Ahmed Alhasan

Ahmed Al-Hasan (pbuh) is the first one who ever claimed to be “Ahmad” mentioned in the will.

Furthermore he is the one who brought this will to the attention of the Muslims after it has been hidden in their own books for thousands of years.

 

To further proof his truthfulness he wrote the following text and clarified therein, why the will can not be claimed by a liar:

 

“And the will is a book written by the Messenger of Allah (pbuhap) during the final moments of his life, in obedience to His saying swt,

 

'180 Prescribed for you when death approaches one of you if he leaves a will [is that he should make] a bequest for the parents and near relatives according to what is acceptable - a duty upon the righteous.'

Surat al-Baqara (The Cow) 2:180.

 

And he described it to be a prevention from misguidance for whoever holds on to it at all times, and I emphasize that it is during the final moments of his life because he is a prophet who is inspired, so what he says during the final moments of his life is the essence of his message and what protects the religion after him, especially given the intensity of his illness and the pains of the poison that were shredding his liver, he was still greatly concerned about writing this book and describing it to be a prevention from misguidance.

Thus this book is of great importance such that Allah swt, who was merciful towards Muhammad pbuhap to the extent that he would pity him due to the abundance of worship that would exhaust his body, so He would address him by saying,  

 

'1 Ta, Ha. 2 We have not sent down to you the Quran that you be distressed.'

(Surat Ta Ha (طه)i20:1-2.)

 

We find Him swt, with the intensity of His mercy toward Muhammad pbuhap, and his pity upon him, he obligates Muhammad pbuhap during the final moments of his life to dictate a book and describe it to be a prevention from misguidance in the testimony of all people, despite what Muhammad pbuhap was suffering due to the pains of the poison that was going through his body and shredding his liver.

And these are some of the texts in which the Messenger Muhammad pbuhap described the book of the will to be a prevention from misguidance and during the final moments of his life, as on the day of Thursday, he wanted to write it for all the nation and he wanted the general people to witness it, but a group prevented him and doubted his mental ability and said that he is delirious (Meaning that he is hallucinating and does not know what he is saying) so he expelled them, and the Messenger of Allah remained after the day of Thursday until the day of his death, Monday.

So on the night in which he died, he wrote his will and dictated it to Ali pbuh, and some of the companions who were in favor of writing it on Thursday witnessed it:   

In the books of the Sunnis:

Narrated Said bin Jubair that he heard Ibn Abbas saying,

 

“Thursday! And you know not what Thursday is? After that Ibn abbas wept till the stones on the ground were soaked with his tears. On that I asked Ibn ‘Abbas, What is (about) Thursday?” He said, “When the condition (i.e. health) of Allah’s Apostle deteriorated he said, ‘Bring me a bone of scapula, so that I may write something for you after which you will never go astray.’ The people differed in their opinions although it was improper to differ in front of a prophet, They said, ‘What is wrong with him? Do you think he is delirious? Ask him (to understand). The Prophet replied, ‘Leave me as I am in a better state than what you are asking me to do.’ Then the Prophet ordered them to do three things saying, ‘Turn out all the pagans from the Arabian Peninsula, show respect to all foreign delegates by giving them gifts as I used to do.’ The sub-narrator added, the third order was something beneficial which either Ibn Abbas did not mention or he mentioned but I forgot.”

(Sahih Bukhari Vol. 4, Book 53, Number 393

http://www.islamhouse.com/p/70510)

 

Sa’id b. Jubair reported from Ibn Abbas that he said,

“Thursday, and what about Thursday? Then tears began to flow until I saw them on his cheeks as it they were the strings of pearls. He (the narrator) said that Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) said, ‘Bring me a shoulder blade and inkpot (or tablet and inkpot), so that I write for you a document (by following which) you will never go astray.’ They said, ‘Allah’s Messenger (may peace upon him) is in the state of unconsciousness.’”

(Sahih Muslim, Book 13, narration 4015

http://www.islamhouse.com/p/70896)

 

In the books of the Shia,

Sulaym bin Qais al-Hilali said, “I heard Salman saying,

‘I heard Ali pbuh, after that man (Umar) said what he said, and the Messenger of Allah pbuhap became angry and pushed away the paper, saying, “Shall we not ask the Messenger of Allah pbuhap about what he had wanted to write in the paper, that which if he had written, no one would be misguided and no two would disagree?”’”

