1 . أَخْبَرَنا عیسَی بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمیدِ الْجُوزَجانيُّ، قالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْمَنْصُورَ الْهاشِميَّ الْخُراسانيَّ یَقُولُ: لا بُدَّ لِلنّاسِ مِنْ إمامٍ عادِلٍ مِنْ ذُرِّیَّةِ إبراهیمَ علیهِ السَّلامُ جَعَلَهُ اللّهُ لَهُمْ و ذٰلِكَ عَهْدٌ عَهِدَهُ اللّهُ إِلَیْهِ إِذِ ابْتَلاهُ بِكَلِمٰاتٍ فَأَتَمَّهُنَّ: «قَالَ إِنِّي جَاعِلُكَ لِلنَّاسِ إِمَامًا ۖ قَالَ وَمِنْ ذُرِّيَّتِي ۖ قَالَ لَا يَنَالُ عَهْدِي الظَّالِمِينَ»، فَمَنْ ماتَ وَ لا یَعْرِفُ هٰذَا الْإمامَ فَقَدْ ماتَ مِیتَةً جاهِلیَّةً! أَلا إِنَّهُ لَیْسَ أبا بَكْرٍ الْبَغدادِيَّ و لا مُحمَّد عمرَ الْقَندَهاريَّ و لا فُلاناً و لا فُلاناً -فَما أَبْقیٰ رَجُلاً مِنْ أَئِمَّةِ الْقَومِ إلّا سَمّاهُ- وَ لٰكِنَّهُ الْمَهْدِيُّ! ثُمَّ تَمَثَّلَ بِقَولِ دِعْبِلِ بْنِ عَليٍّ الْخُزاعِيِّ فَقالَ: خُروجُ إِمامٍ لا مَحالَةَ خارِجٌ/ یَقُومُ عَلَی اسْمِ اللّهِ وَ الْبَرَكاتِ/ یَمِیزُ فِینا كُلَّ حَقٍّ و باطِلٍ/ وَ یَجْزِي عَلَی النَّعْمٰاءِ وَ النَّقَمٰاتِ/ فَیا نَفْسُ طَیِّبِي ثُمَّ یا نَفْسُ أَبْشِرِي/ فَغَیْرُ بَعیدٍ ما هُوَ آتٍ!

Translation of the saying:

Isa bin Abdul Hameed Jawzjani informed us and said: I heard that Mansoor Hashemi Khorasani says: there is no solution for people other than a just Imam from the offspring of Ibrahim peace be upon him, whom God has appointed, and this is the covenant that God has made with him when He tested him by some words, so he finished them: “He said: Indeed I set you as an Imam for people, He said: And from among My offspring? He said: My covenant will not reach to the oppressors” (Al-Baqarah/ 124), so whoever dies while he does not know this Imam, has died an ignorant death! Be aware, that Imam is not Abu Bakr Baghdadi or Muhammad Omar Qandahari or this and that -then he did not leave any of the Imams of the nations unless he mentioned their names- rather he is Mahdi! Then he used the poem from Da’bal bin Ali Khazaei as an example and said: The advent of the Imam who will inevitably come out/ will revolt in the name of God and His blessings/ will separate every right and wrong among us/ will reward good deeds and will punish bad deeds/ Oh you the soul! Be calm and happy/ because anything that is to come, is not far away!

2 . أَخْبَرَنا عَبْدُ اللّهِ بْنُ حَبیبٍ الطَّبَرِيُّ، قالَ: كانَ فِي الْمَحَلَّةِ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْعِلْمِ وَ كانَ لَهُ حُسْنُ خُلْقٍ وَ حُسْنُ عِبادَةٍ، فَنَظَرَ إِلَیْهِ الْمَنْصُورُ یَوماً فَرَقَّ لَهُ فَكَتَبَ إِلَیْهِ: یا محمّدُ! إِنَّ الَّذِي أَنْتَ عَلَیْهِ حَسَنٌ وَ هُوَ یُعْجِبُني إلّا أَنَّهُ لَیْسَ لَكَ مَعْرِفَةٌ فَاذْهَبْ وَ اطْلُبِ الْمَعْرِفَةَ! أَفَلا یَسْتَحْیِي أَحَدُكُمْ أَن یَعِیشَ أَرْبَعِینَ سَنَةً لا یَعْرِفُ إمامَ زَمانِهِ حَتّیٰ یَمُوتَ مِیتَةً جاهِلیَّة؟!

Translation of the saying:

Abdullah bin Habib Tabari informed us and said: there was a man in our neighborhood who was affable and a good worshiper, then one day, Mansoor looked at him, then pitied him, so wrote to him:...