Falsifying all those who claim special Deputyship It is the unanimous belief of the Shias that the system ofduring the Greater Occultation special deputyship came to an end with the passing away of the great Shaykh, Ali Ibne Muhammad Seymoori (r.a.) He was the last of the four special deputies of Imam (a.s.) during the lesser occultation (Ghaibat-e-Sughra) passing away of Ali Ibne Muhammad Seymoori (r.a.) the period of Greater occultation started and during this period the point of reference for Shias are the scholars of religion well-versed in jurisprudence and on the pinnacle of piety. Thus anyone who claims to be a special deputy of Imam (a.s.) during this period is a liar and a renegade. Rather, it is indispensable tenet of Imamiyah faith and none of our scholars have disputed it. This is the best proof. Moreover, the good prophecy of Imam (a.s.) with regard to the birth of Shaykh Sadooq also proves this. The book Kamaluddin has a narration from Abu Muhammad Hasan bin Ahmad Maktab who says that in the year of Ali Ibne Muhammad Saymoori's death he visited Baghadad. He went to meet Ali Ibne Muhammad Saymoori a few days before his demise. Ali Ibne Muhammad Saymoori showed the people a letter from Imam (a.s.) (Tawqee). It was as follows: "In the Name of Allah the Beneficent the Merciful. O Ali Ibne Muhammad Saymoori: May Allah give good rewards to your brethren concerning you (i.e. on your death), for indeed you shall die after six days. So prepare your affairs and do not appoint anyone to take your place after your death. For the second occultation has now occurred and there can be no appearance until, after a long time when Allah gives this permission, hearts become hardened and the world becomes filled with injustice. And someone will come to my partisans (Shia) claiming that he has seen me, beware of anyone claiming to have seen me before the rise of al-Sufyani and the outcry from the sky, for he shall be a slanderous liar. And there is no strength and Might except Allah, the high and the Mighty." Maktab says that he copied the tawqee and went away from there and when he returned on the sixth day he found Ali Ibne Muhammad Saymoori in a dying condition. When he was asked regarding his successor he said: "The Almighty Allah shall Himself take the affair to its completion." (Kamaluddin Vol. 2 Pg.. 516) In the above tradition 'meeting' implies special deputyship because the Ziarat of Imam (a.s.) is possible in Ghaibat-e-Kubra (greater occultation) also. |
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