hits:8 date:Mar 27, 2013
The
Transfer of the
Imamate to the next Holy
Imam has to occur at the death of the previous Holy
Imam and the
Transfer of the
Imamate of
Imam Hussein to
Imam Sajjad was under particularly distressing circumstances with the severe illness that
Imam Sajjad was suffering and the martyrdom of so many family members and companions.
In the book Kitab al-Irshad, it is quoted that:
The Shia gives an account of the tablet which Gabriel, peace be on him, brought down to the
Prophet, may God bless him and his family,
from Heaven. The Prophet gave it to Fatima, peace be on her. In it are the names of the Imams after the Prophet.
The Shia also reports that God, the Mighty and High, sent down to His Prophet, the blessings and peace be on him, a ******** sealed with twelve seals. He ordered him to give it to
Imam Ali, peace be on him, and to tell him to break the first seal, and he should act according to what is in that part of the ********.
At the time of his death, he should pass it to his son,
Imam Hassan, peace be on him, and tell him to break the second seal and act according to what is in that part of the ********. At the time of his death, he should pass it to his brother Hussein, peace be on him. He should tell him to break the third seal and act according to what is below it. Then at his death, he should pass it to his son, Ali bin
Hussein and he should instruct him in a similar way. (Mufid 1981, pg. 395)
It could therefore be concluded that this ******** was given to
Imam Sajjad just prior to his father’s martyrdom although there are disputed opinions surrounding this matter.
Imam Sajjad
An account concerning the testamentary of bequests (wasiyya) made by
Imam Sajjad’s father,
Imam Hussein was that they were deposited with Umm Salama for him. He received them when his father died.
Imam Hussein made the request for these
from Umm Salama, the sign of the
Imamate of the one who should request them among men. (cf. al-Kafi, I, 204, tradition number 3), but other sources say that these things were in the hands of Fatima, his daughter, (cf. al-Kafi, I, 363-4} in Al-Mufid 1981, pg.381).
The facts do tend to favor the opinion that the bequests were left in the trusted care of
Imam Hussein’s daughter, Fatima, as she was present at Karbala, whereas Umm Salama was in Medina at the time, and according to the information above,
Imam Sajjad received these bequests at his father’s death.
It has been narrated in,
Hussein the Saviour of Islam by Ahmed Ali (1964), that
Imam Sajjad, the eldest son of
Imam Hussein, was lying unconscious on his sick bed at the time when
Imam Hussein was preparing to part with the remaining members of his family and the families of his martyred companions.
Imam Hussein went to
Imam Sajjad and handed over the charge of the sacred office of
Imamate to him.
Imam Hussein enumerated the difficulties and the tortures that would befall him immediately following his martyrdom and advised him to observe the highest degree of patience and fortitude against every aggression and oppression that would be inflicted on him and his dear ones, and never to get angry or curse the people (Mir Ahmed Ali, pg 183).
His role was to succeed as the Forth Holy
Imam and endure the tribulations and challenges confronting him and the true followers of Allah’s religion (Al-Mufid 1981, pg. 380).
Transfer of the Imamate from Imam Hussein to Sajjad (p>b>u>t)