The Assessment of Utilization of Divination, Miracles, and Dreams in the Arguments of the Pretender Yamani Basri

One of the recent pretenders, named “Ahmad Bin Isma’eelBasri”, has claimed to be Yamani and the grandson of Imam Mahdi (A.S), and the Imam after the passing of Imam Mahdi (A.S) and attributed some other issues to himself and his disciples resorting to the miracles attributed to this person have tried to prove his Imamate and legitimacy using divination by Quran, and dreams. Utilizing divination and dream, in order to recognize the Divine authority, has been invalidated unanimously by the religious scholars and there are some reasons against it in addition to the lack of reasons in proof. On the other hand, expressing the burial place of Hazrat Zahra by this person is not only inconsistent with the terminological meaning of the term “miracle”, but also the narratives of the infallible have expressed the opposite. The article’s method is descriptiveanalytical and by no means can anyone prove the person’s Imamate by divination with Quran, or dreams.