The Special Leadership imammahdi (Imamate) in The Shia Religion – 2nd part
In the Name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Imam Mahdi, the promised existent , Chapter Two
The Special Leadership (Imamate) in The Shia Religion – 2nd part
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Continuity of guardianship from Ibrahim to Imam Mahdi
The good news of the imams about the blessed existence of Imam Mahdi
Among the various works of the Prophets was confirming the previous prophets and giving good news to the later prophets: “He confirms the previous heavenly books” (Surah Al-Baqarah, verse 97), “Giving good news to the Messenger who is coming” (Surah Saf, verse 6).
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Prophets all originate from a single truth and speak of the same essence and call people to the same single origin, therefore every prophet confirms the previous prophet and prepares the ground for the evangelization of the next prophet.
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The imams also prepared the ground for the emergence of the next imam and acknowledged the past imams. But the tidings of all the imams about the emergence of Imam Mahdi is a unique feature of the blessed existence of Imam Mahdi, who is the last guardian. This confirmation and evangelism is a sign of the harmony of the dynasty of the guardianship and similar to the harmony of the dynasty of the prophethood.
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The emergence of the blessed word (Imam Mahdi, peace be upon him)
With the rising of the sun of the existence of the last guardian, the rest of God, the dawn of the middle of Sha’ban in the year 255 AH (869 CE) illuminated, and with the pleasant breeze of her presence, the world of possibility became fragrant and the context of the fulfillment of God’s promise to the victory of the oppressed and their Imamate: “And we want to forbid those who are oppressed on earth and make them Imams and inheritors of the earth” (Surah Qasas verse 5) provided.
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That honorable existence is a source of pride for everyone because it is the last innocent fruit of the family tree of the Prophet. His beloved ancestor, Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa, boasts about the existence of Mahdi. When he was explaining the blessed existence of the illustrious Ahl al-Bayt to Sayyedah Fatima Zahra (his daughter), he said: God has honored us with qualities that others lack, and then he spoke about the promised and present Mahdi of our age and said:
The Mahdi of this people is one of us, and thus he boasted about his presence and considered him one of the proudest of the Ahl al-Bayt.
The blessed lineage of Imam Mahdi
None of the Islamic sects disagree on the necessity of the Mahdi’s existence; But there is a difference in his lineage. According to the evidence of many Islamic traditions, Shiites believe that Mahdi is from the lineage of Prophet Muhammad and the ninth son of Imam Hussain.
Elders and scholars of the Islamic world also believe in the same. Allameh Shearani in the book of Yuaqit from the book of Fatuhat of the famous mystic Ibn Arabi, under the title of signs of emergence, says:
Muhyiddin’s statement in chapter 366 of Fatuhat is as follows:
Know that the appearance of the Mahdi is certain… and he is from the lineage of Prophet Muhammad and one of the children of Fatima, and his grandfather was Hussein bin Ali and his father was Imam Hasan Askari, the son of Imam Ali Naqi (Imam Hadi), the son of Imam Muhammad Taqi (Imam Javad), the son of Imam Reza, the son of Imam Musa al-Kadhim, the son of Imam Sadiq, the son of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir, the son of Imam Zain al-Abidin Ali, the son of Imam Hussein, the son of Imam Ali bin Abi Talib. / imammahdi
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This kind of accurate recording of the names of Ahl al-Bayt shows the importance of the subject and the efforts of elders and scholars of divine sciences in preserving the thoughts of the Islamic society, while in the current books, there is no trace of these phrases and instead of them, the vague and misleading phrase “his ancestor is Hasan bin Ali bin Abi Talib” is put,
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while Shaarani wrote this article in 958 AH and says that Imam Mahdi’s life span is 706 years on this date. From the difference between Allameh Shearani’s narration and what is in the current books, it is clear that some books written about the Qur’an or Ahl al-Bayt have been distorted, although the text of the Qur’an has been and will be immune from any tampering. To be continue …
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