(The Book of Sulaym bin Qais, page 398.)

 

Sulaym bin Qais al-Hilali said that Imam Ali pbuh said to Talha,

“Have you not witnessed the Messenger of Allah pbuhap when he called for the paper to write on it that with which the nation will not be misguided or in disagreement, so your companion said what he said, that the prophet of Allah is delirious, so the Messenger of Allah pbuhap became angry … ?”

(The Book of Sulaym bin Qais, page 211.)

 

Sulaym bin Qais said that Ali pbuh said to Talha, in a long speech at the mentioning of the immigrants and the ansar, and their show of their virtues,

“O Talha, have I not witnessed the Messenger of Allah pbuhap when he called us for the paper to write on it that with which the nation will never disagree or be misguided, so your companion said what he said that the Messenger of Allah is delirious, so the Messenger of Allah pbuhap became angry and left it?” Talha said, “Yes, you did.”

(Al-Ghayba by al-Numani page 81.)

 

The book of Al-Ghayba by Sheikh al-Toosi contains the only narrated text of the book preventing misguidance which the Messenger of Allah pbuhap wished to write, as previously shown and in the most authentic books of the Sunnis, Bukhari and Muslim. (Click here to read full will)

And the Messenger’s description of it to be a prevention from misguidance at all times makes it impossible for a person of falsehood to claim it. And whoever says that its claim by the ones of falsehood is possible, he is accusing Allah swt of being incapable of protecting a book which He described to be a prevention from misguidance for whoever held on to it, or he is accusing Allah of lying because He described the book to be a prevention from misguidance at all times and yet again it was not, or he is accusing Allah of ignorance because He described it with a description that does not apply to it, ignorant of its state, and He swt is far above these descriptions and He is far above what the ignorant ones say.

Thus the Knowledgeable, the Capable, the Wise, the Absolute One swt must protect the text, which He described to be a prevention from misguidance for whoever held on to it, protect it from the ones of falsehood claiming it until its rightful owner claims it and the purpose of it is fulfilled. Otherwise, He would have been ignorant or incapable or lying or a deceiver and a tempter to follow falsehood for those who hold on to His speech. And it is impossible that Allah swt would be ignorant or incapable because He is an Absolute, Knowledgeable and Capable One, and it is impossible that lying would come from the Truth swt because He is Honest and Wise and He cannot be described to be lying.

Otherwise, it would not be possible to rely on His saying in any matter and the religion would have been negated.  And the text of the vicegerent of Allah on His earth mentioning the one who comes after him, with its description to be a prevention from misguidance for whoever holds on to it, is a divine text and must be protected by Allah from the liars and the people of falsehood claiming it, until its rightful owner claims it. Otherwise, it would be a lie and a temptation for the tested ones to follow falsehood. And this is a matter that does not come from the Knowledgeable, the Honest, the Capable, the Wise, the Absolute One swt.  

So if a person who knows the unseen and the consequences of things told you that if you wanted to drink water, drink it from here and I guarantee you that you will never be drinking poison from this place, and you then drank poison from that place, what does that make of the one who guaranteed? He is either ignorant, or a liar to begin with, or incapable of the guarantee, or he broke his promise. So can the one who believes in Allah accept for Allah to be described with ignorance or lies or incapability or breaking a promise? Allah swt is far above that.  

And in the Quran and in their narrations pbut, Allah swt ensured the protection of the divine text from being claimed by the people of falsehood. So the people of falsehood are prevented from claiming it, thus the matter is prevented like the Almighty said,

 

'44 And if Muhammad had fabricated about Us some sayings, 45 We would have seized him by the right hand; 46 Then We would have cut the aorta from him.'.

(Surat al-Haaqqa (The Reality) 69:44-46.)

 

And the entirety of the fabricated sayings about Allah always exists and it did not happen that Allah prevented it, and it is not necessary that Allah would make those who fabricate sayings about Allah perish directly. Rather He swt has reprieved them until a certain time and this is known by whoever tracked the calls of clear falsehood such as the call of Musaylima.

