03/18/2020
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“I am the Mahdi. I am the Qaem of the time”
(Bihar V.52 p.2)
“I am the one who will fill it (the earth with justice as it would be full of tyranny”.
(Bihar, V.52, P.2)
“I am the reminder of Allah in His earth”.
(Bihar, V.52, p 24)
“I am the avenger from His enemies”.
(Bihar, v.52, p.24)
“I am the seal of successors”.
(Bihar, V.52, p.30)
“And through me shall Allah, the Mighty and Glorious, drive away the calamities from my progeny and my Shia’s”.
(Bihar, V,52, P.30)
“Surely, I am indeed the (cause of) security for the inhabitant of the earth”.
(Bihar, V 53 p181)
“When Allah permits us to speak, truth will prevail and falsehood will vanish”.
(Bihar, V.53, p 196)
“And as for those who fix the time (of re-appearance) they are Iiars”.
(Bihar, V,53 p.181)
“Invoke more for the hastening of the re-appearance, for surely this is your safety”.
(Bihar)
“There were none of my fore fathers except that the allegiance of the oppressive rulers of their times was in their necks”. (i.e. the previous Imams were forced to pay allegiance).
“As for deriving benefit from me in my occultation is like deriving benefit from the sun when it hides behind the clouds”.
(Bihar, V.53, p 181)
“And surely on my re-appearance, whenever I reappear, there will be no allegiance in my neck of any of the oppressive tyrants”.
(Bihar. V,53, p 181)
“If any incident occurs (now) then refer for it to the narrators of our traditions. For surely, they are my proof on you and I am the proof of Allah upon them”.
(Bihar, V. 53, p 181)
“For surely our knowledge encompasses information about you and none of your news is concealed from us”.
(Bihar, V. 53, p 175)
“Surely, we do not neglect your conditions nor are we forgetful of your remembrance”.
(Bihar, V. 53, p 175)
“Then each one of you should do those deeds which bring you closer to our love”.
(Bihar, V. 53, p 176)
“And you must refrain from (all such acts) which make you nearer to our displeasure and our anger”.
(Bihar 53/176)
“Then nothing keeps us away from them except that they attach to us what we dislike”.
(Bihar. 53/177
“As for your wealth, we shall not accept it except that it should be purified (halaal). Then whoever wants, he can associate (with us) and whoever wants, he can sever”.
(Bihar, V 53 p 180)
Whoever eats from our wealth (i.e. Khums) even an iota then he is taking fire in his abdomen and soon shall he be castled in it”.
(Bihar V.53, p 183)
“Allah’s, the Mighty and the Glorious, Destinies are not overpowered, and His intentions are not rejected, and His Grace is not left behind”.
(Bihar 53/191)
“Seeking knowledge through any other means than us Ahle’Bait, tantamount to denial (in our mastership)”.
(Kitab Deen-o-Fitrat: Vol – 1)
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“Surely Allah the Almighty, did not create the creatures in vain and did not provide them freedom without reason”.
(Bihar V 53/194)
“(Allah) sent Mohammad (s.a.w.s) as a mercy unto the worlds and completed his bounties. Through him”.
(Bihar ,53/194)
“And He sealed through him (Mohammad S.A) His prophets and sent him to the whole of mankind”.
(Bihar 53/194)
“Surely, the earth can never be void of a divine proof, whether, he is seen or hidden”.
(Bihar 53/91)
“Allah, Mighty and Glorious be He, has denied the truth any thing except perfection and falsehood except destruction”.
(Bihar, 53/193)
“Certainly there is no (physical) relationship between Allah, Mighty and Glorious be He and any body else”.
(Bihar 53/180)
“Nothing is better than namaz to make shaitan bite the dust, then perform namaz and make Shaitan bite the dust”.
(Bihar 53/182)
“The thanks giving prostration is amongst the most necessary and obligatory Sunnah”.
(Bihar 53 – 161)
“I seek refuge in Allah from blindness after vision”.
(Bihar 53/191)
“And from staying off after guidance”. (53/191).
“And from the destructive acts and demolishing instigations”.
(Bihar 53/191)
“If you seek guidance you will be guided and if you search, you will find (the path)”.
