Islam — Twelver Shiʿa

Twelve Hashimite claimants

Kitab al-Ghayba — al-Tusi’s Book of Occultation · Kitab al-Ghayba, report 428; Thaqalayn chapter 51, report 6

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Historical Arabic text as transcribed by Thaqalayn, chapter 51, reports 427, 428, 437, 443 and 444. New Rainbow Watch English translation prepared directly from the Arabic, September 2026, with the complete Arabic beside each rendering. Web transcription checked; no manuscript or printed-page collation is claimed. Report numbers and Arabic punctuation are retained; English punctuation and transliteration are editorial.

Underlying medieval Arabic reports are public-domain historical text. No modern editorial footnotes or Rizvi translation are reproduced. The English rendering was newly prepared for Rainbow Watch from the Arabic.

English translation — Rainbow Watch Al-Fadl ibn Shadhan, from al-Hasan ibn Ali al-Washsha, from Ahmad ibn A’idh, from Abu Khadija, who said: Abu Abd Allah, peace be upon him, said: “The Qa’im will not emerge until twelve men of the descendants of Hashim emerge, each calling people to himself.” Arabic source text 428- الفضل بن شاذان، عن الحسن بن علي الوشاء، عن أحمد بن عائذ، عن أبي خديجة قال: قال أبوعبد الله عليه السلام: لا يخرج القائم حتى يخرج اثنا عشر من بني هاشم كلهم يدعو إلى نفسه.