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12-Imam Mahdi Ibne Hassan Askari (A.S) Ajjul Farrajah |
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Rank: Twelfth Imam
Name: Imam Mohammad Al-Mahdi
Nicknames: Al-Qa'im (The Riser),
Al-Hujjeh (The Proof),
Sahibul Zaman (The Master of Our Time),
Sahibul Amr (The One with Divine Authority)
Abul Qasim,
Al-Hadi,
Father: Imam Hassan (Askari)
Mother: Narjis Khatoon
Date of Birth: 869 A.D.
Place of Birth: Samarrah (Iraq)
Date of Death: Still Alive.
Lived: Will Live Until his Mission is Accomplished and Allah wills for him to die
Facts: He is Our Present Imam (The Alive Imam),
He Disappeared in 874 A.D (The Minor Occultation / Hiding) until 943 A.D. (The Great Occultation / Hiding) Which Continues until Allah allows him to reappear,
He will reappear when Allah commands him to, so that he may establish the Kingdom of Allah on earth, He will fill the world with Justice / Peace / Equity,
He will appear when the Violence / Evil / Sins / Oppression and Disbelief becomes Uncontrollable, {The time when all the leaders of the World will try to solve problems but will fail},
Stories:
HOW IMAM AL-MAHDI (AS) GUIDES US 1
There have been many examples in history of where Imam (AS) has guided and helped his followers:
There once lived a great Mujtahid named Allama Majalisi. Once this Mujtahid was asked what to do with the body of a pregnant woman who had died. Should the dead woman be buried as she was or should she be cut open and the child removed, then the woman buried?
Allama decided that the woman should be buried as she was, with the child.
When the people were carrying the coffin to the grave, a horseman appeared and said that Allama had decided that the baby should be removed, this was done.
A few years later Allama Majalisi was visited by a man with a small child. The man told Allama that this was the same child that had been cut from his mother after Allama had sent the horseman telling the people that he had changed his instructions.
Allama immediately realized that the horseman must have been Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi (AS) who had come to his help, preventing him making a grave mistake.
From that day Allama stayed in his house refusing to give anymore advice to the people, in case he made another mistake. In a few days he received a letter from Imam (AS) telling him that he should not worry and should continue to guide the people. If by any chance he made a mistake Imam (AS) would come to help him rectify it.
The duties of each and every Muslim in the time of Ghaybat-e-kubra is:
To be the caretakers of Islam.
To pray for the safety of Imam (AS) and give sadaqa for his safety.
Ask Allah to make Imam (AS) appearance soon, so that he may come and fill the world with truth and peace.
Whenever the name of the 12th Imam is said, you should stand, placing your right hand on your head and bow your head. You should also recite Salawaat after his name.
Conclusion: The Holy Prophet (SAW) has said that if someone dies without knowing the Imam (AS) of his time,
his death is that of an unbeliever. We must therefore carry out our duties to our 12th Imam who is still alive and
in Ghaybat (concealment).
HOW IMAM AL-MAHDI (AS) GUIDES US 2
There was a pious man called Syed Muhammad Jabal Amili who was traveling through the desert with a caravan of people,
when he got lost.. Syed Amili searched and searched for the caravan but could not find them. It became dark as night set in.
He was all alone in the hot desert, tired, hungry and frightened.
He was about to give up and prepare himself for death when he suddenly saw some water. He went to the water drank some and then did Wudhu/ablution and offered his Salaat/prayer.
After his Salaat he did not have any more strength and lay there waiting for death.
All of a sudden he saw a person riding a horse getting closer and closer to him.
When the horse rider reached Syed Amili he said Salaam to him and asked him what the matter was. Syed Amili explained that
he had lost his caravan and was hungry.
The rider asked him why then did he not eat the melons that were lying beside him. Syed Amili asked the rider not to make fun of him
as he had searched all over for food.
The rider said he was not joking, and to look behind him. Syed Amili looked and there were three melons.
The rider then told him to eat one of them and to take the other two with him and pointed out the direction he was to go in.
He also told Syed Amili that at about sunset he would reach a tent and from there he would be guided to his caravan.
Then the rider disappeared. Syed Amili says that was when he realized that it was our 12th Imam, Imam Muhammad al-Mahdi (AS).
Syed Amili did as he was told and sure enough the next day at sunset he reached the tent and was directed to his caravan.
Conclusion: Although we cannot see our 12th Imam (AS) he can see us and knows when we are in need of his help and comes to help us.
