Bigotry: The Dark Danger
OUR PROPHET (SAAS) MADE HAZRAT ALI (RA) PROMISE NOT TO DISCLOSE THE NAME OF HAZRAT MAHDI (PBUH)
It is cited from Iqmal ud Din:
Abu Ja’far [Mohammad Baqir (as)] ordained:
“When Umar asked Hazrat Ali (ra) about Mahdi (pbuh), he (Umar) said: The son of Abu Talib (Hazrat Ali), tell me about Mahdi (pbuh). What is his name?”
And Hazrat Ali (ra) said:
“My dear, close friend, and brother our Prophet (saas) said: “Allah had me promise not to reveal his name to anybody until he would appear. His [Hazrat Mahdi (pbuh)’s] name is one of the knowledge which God entrusted upon his Messenger.”
Sa'd narrated similar to this hadith in the work of Al-Ghaybah by Sheikh Tusi.
(Al-Majlisi, Bihar Al-Anwar, Beirut 1404, volume 51, page 33-34)