Kitāb al-Ghayba

قال أبو علي بن همام كان أحمد بن هلال من أصحاب أبي محمد عليه السلام فاجتمعت الشيعة على وكالة محمد بن عثمان رضي الله عنه بنص الحسن عليه السلام في حياته ولما مضى الحسن عليه السلام قالت الشيعة الجماعة له: ألا تقبل أمر أبي جعفر محمد بن عثمان وترجع إليه وقد نص عليه الإمام المفترض الطاعة؟فقال لهم: لم أسمعه ينص عليه بالوكالة،وليس أنكر أباه-يعني عثمان بن سعيد-فأما أن أقطع أن أبا جعفر وكيل صاحب الزمان فلا أجسر عليه. فقالوا: قد سمعه غيرك. فقال: أنتم وما سمعتم. ووقف على أبي جعفر فلعنوه وتبرءوا منه.ثم ظهر التوقيع على يد أبي القاسم بن روح بلعنه والبراءة منه في جملة من لعن.

H 374 - Abu Ali Ibn Himam said: Ahmad Ibn Hilal was from the companions of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s). The Shia were unanimous on the deputization of Abu Ja’far Muhammad Uthman on the account of clear instructions of Hasan (a.s) during his lifetime. And when Hasan (a.s) passed away, the Shia said to Ibn Hilal, “The community is with him. Will you not accept the leadership of Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibn Uthman and refer to him, when the Imam, whose obedience is obligatory, has clearly assigned him as his representative?” He said, “I have not heard the Imam mention him as his representative. I do not deny the deputization of his father [meaning, Uthman Ibn Saeed], though. However, if I were certain that Abu Ja’far were the representative of the Master of the Age, I would not defy him.” They said: “If you have not heard, others have.” He said: “You follow what you have heard.” He did not profess the authority of Abu Ja’far, so the Shia beseeched damnation for him and manifested their disdain for him. Then the holy letter came through Abul Qasim Ibn Ruh with oath of damnation for him and denounced him amongst others who were dammed.

ومنهم أبو طاهر محمد بن علي بن بلال: وقصته معروفة فيما جرى بينه وبين أبي جعفر محمد بن عثمان العمري نضر الله وجهه وتمسكه بالأموال التي كانت عنده للإمام وامتناعه من تسليمها وادعائه أنه الوكيل حتى تبرأت الجماعة منه ولعنوه،وخرج فيه من صاحب الزمان عليه السلام ما هو معروف.

And among them Abu Tahir Muhammad bin Ali bin Bilal: His story and what happened between him and Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibn Uthman Amari, may Allah lighten his visage, is well-known. He seized the goods of the Imam, which were in his hands and refused to deliver them, and claimed that he was the representative. The community turned away from him and invoked damnation for him and the famous letter came from the Master of the Age (a.s).

375- وحكى أبو غالب الزراري قال: حدثني أبو الحسن محمد بن محمد بن يحيى المعاذي قال: كان رجل من أصحابنا قد انضوى إلى أبي طاهر بن بلال بعد ما وقعت الفرقة ثم إنه رجع عن ذلك وصار في جملتنا فسألناه عن السبب قال: كنت عند أبي طاهر بن بلال يوما وعنده أخوه أبو الطيب وابن حرز وجماعة من أصحابه إذ دخل الغلام فقال: أبو جعفر العمري على الباب. ففزعت الجماعة لذلك وأنكرته للحال التي كانت جرت وقال: يدخل. فدخل أبو جعفر رضي الله عنه فقام له أبو طاهر والجماعة وجلس في صدر المجلس وجلس أبو طاهر كالجالس بين يديه فأمهلهم إلى أن سكتوا. ثم قال: يا أبا طاهر نشدتك الله- أو نشدتك بالله-ألم يأمرك صاحب الزمان عليه السلام بحمل ما عندك من المال إلي؟ فقال: اللهم نعم. فنهض أبو جعفر رضي الله عنه منصرفا ووقعت على القوم سكتة فلما تجلت عنهم قال له أخوه أبو الطيب: من أين رأيت صاحب الزمان؟ فقال أبو طاهر: أدخلني أبو جعفر رضي الله عنه إلى بعض دوره فأشرف علي من علو داره فأمرني بحمل ما عندي من المال إليه. فقال له أبو الطيب: ومن أين علمت أنه صاحب الزمان؟ قال: قد وقع علي من الهيبة له ودخلني من الرعب منه ما علمت أنه صاحب الزمان عليه السلام، فكان هذا سبب انقطاعي عنه.

