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In some [[hadith]]s, "Qa'im Al Muhammad" (the standing [person] of the family of Muhammad) is used as a title of [[Imam al-Mahdi (a)]]. But in others it is not used so; rather it is used as generally referring to a person who stands up or rises up for justice. In his ''[[al-Kafi]]'', [[al-Kulayni]] wrote a chapter under "all Imams were al-Qa'im for God's order". Phrases in hadiths, such as "he is the al-Qa'im of his time", "all of us are al-Qa'im for God's order" and the like, imply that the term, "al-Qa'im", is not specifically used for Imam al-Mahdi (a).

* [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] is quoted as saying that: "He [al-Mahdi(a)] is called 'al-Qa'im' because he will stand up (or rise up) for the right".

* [[Imam al-Jawad (a)]] was asked why he [al-Mahdi (a)] is called 'al-Qa'im'. He said: "because [he] will rise up when his name is forgotten".

After the demise of [[Imam al-Baqir (a)]], some people took him to be the last Imam, holding that he was the expected al-Qa'im. According to al-Baghdadi, when Imam al-Baqir (a) died, some of his companions believed in his [[Mahdawiyya]] (the promised savior), and according to al-Shahristani, they believed that the Imam (a) will have a [[raj'a]] (return).

During the lifetime of [[Imam al-Kazim (a)]], many people expected him, as the "Qa'im Al Muhammad", to found the right government that the society was expecting for years. After his martyrdom, some of his most prominent companions and representatives in different areas believed that he was alive and was only invisible to people and will soon reappear as the al-Qa'im and will establish the just government. These people were called "[[Waqifiyya]]".

After the [[martyrdom]] of [[Imam Hasan al-'Askari (a)]], some people believed in his [[Mahdawiyya]] (the promised savior). [[Al-Shaykh al-Saduq]] said: "people who stopped at al-Hasan b. 'Ali b. Muhammad (that is, Imam al-'Askari) claimed that he went into an [[occultation]] and believed that he was al-Qa'im al-Mahdi".

[[Kaysanites]] believed that [[Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya]] was an Imam and believed in his being the al-Mahdi and the al-Qa'im. After his death, some of them believed that he was occluded and would rise up soon.

Some [[Zaydiyya]] claimed that the leaders of Zaydi uprisings were Mahdis. They believed that they would return one day and would fill the world with justice. They claimed Mahdawiyya about [[Zayd b. 'Ali]], [[al-Nafs al-Zakiyya]], and other leaders of Zaydiyya.

* [[Isma'iliyya]] which was formed after the martyrdom of [[Imam al-Sadiq (a)]] was branched into two groups: some of them accepted the imamate of Muahmmad, the son of [[Isma'il b. Imam al-Sadiq (a)|Isma'il]], and some of them stopped at the [[imamate]] of Isma'il and believed in his Mahdawiyya. They believed that Isma'il did not die; rather his father, Imam al-Sadiq (a), had hidden him from people in order to protect him from harms. They believed that he would live until he takes over the whole Earth. These are pure Isma'iliyya. However, some of the followers of Muhammad b. Isma'il believed in his Mahdawiyya and stopped at his imamate.

 

* The material for this article is mainly taken from [http://fa.wikishia.net/قائم_آل_محمد قائم آل محمد] in Farsi WikiShia.