[مرتضى العاملي]

Recommendations of absence period for the Imam/leader of the age Imam Al-Mahdy (peace be upon him)
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1. If it can't be giving the self for the sake of ALLAH , then every human being can give all efforts that he has in ALLAH's Almighty consent .. and in his saying sources Almighty { from what we endow/bless them they pay} guiding the efforts and abilities for the sake of ALLAH , by doing it for building the Islamic society that the Imam/leader of the age wants in : helping a believer in what he needs , publishing the right in a nation , relief the sorrow of a sad person / who is in trouble , helping a compelled person and other faces of philanthropy/charity.

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2. The best way to get to the imam and it might be more effective than prayers , visiting the holey places and so on – is to feel the sadness of missing the Imam .. so the one who feels this sadness won't do things that make him sad . Also to exaggerate in doing favors , in knowledge , in praying and in struggle/jihad if it's available ; to reduce the sadness and distress from his heart .

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3. Friday is the day of the imam that we expected him to appear on . So the believer has to keep praying to him to appear and paying a handout for this holey existence to keep away the scourge from him and people who love him . and to do good things in his name . What is more important is to be propagators for his obedience and leaders to his way .. also we have to prepare for his country instead of being busy with the supposition or delusive signs of his appearance or such a thing , and searching in the mazes which has no practical result .

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4. Knowledge has two kinds : there is an acquisitive one which is referring to books and listening to people of knowledge .. also there is a radiant knowledge that the human gets an aspect of the knowledge : being comfort , relieving from fear , supporting the thought and settling the heart .. there is no doubt that the feeling and psychological connection to the imam is the cause of blessing from ALLAH to this radiant knowledge

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5. The important things that show a pure heart is to react with the glorification of ALLAH Almighty, to react in leader of martyrs consolation (imam Hussein p.b.u.h), to be affected when they mention imam Al-Mahdy .. so when he react in these three positions not randomly but showing the strong relation to these holy principles . Who doesn't find the effect , then he has to find the reason. If it's a psychologically or physically incidental or something like that then no matter . But the problem is if it's the result of rust accumulation on hearts. Imam Ali (p.b.u.h) said: ( the tears didn't dry unless the hearts had become hard , and the hearts hadn't become hard unless the faults became a lot.

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6. The believer has to be able to handle a hard thing because this life doesn't go that way always .. in addition some worships need him to be strong , the one who used to be lenient and luxurious may not do his job in the hard time and he might not respond for the imam's call when he appears.

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7. ALLAH Almighty specified for each period imam and for our age is imam Al-Mahdy . He's the one who we will be under his banner on the day of judgment . But in this life what we do is shown to him in the morning and night on Monday and Tuesday .. who wants ALLAH Almighty bless his work , he has to have find the way to this holy existence .
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8. Who waits for imam's day is the one that takes his part in the absence age even if it's simple role . The real wait is what comes after the work .

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9. The believer in the age of absence lives the fact of feeling the entertaining and protection, this is a part of feeling the existing of the imam among us .
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10. The heart admission in his grandfather's Islamic law (Prophet Mohammed p.b.u.h and his family) is one of the believer duty in the age of absence .