Kitāb al-Ghayba 1, record 152 of the digital edition

Shaykh Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan al-Ṭūsī · Refutation of all sects, which believed in Imamate of someone other than Master of the Age (a.s)

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84- فروى سعد بن عبد الله الأشعري قال: حدثني أبو هاشم داود بن القاسم الجعفري قال: كنت عند أبي الحسن العسكري عليه السلام وقت وفاة ابنه أبي جعفر، وقد كان أشار إليه ودل عليه، وإني لأفكر في نفسي وأقول: هذه قصة أبي إبراهيم عليه السلام وقصة إسماعيل. فأقبل علي أبو الحسن عليه السلام وقال: نعم،يا أبا هاشم. بدا لله في أبي جعفر وصير مكانه أبا محمد،كما بدا له في إسماعيل بعد ما دل عليه أبو عبد الله عليه السلام ونصبه. وهو كما حدثتك نفسك وإن كره المبطلون. أبو محمد ابني الخلف من بعدي؛ عنده ما تحتاجونه إليه ومعه آلة الإمامة، والحمد لله.

Translation

H 84 - Saad bin Abdullah Ashari said: Narrated to me Abu Hashim Dawood bin Qasim Ja’fari that: I was with Abul Hasan Askari [Imam Hadi] at the time when his son, Abu Ja’far passed away, Imam (a.s) pointed to him emphatically so that we may see his son, who had passed away. I said to myself: This is just how it happened in the case of Abu Ibrahim [Imam Kadhim (a.s)] and Ismail Ibn Ja’far that when Ismail passed away, Imam Sadiq (a.s) publicly announced his death, so that no one may claim that Ismail or his descendants are Imams. Thus Imam Hadi (a.s) came to me and said: Yes, Aba Hashim, change of destiny occurred (Bada) with regard to Abu Ja’far and Almighty Allah replaced him with Abu Muhammad as He did in the case of Ismail, son of Imam Sadiq (a.s), after Imam Ja’far Sadiq (a.s) had declared him to be the Imam after him and appointed him as his successor; just as you said to yourself, although it would be displeasing to the followers of falsehood, my son, Abu Muhammad is my successor and he is having all that which the Shia society is in need of and he is having the distinctive signs of Imamate, by the grace of God.

Translation: Sayyid Athar Husain S. H. Rizvi — published with the edition, reproduced verbatim.

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  1. H 84 - Saad bin Abdullah Ashari said: Narrated to me Abu Hashim Dawood bin Qasim Ja’fari that: I was with Abul Hasan Askari [Imam Hadi] at the time when his son, Abu Ja’far passed away, Imam (a.s) pointed to him emphatically so
  2. we may see his son, who had passed away. I said to myself: This is just how it happened in the case of Abu Ibrahim [Imam Kadhim (a.s)] and Ismail Ibn Ja’far
  3. when Ismail passed away, Imam Sadiq (a.s) publicly announced his death, so
  4. no one may claim
  5. Ismail or his descendants are Imams. Thus Imam Hadi (a.s) came to me and said: Yes, Aba Hashim

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