The duties of the awaiting people - The second series

Recognizing the symptoms of the Reappearance

Recognizing the symptoms of Imam Mahdi’s Reappearance is one of the important duties of the awaiting people during the occultation, especially those signs which our Imams have informed us about.

The book Mikyal-al-Makarim

Everyone is needed to pledge allegiance to Imam Mahdi after his Reappearance and this is impossible without having knowledge about the Reappearance.

Imam Sadiq says: "Five symptoms are inevitable before the Reappearance of Imam Mahdi which include: “Yamani, Sufiani, a loud cry from the Heavens, the murder of the pure soul, and the ground subsides in the area of Al-Bayda."

Kamal al-Din and Tamam al-Nimeh, chapter 57 

Ayatollah Safi Golpayegani says:

"Recognizing the symptoms of the Reappearance is obligatory."

 

Almsgiving on behalf of Imam Mahdi

This work is one of the signs of amity and friendship toward Imam Mahdi. One of the recommended tasks ordained by God in his Book to his servants is to do almsgiving on behalf of the (Islam’s) Prophet’s kinsmen and relatives. You don’t notice that whenever you worry about your child or dear ones you pay alms in order to keep them safe from dangers? Thus, your Imam is the most deserved for such a deed (almsgiving).

As evidence to what we mentioned, we can refer to Sheikh Saduq who writes down a document referring to the saying of Prophet: “No one has believed faithfully in me unless he loves me more dearly than himself, and my family more than his and my progeny and kinsmen more than his, and my own self and his own self.”

We can infer from this Hadith that expressing affinity toward him (Imam Mahdi (PBUH)) is as pleasant as the extent that a believer is fond of his kinsmen, children and family and expresses his affinity toward them.

Mekyal al Makarem

 

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Seeking the Savior in Different Religions - The second series

Intense conflicts between Jews

There is a great deal of common ground between Christians and Jews; that is their historical background

is the same; in fact, the Jewish greats are the Christian greats.

Matthew, chapter 15, verse 17

But is Jesus, the Promised Savior that is mentioned in the books of Isaiah, Zechariah and Daniel?

Some Jews believe that Jesus is the Messiah and Savior, but some of them rejected the idea, and because of that they tortured Jesus and his followers severely! In fact, Christ’s persecution was plotted by the

Jewish priests

 

The Christian Messiah

The sentence “Jesus will return again” has been the important and the key concept that is mentioned in the Holy book more than 300 times.

In the "New Testament", several full chapters are assigned to the Christian Messiah [Matthew, Chapters 24 and 25; Mark, Chapter 13; Luke; Chapter 21].

Some Treatises have only focused on the importance of this concept such as the First and Second Thessalonians.

The "Revelation of John" is entirely in relation to the events of the Apocalypse.

Many of the key concepts of the "New Testament" are incomprehensible without understanding the concept of the Advent…

 

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Visiting Imam Mahdi and Its Stories - The second series

The healing of the paralytic

One of the noblemen had lost his two sons during the Shah's reign. His wife became paralyzed because of too much impatience. She lost her sight and almost her youth as well. In fact, she developed premature aging. She was going to be taken to Tehran in order to be cured. Her husband said: “I saw my wife is going to be taken the next morning and there was no one to take care of my children. I got worried. Supplicating Imam Mahdi (PBUH), I asked God: “Please do me a favor so Imam Mahdi (PBUH) helps us. You know our situation is upsetting...”

At the middle of the night, I saw the lights turned on and I heard some sounds. I wondered what has happened. I came downstairs. My little daughter came to me and said: “Dad! Mom is healed.” I went to see my wife and found her healthy. Her premature aging was reversed, she became young again and her sight was healed as well.” Then, the woman started telling the story herself:

 “I was sleeping by myself in the room. Suddenly, the room was lightened. The holy light of Imam Mahdi (PBUH) came to me and said: “Stand up, provided that you no more be impatient.” I stood up. He went out of the room and I followed him. Suddenly, I realized I’m healthy.”

The woman who had been paralyzed was completely healthy, she recaptured her sight and her youth as well. While we have such a master, it’s a shame not to pay attention to him and ironically, we are all neglectful.