THE LITTLE GIRL CIRCLING THE HOLY KA'ABA
The little ten-years-old girl was accompanying her mother to visit the House of Allah, The Holy Kaaba.
All the people had white seamless rips on.
Suddenly she found that she had lost her mother. She looked every where but couldn't see her so she cried: "O' mum! O' dear mother..."
The people were circumambulating the Holy Kaaba and were shouting "Here I am." So no one could hear her cries.
So she said to herself: "O' my God! What should I do now"? I can neither go back, nor do I know how to circumambulate the Holy Kaaba.
Once again she went here and there and looked for her mother hopping that she would be able to find her but it was useless,
there were no sign of her at all. She suddenly remembered her aunt who while biding her farewell had told her:
"When you reached Holy Kaaba, extend my greetings to my Master!"
She raised her little hands to the sky and cried out sorrowfully "O' Mahdi, rescue me. O' you, the Expected Imam helps me out."
Suddenly she heard a voice which was calling her by her name.
She raised her head and saw a handsome man in Ihram who was standing before her.
The stranger said: "little girl rise and circumambulate the Holy Kaaba."
The little girl said: "But I do not know how to Circumambulate. Moreover, I can not circumambulate the Holy of Kaaba
alone among this crowd."
The stranger said: "Come with me and act just as I do." Thus she rose and circumambulated the Holy Kaaba along with the lmam.
When they circumambulated the Holy Kaaba for the seventh time the stranger told the girl, "Dear little girl!
Your mother and friends are there. So hurry up and join them."
She looked that way. Yes, he was right. Her mother was among the women standing there in with dresses, she recognized her mother
at first sight so she turned to the stranger to thank him, but had disappeared.
She looked every where, but she could not find him and thus she ran to her mother, embraced her and kissed her face.
Her mother said: "Where were you, O' my daughter? I was so anxious about you that I was about to give up my ghost."
The little girl quite happily explained whatever had happened to her for her mother. When she finished speaking,
her mother took
her in her arms and began to cry. She then said: "O' my dear daughter! You called your Hazrat Mahdi (May God hasten his glad advent)
and the Imam helped you. You really met the Expected Imam. O' my daughter!"
"You mean I have circumambulated the Holy Kaaba along with Hazrat! I do not believe it!"
She suddenly remembered that she had to extend her aunt's greetings to the Imam. T
Thus she turned to the people who were circumambulating the Holy Kaaba and shouted. "O' my Master! I beg your pardon!
I nearly forgot, my aunt has extended her greetings to you."
THIS IS ME THE PROMISED ONE!
The heat of the sun burned the surface of the desert and made it actually impossible for any living thing to carry on.
He missed his caravan and didn't know the way. Wherever he turned, he saw the endless desert.
He lost his patience because of the great thirst and felt himself somehow on the verge of death.
He thought for a while and said to himself: "I must die. Those vultures flying over my head and these ants are all after my dead body.
There is no way out and death is irresistible.
Suddenly, he came to himself by the neigh of a horse. Then he gathered all his power to open up his eyes and look at the horizon.
Suddenly he saw a hand some young horseman who was coming toward him. He said to himself: "Is it an illusion? Am I dreaming?
Is he really coming to help me?"
The horseman approached and gave him a bowl of water. He drank it up and said "What fine water! How cold and sweet it is!
Who are you, O man?!"
You actually rescued me!
The stranger answered: "It is me who shall fill the world with justice. This is me, God's true reason and proof for His servants.
I am God's Remainder."
All at once the man began to tremble. He felt himself as a drop before an ocean of firmness and generosity. The Imam then told him:
"Close your eyes!" He closed his eyes and when he opened them upon the Imam's command, he found himself in front of his missing
Caravan. The moment he really came to and looked around to thank Imam Mahdi (AS), he found that the Imam
(May God hasten his glad advent) was gone and disappeared.
Birth
The Sun of the existence of the twelfth Imam (A.S.) cast its reflection and enlightened and brightened the hearts of the Shias
with its light.
The Abbasid caliphs and government functionaries had heard that the Imams are twelve people and that the last and final of
them is the son of eleventh Imam Hassan Askari (A.S.) whose occultation will prolong, and he is the one who will
form the world government.
