چکیده:
Little is found in early Shi‘a sources regarding the
special deputies of Imam Mahdi during the Minor Occultation.
While in various Shi‘a sources various people are referred to as
envoys of Imam Mahdi, his four prominent deputies are ‘Uthman
ibn Sa‘id ‘Amri, Muhammad ibn ‘Uthman, Husayn ibn Ruh
Nowbakhti, and Ali ibn Muhammad Samari. ‘Uthman ibn Sa‘id
‘Amri, who was an agent (wakil) of Imam Hadi and Imam Hasan
‘Askari, was his first deputy in the Minor Occultation, and his
deputyship can be corroborated in many ways. After him,
Muhammad ibn ‘Uthman was chosen by the Imam as his second
deputy. Husayn ibn Ruh Nowbakhti, an influential figure of his
time, served as the Imam’s third deputy for about 21 years. Finally,
‘Uthman ibn Sa‘id ‘Amri was the last deputy, who in the Imam’s
famous letter to him declared the start of the Major Occultation.
خلاصه ماشینی:
"While in various Shi‘a sources various people are referred to as envoys of Imam Mahdi, his four prominent deputies are ‘Uthman ibn Sa‘id ‘Amri, Muhammad ibn ‘Uthman, Husayn ibn Ruh Nowbakhti, and Ali ibn Muhammad Samari.
‘Uthman ibn Sa‘id ‘Amri, who was an agent (wakil) of Imam Hadi and Imam Hasan ‘Askari, was his first deputy in the Minor Occultation, and his deputyship can be corroborated in many ways.
Nevertheless, among the Shi‘a it is well-known that the following four people were his deputies: ‘Uthman ibn Sa‘id ‘Amri, Muhammad ibn ‘Uthman, Husayn ibn Ruh Nowbakhti, and Ali ibn Muhammad Samari.
"2 The reasons for his being a deputy of Imam Mahdi After the martyrdom of Imam Hasan al-‘Askari, ‘Uthman ibn Sa‘id ‘Amri assumed the responsibility of performing the ritual bathing of the body of Imam, enshrouding and burying him.
The letters of Imam Mahdi were delivered to the ordinary and elite Shi‘as via ‘Uthman ibn Sa‘id and his son, Muhammad.
When some Shi‘as quarrelled about the successor of Imam Hasan ‘Askari, a letter was issued by Imam Mahdi to ‘Uthman ibn Sa‘id as follows: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful 4 Shaikh Tusi, al-Ghaibah, pp.
Muhammad ibn ‘Uthman was the special deputy of Imam Mahdi for about 40 years, and false claims to deputyship were rampant then.
15 Shaykh Saduq quoted Abu Muhammad, Hasan ibn Ahmad Maktab as saying: In the year when Ali ibn Muhamad Samuri passed away, we were in Baghdad, and went to him some days before his demise."
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