Hadith 1

ry be to Allah-azwj! How sublime this is from the knowledge! ’
He-asws said: ‘Yes, O Mufazzal, for cast it to our-asws Shias lest they doubt in the religion’. Al-Mufazzal said, ‘O my chief! In which spot would Al-Mahdi-ajfj appear? ’
He-asws said: ‘No eye will see him-ajfj at the time of his-ajfj appearance except every eye would see him-ajfj. The one who says to you all other than this, so belie him! ’
Al-Mufazzal said, ‘O my chief! Will he-ajfj not be seen at the time of his-ajfj coming to the world? ’
He-asws said: ‘Yes, by Allah-azwj! He-ajfj will be seen from the time of his-as being blessed (to his parents-asws) up to the time of the expiry of his-as father-asws, two years and six months. The beginning of his-ajfj birth is the time of dawn from Friday night on the eighth vacant from Shaban of the year two hundred and fifty-seven, up to the time of Friday on the eighth vacant from Rabbi Al-Awwal of the year two hundred and sixty. And it is the day of the expiry of his-ajfj father-asws in the city which is on the banks of (river) Djlah (Tigris). It will be built by the arrogant, the tyrant names with the name ‘Ja’far’, the strayed, the one titled as ‘Al-Mutawakkil’, and he is the eater, may Allah-azwj the Exalted Curse him, and it is the city called Surmanray (cheering the one who sees), and it is Sa’manray (worsens the one who sees). His-ajfj person would be seen by the Momin, the truthful, in the year two hundred and sixty, and he-ajfj will not be seen by the doubter, the suspicious, and he-ajfj will implement in it his-ajfj orders and his-ajfj forbiddances, and he-ajfj will disappear from it. He-ajfj will appear in the castle at Sabir by the side of the city in the sanctuary of his-ajfj grandfather-saww Rasool-Allah-saww. He will meet him-ajfj over there, the one whom Allah-azwj would Make fortunate by looking at him-ajfj. Then he-ajfj will disappear in the last day of the year two hundred and sixty, so no eye of anyone would see him-ajfj until he-ajfj is seen by everyone and every eye! ’
Al-Mufazzal said, ‘I said, ‘O my chief! Who will address (talk to) him-ajfj and whom will he-ajfj address to? ’
Al-Sadiq-asws said: ‘The Angels and the Momineen from the Jinn will address him-ajfj and bring out his-ajfj orders and his-ajfj forbiddances to his-ajfj trusted ones, and his-ajfj ones in charge, and his-ajfj representatives, and Muhammad Bin Nusayr Al-Numeyri would sit at his-ajfj door during the day of his-ajfj occultation at Sabir. The he-ajfj will appear at Makkah, and by Allah-azwj, O Mufazzal! It is as if I-asws am looking at him-ajfj entering Makkah and upon him-ajfj is a cloak of Rasool-Allah-saww, and upon his-ajfj head is a yellow turban, and in his-ajfj legs are slippers of Rasool-Allah-saww, Al-Makhsufa, and in his-ajfj hand would be his-saww stick. He-ajfj is ushering lean female goats in front of him-ajfj until he-ajfj arrives with them towards the House (Kabah). No one is recognising him-ajfj, and he-ajfj has appeared and he-ajfj is a youth’. Al-Mufazzal said, ‘O my chief! He-ajfj return as a youth or will he-ajfj appear during his-asws youth? ’
He-asws said: ‘Glory be to Allah-azwj! And can that be known? He-ajfj will appear however he-ajfj so desires to and in whichever image he-ajfj so desires to when there comes to him-ajfj the Command fr