The tyrant rulers were greatly and extremely alarmed and scared and wanted to stop it. But they were not aware that
Pharos with his might and power and with all that barbaric massacre of the children and newly born babies could not stop the
God's will to materialize. He was looking for and searching Musa/Moses [A.S.] from house to house but was bringing up;
his wanted one in his own lap. Motamid, the Abbasid caliph, who was the Pharos of his age, was extremely
vigilant and watchful about the Imam's house. When eleventh Imam (A.S.) was poisoned and taken from the prison
to his house, in a feeble condition, he sent five of the courtiers along with him so that they may be vigilant and alert and
inform him about any occurrence or incident taking shape at his house.
Then he sent a group of mid wives to the house of eleventh Imam (A.S.) so that they keep an eye upon the wife of Imam (A.S.).
Samarrah immersed into disturbance and lamentations upon the martyrdom of eleventh Imam (A.S.).
All the people by closing their places of work moved towards Imam's (A.S.) house. They carried the corpse upon their hands
for the burial ceremonies in a much grand, splendid and magnificent way.
The Abbasid caliph got much harassed and bewildered at such movement of the masses.
He was trying hard to cover up his crime and manifest the martyrdom of Imam (A.S.) as a natural death.
Motamid sent his brother to attend the burial rituals and take evidence, and make people a witness that nobody had killed
the Imam (A.S.). On the other side, he took up the work of distributing the wealth of Imam (A.S.) so as to show that Imam (A.S.)
has left over no son who could offer the funeral prayer and be the heir to his property.
But in spite of the entire efforts God's behest took place and the son of Imam (A.S.) was five years old when his father was martyred.
He achieved the station of Imamate in that age, just as the Christ (A.S.) was appointed Prophet while he was in the cradle.
He, in the same age, when they laid the corpse of his father, and his uncle who was not a good man wanted to lead the
funeral prayers, pushed his uncle aside and led the prayer assembly himself.
After the prayers he disappeared from the sights. From the very age of Imam Hassan Askari (A.S.),
the Shias had seen him in his father's house and had heard the recommendations he did about his son.
After the martyrdom of his father they kept in contact with him for a long time.
Circumstances of Imam's (A.S.) Birth
Hakima, the aunt of Imam (A.S.) says, "I had gone to the house of my nephew, on Thursday in the mid of shabaan's month.
When I wanted to say good-bye and ask for permission to leave. Imam (A.S.) said, "Oh aunty do stay tonight with us
because our son will come to the world." I was much overjoyed and happy and went to Narjis (mother of Imam-e-Zaman)
but I did not find any clue and sign of pregnancy in her. Astonished and surprised as I was, I said to myself,
I do not see any sign of child's birth.
At this moment Imam (A.S.) came to me and said, "Oh aunty don't be sad Narjis is like the mother of Musa (A.S.) and
the baby is like Musa (A.S.), who was born secretly and without any signs and symbols. Go to Narjis she will (bear) bring her child
to the world at morning (Azaan time [dawn time]). I became glad and stayed with Narjis and the way Imam (A.S.) had said the signs of pregnancy appeared before sunrise. A sphere of light came into existence in between her and myself so that
I could not see Narjis any longer. I got scared and came out of the room and contacted Imam (A.S.) and told him about the matter.
He smiled and said, "Turn back, after a few moments so you will see him."
I returned to the room and saw that newly born baby was prostrating whereas he had raised his finger towards the sky,
calling remembering his God with graciousness, grandeur and oneness and praising Him.
One of the servants of Tenth Imam Hadi (A.S.) "Busher Ansari" narrated in this connection that, one day Imam Hadi (A.S.)
called me and said to me, "I want to allocate a job to you, the performing of which will have a great worth for you".
He gave me a letter along with a sack containing two hundred and twenty golden dinnars and said,
"Take these and go to Baghdad and wait on the passage and course of river Euphrates as, a ship arrives tomorrow".
There are plenty number of maids on it, which have been brought for sale. Most of the buyers and purchasers are from the
Bani Abbas and a few other youths. There is a girl on that ship so when they ask her to show herself to the customers
she does not do it. One of the youth comes forward and says to his master "I buy her for two hundred golden dinnars".
But that lady does not agree. Then his master says, "There is no alternative except your being sold, so you must submit."
But she replies, "Wait, my purchaser will come". Then you go ahead give her the letter and say, "If this lady be inclined to the
one who sent this letter, I purchase her." She becomes glad after reading the letter thus you purchase her from
her master and bring her."
Busher says, I did what Imam had ordered and purchased her form her master. On the way she narrated to me an amazing
and astonishing story and said, "I am the daughter of the king of Rome". My grandfather was a close one to Christ (A.S.).
