Hasan? The Imam said: Allah, the Mighty and Sublime wanted to effect the Sunnah of Musa and Harun in Hasan and Husain عليه السلام.
Have you not seen that they shared prophethood like Hasan and Husain shared Imamate and Allah, the Mighty and Sublime placed prophethood in the progeny of Harun and not in the progeny of Musa, even though Musa was superior to Harun عليه السلام? I said: Would there be two Imams at the same time? He replied: No, except that one of them may be silent and under the command of the other. And the other will be the speaking Imam for his counterpart.
But as to whether there can be two speaking Imams at the same time? No. I said: Would Imamate be inherited between two brothers after Hasan and Husain عليه السلام? He said: No, it will continue in the progeny of Husain عليه السلام like Allah, the Mighty and Sublime has said: And he made it a word to continue in his posterity. Thus Imamate will continue in his progeny generation after generation till the Judgment Day.”
“Who is superior, Hasan or Husain? He replied: Hasan is superior to Husain. I said: Then how come the Imamate has come in the generations of Husain after him? And not in the generations of Hasan? The Imam said: Allah, the Mighty and Sublime wanted to effect the Sunnah of Musa and Harun in Hasan and Husain عليه السلام.
Have you not seen that they shared prophethood like Hasan and Husain shared Imamate and Allah, the Mighty and Sublime placed prophethood in the progeny of Harun and not in the progeny of Musa, even though Musa was superior to Harun عليه السلام? I said: Would there be two Imams at the same time? He replied: No, except that one of them may be silent and under the command of the other. And the other will be the speaking Imam for his counterpart.
But as to whether there can be two speaking Imams at the same time? No. I said: Would Imamate be inherited between two brothers after Hasan and Husain عليه السلام? He said: No, it will continue in the progeny of Husain عليه السلام like Allah, the Mighty and Sublime has said: And he made it a word to continue in his posterity. Thus Imamate will continue in his progeny generation after generation till the Judgment Day.”