H 375 - Abu Ghalib Zurari says: Abul Hasan Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Yahya Maadhi said: One of our men followed Abu Tahir Ibn Bilal after the dispute had occurred. Then he turned away from him and returned to our group. I asked him about the reason. He said: One day, I was with Abu Tahir. His brother Abul Tayyib and Ibn Khizr and a group of his followers were present when a servant entered and said: “Abu Ja’far Amari is on the door.” The party was terrified. I asked him what was happening? He said to the slave, “He comes in.” Abu Ja’far came in and the party and Abu Tahir stood for him. He sat at the presidency of the session and Abu Tahir sat humbly before him. Abu Ja’far remained silent until his awe silenced them. Then he said: “Abu Tahir, I call on you by the oath of Allah, did not the Master of the Age (a.s) order you to deliver to me the goods, which are in your hands?” He said: “By Allah, yes.” Abu Ja’far rose and left. A mortal silence had seized the party. When they regained their bearings, his brother Abul Tayyib said: “From where did you see the Master of the Age?” He replied, “Abu Ja’far took me to one of his houses. He appeared to me from the heights of his house and ordered me to deliver the goods, which I am holding, to Abu Ja’far.” Abul Tayyib asked: “How did you know he was the Master of the Age?” “His awe and imposing charisma overwhelmed me and I was overtaken by apprehension from him,” he said: “I did not know he was the Master of the Age (a.s).” This was the reason of my disassociation from them.

ومنهم الحسين بن منصور الحلاج:

And among them Husain Ibn Mansur Hallaj:

376- أخبرنا الحسين بن إبراهيم عن أبي العباس أحمد بن علي بن نوح عن أبي نصر هبة الله بن محمد الكاتب ابن بنت أم كلثوم بنت أبي جعفر العمري قال: لما أراد الله تعالى أن يكشف أمر الحلاج ويظهر فضيحته ويخزيه وقع له أن أبا سهل إسماعيل بن علي النوبختي رضي الله عنه ممن تجوز عليه مخرقته وتتم عليه حيلته فوجه إليه يستدعيه وظن أن أبا سهل كغيره من الضعفاء في هذا الأمر بفرط جهله، وقدر أن يستجره إليه فيتمخرق به ويتسوف بانقياده على غيره فيستتب له ما قصد إليه من الحيلة والبهرجة على الضعفة لقدر أبي سهل في أنفس الناس ومحله من العلم والأدب أيضا عندهم ويقول له في مراسلته إياه: إني وكيل صاحب الزمان عليه السلام. وبهذا أولا كان يستجر الجهال ثم يعلو منه إلى غيره،وقد أمرت بمراسلتك وإظهار ما تريده من النصرة لك لتقوي نفسك ولا ترتاب بهذا الأمر. فأرسل إليه أبو سهل رضي الله عنه يقول له: إني أسألك أمرا يسيرا يخف مثله عليك في جنب ما ظهر على يديك من الدلائل والبراهين، وهو أني رجل أحب الجواري وأصبو إليهن ولي منهن عدة أتحظاهن والشيب يبعدني عنهن ويبغضني إليهن وأحتاج أن أخضبه في كل جمعة وأتحمل منه مشقة شديدة لأستر عنهن ذلك وإلا انكشف أمري عندهن فصار القرب بعدا والوصـال هجـرا، وأريـد أن تغنـيني عن الخضـاب وتكفيـني مؤنته وتجعل لحيتي سوداء فإني طوع يديك وصائر إليك وقائل بقولك وداع إلى مذهبك مع ما لي في ذلك من البصيرة ولك من المعونة. فلما سمع ذلك الحلاج من قوله وجوابه علم أنه قد أخطأ في مراسلته وجهل في الخروج إليه بمذهبه وأمسك عنه ولم يرد إليه جوابا ولم يرسل إليه رسولا،وصيره أبو سهل رضي الله عنه أحدوثة وضحكة ويطنز به عند كل أحد وشهر أمره عند الصغير والكبير وكان هذا الفعل سببا لكشف أمره وتنفير الجماعة عنه.