My father wanted to get me married to his nephew. One day, he organized a grand congregation in the palace and
made his nephew sit with me upon the throne. All the Christian dignitaries and chieftain gathered to get me married to him.
All of a sudden the palace shook, which scattered every thing and my cousin, fell down from the throne.
They again organized an assembly but again the same thing reoccurred. The Christian dignitaries and nobles
took it for a bad omen and all of them left the palace.
On the same night, I slept sad and uncomfortable. I saw in the dream that lightened men came to the palace.
Some were saying one of them was Christ (A.S.) and the other one was the Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.).
The Prophet (P.B.U.H.) of Islam facing the Christ (A.S.) said, "I ask you the hand of this granddaughter of
yours for my (grand) son in marriage".
Christ (A.S.) was overjoyed and happy and accepted it (the proposal).
I got up from the bed and did not tell anyone about this matter. Till such time that one-day, I fell ill and my father summoned
the entire physician and made them present near my bed. But none of them could treat me. I requested my father to free those
Muslims who were in prison. He agreed to my demand and freed them and I was cured.
On the same night, I again saw lightened women. They were saying she is the mother of Christ Mary (Marriam [S.A.]) and
Fatima (S.A.) the daughter of the Prophet (P.B.U.H.). Fatima (S.A.) who came ahead and said to me,
"If you are inclined to be the wife of my son you should become a Muslim."
I embraced and accepted Islam at her hands in the dream. Then she took me along with her to her son Imam Hassan Askari (A.S.).
His love captured my heart very strongly and thoroughly so I became restless both days and nights till one night,
I saw Imam Hassan Askari (A.S.) in my dream. I asked him, "How can I become your wife?"
He said, "very soon your father will send an army to fight
the Muslims and you will be at the rear of that army. The Muslims will win the battle and you will be held prisoner
and brought in to Baghdad for sale. The ship stops in the course of Euphrates and they bring you out for sale".
The customers come to purchase you. But wait, the one who will come to buy you will come along with a letter from my father.
He will buy you and bring you along with him.
I awoke from the dream and was happy and after a certain time, the same thing happened what Imam (A.S.) had said.
Oh Busher! Till this moment no one is aware of this secret, and recognize me. Beware, do not reproduce this affair,
which I narrated to you to anybody, and keep it to yourself.
"Busher" says as she described her story to me I trembled all over and from then onwards I respected her more
and accompanied her like a servant. Then I brought her to my Lord Imam Hadi (A.S.).
He asked her, "How is it that you embraced (adopted) Islam?"
She replied, "You are asking me something, about which you know better than myself."
Then he said, "Good tidings to you regarding a son who will fill the world with justice and legality,
the son who is being awaited by all."
Then he, turning his face towards his sister Hakima said, "Oh Sister! this is the same lady you were waiting for.
Take her along with you and teach her the commands of Islam." Hakima hugged her and graciously and
honorable took her along."
Imam's (A.S.) Life Period
Imam's (A.S.) life can be divided into three phases.
From birth up to the martyrdom of his father till he was five years of age. During this period many of the Imams (A.S.)
companions and the notables and jurisprudents who came from all over the nooks and corners of the world to see
Imam Hassan Askari (A.S.) had met this son of his and had enquired the solution to out numbered problems from him.
Imam (A.S.) had shown them his son and made recommendations to them about him.
2. The minor occultation (incubation), which started at the age of six years and continued up to 76 years. During this period,
the government officials and agents were deprived of his meeting but the friends and associates did go to see him and ask
him the solution to their problems.
During this period there were four persons, who were the special friends of Imam (A.S.) and were the medium between people
and the Imam (A.S.). They carried and delivered the letters and money of the people to Imam and deliver them the answers of Imam.
Four of those include.
i) Usman bin Saeed
ii) Mohammad bin Usman
iii) Hussain bin Raoh
iv) Ali bin Mohammad Sumairi
These were out of those friends, who were the object of confidence of Imam (A.S.) and each one of them did perform his
deputation and duties one after the other.
3. The major occultation (incubation) started from 329 Hijrah onwards and is currently running. He, during this period, which only God
know how long it would last, attends the gatherings and congregation of the people and presents himself among them in an unknown
guise, without being recognized. Nobody can recognize him and those who see him they see him as a stranger and
when he leaves then they, from the signs and symbols, which they saw, know that he was Imam himself.