Thus certainly, what is intended in the verse is not absolutely all of the fabricated sayings about Allah, rather what is intended is the fabricated saying about Allah through claiming the divine speech by which the proof is established. At that time, it is inevitable for Allah to intervene to defend the divine speech by which the proof is established, which is the divine text that the vicegerent of Allah transmits to personify the one after him, the text described to be a prevention from misguidance, whereas if He swt does not intervene, that is against wisdom, and an example for this saying or text is the will of Jesus pbuh mentioning the Messenger Muhammad pbuhap, and the will of the Messenger Muhammad pbuhap mentioning the Imams and the Mahdis pbut. So the verse is clarifying that these fabricated sayings are impossible therefore the text is protected for its rightful owner and it is not claimed by other than him. And there are narrations showing that the verse is concerning the divine text mentioning the vicegerents of Allah in particular, thus it is a divine text that Allah must protect until it reaches its rightful owner. Therefore, it is a divine text protected from any intervention that affects it, whether this intervention was at the stage of transmitting it to the vicegerent who will convey it or the stage, or stages, of it reaching the vicegerent who will claim it.  

And there are narrations that clarified this truth, which is that the fabricated sayings in this verse are concerning the divine text:

 

Muhammad bin al-Futhayl said,

“I asked Imam Abu al-Hassan pbuh about the saying of Allah (m), 'They want to extinguish the light of Allah with their mouths', and he pbuh said, “They want to extinguish the allegiance to the Prince of Believers pbuh with their mouths.” I said, and what about 'Allah refuses except to perfect His light'? He said, ‘Allah refuses except to perfect the Imamate.’ …  I asked about His saying, 'Indeed, it is the word of a generous messenger', he said, ‘Meaning Gabriel from Allah, concerning the allegiance to Ali pbuh.’ So I asked about 'And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe.', he pbuh said, ‘They said that Muhammad lies concerning his Lord, and Allah has not commanded him with this concerning Ali, so Allah sent down a Quran concerning that and said that the allegiance to Ali is sent down from the Lord of the worlds. 'And if Muhammad had fabricated about Us some sayings, We would have seized him by the right hand; Then We would have cut the aorta from him.'’”

(Al-Kafi Vol. 1 page 434.)

 

Moreover, Imam al-Sadiq pbuh said,

“This matter is not claimed by anyone other than its rightful owner, without Allah cutting off his life.”

(Al-Kafi by al-Kulaini Vol. 1 page 372.)

 

So the person of falsehood is incapable of claiming the divine will that is described to prevents misguidance for whoever holds onto it, or that his claim of it is coupled with his perishing before this call comes out to the people, as reprieving him while he claimed the will is built on either ignorance or incapability or lies from the one who promised that those who hold onto it would not be misguided and these are impossible matters concerning the Absolute Truth swt.

This is why the Almighty said,

 

'45 We would have seized him by the right hand; 46 Then We would have cut the aorta from him.'.

 

And al-Sadiq pbuh said, “without Allah cutting off his life.”

 

And for further clarification, I say that the verse matches the previous rational conclusion which is that the fabricated sayings are prevented and not possible, as His saying swt,

 

'44 And if Muhammad had fabricated about Us some sayings, 45 We would have seized him by the right hand; 46 Then We would have cut the aorta from him.'

 

means that the perishing is prevented because the fabricated sayings are prevented, meaning that if he were to fabricate sayings, he would have perished. And the verse speaks to those who do not believe in Muhammad pbuhap and the Quran, therefore the proof used is the words in the verse and not the verse itself being words of Allah, because they do not believe in that. Rather, the proof used is the content of the verse, meaning a proof using what is rationally established to them, which is that the divine text described to be a prevention from misguidance for whoever holds onto it cannot be claimed by other than its rightful owner, because to say that it can be claimed by other than its owner obligates attributing ignorance or incapability or lying to Allah swt. Therefore the claiming of the divine text which personifies the successor, which is described to be a prevention from misguidance for whoever holds on to it, cannot happen, by reason, quran and narrations. This means that the text is protected from being claimed until its rightful owner claims it, in order for the purpose of the text to be fulfilled which is the prevention from misguidance for the tested one who is holding on to it, like Allah swt promised him.