H 376 - Husain Ibn Ibrahim narrated to us from Abul Abbas Ahmad Ibn Ali Ibn Nuh, from Abu Nasr Hibatullah Ibn Muhammad Katib Ibn binte Kulthum binte Abi Ja’far Amari, saying, When Allah desired to unveil the affair of Hallaj and manifest his humiliation and to disgrace him, he thought that Abu Sahl Ibn Ismail Ibn Ali Naubakhti (a.s) was a person that could be deceived by his hoax and taken by his fraud. So he sent after him. Due to his sheer ignorance, he assumed that Abu Sahl is like the other weaklings in the matter of faith and reckoned that he could be drawn and tricked through his lunacies, and that by commanding Abu Sahl’s loyalty, he will be able to draw yet more followers on the virtue of Abu Sahl’s position in the view of people and his respectability in knowledge and literature. Hallaj sent a message to him, “I am the representative of the Master of the Age (a.s).” Through such a message he would first draw the ignorant people and then proceed to other claims. He stated, “I have been ordered to correspond with you and avail you with the help you desire, so your soul may find strength and you may not have doubts in the creed.” Abu Sahl wrote back, “I will ask you a rather minor thing in comparison to the signs and proofs that have been manifested on your hands. I am a man who is fond of women and love to have playful talks with them. I have a number of concubines, but I cannot copulate with all of them. Age and grey hair has created a distance between me and them. I need to dye my hair and beard every Friday, which is a severely laborious work, in order to conceal it from them, lest my condition will be revealed to them and my proximity from them will change to distance and my union into separation. I want you to remove this need of mine of dyeing and suffice me its labor and make my beard black. I will obey you and come to you and believe in you. I will be a preacher of your faith, considering my ingenuity in this matter and your help in that regard.” When Hallaj got this message, he realized that his call to him had been a blunder. He did not reply and did not send him any messenger. On the other hand, Abu Sahl made Hallaj the subject of his talks and jests. He would make jokes of him before everyone. He spread this incident to every young and old, and this led to the revelation of Hallaj’s blasphemous enterprise and the disassociation of the community from him.

377- وأخبرني جماعة عن أبي عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن الحسين بن موسى بن بابويه أن ابن الحلاج صار إلى قم وكاتب قرابة أبي الحسن يستدعيه ويستدعي أبا الحسن أيضا ويقول: أنا رسول الإمام ووكيله. قال: فلما وقعت المكاتبة في يد أبي رضي الله عنه خرقها وقال لموصلها إليه: ما أفرغك للجهالات! فقال له الرجل-وأظن أنه قال إنه ابن عمته أو ابن عمه- :فإن الرجل قد استدعانا فلم خرقت مكاتبته. وضحكوا منه وهزءوا به،ثم نهض إلى دكانه ومعه جماعة من أصحابه وغلمانه. قال: فلما دخل إلى الدار التي كان فيها دكانه نهض له من كان هناك جالسا غير رجل رآه جالسا في الموضع فلم ينهض له ولم يعرفه أبي، فلما جلس وأخرج حسابه ودواته كما يكون التجار أقبل على بعض من كان حاضرا فسأله عنه، فأخبره،فسمعه الرجل يسأل عنه فأقبل عليه وقال له: تسأل عني وأنا حاضر؟فقال له أبي: أكبرتك أيها الرجل وأعظمت قدرك أن أسألك. فقال له: تخرق رقعتي وأنا أشاهدك تخرقها. فقال له أبي: فأنت الرجل إذا. ثم قال: يا غلام برجله وبقفاه. فخرج من الدار العدو لله ولرسوله. ثم قال له: أتدعي المعجزات عليك لعنة الله. أو كما قال،فأخرج بقفاه فما رأيناه بعدها بقم.