(Jahad ba Nafs (The Battle with Oneself); Ayatollah Mazaheri, p. 432)

 

Wishing to visit (a touching story)

Zuhari says: “I had the wish to visit Imam Mahdi (PBUH) for years, and I had suffered a lot and spent a lot in this way. But I was not successful at it. Until I met Muhammad ibn Uthman, the second Special Deputy of Imam Mahdi (PBUH). I asked him: “May I visit Imam Mahdi (PBUH)?” He said: “You will not reach your goal.” I was so sad that I fell at his feet. When he saw my condition, he said: “Come tomorrow at early dawn.”

So I went the next morning and saw a young man with such a beautiful face and fragrant smell which I had never seen and smelled before in my life... Muhammad ibn Uthman made me understand that he is Imam Mahdi (PBUH). I asked many questions and Imam answered them and he answered many questions without even asking. Imam was going to enter a room and Muhammad ibn Uthman said: “If you have further questions ask that you will not see him again.” Imam did not pay attention to my question and as the last thing he said:

 “Accursed is, accursed is a person who delays the evening prayer until the stars appear in the sky. And accursed is, accursed is a person who delays the morning prayer until the stars vanish from the sky.””

(Al-Ghayba al-Tusi, p. 271; Bihar al-Anwar, v. 52;)

 

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The words of scholars - The second series

Critical need of the society for the concepts of Mahdism

Feeling of weakness is a dangerous feeling and a deadly poison for a nation. One of the blessings of 

believing in the concept of Mahdism is that the members of the society feel more confident, reassured and powerful.

Grand Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei the Supreme Leader of Iran - 2005

How much have we done in promoting Mahdism (=of or related Imam Mahdi) teachings in the society?

 

The Occultation is like a prison ...

Imam Baqir said: “His Occultation (Imam Mahdi) has four resemblances to four messengers.... and the resemblance to Prophet Joseph is imprisonment.”

Kamal al-Din, Chapter 32, Hadith 6

Ayatollah Bahjat said: “While the absent Imam can make the dead alive, he is in a big prison. But he doesn’t have this right for himself. While he has special attention to others in case of individual matters, he doesn’t have this attention for social issues which are related to himself.”

In Bahjat’s Company, vol. 2, p. 299

The key of this prison is in our hands...

 

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Imam Mahdi in the Narrations - The second series

The characteristics of Imam Mahdi (PBUH)

Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) said: “Mahdi, of my descendants, is forty years old (means that at the Reappearance time, he looks like a forty-year-old man). His face is shining like a bright star. There is a black mole on his right cheek. He wears two Qutwani cloaks and he looks like the men of the Children of Israel (at the time of Prophet Moses (PBUH)). He’ll bring out the treasures, conquer the countries of polytheistic and lead them.”

(Ithbat al-Hudat, 7/185)

 

Awaiting for the friends, awaiting for the revenge

‘Abd al-‘Azim Hasani says: “I told Imam Jawad (PBUH): “I hope you are the promised “Qaim” who is of the progeny of prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and will fill the earth with justice and equity...” He answered:

« “O Abu al-Qasim, All of us Imams are Qaim by the command of Mighty Allah and guiders towards His religion. But the promised Qaim-through whom Allah would wipe the earth from unbelievers and fill it with justice- is the one whose birth will be concealed for people and he will be disappeared from their sight and pronouncing his name will be Haram (forbidden) for them. He has the same name and kunia as prophet Muhamamd (PBUH) and he is the person who the earth will fold up for him (Tayy al-Arz) and every hardships will become easy for him.

And of his companions, 313 persons equal to the number of the fighters of Badr, will gather around him from all over the world. And this is the word of the Great Allah that “Wheresoever ye are, Allah will bring you Together. For Allah Hath power over all things.” (The Holy Quran, 2:148) So when this number of sincere companions gather around him, Allah will reveal his order and when he has 10000 helpers, he will rise by the permission of Allah and kill the enemies of Allah until He is pleased.””

