Hadith 6-36

حَدَّثَنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ زِيادِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْهَمَذانيّ رَضِىَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قالَ: حَدَّثَنا عَلِىُّ بْنُ إِبراهِيمَ بْنِ هاشِمِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ السَّلامِ بْنِ صالِحٍ الهَرَوِيِّ قالَ: أَخْبَرنا وَكِيعٌ، عَنِ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ عَنْ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمنِ بْنِ سَلِيطٍ قالَ: قالَ الحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِىِّ بْنِ أَبِي طالِبٍ‏عَلَيْهِمَا السَّلاَمُ: مِنَّا اثْنا عَشَرَ مَهْدِيّاً، أَوَّلُهُمْ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنينَ عَلِىُّ بْنُ أَبِي طالِبٍ‏ عَلَيْهِ السَّلامُ، وَآخِرُهُمْ التّاسِعُ مِنْ وُلْدِي وَهُوَ الْقائِمِ بِالْحَقِّ، يَحْيِيَ اللَّهُ تَعالى‏ بِهِ الأَرْضَ بَعْدَ مَوْتِها، وَيُظْهِرُ بِهِ دِينَ الحَقِّ عَلَى الدِّينِ كُلِّهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْمُشْرِكُونَ، لَهُ غَيْبَةٌ يَرْتَدُّ فِيها قَوْمٌ وَيَثْبُتُ عَلَى الدِّينِ فِيها آخِرُونَ، فَيُؤَذَوْنَ، فَيُقالُ لَهُمْ: مَتى‏ هذا الوَعْدُ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صادِقِينَ؟ أَما إِنَّ الصَّابِرَ فِي غَيْبَتِهِ عَلَى الأَذى‏ وَالتَّكْذِيبِ بِمَنْزِلَةِ الُمجاهِدِ بِالسَّيْفِ بَيْنِ يَدِيَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ‏ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ.

Ahmad ibn Ziyad ibn Ja’far al-Hamadani - may God be pleased with him - narrated that Ali ibn Ibrahim ibn Hashem quoted on the authority of his father, on the authority of Abdul Salam ibn Salih al-Harawi [29] , on the authority of Wakee’, on the authority of Ar-Rabee’ ibn Sa’d, on the authority of Abdurrahman ibn Saleet that Al-Husayn ibn Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) said, “There are twelve Mahdi’s (Divinely Guided Ones) among us. The first one is the Commander of the Faithful Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.). The last one is my ninth descendant who is the Riser for the Right. The Sublime God will revive the Earth by him after it perishes, and will make the Right Religion victorious over all religions by him, even though the atheists may not like this. There will be a period of absence for him during which some people will turn away from him while others remain steadfast in the religion and suffer. They will be told, “When is the promise fulfilled if you speak the truth?” Whoever perseveres and withstands the bothering and the denial of the people during his absence, it is as if he has fought in a holy war along with God’s Prophet (S).