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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