All of the Islamic traditionists from various Islamic branches have a unanimous agreement that this narration is healthy and is narrated from the Prophet and no Islamic figure doubts the authenticity of it. It is enough for the validity of this narration to be mentioned by some great Sunni figures like Moslem in his Sahīh, al-Tirmezī and Ahmad bin Hanbal in their Mosnads, al-Nasāee in his Khasāes, Hākim al-Naysābūrī in …

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The fact is that great love and affection towards Imam Mahdi is not given to a man up until an intensive need for the Imam of the Age becomes created in his heart. The truth is that if we have cognizance about the real stance of our Imam, Imam Mahdi in the world and in our life, we cannot suffice ourselves with a little interest in him. The second truth …

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According to Islamic narrations, during the emergence of Imam Mahdi, he will confront various groups and sects as non-believers in him; however, he will adopt different methods against each group of his opponents because all of these disbelievers would not be the same. Of course, a majority of the disbelievers are the ordinary people who do not know the Imam and the magnificent rank of the Imamate so, at the …

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A large number of narrations about the wars and the killings at the End of Time are related to the era before the appearance of Imam Mahdi which should not be ascribed to the Imam and the period of his ruling. As for those narrations dedicated to the time of the advent of Imam Mahdi and depict his uprising violently and murderously, they bear a serious problem in terms of …

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According to some authentic narrations, before the appearance of Imam Mahdi, especially on the threshold of his advent, wars and killings and calamities will befall human beings, but we should not, by mistake, attribute these wars and killings to Imam Mahdi because these events will take place before the time of his emergence, or at the very beginning of his advent and therefore he is not responsible for that; however, …

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One should not say that if Allah decides to remain the Imam healthy, He can do it without our prayer since the answer is that, in this world, Allah has intended to do everything through a natural cause and effect procedure and our prayer is one of the causes that will have its own effect. However, there are numerous benefits to obtain through praying for Imam Mahdi. Here we enumerate …

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Answering the mentioned question we can point to the following reasons: First, our Infallible Imams used to do the same: In some Islamic reliable sources it has been indicated that supplicating for Imam Mahdi refers to the manners of the Infallible Imams who used to allocate the best times of their life, e.g. in their prayer, to pray for Imam Mahdi’s health, and they have taught us to do the …

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There are two opinions as response: Some scholars believe that the Imam does not know the time of his appearance. Regarding this, they refer to some groups of authentic narrations: In some of them, those who have set a time of the appearance are considered as the liars. For instance, Imam Bāqir says about these people,  “Those who set a time for the appearance are the liars.”[1] Also, it has …

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The most important motives for the human being's sinning are, on the one hand, his avarice in hoarding material wealth and, on the other hand, his sense of need for the goods of this world. If the human being possesses a sufficient amount of wealth, and a good social reputation, if his mentality becomes Divine-permeated, if the world and her goods are belittled in his eyes, and he thus reaches …

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The characters of the universal rule of Imam al-Mahdi will be the worldwide maintenance of peace, security, justice, and the annihilation of the foundations of corruption, decadence, oppression, and crime. This has been the main purpose of all the prophets and establishing worldwide peace and security has always constituted one of their promises. And so the unpolluted souls of mankind at large, ever since the beginning of human history, have …

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