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the teachers of these leading scholars. Yet among these [leading scholars] (1), not one narrated from [this] (2) al-Hasan ibn Alī al-Askarī, even though they narrated from many thousands of hadith scholars. How, then, can it be said, “The wider Muslim community transmitted a great deal from him”? Where are these reports?

His claim that “he was the finest man of his age” is of the same ilk (3).

[The Rāfidī’s Remarks concerning Muhammad ibn al-Hasan, Whom They Regard as the Mahdi, and the Response to Them]

Section (4).

The Rāfidī (5) said: “And his son (6) is our master, the Mahdi, [Muhammad] (7), peace be upon him. Ibn al-Jawzī narrated through his chain of transmission from Ibn Umar, who said: The Messenger of Allah—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—said: ‘At the end of time, a man from among my descendants will emerge whose name is like mine (8) and whose kunyah is the same as mine. He will fill the earth with justice (9), just as it had been filled

(1) “The leading scholars” is omitted from N and M. (2) “This” is an addition in H, R, and S. (3) Abū Muhammad al-Hasan ibn Alī ibn Muhammad, known as al-Khālis and al-Askarī, is regarded by the Rāfidah as the eleventh imam. He was born in Medina in 232 AH and moved with his father, al-Hādī, to Sāmarrā. Since it was known as Madīnat al-Askar, he, like his father, was called al-Askarī. He was righteous and devout and died in 260 AH. See his biography in *Wafayāt al-Ayān*, 1/372–373; *Shadharāt al-Dhahab*, 2/141; *al-Ibar*, 2/20; and *al-Alām*, 2/215–216. (4) H, R, and S read: “Section Twelve.” (5) In K, p. [0–9] 06 (M). (6) N and M read: “his son”; H, R, S, and W read: “and he was born”; K reads: “and his son was.” (7) “Muhammad” is omitted from N and M. (8) K reads: “His name is my name.” (9) K reads: “the earth with equity and justice.”

شُيُوخَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْأَئِمَّةِ، فَلَيْسَ فِي هَؤُلَاءِ [الْأَئِمَّةِ] (١) مَنْ رَوَى عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ [هَذَا] (٢) الْعَسْكَرِيِّ مَعَ رِوَايَتِهِمْ عَنْ أُلُوفٍ مُؤَلَّفَةٍ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْحَدِيثِ، فَكَيْفَ يُقَالُ: رَوَتْ عَنْهُ الْعَامَّةُ كَثِيرًا؟ وَأَيْنَ هَذِهِ الرِّوَايَاتُ؟ وَقَوْلُهُ: " إِنَّهُ كَانَ أَفْضَلَ أَهْلِ زَمَانِهِ " هُوَ مِنْ هَذَا النَّمَطِ (٣) . [كلام الرافضي على محمد بن الحسن المهدي عندهم والرد عليه] فَصْلٌ (٤) . قَالَ الرَّافِضِيُّ (٥) : " وَوَلَدُهُ (٦) مَوْلَانَا الْمَهْدِيُّ [مُحَمَّدٌ] (٧) عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ. رَوَى ابْنُ الْجَوْزِيِّ بِإِسْنَادِهِ إِلَى ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ -: " «يَخْرُجُ فِي آخِرِ الزَّمَانِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ وَلَدِي اسْمُهُ كَاسْمِي (٨) وَكُنْيَتُهُ كُنْيَتِي، يَمْلَأُ الْأَرْضَ عَدْلًا (٩) ، كَمَا مُلِئَتْ

(١) الْأَئِمَّةِ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٢) هَذَا: زِيَادَةٌ فِي (هـ) ، (ر) ، (ص) . (٣) أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، الْمُلَقَّبُ بِالْخَالِصِ وَبِالْعَسْكَرِيِّ، الْإِمَامُ الْحَادِي عَشَرَ عِنْدَ الرَّافِضَةِ، وُلِدَ فِي الْمَدِينَةِ سَنَةَ: ٢٣٢ وَانْتَقَلَ مَعَ أَبِيهِ الْهَادِي إِلَى سَامَرَّا وَكَانَ اسْمُهَا مَدِينَةَ الْعَسْكَرِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ مِثْلَ أَبِيهِ الْعَسْكَرِيَّ، وَكَانَ صَالِحًا عَابِدًا، وَتُوُفِّيَ سَنَةَ: ٢٦٠. انْظُرْ تَرْجَمَتَهُ فِي: وَفَيَاتِ الْأَعْيَانِ ١/٣٧٢ ٣٧٣، شَذَرَاتِ الذَّهَبِ ٢/١٤١، الْعِبَرِ ٢/٢٠، الْأَعْلَامِ ٢/٢١٥٢١٦. (٤) هـ، ر، ص: الْفَصْلُ الثَّانِيَ عَشَرَ. (٥) فِي (ك) ص [٠ - ٩] ٠٦ (م) . (٦) ن، م: وَلَدُ، هـ، ر، ص، و: وَوُلِدَ، ك: وَكَانَ وَلَدُهُ. (٧) مُحَمَّدٌ: سَاقِطَةٌ مِنْ (ن) ، (م) . (٨) ك: اسْمُهُ اسْمِي. . (٩) ك: الْأَرْضَ قِسْطًا وَعَدْلًا. .