Narrations Regarding the Birth of Al-Qaim عليه السلام
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma|Volume 1|Book 2|Chapter 40
Kamāl al-Dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma
Book 2, Chapter 40
Narrations Regarding the Birth of Al-Qaim عليه السلام
12- حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا بِمَدِينَةِ السَّلَامِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلِيلَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنْ غِيَاثِ بْنِ أَسِيدٍ قَالَ: وُلِدَ الْخَلَفُ الْمَهْدِيُّ ع يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَ أُمُّهُ رَيْحَانَةُ وَ يُقَالُ لَهَا نَرْجِسُ وَ يُقَالُ صَقِيلُ وَ يُقَالُ سَوْسَنُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ قِيلَ لِسَبَبِ الْحَمْلِ صَقِيلُ وَ كَانَ مَوْلِدُهُ ع لِثَمَانِ لَيَالٍ خَلَوْنَ مِنْ شَعْبَانَ سَنَةَ سِتٍّ وَ خَمْسِينَ وَ مِائَتَيْنِ وَ وَكِيلُهُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ فَلَمَّا مَاتَ عُثْمَانُ أَوْصَى إِلَى ابْنِهِ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ وَ أَوْصَى أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ إِلَى أَبِي الْقَاسِمِ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ رُوحٍ وَ أَوْصَى أَبُو الْقَاسِمِ إِلَى أَبِي الْحَسَنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ السَّمُرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ قَالَ فَلَمَّا حَضَرَتِ السَّمُرِيَ الْوَفَاةُ سُئِلَ أَنْ يُوصِيَ فَقَالَ لِلَّهِ أَمْرٌ هُوَ بَالِغُهُ فَالْغَيْبَةُ التَّامَّةُ هِيَ الَّتِي وَقَعَتْ بَعْدَ مُضِيِّ السَّمُرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ.
12 - Narrated to us Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin Ishaq رضي الله عنه: Narrated to us Hasan bin Ali bin Zakariya in Baghdad: Narrated to us Abi Abdullah Muhammad bin Khailan: Narrated to me my father from his father from his grandfather from Ghiyath bin Usaid that he said:
“The successor, al-Mahdi, Divine bliss for him, was born on Friday. His mother was Raihana. She was (also) called Narjis, Saqeel and Susan. She was called Saqeel for the reason of the pregnancy. His birth was on the eighth night left from Shaban of the year 256 A.H. His representative was Uthman Ibne Saeed and when Uthman died, he appointed his son, Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibne Uthman his successor; and Abu Ja’far appointed Abul Qasim al-Husain al-Rauh his successor. Abul Qasim appointed Abul Hasan Ali Ibne Muhammad as-Saymoori, his successor, may Allah be pleased with them. When as-Saymoori reached his demise, he was asked to designate a legatee, to which he replied: For Allah is the command. He is its patron. The complete occultation is the one that began after as-Saymoori.”