Mahdavi Lifestyle - The second series

The importance of praying for the children

It’s favorable to pray for the children in addition to training them and being kind to them. One of the prayers which contains very beautiful concepts regarding this matter is the prayer no. 25 of al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya. Some of its verses are as the following:

 “Oh, God! Do me a favor and save my children and improve them and give me their benefit.”

 “Oh, God! Lengthen their lives and make them healthy and guide them towards the true religion and good character.”

 “Oh, God! Make them pious and insightful and loving and well disposed towards Your friends, and malicious and virulent towards Your enemies. ”

 “Oh, God! Make my name everlasting through them and make them my helper in [fulfilling] the wishes, make them affectionate so that they be loving towards me and obedient to me, not disobedient and disrespectful.”

 

To be adorned at home

A person who is willing to help Imam Mahdi (PBUH), should take all the words of Ahl al-Bayt as the guidelines for his life. One of the most important recommendations of Ahl al-Bayt to the Shias is to be adorned and beautiful at home and in the presence of the spouse.

Contrariwise, most of the people pay more attention to their beauty outside their houses and do not care about their appearance at home.

One of the most important recommendations of Imam Kadhim (PBUH) to the Shias is that he says: “Man’s adornment for his wife is one of the factors of woman’s chastity.”

(The precious book of “Makarem al-Akhlaq”, p. 97)

 

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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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The Reappearance Signs - The second series

The time of the Rise of Yamani according to the Sunni narrations

There is an extreme disagreement among the Sunni narrations over the time of the Rise of Yamani:

1- Some believe the Rise of Yamani (Qahtani) is before the Reappearance.

2- Some believe it is concurrent with [the Reappearance] of Imam Mahdi (PBUH).

3- Some believe it is after Imam Mahdi’s (PBUH) demise!

And even in some of the other narrations, Yamani is said to be Imam Mahdi himself (PBUH)!

( Tammol-i No Dar Neshane-haye Zohour (A New Reflection on the Reappearance Signs), p. 87-90)

 

The rise of Yamani

There are many narrations stating that the “location of the rise of Yamani” and locality of formation of his movement will be in Yemen. For example Imam Sadiq (PBUH) said: “The rise of Yamani will be from Yemen with white flags.” [The epitome of Ithbat ar-Raj’a, p. 455]

 “The exact activities and details of the rise of Yamani” is not clear in narrations! Maybeu the reason for not revealing this is to avoid planning of his enemies against him. Also it is possible that the details are explained in the words of Imams but have not reached us.

 

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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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آیا عبارت "وَ عَجِّلْ فَرَجَهُمْ" پس از صلوات، در احادیث آمده یا توسط علاقه مندان به حضرت اضافه شده است؟

{پرسش و پاسخ مهدوی - شماره 22}

 

امام صادق علیه السلام می فرمایند:

هر کس پس از نماز صبح و نماز ظهر بگوید: "اللّهم صلّ علی محمّد و آل محمّد و عجّل فرجهم"، از دنیا نمی رود مگر آن که قائم آل محمد را درک می‏کند.

[سفینة البحار، ج۲، ص۴۹]

 

 

منبع : کانال مهدیاران (Mahdiaran@)

قصور امت

{دلایل عقلی امامت ومهدویت - شماره 22}

 

علامه حلی مینویسد: لطفِ بودن امامت، منوط به تمام بودن امور سه‌گانه‌ی زیر است:

۱- خلق امام و مجهز نمودن وی به قدرت، علم و نصّ بر اسم و نصب آن؛

۲- قبول امامت و تحمل آن از طرف امام؛

۳- نصرت و یاری کردن امام و دفاع از حریم امامت و قبول نمودن امر و نهی امام، از طرف امت و بندگان.

امر نخست بر خداوند لازم است و انجام شده است، دومی بر امام واجب است و انجام شده است، سومی بر امت واجب است که متأسفانه برخی زیر بار مسئولیت پذیرش و دفاع از امام نرفته‌اند. بنابراین انجام نشدنِ تصرّف در امور و اِعمال امامت به صورت علنی و صریح، نه به خاطر قصور خداوند و امام، بلکه به علت تقصیر امت است. (ادامه دارد...)

 

 

منبع : کانال مهدیاران (Mahdiaran@)

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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فضیلت انتظار

{هزار و یک نکته پیرامون امام زمان - شماره 22}

 

عبدالعظیم حسنی می گوید: امام جواد علیه السلام در حدیثی فرمودند: قائم ما همان مهدی است که در زمانِ غیبت باید در انتظارش بود... یکی از بهترین اعمال شیعیان، انتظار فرج است.*۱

امام علی علیه السلام فرمودند: کسی که در انتظار دولت ما باشد، مانند کسی است که در راه خدا به خونِ خویش بغلتد.*۲

امام رضا علیه السلام فرمودند: صبر و انتظار فرج چقدر خوب است. آیا نشنیدید که خدا در قرآن میفرماید: در انتظار باشید که من هم در انتظار خواهم بود؟ پس صبور باشید زیرا فرج بعد از ناامیدی خواهد رسید.*۳

[۱- اثبات الهداة ج۶؛ ۲و۳- کمال الدین ج۲]

توجه : همانطور که ائمه فرموده اند، انتظار بهترین عمل است و نَه بهترین حالت. انتظار یک عمل و حرکت است، به معنی نشستن و حرکت نکردن نیست...

 

 

منبع : کانال مهدیاران (Mahdiaran@)

دعای توسل به حضرت مهدی

{ادعیه و زیارات مهدوی - شماره 22}

 

در کتاب "قبس المصباح" دعای مختصری (برای توسل به امام زمان) نقل شده که عبارت است از:

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّی أَسْأَلُکَ بِحَقِّ وَلِیِّکَ وَ حُجَّتِکَ صَاحِبِ الزَّمَانِ عَلَیْهِ السَّلَامُ إِلَّا أَعَنْتَنِی بِهِ عَلَى جَمِیعِ أُمُورِی وَ کَفَیْتَنِی بِهِ مَئُونَةَ کُلِّ مُوذٍ وَ طَاغٍ وَ بَاغٍ وَ أَعَنْتَنِی بِهِ فَقَدْ بَلَغَ مَجْهُودِی وَ کَفَیْتَنِی بِهِ کُلَّ عَدُوٍّ وَ هَمٍّ وَ غَمٍّ وَ دَیْنٍ وَ عَنِّی وَ عَنْ وَلَدِی وَ جَمِیعَ أَهْلِی وَ إِخْوَانِی وَ مَنْ یَعْنِینِی أَمْرُهُ وَ خَاصَّتِی آمِینَ رَبَّ الْعَالَمِین.‏

[کتاب نجم الثاقب ص ۷۳۱]

در کتاب جنات الخلود می فرماید: فتح و پیروزی بر دشمنان در جنگ ها و نیز ادای قرض ها بستگی به توسل به حضرت مهدی به این طریق دارد و سپس دعای بالا را نقل کرده است.

 

 

منبع : کانال مهدیاران (Mahdiaran@)