Many people have been graced with the opportunity to meet Imam Mahdi (A.S.) in person. However, in this article we present only those anecdotes where this special favor of Imam (A.S.) has been conferred on the religious scholars and jurists.
(1) Muqaddas Ardebeli (a.r.)Muqaddas Ardebeli was an illustrious Shia scholar. It is well- known about him that whenever he used to encounter a difficult problem which he was unable to solve, he used to go ...
Name : Muhammad.Title : Al-Mahdi, Al-Qa'im, Al-Hujjah, Al-Gha'ib, Sahibu'z-Zaman.Agnomen : Abul-Qasim.Father's name : Imam Al-Hassan (AS).Mother's name : Hazrat Narjis (SA).Birth : Sha'ban 15, 255 A.H.Death : Still alive but in occultation.The hidden Imam who is expected to return“The world will not come to an end,” said the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), “ until a man from my family (Ahlulbayt) and of my name shall be master of the ...
A fact concealed in the belief in divine monotheism (Tawheed) is that none, except Allah, has the right to rule over others. Even a father does not enjoy any sovereignty over his children. When a father does not possess this right, the question of other individuals ruling over their fellow beings, commanding and prohibiting, appointing them to a position or removing them from it, does not arise. To the extent that man does not have any right ...
Hazrat Imam al-Mahdi (A.S.) is the twelfth and last of the chain of the Purified Imams and the divine successors (A.S.)he was born at the time of dawn on Friday the 15th of Shaban 255 A.H. in the city of Samarrah. (Kamaaluddin vol. 2, Pg. 428, 433 424, 430) His respected father is Imam Hasan al-Askari (A.S.), his beloved mother is Janab-e-Nargis Khatoon (r.a), she was in the side of her father from the descendant of Caesar of Rome and descendant ...
od reminds his creatures: remember me so that I remember you. The Imam of Time is a complete manifestation of God. He is His greatest sign. He will remember us if we remember him. The more we remember him, the more he remembers us. How the Imam of Time remembers us is much different from how we remember him. God tells his prophets:
Salute this nation, your salutation brings about peace to them.
Is it the same when we pray for the health of the ...
He is the just person for whom all are waiting. At the appearance era, justice will be done to everybody as sun rays penetrate through their houses. Justice will be inclusive in the sense that it will cover everyone no matter if he is beneficent or not. Also, he will offer the previous prophets' books without any deviation; he will judge among the Jews by Torah, among Christians by Gospel and among Muslims by the Holy Quran. At that time, ...
Shaykh Mufid, a distinguished Shi'ite scholar, also wrote in al Irshad: "When Imam Hasan al-'Askari (a.s.), passed away, the caliph of that time, pursued his son because the Shi'ite Imamiyyah's belief was famous and was spread about that the Shi'ites were awaiting His Eminence."
Mu'tadid, one of the tyrant 'Abbasid caliphs who ruled from 279 to 289 A.H., decided all at once to destroy the entire family of al 'Askari when he heard that more than ...
Name : Muhammad.Title : Al-Mahdi, Al-Qa'im, Al-Hujjah, Al-Gha'ib, Sahibu'z-Zaman.Agnomen : Abul-Qasim.Father's name : Imam Al-Hassan (AS).Mother's name : Hazrat Narjis (SA).Birth : Sha'ban 15, 255 A.H.Death : Still alive but in occultation.The hidden Imam who is expected to return“The world will not come to an end,” said the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), “ until a man from my family (Ahlulbayt) and of my name shall be master of the ...
Imam Mahdi is a divine figure who is on occultation and will reappear at the end times to establish justice in the world. He will establish a just government and will prepare the grounds for man's perfection in all dimensions. There are many traditions (hadith) handed down both by Sunni and Shia scholars regarding his occultation and reappearance. According to many traditions the Imam will reappear at a time when the world is full of oppression ...