Waiting
In the age, when Imam is spending his life in the major occultation and does not introduce himself to people jurisprudents
who are capable, talented and well equipped in Islamic problems solve the difficulties of people and the Islamic society on behalf of
the Imam (A.S.). They, keeping in view the people's welfare expedient of world and hereafter, provide the grounds for the revolution
of the infallible Imam (A.S.).
People in this age, are waiting for him but it does not mean that they may sit idle, immobile and indifferent and
stay their hands from endeavor, efforts and paving the way for his (Imam's [A.S.]) arrival. Instead, the
waiting man is a person hopeful, endeavoring, dashing and moving, intelligent and aware, having faith and belief in
Imam (A.S.), and finally leveler and pave of the ground for the appearance and advent of Imam (A.S.).
He is exactly like that mountaineer, who is waiting for the conquest of mountain peak and struggles and endeavors to
lay hand upon his aim, and gets ready whatever is necessary to reach the peak. Obviously, having the plan of conquering
the peak of success and sitting idle laying hand on hand will not make him reach the aim.
Therefore, waiting gives to the human beings movement, struggle and endeavor, though ideas, invention and discovery.
If this vital principle is finished in the society human beings would become cold and frigid, immobile, hopeless and disappointed
and would no more be optimistic about a brilliant future.
The principle of waiting in Islam is a principle un-detachable and un-segregatable from the religion, which gives the happy news
of a bright future and the implementation of the total and complete social justice. Thus he trains himself for the sake of materializing
this ideal and
aim in such a way that he may be able to fight and combat against the darkness, antagonist of Mahdi (A.S.) (Islamic antichrist)
and
Sufians and by virtue of his uninterrupted movement set the atmosphere ready for the formation of single universal government.
So that by the time of the appearance of a Gad made personality all the aims and objective of Islam take their practical shape.
(Insha Allah)
Imam's (A.S.) Miracles
Although there are a plenty number of the miracles of Imam-e-Zaman but we point out two of them as under:
Sheikh Tusi has narrated it from a man named Rashiq, who was the agent of Abbasid caliph "Motazid."
One day Motazid summoned me and said, "I have learnt that there is a son in the house of Imam Hassan Askari (A.S.)".
He escorted me with two of his agents saying, "Go to Samara as soon as possible and get into the house of
Imam Askari (A.S.) if you find a young man kill him and bring his head for me. We swiftly proceeded till we reached
Imam's (A.S.) door. We saw a slave sitting at the door. We paid no heed to him and entered the house.
We saw a much beautiful house and a room in a corner attracted our attention. We drew the curtain up, saw a big room
full of water and there was a carpet spread over it and a youth was busy offering prayers. One of the agents entered the room
and at once sunk into the water. We saved him with a great deal of trouble. He lost his senses.
The other one entered the room he too got sunk into the water. We dragged him out. He too lost his senses.
After an hour both of them regain their lost senses. While we were trembling with fear, we rode off upon our homes and
moved towards the residence of the caliph.
We approached him at the mid of night. He was waking and waiting for us. We explained the matter to him.
He too trembled with fear as we had and said, "Nobody should know about this matter. Keep this secret to you and don't tell it to anyone.
If I come to know that you have mentioned it to someone I will kill you". So till such time "Motazid" was living we did not pluck
the courage to say a word about it.
2) Ali bin Sinan narrates, a group of people of Qum proceeded towards Samarrah, along with some money, to visit Imam Askari (A.S.).
When they reached there they discovered that Imam (A.S.) had passed away. They remained uncertain and wandering around
for a while to find out what to do, till such time they were introduced to "Jaffar" the brother of Imam Askari (A.S).
When they described the aim and object of that journey. He said to them, "Hand me over the money as I am his successor.
But they said, "Imam (A.S.) must tell us how much money we have along with us and that whose property is each of the sacks?"
This thing had occurred before as well, therefore, "Jaffar" got flared up and said, "You are telling a lie that my brother used
to inform about these things. Because this is prescience and omniscience and oracle, and divination belongs to God only and
none else".
But they insisted and asserted so that Jaffar made a complaint against them to the caliph. He summoned them and ordered
them to surrender the wealth to Jaffar. They pledged that, "This is not our money and all are deposits of the people and
we have no way except handing them over to somebody who may be the successor of Imam (A.S.) and if otherwise,
then return them to their owners".
The caliph accepted their word and let them go free. When they decided to leave the city a young man came to them and said,
"Imam has summoned you all."
