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Salam brothers and sisters,
I simply wanted to provide for you
narrations on what I have came across
in the Book of Taale' AlMashriq from
an Ansari Sheikh Hatab whose book
was recommended to be read by the
Imam a.s himself. I hereby present to
you the narrations that tell us that
there is more than one Sufyani and
among the Sufyanis, one of them is
presumed to be a Shia who claims to
be a lover of Ahlul Bayt (a.s) and
defends the grave of Imam Ali (a.s).
From Abi Jaafer (a.s) said, "If the
Sufyani received the news that the
Riser reached him near Kufa, he will
then ride his horse until he meets the
Riser, so he will emerge and then say,
"Take me to my cousin."
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a.s) will kill them all and no one will
survive out of it."
Noor AlAnwar p.345 v.3
Bihar AlAnwar v.52 p.389
Imam Al-Baqir a.s, "If the Qa'em
emerges he shall approach to Kufa
and so then a few thousand will
Besharat AlIslam p.335
emerge out of it claiming that he has
These next narrations are selfno son (Batrya), with them are
explanatory and tells us that Imam Al weapons and they will say, return
Mahdi (a.s) is actually facing the
from where you came, we do not need
army of the Sufyani, May Allah (swt) your help with sons of Fatima, and so
curse him. Imam Al Saadeq (a.s) s