(Kam al-Din, ch. 36, Hadith 2)

 

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نزدیکترین حالت مردم به خدا

{امام زمان از منظر روایات - شماره 22}

 

امام صادق علیه السلام فرمودند: نزدیک ترین و پسندیده ترین حالت بندگان به خدای تعالی آنگاه است که حجت خدا مفقود گردد و بر بندگان آشکار نباشد و مکانش را ندانند و در آن حال عالم باشند که حجتها و بیّنات الهی باطل نمی شود،در چنین زمانی صبح و شام منتظر فرج باشید،

و سخت ترین خشم خدای تعالی بر دشمنانش آنگاه است که حجت خدا مفقود گردد و بر بندگان آشکار نباشد، و خدای تعالی می داند که اولیایش شک نمی کنند و اگر می دانست که آنان شک می کنند حجتش را چشم برهم زدنی از آنها غایب نمی کرد و آن بر سر بدترین مردم واقع شود.

[کمال الدین؛ ج۲، ص ۱۱]

 

 

منبع : کانال مهدیاران (Mahdiaran@)

«آخرین دولت» در قرآن

{امام مهدی در قرآن - شماره 26}

 

قالَ مُوسَى لِقَوْمِهِ اسْتَعِینُوا بِاللَّهِ وَاصْبِرُوا إِنَّ الْأَرْضَ لِلَّهِ یُورِثُهَا مَنْ یَشَاءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ وَالْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِینَ [اعراف/۱۲۸]

ترجمه:{موسی به قومش گفت: از خدا مدد بگیرید و استقامت ورزید که زمین از آن خداست و آن را به هرکس از بندگانش بخواهد واگذار می کند و سرانجام برای پرهیزکاران است}

امام باقر فرمودند: دولت ما آخرین دولت هاست‌، هر خاندانی که دولتی داشته باشند، قبل از ما به آن می رسند تا چون روش سلطنت ما را دیدند نگویند اگر ما هم سلطنتی داشتیم همین طور رفتار می کردیم، و همین است که قرآن می فرماید «وَالْعَاقِبَةُ لِلْمُتَّقِین»

[کلیدواژه آیات مهدوی، ص۱۴۴]

 

 

منبع : کانال مهدیاران (Mahdiaran@)

همچو باران برس به دادمان

 

همچو باران برس دادمان

 

**اَللّهُمَّ عَجِّل لِوَلیِّکَ الفَرَج**

 

منبع : کانال مهدیاران (Mahdiaran@)

تغییر سبک زندگی

{دولت کریمه امام عصر - شماره 26}

 

روزی یکی از شیعیان به امام باقر گفت: اصحاب ما در کوفه فراوانند، هرچه امر کنید اطاعت میکنند. امام باقر فرمودند: آیا به این حد رسیده اند که یکی از آنها دست ببرد در صندوق دیگری به مقدار نیازش بردارد؟ گفت: نه.

امام فرمودند: اگر در کالای خود بُخل بورزند، در مورد خونِ شان بخیل ترند. مردم فعلا در حال سازش اند(یعنی زندگی طبیعی دارند) ... ولی وقتی قائم قیام کند، دوستی واقعی و صمیمیت حقیقی پیاده میشود. هر نیازمندی دست میبرد و از صندوق برادر ایمانی اش به مقدار نیاز برمیدارد و صاحب صندوق او را منع نمیکند.

[بحارالانوار ج ۵۲ ص ۳۷۲]

در دوران او، ارزش ها تغییر میکند...

 

 

منبع : کانال مهدیاران (Mahdiaran@)

دارای پدری نمونه

{شناخت شناسنامه ای امام زمان - شماره 26}

 

درباره ویژگیهای امام عسکری نوشته اند: رنگش گندم گون، چشمانش درشت و سیاه، رویش زیبا، قامتش معتدل و اندامی متناسب داشتند. با آنکه جوان بود اما بزرگان قریش و دانشمندان آن زمان را تحت تاثیر قرار می داد. دوست و دشمن به برتری ایشان در علم، حِلم، جود، زهد، تقوا و سایر زیبایی های اخلاقی اذعان داشتند.

تنها ۲۸ بهار را درک نمود اما فقط شیخ طوسی تعداد شاگردان آن حضرت را بیش از یکصد نفر ثبت کرده! در میان آنها، چهره ها و شخصیت های برجسته و وارسته ای به چشم می خورند؛ مانند: احمدبن اسحاق، ابوهاشم، عثمان بن سعید، علی بن جعفر، محمدبن حسن صفار و...

[کمال الدین، ج۱، مقدمه ؛ رجال، طوسی، ص۴۲۷]

 

 

منبع : کانال مهدیاران (Mahdiaran@)