Examining the validity of some of the evidence presented by Basari The Yamani false claim

The aim of this paper is examining some of the reasons based on the Hadith that one of the people who made claims to be the successor for lifesaviour, named Ahmad – bin Ismail Basari. This person introduced himself as the one of the grandsons of Imam Asr (Contemporary Imam Mahdi) and he claimed that he is the person who makes the world suitable for the arrival of Imam Mahdi and he will receive the government and Caliphate after Imam Mahdi. He has tried to prove his claim by exploiting the traditions quoted from the innocent Imams. And also, his followers claim that all his remarks and his reasons are derived from the divine science and criticizing or questioning them is impossible. A thorough analysis of the reasons that have been explained by him, shows that this person had the intention to deceive his addressees by resorting to the unauthentic Hadith, and using unscientific resources, cutting the Hadith into pieces, distorting the meaning of and justification for them. Two thing made us to criticize some of his reasons based the Hadith, after introducing this person and his method of advertising. The first one is that this movement is new in Iran and the second one is that we felt the need to scientifically examine and analyze in such a way that has been derived from the valid resources. The method of this paper is descriptive and analytic and we have found the false claims of this man against the Imams and using the illiteracy of his followers in the field of traditions quoted from Imams. And also it has been tried to prove the invalidity of his claims by analyzing some of the reasons that have been claimed and by paying attention to this fact that the recommended (by prophet) and the successor of Imam Mahdi must have the knowledge and chastity.