H 377 - A number of scholars narrated to me from Abu Abdullah Ibn Ali Ibn Husain Ibn Musa Ibn Babawayh that Ibn Hallaj went to Qom and wrote to the relatives of Abul Hasan, the father of Shaykh Saduq, calling them and Abul Hasan, saying, “I am the messenger of the Imam and his representative.” The narrator says: When the letters reached my father, he tore them and said to the messenger, “How free are you for such misguidance!” The man, who I think said was his cousin, said: “The man has made a call to himself. Why did you tear his letters?” People laughed and made jests at him. My father went to his store with his disciples and servants. When he entered his store, everyone arose for my father, except one man sitting there. My father did not know him. As my father sat and took out his register of accounts and his pen and ink, as is the custom of the merchants, he asked one of the people who were present about the man sitting there. He told my father about him. The man heard that my father had asked about him, so he came to my father and said: “You inquire about me while I am present?” My father said: “Sir, observing respect and reverence, I did not ask yourself directly.” He said: “You tear my letter while I am watching you?” My father asked, “So you are the man then.” Then he called his servant, “By his feet and his hind! Kick the enemy of Allah and His Messenger out of the house.” Then he said to him, “You claim miracles? May Allah curse you.” The slave grabbed him from his hind and kicked him out. We did not see him in Qom afterwards.

