A Research in Recognitions of Ahmad Ibn HelālēAbartāie,One of the False Claimants of Imam Mahdi's Deputyship

The emergence of the false messianic claimants was the major challenge of Imamites at the time of minor Occultation. “Ahmad Ibn HelālAbartāie” was one of the well-known false claimants at that period. The present research with an aim to investigate the false claims of deputyship of Imam Mahdi at the minor Occultation explains the false claims of Ahmad Ibn HelālAbartāie. This paper is organized on the basis of descriptive-analytic method and based on the research’s aim, it is an explanatory research and in terms of data used, it is exploratory-qualitative. Moreover, while we present the biography of Ahmad Ibn HelālAbartāie, we point to the reasons that caused the emergence of such claims by him. The Imam Mahdi’s ethology in confrontation with him is among the issues raised in this study. At the end, we explore Ahmad Ibn HelālAbartāie’s dignity’s character. The ending discussion is devoted to the mass of traditions transmitted from him. Due to Imam Mahdi’s decisive encounter with him, his claims did not attract enough followers to itself. However, that he died in the same year as of his false claims has affected this area.