The Mahdī is of the Descendants of al-Ḥusayn عليه السلام
Al-Imāma wa’l-Tabṣira min al-Ḥayra|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 6
Al-Imāma wa’l-Tabṣira min al-Ḥayra
Book 3, Chapter 6
The Mahdī is of the Descendants of al-Ḥusayn عليه السلام
سعد، عن ابن عيسى، عن موسى بن القاسم البجلّي، عن جعفر بن محمد بن سماعة، عن عبداللّه بن مسكان، عن الحكم بن الصلت، عن أبي جعفر الباقر، عن آبائه عليهم السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلّى الله عليه وآله وسلّم: خذوا بحجزة هذا الأنزع يعني عليّاً—فانّه الصدّيق الأكبر، وهو الفاروق، يفرّق بين الحقّ والباطل، من أحبّه هداه الله ومن أبغضه أبغضه الله، ومن تخلّف عنه محقه الله، ومنه سبطا اُمّتي: الحسن والحسين، هما إبناي، ومن الحسين أئمة هداة، أعطاهم الله علمي وفهمي، فتولّوهم ولا تتّخذوا وليجة من دونهم، فيحلّ عليكم غضب من ربّكم ومن يحلل عليه غضب من ربّه فقد هوى، ﴿وَمَا ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَآ إِلَّا مَتَـٰعُ ٱلْغُرُورِ﴾.
Saʿd, from Ibn ʿĪsā, from Mūsā b. al-Qāsim al-Bajallī, from Jaʿfar b. Muḥammad b. Samāʿa, from ʿAbd Allāh b. Muskān, from al-Ḥakam b. al-Ṣalt, from Abī Jaʿfar al-Bāqir, from his forefathers عليهم السلام, who narrate: “The Apostle of Allāh صلى الله عليه وعلى آله وسلم said: “Hold fast to the belt of this one whose hairline is receding,” referring to ʿAli—“for he is the greatest Truthful one, and the Distinguisher, who distinguishes between Truth and falsehood. Whoever loves him has been guided by Allāh, and Allāh hates whoever hates him. Whoever remains behind him will be obliterated by Allāh, and from him are the two grandsons of my community, al-Ḥasan and al-Ḥusayn, my two scions, and from al-Ḥusayn are the guiding Imams. Allāh has granted them my knowledge and my understanding, so affirm them as the ones in charge and do not take anyone besides them as a confidant,[1] lest wrath from your Lord descend upon you. Upon whomever wrath from his Lord descends is truly lost, and ﴾the life of this world is nothing but the wares of delusion.﴿” [3:185]