And for further clarification and detailing:  I say that the claimant of the divine text can either be a claimant of the personifying text described as a prevention from misguidance for whoever holds on to it, then this claimant is truthful and cannot be a liar or a person of falsehood because this text must be protected from the claims of the liars and the people of falsehood; otherwise, Allah would have commanded the people to hold on to that which can misguide them, and still called it a prevention from misguidance at all times, and this is a lie that is impossible to come from Allah; or that he would be a claimant of the divine position but he does not claim the personifying text described to be a prevention from misguidance for whoever holds on to it. And this claimant either has a claim confusing for some of the tested ones due to their ignorance on some matters — and for this person, Allah might let the verse apply to him and make him perish by His mercy to the worshippers, even if He swt does that some time after his claim is made, although there is no proof or excuse for whoever follows him  —  or it is not a possibility for one to be confused about him unless one is a requester of falsehood, thus follows a person without a personifying text, as I clarified, and still, many foolish acts come from him and Allah makes his falsehood clear and evident for the people. And for this claimant, there is no need for the verse to apply to him.

Moreover, he might be reprieved for a long period of time, thus he is left for those who foolishly request falsehood. Here is an approach to make the matter more clear: Let us assume that there are three circles; a white, a gray and a black one. The white circle is protected from having a liar enter it, therefore, whoever enters it is an honest claimant and must be believed, so the verse

 

'44 And if Muhammad had fabricated about Us some sayings, 45 We would have seized him by the right hand; 46 Then We would have cut the aorta from him'

 

must apply in this circle. And the gray circle is not protected from a liar entering it, thus those in it cannot be relied upon or believed, in spite of that, it is possible that it would be protected at times from the liar after his entrance, due to mercy toward the worshippers although there is no excuse for them to follow whoever is in this circle. Thus the verse is possible to apply in this circle but not obligatory to apply. And the third circle is black and not protected from having a liar enter it. Moreover, it is the circle of the liars and it is clearly the circle of the liars so there is no need to protect it from the liars to begin with, not before their entrance nor after it. So the verse has no place in this circle. Therefore, it must be noted that our speech is concerning the prevention of claiming the text described to be a prevention from misguidance and not concerning the claim of the divine position in general, as the claim of the divine position or the prophecy or the vicegerency of Allah on His earth falsely and foolishly and without using the will (the personifying text) as proof has happened often and perhaps those who falsely claimed it remained alive for a period of time, and an example of them is Musaylima the Liar who claimed to be a prophet in the life of the Messenger of Allah Muhammad pbuhap, and Musaylima remained alive after the death of the Messenger of Allah Muhammad pbuhap. So the claim without the testimony of Allah and the text of Allah and without the will is of no value and it is the claim of a foolish one. So whoever believes such a false claimant has no excuse before Allah. Therefore what is intended is not the absolute prevention of the claim by the people of falsehood; rather, what is intended is preventing them from claiming the personifying text described to be a prevention from misguidance for whoever holds onto it, and it is the will of the vicegerent of Allah to the people. And this prevention, which we proved rationally and which the Quranic text and the narrations confirmed is also confirmed by the reality; as the passing of hundreds of years over the text without anyone claiming it is enough to prove this fact. So hundreds of years passed over the wills of the prophets in the Torah and the will of Jesus pbuh and no one claimed it other than Muhammad pbuhap and his successors (wasi) after him, and no one claimed the will of the Prophet pbuhap other than the Imams pbut. And Imam al-Retha pbuh used this reality as a proof against the Catholicos after he showed the text from the previous prophets mentioning the Messenger Muhammad pbuhap from the Torah and the Gospel. And the Catholicos argued that these texts can apply to more than one person. So the argument of Imam al-Retha pbuh against the Catholicos was that it never happened that the wills were claimed by the people of falsehood. And this is the text,

 

“The Catholicos said, “But it was not authentically established for us that it is this Muhammad, as his name is Muhammad yet it is invalid for us to acknowledge his prophecy for you, and we are in doubt whether it was your Muhammad.” So Imam al-Retha pbuh said, “You use doubt as a proof, has Allah in the previous times or the latter, from Adam until this day ever dispatched a prophet named Muhammad? And you find him in some of the books that Allah has sent down upon all the prophets besides Muhammad?”

So they refrained from responding to him.”

(Ithbat al-Hudat Vol. 1 pages 194-195.)

 

So the use of this text as a proof by the previous successors (wasi) is a proof upon whoever believes in them. And Jesus and Muhammad pbut used it is a proof. So Jesus pbuh used the text of the previous prophets that mentions him as a proof although he was not directly mentioned . And Muhammad pbuhap, as mentioned in the Quran, used the text of Jesus pbuh mentioning him as a proof, and the text of the prophets before Jesus pbut mentioning him.

