Appointed Representative / Emissary : Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibne Uthman (a.r.)

(Reference : Behaarul Anwaar Vol. 51)

When Abu Amr Uthman Ibne Saeed died, his son Abu Ja’far Muhammad Ibne Uthman stood in his place, on the virtue of the clear instructions of Imam Hasan Askari (a.s.) and the instructions of his father about the time of the Qaim (a.s.).A group of scholars narrated to me on the authority of Abul Hasan Muhammad Ibne Ahmad Ibne Dawood Qummi and Ibne Qulawayh from Saad Ibne Abdullah, saying, the Veracious Shaykh Ahmad Ibne Ishaq Ibne Saad Ashari narrated to us, and then he mentions the account which we brought earlier.

A group of our scholars narrated to me from all of the eminent personages of Abul Qasim Ja’far Ibne Muhammad Ibne Qulawayh and Abu Ghalib Razi and Abu Muhammad Talakbari, who all narrate from Muhammad Ibne Yaqub Kulaini, who narrates from Muhammad Ibne Abdullah and Muhammad Ibne Yahya, who narrate from Abdullah Ibne Ja’far Himyari, saying, I and Shaykh Abu Amr were with Ahmad Ibne Ishaq Ashari Qummi. Ahmad Ibne Ishaq made a gesture to me to ask him about the successor. So, I asked him, “O Abu Amr, I want to ask you a question;however, I am not unsure about what I want to ask you, for my faith and my belief is that the earth does not remain without a Hujjah, unless it is forty days prior to Judgement day. 

Appointed Representative / Emissary : Uthman bin Saeed Amri(a.r.)

(Reference : Behaarul Anwaar Vol. 51)

The author says: Then Shaykh Tusi mentions some of the companions of the Imams, Divine bliss be for them, who have been praised. And then he says, Of the emissaries in the time of the minor occultation, who have been extolled, their first one is the person appointed by Abul Hasan Ali Ibne Muhammad Askari and his son Abu Muhammad Hasan Ibne Ali Ibne Muhammad, peace be with them all. He was the reliable scholar Abu Amr Uthman Ibne Saeed Amari and was from the tribe of Asad. He has been called Amari on the virtue of the narration of Abu Nasr Hibatullah Ibne MuhammadIbne Ahmad Katib Ibne binte Abi Ja’far Amari saying, He was from the Asad,and is known by his grandfather’s name and therefore, it is said Amari.

The Four Emissaries

Translated from the book Madinatul Ma-ajiz (City of Miracles )

1.       The Late Rawandi mentions as follows :

Imam Zamana (a.s.) had appointed emissary for fulfilment of rights and guiding people in the laws of religion. His first Emissary was Sheikh Usman bin Saeed Amri. After his death, Imam Zamana  (a.s.) appointed his Abu Jafar Mohammed bin Usman as his emissary.               

After him Abul Qasim Hussain bin Roh was appointed as Imama Zamana’s(a.s.) emissary. After him Ali bin Mohammed Seymouri was appointed as Your emissary. After his death the chain of emissary came to an end. And whatever goods the people used to bring to the Four Emissaries, they used to mention sign of the goods and the signs of their owners to people. And these signs they used to obtain from Imam Zamana (a.s.).

(Al- Kharaij : Vol. 3, Pg. 1108)

2.      Abu jafar Aswad says that Abu Jafar Amri had in his life dug a grave. I asked him with regard to this and he said :

“I have been ordered by Imam Zamana(a.s.) to wind up my affairs. ”

After this event he passed away in two months.

(Al- Kharaij : Vol. 3, Pg. 1120)

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           Mohammed bin Ali bin Hussain says that when death was approaching Abu Jafar Mohammed bin Usman Amri, I was sitting towards his head side and busy in asking questons and talking to him. That time Abul Qasim Hussain bin Roh was sitting at his footside. Amri looked at me and said:

“Imam Zamana(a.s.) has ordered me that I appoint Abul Qasim Hussain bin Roh as my successor.”

Hearing this I got up from my place and made Abul Qasim to sit there and myself sat at the place where previously he was sitting.

( Kamaal–ud-Deen : Pg. 503 ; Bihaarul Anwaar: Vol. 51,Pg.354)

4.       Mohammed bin Ali bin Mateel said that Mohammed bin Abdeel Aabi’s wife, Zainab came to my paternal uncle Jafer bin Ahmed and said that from the good of Imam I have with me 300 dirhams and I wish that I myself hand over this amount to Hussain bin Roh.

My uncle sent me with her as a translator. When I reached to Hussain bin Roh with this lady, then Hussain bin Roh asked her in her mother tongue about the well-being of her and her family. I never felt the need to translate anything. Then the lady handed over the said amount to him and went away.

( Kamaal–ud-Deen : Pg. 503 , Ghaibat Tusi : Pg. 321 )

Special Representatives Of Imam Mahdi(a.t.f.s)

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After the martyrdom of Imam Hassan Askari (a.s) the mantle of Imamate fell on the young shoulders of Imam(a.t.f.s). Imam(a.t.f.s) was forced to conceal himself from the eyes of the people. In the initial stages of the minor occultation, some very special and selected people among the Shi’as had the permission to meet their master whenever the need arose. They presented the problems of the Shi’as in the service of Imam who provided answers to them and conveyed them back to the people. Such selected people were called as special representatives(Nawwab-e-Khassa), deputies.

Four persons had the honor of acquiring this elevated status and all of them hailed from and resided in Baghdad. Apart from them, there were representatives in other cities also. The Shi’as either conveyed their messages to these representatives or directly to the special ones for it to reach to the Imam. These special deputies performed innumerable extraordinary feats in the minor occultation which are preserved in different traditional and historical books.

The First Deputy: Abu Amr Usman Bin Sa’eed Amri

The Second Deputy: Abu Ja’far Mohammad Bin Usman Bin Sa’eed Amri

The Third Deputy: Abul Qasim Hosein Bin Ruh Nawbakhti

The Fourth Deputy: Abul Hasan Ali Bin Mohammad Seymouri