378- أخبرني الحسين بن إبراهيم عن أحمد بن نوح عن أبي نصر هبة الله بن محمد بن أحمد الكاتب ابن بنت أم كلثوم بنت أبي جعفر العمري رضي الله عنه قال: حدثتني الكبيرة أم كلثوم بنت أبي جعفر العمري رضي الله عنه قالت: كان أبو جعفر بن أبي العزاقر وجيها عند بني بسطام.وذاك أن الشيخ أبا القاسم رضي الله تعالى عنه وأرضاه كان قد جعل له عند الناس منزلة وجاها فكان عند ارتداده يحكي كل كذب وبلاء وكفر لبني بسطام ويسنده عن الشيخ أبي القاسم فيقبلونه منه ويأخذونه عنه حتى انكشف ذلك لأبي القاسم رضي الله عنه فأنكره وأعظمه ونهى بني بسطام عن كلامه وأمرهم بلعنه والبراءة منه، فلم ينتهوا وأقاموا على توليه. وذاك أنه كان يقول لهم: إنني أذعت السر وقد أخذ على الكتمان فعوقبت بالإبعاد بعد الاختصاص لأن الأمر عظيم لا يحتمله إلا ملك مقرب أو نبي مرسل أو مؤمن ممتحن. فيؤكد في نفوسهم عظم الأمر وجلالته.فبلغ ذلك أبا القاسم رضي الله عنه فكتب إلى بني بسطام بلعنه والبراءة منه وممن تابعه على قوله وأقام على توليه، فلما وصل إليهم أظهروه عليه فبكى بكاء عظيما ثم قال: إن لهذا القول باطنا عظيما، وهو أن اللعنة الإبعاد. فمعنى قوله: لعنه الله، أي باعده الله عن العذاب والنار. والآن قد عرفت منزلتي. ومرغ خديه على التراب وقال: عليكم بالكتمان لهذا الأمر. قالت الكبيرة رضي الله عنها: وقد كنت أخبرت الشيخ أبا القاسم أن أم أبي جعفر بن بسطام قالت لي يوما وقد دخلنا إليها فاستقبلتني وأعظمتني وزادت في إعظامي حتى انكبت على رجلي تقبلها فأنكرت ذلك وقلت لها: مهلا يا ستي،فإن هذا أمر عظيم. وانكببت على يدها فبكت ثم قالت: كيف لا أفعل بك هذا وأنت مولاتي فاطمة؟ فقلت لها: وكيف ذاك يا ستي؟ فقالت لي: إن الشيخ أبا جعفر محمد بن علي خرج إلينا بالسر. (قالت) فقلت لها: وما السر؟ قالت: قد أخذ علينا كتمانه وأفزع إن أنا أذعته عوقبت. قالت: وأعطيتها موثقا أني لا أكشفه لأحد واعتقدت في نفسي الاستثناء بالشيخ رضي الله عنه يعني أبا القاسم الحسين بن روح. قالت: إن الشيخ أبا جعفر قال لنا: إن روح رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم انتقلت إلى أبيك- يعني أبا جعفر محمد بن عثمان رضي الله عنه- وروح أمير المؤمنين عليه السلام انتقلت إلى بدن الشيخ أبي القاسم الحسين بن روح، وروح مولاتنا فاطمة عليها السلام انتقلت إليك، فكيف لا أعظمك يا ستنا؟! فقلت لها: مهلا، لا تفعلي. فإن هذا كذب يا ستنا. فقالت لي: هو سر عظيم، وقد أخذ علينا أننا لا نكشف هذا لأحد. فالله الله في!لا يحل لي العذاب، ويا ستي فلو لا أنك حملتيني على كشفه ما كشفته لك ولا لأحد غيرك. قالت الكبيرة أم كلثوم رضي الله عنها: فلما انصرفت من عندها دخلت إلى الشيخ أبي القاسم بن روح رضي الله عنه فأخبرته بالقصة وكان يثق بي ويركن إلى قولي، فقال لي: يا بنية، إياك أن تمضي إلى هذه المرأة بعد ما جرى منها، ولا تقبلي لها رقعة إن كاتبتك ولا رسولا إن أنفذته إليك ولا تلقيها بعد قولها، فهذا كفر بالله تعالى وإلحاد قد أحكمه هذا الرجل الملعون في قلوب هؤلاء القوم ليجعله طريقا إلى أن يقول لهم بأن الله تعالى اتحد به وحل فيه كما يقول النصارى في المسيح عليه السلام،ويعدو إلى قول الحلاج لعنه الله. قالت: فهجرت بني بسطام وتركت المضي إليهم ولم أقبل لهم عذرا ولا لقيت أمهم بعدها وشاع في بني نوبخت الحديث فلم يبق أحد إلا وتقدم إليه الشيخ أبو القاسم وكاتبه بلعن أبي جعفر الشلمغاني والبراءة منه وممن يتولاه ورضي بقوله أو كلمه فضلا عن موالاته. ثم ظهر التوقيع من صاحب الزمان عليه السلام بلعن أبي جعفر محمد بن علي والبراءة منه وممن تابعه وشايعه ورضي بقوله وأقام على توليه بعد المعرفة بهذا التوقيع. وله حكايات قبيحة وأمور فظيعة ننزه كتابنا عن ذكرها،ذكرها ابن نوح وغيره.وكان سبب قتله أنه لما أظهر لعنه أبو القاسم بن روح رضي الله عنه واشتهر أمره وتبرأ منه وأمر جميع الشيعة بذلك لم يمكنه التلبيس فقال في مجلس حافل فيه رؤساء الشيعة،وكل يحكي عن الشيخ أبي القاسم لعنه والبراءة منه أجمعوا بيني وبينه حتى آخذ يده ويأخذ بيدي فإن لم تنزل عليه نار من السماء تحرقه وإلا فجميع ما قاله في حق ورقي ذلك إلى الراضي لأنه كان ذلك في دار ابن مقلة فأمر بالقبض عليه وقتله فقتل واستراحت الشيعة منه.

