Ahmed al-Hasan
In Twelver Shi'ism Islam, the majority religion of Iraq, al-Yamani is "the deputy of the Mahdi, the Twelfth Imam, and a precursor to his Reappearance" and to End Times.
[1] Mohammad Al-Musawi the head of the World Ahlul Bayt Islamic League in London claimed that the name of Ahmed al-Hasan's father was Ismael Gaati and thus he was from a non-Sayyed family.
[6] However, a Shia scholar Sheikh Muneeb from the Center of Theological studies of Ali al-Sistani has said in 2013 that this was not true and Ahmed al-Hasan doesn't have the name Gaati in his lineage.
Ahmed al-Hasan said: "For instance, Korani and the al-Sistani’s center began saying that the name of one of my fathers is Gati.
According to one of his sermons, in 1999, Ahmed al-Hasan had been commanded by Muhammad al-Mahdi, the twelfth Imam of Shiites, to enter the Hawza Najaf and make some reformation in it.
[9] As for scientific activities, in that interval, he published two books, Wilderness or the Path to Allah and The Calf, which were admired by some of the scholars of Hawza at that time.
[18][19] Due to these harsh objections and repeated attacks on Ahmed al-Hasan's home in Najaf and his office, during the time of Nouri al-Maliki's rule, he is forced to live in hiding.
Therefore, I find it necessary to pay attention to this matter and emphasize it hoping that God will enable Muslims to raise their voices and demand the uncovering of the sacred house of revelation.
"[22] Ahmed al-Hasan, in his books like The Ideology of Islam, after discussing the meaning of the religion, elaborates on the method by which the previous prophets and representatives of God introduced themselves and proved their righteousness.
[51] Also, he has introduced himself as the comforter sent by Jesus mentioned in the Gospel of John,[52][53][54][30] the Son of Man coming from the east and the faithful and sensible slave in the Gospel of Matthew,[55][31][30] one like a son of man on the white cloud,[56][31] and the lamb in the Revelation of John [57] In addition to these verses from the New Testament, Ahmed al-Hassan also presented other verses from the Old Testament as identifying texts, the interpretations of which are available in his books.
For example, in the book of Isaiah chapter 11, he has interpreted that the shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse as Imam Al-Mahdi, and the branch from his roots as himself.
[62] Ahmed al-Hasan brings forth The Stone seen in the vision of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, in the book of Daniel[63] as another identifying text.
[66][31] Multiple books have been written about the evidence of this call, the connection between these texts, and why they refer to their interpreted characters like Imam Al-Mahdi and Ahmed al-Hasan.
Among these works by the followers of Ahmed al-Hasan concerning the Bible, one can mention the books by Adil Alsaeedi, Alas Alsalem, Abdurazaq Aldeeravi, Ali Abdulreza, Sadiq Al-Muhammadi, and Hussain Al-Mansuri.
[31][67][68][69][70][71][72] Ahmed al-Hasan has published books in various domains, including Islam,[73] Christianity, and Judaism ideology,[51][53] interpretation of the Qur'an,[74][75][76] the Bible,[77] and other ancient religious texts,[78] criticism of atheism,[79] and social-political issues.
[1] According to the chief of Basra police his followers are mostly intellectuals and educated people, including university professors, seminary graduates and engineers.
They raise demands to the relevant Iraqi authorities, whether judicial or governmental, to the governments of major countries, and to humanitarian organizations to intervene, reopen investigations with the detainees, and remove Article 4 terrorism charges against them.
Additionally, one of Sayed Ahmed Al-Hasan's followers was arrested while performing the Husseini rituals during the Arbaeen pilgrimage procession.
They continue to incite against Sayeed Ahmed Al-Hasan's group through their channels and media, monitoring their movements, and fabricating charges against them whenever the opportunity arises.
Ahmed al-Hasan has stated that Riser Brigades were founded to fight ISIS and protect the Shia shrines and not against the government or the Sunni brothers.
[93] According to a colonel from the police in Dhi Qar Governorate a number of officers and members of the security forces were within the ranks of Ahmed al-Hasan.
[1] An example of his opposition is a question and answer in the pro-Islamic Republic of Iran, Shi'i website "Al-Islam": Question: What do scholars say about Ahmed al-Hasan, who "makes a various claims, including being the son, messenger, vicegerent, and executor of the affairs of Imam Mahdi, al-Yamani, an infallible Imam, the first of 12 Mahdis."
He has been appointed and financially supported by our enemies to create dispute and cause trouble among the followers of Ahlul Bayt" (i.e. Shia Muslims).
And the reason is, that the clerics and the Hawzas will find it from the difficult matters to accept what opposes what they have studied about and were used to in their concepts and Sharia rulings.
Sheikh AlMajlesy: He (Prophet (p)) said that because Imaan (faith) started from Mecca which is Touhama from the region of Yemen and so it was called: The Yamani Kaaba.
So if one makes his own assumption to the meaning of this narration "because he calls to the truth and to the right path", is rendering the words of the Imams ℗ useless since there will be no limits or restrictions to the character of the Yamani, and may God forbid people saying such a thing about our holy Imams℗.
The Los Angeles Times and RFERL identified the leader of the Soldiers of Heaven group as Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, who was killed in the clashes.
The Times article also reported that Diyah Abdul Zahraa Khadom was the same person as Ahmed al-Hasan al-Yamani, and whose alleged role was deputy of the group, not the leader.
Sheikh Saadiq al-Hasnawi, who is a teacher in the Scientific Hawza of Honorable Najaf says, "This movement (Soldiers of Heaven), we have never heard about it before, and we used to guess that the leader of it is Sayed Ahmad al-Yamani, and they told me about the book Qathi al-Sama which was spread around in multitudes and by anonymous people, and when I read the content of the book I was shocked in its strange ideas completely, over the method of Ahmad son of al-Hasan al-Yamani.
"[117] Sayyed Hasan bin Muhammad Ali al-Hamami (son of the late Marja Sayed Muhammad Ali Musawi al-Hamami) states that Soldiers of Heaven was led by Dhiyaa' [Abdul-Zahra] Al-Qara'wi, who had rejected the 12 Imams of Shia Islam, had claimed to be the 12th Imam Mahdi himself, and had later died in the battle.
