Examining a special report from the Hadith of al-Lawḥ (the Tablet) “… and [a man from] the offspring of prophet Muhammad will rise up at the End of Time while shading him from the sun, there is a cloud over his head…”

Kāmyāb, Moslem

Examining a special report from the Hadith of al-Lawḥ (the Tablet) “… and [a man from] the offspring of prophet Muhammad will rise up at the End of Time while shading him from the sun, there is a cloud over his head…”

Author

Moslem Kāmyāb

Graduate student of level 4 at Mahdism Specialized Center; Researcher at the Research Center of Mahdism and Messianism

Abstract

Sheikh al-Tūsī, in his book al-Amālī, has narrated the report of Jābir bin ʹAbd Allah al-Anṣārī (one of the sincere companions of the Prophet) from Hadith al-Lawḥ al-Fatima from his teacher, Abū Muhammad Fahām. In the last part, the Hadith mentions a white cloud, which introduces Imam Mahdi in eloquent Arabic; So that Jinn and humans (all creatures) in the east and west of the world will hear it. According to the numerous reports of al-Lawḥ Hadith, and considering the final part of this report, which speaks of a miracle, its authenticity or inaccuracy and also its ascription to the sources of Shia should be under consideration. The present paper, which is organized by a descriptive-analytic method, tries to verify the attribution of this part of the Hadith. The results of the examination indicate that in the mentioned narration, in addition to the weakness its documentation, the final part is not mentioned in other similar Hadiths of the Lawḥ al-Fatima; and according to some evidence, it is probable that the last part of the Hadith has been transferred from the sources of Sunnis to Shiite texts.

Keywords

forethought

forceful factors

the time of Occultation

the Imams

Mahdism

futurism