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All the Imams (a.s.) rise for and with authority of Allah, the Most High and guide to Him Allah

alkafi-1406Vol. 1, p. 536

أَتَيْتُ أَبَا جَعْفَرٍ ع وَ هُوَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ عَلَيَّ نَذْرٌ بَيْنَ الرُّكْنِ وَ الْمَقَامِ إِنْ أَنَا لَقِيتُكَ أَنْ لَا أَخْرُجَ مِنَ الْمَدِينَةِ حَتَّى أَعْلَمَ أَنَّكَ قَائِمُ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ أَمْ لَا فَلَمْ يُجِبْنِي بِشَيْ‌ءٍ فَأَقَمْتُ ثَلَاثِينَ يَوْماً ثُمَّ اسْتَقْبَلَنِي فِي طَرِيقٍ فَقَالَ يَا حَكَمُ وَ إِنَّكَ لَهَاهُنَا بَعْدُ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ إِنِّي أَخْبَرْتُكَ بِمَا جَعَلْتُ لِلَّهِ عَ

“I went to see abu Ja‘far (a.s.) when he was in the city of al-Madina and I said to him, “I decided to make a vow and a covenant, while I was between the corner of the Ka‘ba and the place where Abraham had prayed, that when I would meet you I would not leave al-Madina until I would know with certainty that you are Al-Q

alkafi-1407Vol. 1, p. 536

كُلُّنَا قَائِمٌ بِأَمْرِ اللَّهِ وَاحِدٌ بَعْدَ وَاحِدٍ حَتَّى يَجِي‌ءَ صَاحِبُ السَّيْفِ فَإِذَا جَاءَ صَاحِبُ السَّيْفِ جَاءَ بِأَمْرٍ غَيْرِ الَّذِي كَانَ.

“He said, when he was asked about Al-Qa’im, “We all Al-Qa’im ((the one who will rise with Divine Authority) with the command of Allah one after the other until the time when the owner of the sword will rise. When the owner of the sword will rise he will rise with the command other than what it was.”

alkafi-1408Vol. 1, p. 536-537

قُلْتُ‌ لِأَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- يَوْمَ نَدْعُوا كُلَّ أُناسٍ بِإِمامِهِمْ‌[1] قَالَ إِمَامِهِمُ الَّذِي بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِهِمْ وَ هُوَ قَائِمُ أَهْلِ زَمَانِهِ‌[2].

“I asked abu ‘Abdallah (a.s.) about the meaning of , ‘On the day when We will call every nation with her Imam (leader) . .” (17:71) The Imam (a.s.) said, “It refers to the Imam who is with them and he is al-Qa’im of the people of that time.”

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