The Descent of the Messiah — Page 307
HADRAT MIRZA GHULAM AHMADAS Allama Majlisi has written that the correct chain of narration for the Hadith of Imam Muhammad Baqir is through a single chain, and for another reliable Hadith, the chain of narration is different, and for the correct chain of narration for the Hadith of Imam Ja'far Sadiq, the chain of narration is through another source, and so on. كَلِمت 1 Maulānā! When there are so many different Ahādīth in your own sect, how can you be so certain in interpreting the verse of to mean the Five Pure Ones², and, on above this, assert that everyone agrees to this? In this matter, even the scholars and inter- preters of the Imami school are not in agreement, let alone others. You then write, “It is proven from the agreed-upon Ahādīth of the seventy-three sects that Noah, at the time of the flood, and Abraham [sought the intercession of Hadrat Imam Hussain]. . . " Regarding your claim of the consensus of Aḥādīth of seventy-three sects, would you be so kind as to provide one Hadith related to this subject from each sect? I will not even examine the Ahadith presented by you according to the rules of Hadith, even if they are weak. Just provide the name of the sect and the Arabic text of the Hadith, along with the reference to the book from which the Hadith has been copied. Returning to the subject at hand, I would like to ask you the following regarding the line that you have written at the head of your book, which reads: In repudiation of the [writing], and the excellence of Imam Hussain over all Prophets, except the Holy Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. (1) In support of these words which verse of God have you cited wherein Allah the Almighty says that Imam Hussainas excels all 1 Kalimatin ]كلمات[ refers to certain words of prayer”. See above. [Publisher[ 2 In Shiite belief these are: the Holy Prophetsas, Hadrat Alira, Hadrat Fatimaha, Hadrat Imam Hassan and Hadrat Imam Hussaina. [Publisher] 307