All of them were happy and followed him to the house of Imam Askari (A.S.). There they found a young man,
the effects and signs of Imamate were apparent upon whose face. They repeated the same words, which they had told Jaffar.
Imam smiled and said, "Sit down, so that I inform you about each one of these (sacks)". Thereafter, he took the name of
the owner of each of the sacks one by one, the amount and their quantities and numbers.
We were pleased and overjoyed for the fact that we had discovered our lost object. We took out the sacks and handed
those over to Imam (AS.) and enquired and put questions to him about our problems. He replied all of them.
Then he ordered that from that time onwards we must not bring the money over there and instead; contact the representative,
which he had appointed in Baghdad. Whenever we have questions to be asked we must send those to him and he will
send the answers to us.
All of us said good-bye to him and came out. We thanked God upon that blessing and benediction.
Those who reached the Imam (A.S.)
Although Imam (A.S.) has not shown himself to anyone during the major occultation period and people have been deprived of
seeing him but the pure and pious lovers have sometimes been able to see and talk to him and we point out a few occasions
out of those, as specimens.
Shams-uddin the son of Hirqili: says about his father, "one day my father narrated to me the story of his leg which was wounded
and then cured." In the youth time my thigh got injured and infected. It troubled me. One day I visited a friend
"Syed Razi-uddin Taos" in Hila Iraq. He gathered the physicians to examine my infected wound and to treat that but
when they examined it, they gave a negative response because as per their opinion if they operated upon it, the risk of the
vein being cut and consequently my death existed. The next year that Syed (friend) took me to Baghdad and got me inspected
and checked by the physician of that place. All of them said the same that the physicians of Hila had previously said.
One of those days, sad, disappointed, and dismayed as I was, I visited the Shrines of my Imams (A.S.) in Samara and stayed there
overnight and yearned seeking the help of Imam-e-Zaman (Imam of the age). When the morning dawned I went towards the river Dajla
and washed my clothes and took a bath to turn back for Ziyarat (visiting Imam's shrine). On the way back two horse riders met me.
I thought they were the desert dwellers (nomadic). They saluted me. One of them said, "Come near me." Since,
I had cleaned my clothes and did not consider the desert dwellers (Arabs) as clean, I did not go near them.
I was afraid that their hands would contaminate my dress, which was still wet. I was thinking about it when suddenly
he dragged me towards himself and put his hand upon the wound of my leg so that I yelled with pain. He took his hand off
and said, "Ismail you are relieved, now do not be sad and distressed because you will bear no more of pain."
I was surprised how was it that he called me by my name. I was still thinking about it and he went. I said to myself perhaps
he might be my Imam-e-Zamana. I followed him and appealed him to stop. Suddenly he turned his face back and said,
"Ismail turn back."
I would not listen and continued running after him as before. The other person who was with him said,
"Oh Ismail turn back are you not ashamed of it that you do not obey the command of your Imam-e-Zamana?"
Then I was positive that he was the Imam (A.S.) and the guardian of the Ummah.
I stopped and had a look upon him watching him go and after a while they disappeared from my sight.
Shams-uddin says, "From that day onwards my father would frequently and consecutively visit Samarrah but he did not see the
Imam (A.S.) again and left this world with the aspiration and longing to see him.
2. Syed Mohammad Jabal Amili: described the affair of his journey to his friends saying, "one year I traveled to Mashad and
since I did not have sufficient money it was hard and difficult time. Till the time that I learnt a caravan was moving.
But as I even did not have money enough to buy one time meal to fill my belly, I went to the (Haram)
Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.) and wept there. Then I decided to reach the caravan, even though I was hungry.
Because, if I was left back the winter would set in
and I would die of cold.
I was proceeding in the same condition upon the way but I lost my way and found myself in a dry burning and scorching hot desert.
I was not able to move on account of hunger. In spite of wandering in search of any grass or vegetation to eat I could not procure any.
Night fell and it became dark. The noise of beasts and desert animals had harassed and frightened me. I was weeping and got
prepared to submit myself to death. Not very long after the moon appeared and the voices of roaring of the beasts stopped.
Suddenly my eyes caught the sight of a hillock, the height of a dune, I went there I saw a spring. I was very much happy.
I took some water drank it and made ablution and offered my prayers. Thereafter, I did not have the energy to move any more
because of hunger. I went to sleep right there and got ready for death.
