[155] Sahih-Tirmidhi 2:298 narrating from Fazael’ul-Khamsah-Fi-Sihah-ul-Sittah 1:349; also in Mustadrak Sahih Hakem 3:109, Sahih Ibne-Maajah: 12 and Musnad-Ahmad 4:372
[156] Mustadrak-Hakem 3:121
[157] Kamaluddin: 257, hadith 1.
[158] Eqdud-Durar: 16, hadith 3.
[159] Concerning the fact that the Imams (a.s.) are those who are firmly rooted in knowledge, refer to Usul-Kafi 1:213
[160] Sahih-Tirmidhi 4:505; Kitab al-Fetan, hadith 2230.
[161] Sahih-Timidhi 4:506, hadith 2232
[162] Sunan Abu-Dawood 4:107, hadith 4283, 4284 & 4285.
[163] Ibid.
[164] Ibid.
[165] Jamaeh al-Usul; Ibne-Athir, Vol 11, hadith 7808
[166] Sunan Ibne-Ma’jah 2:1367, hadith 4085
[167] Al-Musannaf 11: hadith 20770; Mustadrak-Hakem 4:558
[168] Page 286, hadith 1.
[169] Page 289, hadith 1.
[170] Page 307, hadith 1.
[171] Page 316, hadith 2.
[172] Page 317, hadith 1.
[173] Refer to Usul-e-Kafi 1: 525-535
[174] Ibid: 2 tradition 2.
[175] Ibid: 4, tradition 4
[176] Ibid: 5, tradition 11
[177] Ibid: 15, tradition 16.
[178] Ibid: 15, tradition 15.
[179] Ibid: 16, tradition 21 & 22.
[180] Ibid: 16, tradition 21 & 22.
[181] Ibid: 23, tradition 35.
[182] Bihar-ul-Anwar, vol.51:24, tradition 37.
[183] Muntakhab-ul-Athar: 182, tradition 2.
[184] Ibid: 183, tradition 4
[185] Ibid: 185, tradition 1.
[186] Refer to the last section of the book, “Imamate-Ma’hboob” written by this author.
[187] Muntakhab-ul-Athar : 95, tradition 33
[188] Ibid : 93, tradition 27
[189] Muntakhab-ul-Athar: 426, tradition 2.
[190] Muntakhab-ul-Athar: 440, tradition 4
[191] Ibid: 439, tradition 1.
[192] Ibid: 515, tradition 13
[193] Ibid: 516, tradition 5
[194] Ibid: 498, tradition 10
[195] Muntakhab-ul-Athar: 252, tradition 4, 7, 9.
[196] Kafi 2:208, tradition 1.
[197] Ibid 1: 376, tradition 1.
[198] Kafi 2:234
[199] Ehtejaj: Abu-Mansoor Ahmad-ibn-Abi Talib Tabarsi 2, 277-279, printed in Najaf 1386 A.H.
[200] Kalamat’ul Imam Mahdi: 565
[201] Bihar-ul-Anwar 51: 303-304
[202] Bihar-ul-Anwar 51: 306 & 307 narrating from “Feh’rest” of Najashi.
[203] Ghaibat: Muhammad-ibn-Hasan Tusi, page 186; Maktab Nainawa, Tehran.
[204] Kamaluddin: 384, chapter 38, tradition 1.
[205] Kalemat’ul Imam al-Mahdi: 264
[206] Ibid: 193
[207] Ibid: 298
[208] Ibid: 200
[209] Ibid: 196
[210] Ibid: 190
[211] Ibid: 190
[212] Ibid: 376
[213] Ibid: 564
[214] Ibid: 288
[215] Ghaibat: Shaikh Tusi: 227-228
[216] Kalemat’ul Imam Mahdi: 284
[217] About prayers of Imams (a.s.) for their Shiites, refer to “Bihar-ul-Anwar” 26:141, tradition 12.
[218] Translation of Mekyal al-Makarem 1:119
[219] Ibid
[220] Kafi 2:509, tradition 2
[221] Najme-Saqeb, chapter 7, incident 71 with minor change in phrases.
[222] Bihar-ul-Anwar 52:92 & 93.
[223] Najme-Saqeb: 45, fifteenth name.
[224] Ibid: 572, chapter 9.
[225] Researches concerning longevity, senility and prevention of old age.
[226] Ibid: 7
[227] Ibid: 9
[228] Ibid: 27
[229] Ibid: 32-33
[230] Ibid: 33
[231] Ibid: 37
[232] Ibid: 38
[233] Ibid: 54
[234] Secret of longevity: 86
[235] Ibid: 167
[236] Ibid: 165
[237] Ibid: 181
[238] Research concerning longevity, senility and prevention of old age: 11
[239] Ibid: 29
[240] Ibid: 30
[241] Ibid: 33
[242] Ibid: 89
[243] Ibid: 93
[244] Ibid: 94
[245] Ibid: 94
[246] Ibid: 60
[247] Torah: chapter 5. Also, the holy Quran: Anbiya (21: 45) and Saffat (37: 145)..
[248] Pars magazine, section 2, page 100-101
[249] Muntakhab-ul-Athar: 274, tradition 1 from Kamaluddin of Saduq.
[250] Bihar-ul-Anwar 52:231
[251] Muntakhab-ul-Athar: 488, below tradition 5, narrating Majlisi’s words.
[252] Tafsir Al-Asfa 1:115 under the verse 244 Sura Baqarah.
[253] Kanz-ul-Daqa’eq 7:377; also Al-Burhan 4:228 (tradition 8044)
[254] Kahf (18) : 47
[255] Anwar-ul-Laame’a: Sayyed Abdullah Shubbar: 192 and Bihar-ul-Anwar 53:122, Allamah claims that approximately 200 genuine traditions have come down in this regard.
[256] Bihar-ul-Anwar 52:39, tradition 1
[257] Bihar-ul-Anwar 53:39, tradition 1
[258] Ibid: tradition 2
[259] Ibid: tradition 3
[260] Ibid: tradition 9
[261] Ghaibate-Tusi: 276
[262] Muntakhab-ul-Athar: 312, tradition 1
[263] Muntakhab-ul-Athar: 312, tradition 1.
[264] Ibid: 312, tradition 3.
[265] Bihar-ul-Anwar 52:191; Al-Muhajjah: 226; Muntakhab-ul-Athar: 290, tradition 1-3
[266] Tafsir-Aiyashi 1:183
[267] Al-Mahdi: Sadr: 239
[268] Muntakhab-ul-Athar: 470, tradition 1
[269] Ibid: 471, tradition 1
[270] Ibid: 472, tradition 2
[271] Ibid: 472, tradition 3
[272] Ibid: 473, tradition 1
[273] Ehtejaj Tabarsi 2:497
[274] Refer to Kalemat’ul Imam Mahdi (a.t.f.s.), section 3-6; Bihar-ul-Anwar 102: 181-126 and Rabi’ul-Anam Fi Khairul Anam: 355-396 which have narrated various ‘Ziarats’.
[275] Kafi 2:39, a part of hadith No 7
[276] Bihar-ul-Anwar 52:25
[277] Ibid, tradition No 7
[278] Ibid: 140, tradition 51