Sunday, December 25, 2011

How to Say Mahdi's Name

As we have many adīth that gives the prohibition of naming the 12th Imām (عليه السلام), so how should we mention him (عليه السلام) then? Here is a Hasan (Good) adīth on how we should say the mention him (عليه السلام).

حدثنا محمد بن الحسن رضي الله عنه قال حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله قال حدثنا أبو جعفر محمد بن أحمد العلوي عن أبي هاشم داود بن القاسم الجعفري قال سمعت أبا الحسن صاحب العسكر ع يقول الخلف من بعدي ابني الحسن فكيف لكم بالخلف من بعد الخلف فقلت و لم جعلني الله فداك فقال لأنكم لا ترون شخصه و لا يحل لكم ذكره باسمه قلت فكيف نذكره قال قولوا الحجة من آل محمد ص
From Abī Hāshim Dāwud bin al-Qāsim al-Ja`farī said I heard Abā al-Hasan Sāhib al-`Askarī (al-Hādī) say: “The successor after me is my son al-Hasan (al-`Askarī), and what will do you with the successor after (my) successor?” I said: “May Allāh make me your sacrifice, why?” So he (عليه السلام) said: “Because you will not see him physically, and it is not permissible to mention him by his (عليه السلام) name” So I said: “How should we mention him (عليه السلام)?” He (عليه السلام) said: “Say: ‘The Proof from the Family of Muhammad’ (al-Hujjah min Aali Muhammad)”
Source:
1.     `Alī bin Bābuwayh al-Qummī, al-Imām wa al-Tabṣirah (Qum: Madrisah al-Imām al-Mahdī, 1st ed., 1404), pg. 118
2.     al-Sadūq, Kamāl al-Dīn, ed. `Alī Akbar al-Ghaffāri, (Qum: Mu’assasah al-Nashr al-Islāmi, 1405), ch. 37, pg. 381, ḥadīth # 5

1 comment:

  1. Salam,

    Please correct me if I'm wrong, if I'm not mistaken, some early `ulama said that prohibition to say Imam Mahdi (as)'s name is temporary. What do you think?

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