The Almighty said,

 

'6 And [mention] when Jesus, the son of Mary, said, “O children of Israel, indeed I am the messenger of Allah to you confirming what came before me of the Torah and bringing good tidings of a messenger to come after me, whose name is Ahmad.” But when he came to them with clear evidences, they said, “This is obvious magic.”'

(Surat as-Saff (The Ranks) 61:6.)

 

'157 Those who follow the Messenger, the Ummi prophet, whom they find written in what they have of the Torah and the Gospel, who enjoins upon them what is right and forbids them what is wrong and makes lawful for them the good things and prohibits for them the evil and relieves them of their burden and the shackles which were upon them. So they who have believed in him, honored him, supported him and followed the light which was sent down with him - it is those who will be the successful.'

(Surat al-Araf (The Heights) 7:157.)

 

And Allah clarified in the Quran that if the claim of Muhammad pbuhap was false, and he is far above that, He would not let him claim it, because Allah is the One who preserves the text and protects it from the claims of the people of falsehood, or we can say that Allah is the One who diverts them from the text,

 

'38 So I swear by what you see 39 And what you do not see 40 [That] indeed, it is the word of a generous Messenger. 41 And it is not the word of a poet; little do you believe. 42 Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember. 43 [It is] a revelation from the Lord of the worlds. 44 And if Muhammad had fabricated about Us some sayings, 45 We would have seized him by the right hand; 46 Then We would have cut the aorta from him. 47 And there is no one of you who could prevent [Us] from him. 48 And indeed, the Quran is a reminder for the righteous. 49 And indeed, We know that among you are deniers. 50 And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers. 51 And indeed, it is the truth of certainty. 52 So exalt the name of your Lord, the Most Great.'

(Surat al-Haaqqa (The Reality) 69:38-52.)

 

And here is the book of the will which the Messenger Muhammad pbuhap wrote on the night of his death, it has been existent for over a thousand years in the books, and any person can read it and look into it but no person of falsehood was able to claim it although they were many, so Allah diverted every lying claimant from it as many people claimed to be prophets, Imams and to be the mahdi but never were any of them able to penetrate the veil of Allah over this book in order to claim it. And this reality confirms what I clarified above, that the description of this book to be a prevention from misguidance alone means that no one other than its rightful owner claims it, he who was mentioned by the Messenger Muhammad pbuhap, and that whoever claims it is honest and he is its rightful owner. And this is enough as a complete proof and an established evidence for the righteousness of this call. So whoever wants the truth and to know the righteousness of this call, the will and my claim to be the one mentioned in it are enough for him. And there are many other proofs such as knowledge in the religion of Allah and the truths of the creation and singularity in the banner of Allegiance to Allah, and also the direct pronouncement by Allah swt through inspiration to his worshippers, through visions and other methods of testimony by Allah to His creation for His successors upon His earth. So like He swt testified to the angels for the vicegerency of Adam pbuh by inspiration, Allah swt testified to a great number of people, who are diverse so that their conspiring to lie is impossible, that Ahmad al-Hassan is truth and he is a vicegerent from the vicegerents of Allah on His earth, and the Almighty said,  

 

'79 And We have sent you to the people as a messenger, and sufficient is Allah as Witness.'

(Surat an-Nisa (The Women) 4:79.)

 

And the Almighty said,

'166 But Allah bears witness to that which He has revealed to you. He has sent it down with His knowledge, and the angels bear witness [as well]. And sufficient is Allah as Witness.'.

(Surat an-Nisa (The Women) 4:166.)

 

Also regarding the Sunni Muslims, the Messenger of Allah pbuhap encouraged them to support al-Mahdi and he named him the vicegerent of Allah, the Mahdi, as in the authentic narrations from the books of the Sunnis. And I came to them, and my name is like the messenger of Allah pbuhap Ahmad, and the name of my father is like the name of the father of the Messenger of Allah, Ismael, like the narrations stated.

 

And the Messenger pbuhap said, “I am the son of the two slaughtered ones, Abdullah and Ismael.”

 

And I came to you with the personifying text described to be a prevention from misguidance for whoever holds on to it, and I came with the knowledge and singularity in the banner of Allegiance to Allah, so fear Allah, O nation of Muhammad pbuhap, and submit to the truth and follow the vicegerent of Allah, the Mahdi, to whose support the Messenger of Allah pbuhap called you, even if by crawling on snow, and believe in the only will of your prophet in order to survive in this world and the hereafter.”