Editing Ahmed al-Hasan (section)

===Muslims===
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| quote = " O Ali, there will be twelve Imams after me, and after them there will be twelve Mahdis. You, O Ali, are the first of the twelve Imams... Then if death approaches him, let him hand it over to his son, Muhammad, the Preserver of the Holy family of Muhammad. These are the twelve Imams. After him there will be twelve Mahdis. So if death approaches him, let him hand it over to his son, the first of the close ones. He has three names, one like mine and my father’s: Abdullah and Ahmed, and the third name is al-Mahdi. He is the first of the believers."
| source = Muhammad's Will according to Occultation by Al Tousi <ref name="Will in Tusi">{{cite book|last=(Shaykh Tusi)|first=Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi|title= "Ghaybat Al Tousi (Occultation by Al Tousi)"|year= |pages= 96 & 150|url= https://thaqalayn.net/chapter/27/1/26}}</ref>
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The most important text that Ahmed al-Hasan refers to is the [[Muhammad]]'s will, in which he states after him there will be twenty-four successors, twelve Imams, and twelve Mahdis.<ref name="Will in Tusi">{{cite book|last=(Shaykh Tusi)|first=Abu Ja'far Muhammad ibn al-Hasan al-Tusi|title= "Ghaybat Al Tousi (Occultation by Al Tousi)"|year= |pages= 96 & 150|url= https://thaqalayn.net/chapter/27/1/26}}</ref> Muhammad names the first thirteen of his successors, from the first Imam, [[Ali]] ibn Abi Talib, to the first Mahdi, Ahmed, and Ahmed al-Hasan claims he is the Ahmed mentioned in the will of Muhammad. In other words, Ahmed al-Hasan introduced himself as the thirteenth successor of Muhammad and the direct successor of Imam [[Muhammad al-Mahdi]].

Muhammad's will is narrated in one of the oldest and most reliable narration books for Shiites, ''The Occultation'' ({{Langx|ar|کتاب الغیبه|links=no}}) by [[Shaykh Tusi]].<ref name="Will in Tusi"/> There are many studies about the will of Muhammad and its authenticity, such as ''The Sacred Will'' by Ahmed Alhasan and ''Frequency of Narrating the Will'' by Nadhem Aloqaili.<ref name="Sacred Will">{{cite book|last= Alhasan |first= Ahmed|title= The Sacred Will: The Statement Protecting from Misguidance|year=2012 |pages=|url= https://almahdyoon.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/wasiya.pdf}}</ref><ref>[https://almahdyoon.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/210-twator-wasiya.pdf Frequency of Narrating the Will (Arabic Version)]</ref><ref>[https://almahdyoon.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Vasiat-3Book.pdf The Will and The Successor, Ahmed Alhasan (Persian Version)]</ref> There exist other narrations in which Muhammad describes his will as a statement after which his nation never goes astray.<ref>[https://www.quranexplorer.com/hadithebook/English/Hadith/bukhari/007.070.573.html Sahih al-Bukhari, 7:70:573, Fath Albari in explaining Sahih Bukhari Hadith number: 5345.  Sahih al-Bukhari, 8:160]</ref><ref>[https://thaqalayn.net/hadith/22/2/4/11 Al-Ghaybah by Al-Noa’mani, 81. The book of Occultation English version pg. 87]</ref> Ahmed al-Hasan by emphasizing this description, states the first person who brings this will as his identifying text must be the true claimant.<ref name="Sacred Will"/>

Ahmed al-Hasan has claimed, "I am the Messenger of Imam [[Mahdi]], and I am his vicegerent, and I am the first of the twelve Mahdis from the sons of Imam Mahdi".<ref name="بيان الحق والسداد الجزء الثاني">{{cite book|last=الحسن|first=احمد|title=بيان الحق والسداد|year=2006 |pages=16 |url=http://www.almahdyoon.org/arabic/documents/books-saed/Bayan-l7a9-al2a3dad-2.pdf}}</ref><ref name= "40 nar">{{cite book|last= Aloqaili |first= Nadhem|title= "Forty Narrations about Mahdis and Offspring of Riser" |year=2011 |pages= |url= https://almahdyoon.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/40-feMahdyin.pdf}}</ref> He claims he is the Yamani, who paves the way for the appearance of Imam Mahdi, after his [[Major Occultation|major occultation]].<ref name="Moneer">{{cite book|last=Alhasan|first= Ahmed|title= "Enlightening Answers across the Ether, Vol 1 (Original Arabic)"|year=2010 |pages= |url= https://almahdyoon.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Al-Jawab-AlMonir-1.pdf }}</ref> The appearance of Al-Yamani is one of the major [[signs of the appearance of the Mahdi]], the 12th Imam of Shi'a Muslims.<ref>[https://thaqalayn.net/chapter/22/2/14 Narration from Muhammad al-Baqir about al-Yamani (The Book of Occultation by al-Nu'mani)]</ref>

Also concerning the Sunni Muslims, as it is narrated in their narration books, Muhammad named the Mahdi ''The Vicegerent of God Al-Mahdi'', and has urged people to pledge allegiance to him.<ref>[https://ketabonline.com/ar/books/40585/read?part=4&page=1531&index=3653912/3653942 السلسلة الصحيحة للألباني: برقم 1529]</ref><ref>[https://quranx.com/hadith/IbnMajah/DarusSalam/Volume-5/Book-36/Hadith-4084 Narration from Muhammad (the vicegerent of God, al-Mahdi)]</ref><ref name="Welcome Mahdi">{{cite book|last= |first= |title= "Welcome to The Vicegerent of God, The Mahdi"|year=2013 |pages=|url= https://almahdyoon.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/koras-sunna.pdf
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Ahmed al-Hasan, in some of his books like ''The Allegories'' and ''The Sacred Will'', interprets some verses of the Quran that mention Imam Mahdi, himself, and the twelve Mahdis.<ref>{{cite book|last= Alhasan |first= Ahmed|title= The Sacred Will: The Statement Protecting from Misguidance|year=2012 |pages= 11|url= https://almahdyoon.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/wasiya.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last= Alhasan |first= Ahmed |title= The Allegories (Vol 4) |year= 2010 |pages= 250 (Question 155)|url= https://almahdyoon.com/main/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Motachabihat-1-2-3-4.pdf}}</ref>