All of a sudden I saw a person riding a horse, moving towards me. I thought perhaps he may be one of the robbers
and since,
I did not possess a thing he might kill me, out of anger.
When he reached there he saluted me.
I answered his salutation then I knew he was not one of the robbers.
Then he said, "What are you up to?"
I replied him in a great deal of weakness and handicapped condition that "I am hungry and have lost my way."
He said, "you have a number of melons lying besides you, why are you hungry?"
I who had searched all the places around had not found a thing, thought he was just joking. I said to him "do not make fun of me,
and leave me alone to die."
He said, "I am not joking look at the back of you."
When I had a look I saw three melons.
He said, "Eat one of those and keep the other two with you and go straight upon this way. Near about the sunset you will
reach a tent, they will guide you to the caravan".
Then he disappeared.
I came to my senses at once and knew that he was the Imam-e-Zamana.
According to his order I ate one of the melons and when I was fit enough I picked up the other two and proceeded on my way.
On the noon of the next day I ate the other melon and proceeded again and as he had said, I reached a tent, near the sunset time.
They showed me in to the tent and treated me well and then made me connect the caravan.
Can a man, have such a long life?
On the basis of the science of physiology the human body is composed of Billions of cells and tissues. With the passage of time,
the cells get old and worn out and wither away and young cells take their place. This is how the schedule of life goes on.
That thing which worn the man out and stop the cells from performing their activity and work and brings the gift of death to man are
the harmful microbes which enter the human body from various ways and start a combat against the cells and annihilate them.
The knowledge of medicine (prevention and cure of disease) is a witness to it that if man commands the perfect knowledge and
acquaintance with the condition of body, diets and the perilous and harmful substances and completely looks after his health
and is careful about his food his life will prolong. He will not meet an early approaching old age.
From this point of view the scholars and scientists have been able to prolong the lives of a few animals to many times their (natural)
length, through experiments. In this way, man can, by virtue of vast knowledge and respecting the rules and regulations of health,
live for a number of centuries.
A scholar must search for many long years to reach and lay his hand upon a secret of the knowledge, to get acquainted with only a piece
of it. But Imam-e-Zamana (A.S.) all the stocks of whose knowledge are bestowed upon him by the God does not need to traverse
all that long way and he can travel the length of centuries in one moment and reach the result.
In this way, it would not be anything difficult, from the scientific point of view that he (Imam [A.S.]) by the vast knowledge, which
has been gifted to him by the God, may lead his life for hundreds of years with health and safety of his youth and old age and
wearing off does not approach him.
On the other hand, the length of the life of Imam-e-Zamana is not more surprising and amazing than the extinguishing of the fire
(of Namrod) for Ibrahim/Abraham (A.S.), the bifurcating and division of the river Nile for Musa/Moses (A.S.) to cross over and
turning of a pole into a serpent, which are the show and manifestation of the power of God.
Quran and history with reference to these problems narrate the examples and specimens of the length of lives of the Prophets
and the ordinary people in the past times. For instance, Noah (A.S.), Luqman—Luc (A.S.) lived as long as 950 years and 400 years in this world respectively.
Similarly "Bukht Nasr" lived 1507 years and Suleiman/Solomon (A.S.) lived 712 years and Firoze Rai a king of India lived nearly
537 years.
All of these examples are a witness to the fact that the longevity of man's life is not against science and knowledge and it is possible
to occur in all the ages.
How will the Imam (A.S.) achieve success and Victory over the World Powers?
In an age when the thinkers and wise men of the world are busy in a race of the production of destructive and harassing weapons
there would be no sign of peace and tranquility and the world will continue to bum and smolder in the fire of war and injustice.
The power poles would continue to think of expanding their governments and lands trough war and martial intervention.
Given these circumstances and conditions disappointment and distress will overwhelm the human lives and the
spectrum of sin, evil and aggression will expand.
In this condition the ground and scenario for the acceptance of a just government free of war and aggression will come
into existence.
All the nations will get fed up and tired of their egoist and tyrant governments and the expansion and progressing evil
and
injustice will make the world ready for an explosion. Just similar to the appearance of the bright star of Islam in the area of Hijaz.
So that after five centuries of ignorance tyranny and cruelty a suitable scenario got provided for the advent of the
Prophet (P.B.U.H.) of Islam.
The afflicted and deprived masses got so prepared and ready to accept Islam that they responded positively and quickly
to the call of Tawheed (oneness of God) and Justice of the Prophet (P.B.U.H.) and group wise embraced it and
accepted its manifesto.