Dr. Jalali: What would be wrong with the Imam suffering death in the path of reforming society and disseminating the true religion and defending the oppressed? Is his blood more dear than that of his forefathers who also suffered martyrdom in defending the religion of God? My question is why at all should he be afraid of being killed? Mr. Hoshyar: The Imam of the Age, like his forefathers, is not afraid of being killed. Nevertheless, his being ...
Awaiting' (Intezar) is the result of two conditions. Firstly, he is not satisfied with the present circumstances and secondly, he expects the improvement in his circumstances. If either of these conditions are not fulfilled then it is not awaiting and the person concerned is not an 'awaiter' *(Muntazir).
The awaiting of Hazrat Imam Mahdi (A.S.) also holds the same distinct characteristics. Even here awaiting purports that an awaiter is not ...
III. Shi`i Mahdist State(s) in HistoryThe most successful, overtly Mahdist Shi`i movement in history—and the only one that will be treated in this paper--would almost certainly be that of the Fatimids, who ruled Egypt for almost a quarter of a millennium, from 969-1171 CE, following a period of 60 years of power in what is now Tunisia. They of course traced their descent from `Ali and Fatimah, via Isma`il, son of Ja`far al-Sadiq. In the 10th ...
According to the sayings of Imams, all the companions of Imam Mahdi are young people, but a few. In some sayings, the companions of Imam Mahdi have been resembled to lions in day and worshippers at nights whose hearts are as strong and firm as iron and they are very obedient to Imam Mahdi. The enemy is horrified by observing the awesomeness of these powerful and determined warriors. They are very brave and decisive and they do not let the fear ...
as follows:
"One day, I went to Imam Hassan al-Askari (a.s.). He (a.s.) requested me, ‘Aunt, Stay with us tonight because my successor will appear.' I asked, ‘From whom?' He (a.s.) answered, ‘Narjis'. I reasoned, ‘But I don't see any signs of pregnancy in her!' He retorted, ‘Her likeness is of the mother of Hazrat Moosa (a.s.) who did not have any signs of motherhood till the actual hour of delivery.'
I and Narjis slept in one room. ...
Dr. Fahimi: If Imam Hasan 'Askari had a son then the Sunni 'ulama' and historians should have recorded that in their books.Mr. Hoshyar: Yes, indeed there is a group of them who also have related the event of the birth of [Ibn] Imam Hasan 'Askari and have accepted and recorded his and his father's history in their books. Thus, for instance:(1) Muhammad b. Talha Shafi'i writes: "Abu al-Qasim Muhammad b. Hasan was born in the year 258 AH/873 CE in ...
Adopted from the book : "The Faith of Shi'a Islam" by : Allamah Muhammad Ridha al-Muzaffar"We believe that the Imams are twelve in number; that the prophet publicly announced them by name; and that each of them announcing his successor. They are:We believe that the Imams are twelve in number ; that the prophet publicly announced them by name; and that each of them announced his successor. They are:1) Abu 'l-Hasan 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, ...
Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations
Director of the Athenaeum Centre of Research on the Southern System and Wider Mediterranean.
1. A new age is dawning. A new age is dawning, conventionally referred to as the “post-post-bipolar age”, the age of non-distance, the age of revolutions and new ideologies, the age of globalisation, the age of a globalised and westernised modernity. The historical frame of reference may point to the ...
he group met at Dr. Jalali's house. The session began on time. Everyone was anxious to hear Dr. Jalali's questions.Dr. Jalali: What was the purpose of the Short Occultation? If the twelfth Imam was going to be in occultation, why did he not do so immediately following the death of Imam Hasan 'Askari? Why did he not become completely cut off from his followers?Mr. Hoshyar: You must realize that the disappearance of the Imam and the leader of the ...
The advent of IMAM AL-MAHDI (a-s), the natural course for humanity
HIS LIFE AND HIS LINEAGE.
INTRODUCTION:
As in all of the Divine knowledge which is constantly overflowing from the Holy Qur’an, the call of solace that will be brought to man by the Command of ALLAH (swt) through Al-Mahdi (a-s) is a true indisputable Qur’anic principle. And if anyone one studies the natural course of humanity, they will find that the evolution of the ...