H 378 - Husain Ibn Ibrahim narrated to me from Ahmad Ibn Ali Ibn Nuh from Abu Nasr Hibatullah Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ahmad ­Katib, son of binte Umme Kulthum binte Abi Ja’far Amari saying, Lady Umme Kulthum (the daughter of the second deputy of the Imam of the Age) narrated to me, Abu Ja’far Ibn Abul Azaqir was a respectable man before the progeny of Bistam. That is because Abul Qasim Husain Ibn Rauh had conferred much esteem and respect on him in front of the people. After his apostasy, Ibn Abul Azaqir would tell every lie, mischief and heresy to the progeny of Bistam, falsely quoting Shaykh Abul Qasim all the time. The house of Bistam would accept that from him and believe in him, until this came to the knowledge of Abul Qasim and he denied that and called attention to the enormity of the blasphemy and prohibited the progeny of Bistam from listening to him and ordered them to damn and denounce him. However, they did not listen and persisted on following Ibn Abi Azaqir. That was because he would tell them, “I have manifested the secret I had been sworn to secrecy. Therefore, I am being punished to be castigated from position of proximity, because this is a great position that only an Archangel or a great apostle or a tested believer can bear.” He would thus magnify his position and importance in their eyes. When Abul Qasim was informed of this, he wrote to the Bistams to curse him and express their disdain for him, his followers and devotees. When they received the letter, they showed it to him, but he wept profusely and said: “This message has a very profound secret dimension. The curse is banishment. The meaning of his word, May Allah curse him, is May Allah banish him from punishment and Fire. Now you know my position.” He touched the ground with his cheeks and said: “You must keep this matter a secret.” The lady said: I informed Shaykh Abul Qasim what the mother of Abu Ja’far Ibn Bistam had said one day when we were visiting her and she had received me with reverence and veneration, so much so that she fell on my feet to kiss them. I did not let her do that. I said: “Easy, my mistress, this is too much.” I fell on her hands and she cried. Then she said: “How would I not do that to you, while you are my mistress Fatima?” I asked, “How is that?” She said: “The Shaykh,” meaning Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibn Ali “has confided a secret in us.” “And what is the secret’?” I asked her. “He asked us to hide it and I fear if I reveal it, I will be chastised.” I gave her my most solemn promises that I will not reveal it to anyone, while maintaining in my heart an exception for Shaykh Abul Qasim Husain Ibn Rauh. She said: “The Shaykh Abu Ja’far told us that the spirit of the Messenger of Allah (s) has transferred into you father,” meaning Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibn Uthman (a.s). “And the spirit of Amirul Momineen Ali (a.s) has transferred into the body of Abul Qasim Husain Ibn Rauh; and the spirit of our mistress Fatima (a.s) has transferred into you. So how may I not revere you, O our lady?” I said: “Easy! Do not do this, for this is false, my lady.” “This is a great secret and we have been sworn not to reveal this to anyone. For Allah’s sake! For Allah’s sake! May I not deserve punishment!” She beseeched me, “My lady, if you hadn’t insisted, I would not have disclosed this to you or anyone.” Lady Umme Kulthum said: When I returned from her, I went to Shaykh Abul Qasim Ibn Ruh and recounted the event to him. He trusted my word and had confidence in my truthfulness. He said: “My daughter, beware not to go to this woman after this, and don’t accept any letter from her if she writes to you; or a messenger if she sends you one. Do not meet her after she said this. It is blasphemy against Allah and disbelief, which this accursed man has planted and strengthened in their hearts to pave way to the belief that Allah, the Sublime, has unified with him and has diffused into his body, as Christians say about Isa (a.s) and this amounts to the claim of Hallaj, may Allah curse him. I disassociated myself from the Bistams and stopped visiting them. I did not accept any pretense they offered, nor met their mother afterwards. Then this drift began in the children of Naubakht. Shaykh Abul Qasim approached and wrote to each and every one of them to curse Abu Ja’far Shalmaghani (Ibn Abil Azaqir) and express disdain for him and anyone who follows him, is pleased with his word, or converses with him, let alone loves him. Then the holy letter from the Master of the Age (a.s) came, having damnation for Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibn Ali, denunciation for him and anyone who followed him, abided by him and was pleased with his word and maintained his service after learning about this holy letter. There are many ugly stories and repulsive incidents about him that are not worthy of our book. Ibn Nuh and others have recorded these events. What led to Shalmaghani’s murder was that when Abul Qasim Ibn Ruh expressed his curse and made his farce public and denounced him and ordered all Shia to do the same, Ibn Abil Azaqir no longer was able to continue his trickery. In a gathering in which the chiefs of the Shia were present, and everyone was reporting his damnation and denunciation from Shaykh Abul Qasim, he said: “Bring me and him together, so I may hold his hand and he may hold my hand and we will see whether a fire does not descend from the heavens and sets him ablaze. Otherwise, everything he has said about me is true.” The news reached Razibillah, because this was in the house of Ibn Muqillah. He ordered his arrest and execution. Thus, he was killed and the Shia got relief from his mischief.