If we observe the revolutions of the world, we will find and discover that the best parts of the success of the leaders
of revolutions was on account of the materialization and appearance of the suitable scenario in those societies
which was caused by the extreme
unhappiness of the people from the tyranny of their brutal governments and the same led their leader towards achieving power.
On the basis of this (theory) the upraise and revolution of Imam Mehdi (A.S.) will materialize on a natural ground
which is the same appearance of suitable scenarios in the society and since the revolution of Imam (A.S.) would be global
and not restricted to an area. Therefore, all the people of the world must get prepared to accept the revolution and this would be possible in a time that according to the saying of the Prophet (P.B.U.H.), "cruelty, brutality and evil and destruction shall have
over whelmed the total world." The extreme and severe pressures of the governments shall have put all the masses of
the nation upon the course of an explosion,
so that all stretch their hands towards it. And accept its invitation from the core of their hearts. Just like a fruit, which ripens
upon the tree and with only a jerk or movement falls down to the ground.
In these conditions all the powers of the world, howsoever they may be equipped with marshal and military hardware,
cannot stop and put a restraint upon that appraisal and revolution, through killing and massacres.
In this age the world is confronted with a defeat, and restlessness of souls and needs an unusual leader. A leader who may be fully
equipped with the knowledge and awareness of the history and all the stages and degrees of the human culture very closely and
who have touched all those and been an spectator and minute observer of all the historical changes and all the crimes of the past times.
He is the one who after the behest of and deputation order from the God yells out the slogan of justice and humanity and
having gathered the historically subjugated and suppressed masses of the world around him put an end to the governments
of the criminals. Unity will make those people, who spent their energies on the way to the annihilation and
destruction of each other, get their energies and resources used for the welfare and prosperity of each other.
Thus bring into existence a world, far from fear, anxiety and full of boon and benediction.
Quotes from Imam Mehdi
Keep prayers to Allah for hastening the reappearance, hence it is your victory.
Rest assured that no one has a special relationship with Allah.
Whoever denies me is not my (follower).
The appearance of the Relief (al-Faraj) depends solely upon Allah; therefore, those who propose a certain time for it are liars. As to the benefit of my existence in Occultation, it is like the benefit of the sun behind clouds where the eyes do not see. Indeed, my existence is an amnesty for the people of the earth.
Pray much to Allah to hasten the Relief, for therein also lays the release from your sufferings.
ACCORDING TO DIFFERENT SECTS AND SCHOLARS
Imam-Al-Mahdi (A.S), The Just Leader of Humanity
Imam Mahdi (A.S) The Descendent of Prophet Mohammad (p.b.u.h)
Identification of the Prophesied Imam Mahdi (A.S)
Who is Imam Mahdi (A.S)
A Short Biography of Imam Mahdi (A.S)
The signs of Imam Mahdi (A.S) reappearance
Imam Mahdi (A.S)
Another very nice website about Imam e Zaman (AJ)
Sahifa-e-Al-Mahdi (A J)
*TO ALL MANKIND, AS YOU KNOW NOW FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES, SECTS AND SCHOLARS AROUND THE WORLD WHO HAVE VERY STRONG BELIEF OF THE REAPPEARANCE OF OUR PUREST IMAM MAHDI (A.S)
ALL THE ABOVE MENTIONED LINKS ARE FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES ON THE INTERNET,
WE REQUEST TO EVERYONE TO SATISFY ONE’S MIND AND HEART ABOUT THE REAPPEARANCE OF OUR HOLY IMAM AL’QAIM (A.J), PLEASE RESEARCH AND DIG THE HISTORY AND THEN OBSERVE THE CURRENT SITUATION AROUND THE WORLD, THAT TELLS US HOW CLOSE THE REAPPEARANCE OF OUR IMAM (MAY ALLAH SEND HIM VERY SOON, AMEEN) IS.
ALL SECTS IN ISLAM HAVE COMMONLY AGREED ON THE NUMEROUS SAYINGS OF
OUR HOLY PROPHET MOHAMMAD (P.B.U.H) THAT IMAM MAHDI (A.S) WILL BE FROM HIS FAMILY (AHLUL-BAYT) A.S
SO WE ALL AS MUSLIMS SHOULD BE UNITED AND WAIT FOR OUR IMAM (A.J) PATIENTLY, BY FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF IMAM ALI (A.S) AND HIS DESCENDENTS (A.S) *
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