About the Prohibition on Uttering his Given Name عليه السلام
Al-Imāma wa’l-Tabṣira min al-Ḥayra|Volume 1|Book 3|Chapter 9
Al-Imāma wa’l-Tabṣira min al-Ḥayra
Book 3, Chapter 9
About the Prohibition on Uttering his Given Name عليه السلام
سعد بن عبداللّه، عن محمد بن أحمد العلوي، عن أبي هاشم الجعفري، قال: سمعت أبا الحسن العسكري عليه السلام، يقول: الخلف (من بعدي إبني الحسن) فكيف لكم بالخلف من بعد الخلف؟ قلت: ولِمَ؟ جعلني الله فداك. قال: لأنّكم لا ترون شخصه، ولا يحلّ لكم ذكره باسمه. قلت: فكيف نذكره؟ فقال: قولوا الحجّة من آل محمد صلوات الله عليه وسلامه.
Saʿd b. ʿAbd Allāh, from Muḥammad b. Aḥmad al-ʿAlawī, from Abī Hāshim al-Jaʿfarī, who narrated: “I heard Abā’l-Ḥasan al-ʿAskarī عليه السلام saying: “The successor (after me, is my son al-Ḥasan), but how will you deal with the successor after the successor?” I said: “Why? May Allāh make me your sacrifice.” He stated: “Because you will not see his person, nor will it be allowable for you to mention him by his given name.” I followed up: “So, how are we to mention him?,” whereupon he replied: “Say “the Divine authority from the House of Muḥammad,” may Allāh’s salutations be upon him, and His peace.”