379- وقال أبو الحسن محمد بن أحمد بن داود: كان محمد بن علي الشلمغاني المعروف بابن أبي العزاقر لعنه الله يعتقد القول بحمل الضد ومعناه أنه لا يتهيأ إظهار فضيلة للولي إلا بطعن الضد فيه لأنه يحمل سامعي طعنه على طلب فضيلته فإذا هو أفضل من الولي إذ لا يتهيأ إظهار الفضل إلا به. وساقوا المذهب من وقت آدم الأول إلى آدم السابع لأنهم قالوا سبع عوالم وسبع أوادم ونزلوا إلى موسى وفرعون ومحمد وعلي مع أبي بكر ومعاوية. وأما في الضد فقال بعضهم: الولي ينصب الضد ويحمله على ذلك كما قال قوم من أصحاب الظاهر إن علي بن أبي طالب عليه السلام نصب أبا بكر في ذلك المقام. وقال بعضهم: لا ولكن هو قديم معه لم يزل.قالوا: والقائم الذي ذكروا أصحاب الظاهر أنه من ولد الحادي عشر فإنه يقوم معناه إبليس لأنه قال: ﴿فَسَجَدَ الْمَلائِكَةُ كُلُّهُمْ أَجْمَعُونَ إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ﴾فلم يسجد ثم قال: ﴿لَأَقْعُدَنَّ لَهُمْ صِراطَكَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ﴾فدل على أنه كان قائما في وقت ما أمر بالسجود ثم قعد بعد ذلك. وقوله يقوم القائم إنما هو ذلك القائم الذي أمر بالسجود فأبى وهو إبليس لعنه الله. وقال شاعرهم لعنهم الله: يا لاعنا للضد من عدي ما الضد إلا ظاهر الولي ولا حجامي ولا جغدي ‏قد فقت من قول على الفهدي نعم وجاوزت مدى العبدي فوق عظيم ليس بالمجوسي ‏لأنه الفرد بلا كيفي متحد بكل أوحدي مخالط النوري والظلمي يا طالبا من بيت هاشمي وجاحدا من بيت كسروي قد غاب في نسبة أعجمي ‏في الفارسي الحسب الرضي كما التوى في العرب من لوي

