Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya: Difference between revisions

Muhammad b. Hanafiyya knew his brothers, [[Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a)|Imam al-Hasan (a)]] and [[Imam al-Husayn (a)]], superior to himself, but after the martyrdom of Imam al-Hussayn (a) wrote a letter to [[Imam al-Sajjad (a)]]  asking him to accept his [[Imama]]. He argued that, contrary to previous Imams, Imam al-Husayn (a) had not assigned anyone as the Imam after himself. Besides, he was the son of [[Imam Ali (a)|'Ali (a)]], and more qualified owing to his age and great number of hadiths narrated by him. Imam al-Sajjad (a) invited his uncle to piety and avoiding ignorance in return and noted that:

Imam al-Sajjad (a) invited him to go to [[Black Stone|Hajar al-Aswad]] (the Black Stone), so that the [[Imam]] would be one to whom Hajar al-Aswad testifies. Doing so, Muhammad prayed and asked the Stone to testify to his Imama, but nothing happened. Imam al-Sajjad then, after saying prayer, asked so from the Stone, and the Stone uttered a testimony to the Imama of 'Ali b. al-Husayn (a) after his father, Husayn b. 'Ali (a), and thus, Muhammad al-Hanafiyya accepted his Imama. Some scholars believe that this argumentation was just made up, so that weak [[Shi'a]]s would not incline to believe in the Imama of Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyya.