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Sharo. The affirmation and the denial of those who falsely claim it, believing that the affairs and consensus are not for anyone other than him, and that there is no authority or unveiling in his time, and that he is the seal of the prophecy, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him and all of them. He warned the sheikhs of the paths and forbade them from giving obedience, and he invalidated their consensus and their remembrance. And whoever does this from them, then he has committed a great evil, and that is only so that he may exclusively hold power in religious and political matters. And a few days after the martyrdom of Sheikh Al-Mahdi, a young man from the sons of Sheikh Abu Ra, named Abd al-Rahman, claimed to be the Khalifa of the Khalifa Abd Allah. And he heard a caller saying to him: "We have made you a Khalifa on earth, so judge between people with justice." So he responded to him, addressing him, saying that the Khalifa Abd Allah Al-Ta'ashi is in the inner being of Al-Mahdi, and that Umar, peace be upon him, saw the saints gathered in the Holy House, congratulating each other on the appearance of Al-Mahdi and the viziership of Abd Allah Al-Ta'ashi. And that the devils say: "We used to live by trickery and deception, and now we have no life because Al-Mahdi has appeared. If he had appointed Abd Allah as Khalifa, we would have found a way into Mahdism." And in the second book, there are interpretations of what the claimant of the caliphate saw. And here is the form of what came in the two books, transmitted from the book of proclamations. "The First" In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to God, the Generous Lord, and prayers be upon our master Muhammad and his family, with peace. And thereafter, The servant, The one in need of God, Muhammad Al-Mahdi bin Abd Allah, to his beloved, Muqarr Al-Din Hassan. We have received your answer, read it, and understood it. This is what is required of every compassionate and sincere believer. And to the highest assembly, and the best companion. And we have received from you, repeatedly, from those who have arrived.

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