H 379 - Abul Hasan Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Dawood said: Muhammad bin Ali Shalmaghani, alias Ibn Abi Azaqir – curse of Allah be on him – believed that whoever is in opposition to the Wali of Allah is better than the Imam; therefore this belief means that any excellence and precedence is not counted for the Wali, but through the criticism and ridicule of his opponent. In such a way that whoever heard the ridicule of that Wali, would immediately run after the Imam and the Wali; in this way the opponent and rival of the Wali is better and superior to Wali and Imam, because the expression of excellence of Wali is possible only in this way. Other beliefs of his and his followers were that they believed that this manner of religion and religiosity continues from the time of the first Adam to the time of the seventh Adam, because they had faith in seven worlds and seven Adams; so much so they reached upto Musa and his opponent, Firon; and Muhammad and Ali (a.s) and their opponent Abu Bakr and Muawiyah. But with regard to the opposite of Wali and Imam, their belief is that some of them said: The opposite and opponent should be considered as ones Wali and he should be compelled to take up opposition. Thus the people of the Zahir said: Ali Ibn Abi Talib (a.s) himself appointed Abu Bakr to Caliphate and some said: It is not so; on the contrary the opposite and rival is eternal and is always with the Wali. Another belief of that group is that they say that with regard to Imam Qaim (a.s) that which the people of Zahir say that he is the son of the eleventh Imam and that he would stage an uprising one day, it implies that it is Iblis (we seek the refuge of Allah), because the Almighty Allah said: So the angels made obeisance, all of them together, but Iblis (did it not); he refused to be with those who made obeisance. After that the Holy Quran said about Iblis: “I will certainly lie in wait for them in Thy straight path.” Therefore, this verse proves that when the Satan was commanded to prostrate, he staged an uprising and arose against Almighty Allah and after that he sat in ambush. Therefore, according to Zahiraya sect, the Qaim who would stage an uprising (Allah’s refuge!) implies the same Qaim who was commanded to prostrate before Adam (a.s) and he refused; and he is Iblis. A poet of that group (may Allah curse them all) has composed some couplets in this regard: O one who curses the opposite and rival, which is from Adi tribe [that is Umar bin Khattab], do not curse him. Opposite of anything is not except Wali and Zahir; that is (we seek refuge of Allah) opposite is the apparent Wali and Wali is the inner aspect of the opposite. Praise is only for creator of the universe who fulfills His promise and my condition is not like that of a pigeon. And in the same way one who is not like a barber; and I have defeated Mahdi in debate and discussion about religious faith. Yes, I have also overlooked him for the excellence and merit of servitude; higher than the status of one who was not a Majus. It is because according to my faith, Allah is One without any change of circumstances and in this way is one with every unity (unconditionally). O supporters of the Hashemite family you have become imbued with every luminosity and darkness. And O deniers of the family of Kisra and family of Sasan; who is a favorite from the aspect of Ajami and Farsi, like the group of Bani Loih remained concealed among the Arabs.

380- وقال الصفواني: سمعت أبا علي بن همام يقول:سمعت محمد بن علي العزاقري الشلمغاني يقول: الحق واحد وإنما تختلف قمصه فيوم يكون في أبيض ويوم يكون في أحمر ويوم يكون في أزرق. قال ابن همام: فهذا أول ما أنكرته من قوله لأنه قول أصحاب الحلول.

H 380 - Safwani says: I heard Abu Ali Ibn Himam say, I heard Muhammad Ibn Ali Azaqiri Shalmaghani say: The truth is one, but it changes its bubble. One day it is in white, one day in red and one day in blue. Ibn Himam says: This was the first I heard from his words, for this is the belief that Allah diffuses into people’s bodies.

381- وأخبرنا جماعة عن أبي محمد هارون بن موسى عن أبي علي محمد بن همام أن محمد بن علي الشلمغاني لم يكن قط بابا إلى أبي القاسم ولا طريقا له ولا نصبه أبو القاسم لشي‏ء من ذلك على وجه ولا سبب،ومن قال بذلك فقد أبطل. وإنما كان فقيها من فقهائنا وخلط وظهر عنه ما ظهر وانتشر الكفر والإلحاد عنه.فخرج فيه التوقيع على يد أبي القاسم بلعنه والبراءة منه ممن تابعه وشايعه وقال بقوله.

H 381 - A group of scholars narrated to us from Abu Muhammad Harun Ibn Musa from Abu Ali Muhammad Ibn Himam that Muhammad Ibn Ali Shalmaghani was never a representative of Abul Qasim, nor was a link to him. Abul Qasim had not appointed him to any position for any reason. Whoever says that he was a Shia scholar and then went stray and expressed these blasphemies, disbelief and heresy, is wrong. The holy letter came through Abul Qasim, condemning him to damnation and denouncing him, his followers, companions and believers.