Criticism of Ahmad al-Hassan's call and uprising

Ahmad al-Hassan, a native of Basra and a graduate of the seminary of Najaf Ashraf in 1423 AH / 2002, claimed to be the viceroy and son of Imam al- Zaman and considered himself a promised Yamani, who has a duty to warn seminaries from ignoring the Holy Quran and forming the Islamic government. Ahmad al-Hassan’s companions have been able to attract followers for him by incorrectly quoting the hadiths of Mahdism and by distorting them. The basis of their invitation is a narration from the Prophet which refers to the existence of the twelve Mahdis after the twelve Imams (Peace Be Upon Them); and Ahmad al-Hassan claims that he is the first Mahdi out of the twelve, while in the Shiite narrations the twelve Mahdis are the twelve Imams (Peace Be Upon Them). In this article, we have examined this narration and some of its evidences, and we have invalidated Ahmad al-Hassan claims about this narration.