(Kamaluddin Vol 2. P 502)
“Then do not ask questions which do not hold any meaning for you”.
(Bihar,V53 p181)
“And do not put yourself into (unnecessary) trouble in g*ining knowledge in which you have sufficed yourself”.
(Bihar 53/181)
“Surely the truth is with us and in us and non can say like this except us. And if any one says then he is a liar a deceiver. None claims thus other than us except a strayed and lost one.
“Our hearts are the vessels of Allah’s intentions”. Then whenever He is pleased, We are pleased”.
(Bihar V. 52/ p 51)
We read from Tabatabai
The preceptors are also of two types: General and special. The general preceptor is he who is not responsible for guiding any particular individual. People seek his guidance considering him to be a learned and experienced man. The Qur'an says: Ask those who know if you do not know. Such preceptors can be helpful only in the beginning of spiritual journey. When the spiritual traveler begins to view the manifestations of the glory of essence and attributes of Allah, he no longer needs to have a general preceptor. The special preceptor is he about whom a divine ordinance exists to the effect that he has been assigned the job of guidance. This position is held only by the Holy Prophet and his rightful successors. Their guidance and company are essential and indispensable not only at every stage of spiritual journey, but even after the spiritual traveler has reached his destination. The nature of this company is esoteric not physical for the real nature of the Imam is that station of his luminosity, the authority of which extends to everyone and everything in the world. Although Imams body is also superior to the body of everyone else, yet the source of his authority over the universe is not his body. To explain this point it may be mentioned that whatever happens in this world, its source is the names and attributes of Allah, and the same Divine names and attributes are the essence of the Imam also. That is why the Imams have said: "Allah is known through us and he is worshipped through us." Therefore, it may rightly be said that whatever stages the spiritual traveler traverses, he covers them in the light of the Imam, and every position to which he advances, that position is controlled by the Imam. Throughout his journey the spiritual traveler enjoys the company of the Imam and remains associated with him. Even after reaching his destination, he needs the company of the Imam, for it is the Imam who teaches him the rules that are to be observed in the World of Divinity. Therefore, Imam's company is essential at every stage of spiritual journey.
We also read from Tabatabai
"'There is no doubt about the existence of a path of Walayat by treading on which man traverses the stages of esoteric perfection and reaches the stage of proximity to Allah. The existence of the outer religious trappings, without an inner reality, is unimaginable. The creative ability or source which has provided for religious teachings of practical, ethical and social nature and has preached them, must have provided for the inner reality also, which is the soul of the outer religious phenomena.
The arguments, which prove the existence of Prophethood and the continuity of the religious laws, also prove the existence and continuity of the system of Walayat. How can it be imagined that the tenets and laws should have a real existence, but the inner reality should not exist or the contact of the human world with it should be severed? The chief holder of Walayat, who maintains this contact, has been called Imam by the Qur'an, as is borne out by this verse.
"When his Lord tested Ibrahim with certain commands and he fulplled them. He said: Surely I am appointing you an Imam of man" (al-Baqarah, 2: 124)
The Imam is a person who is selected by Allah to be the leader of the path of Walayat. It is he who holds the reins of esoteric Walayat in his hands. He is the centre of the rays of Walayat which reflect on the hearts of the people".
We read from Mutahari :
According to the Shi'ah belief in every age there has been a perfect man having a supernatural influence over the world and a sort of control on the hearts and the souls of men and on this account he is called Hujjat.
We read from Imam Khomeini
The faithful (mu'minin), since they are followers of the Perfect Man and walk in his footsteps, they journey by the light of his guidance and the lamp of his knowledge (ma'rifah) in submission to the sacred being of the Perfect Man. They don't take any step by themselves and do not allow their intellect to meddle with the character of the spiritual journey towards Allah. For this reason, their path is also straight, and in the company of the Perfect Man their fufilment (wusal) is subordinate to the fulfilment of the Perfect Man, provided that they protect their clear hearts from the workings of the devils, the ego, and egoism, and submit themselves totally in the journey to the Perfect Man and the station of ultimate prophecy.
And we read from him in Adab:
Be aware that this spiritual journey and faithful ascension cannot be made with this broken leg, ruptured reins, blind eyes and lightless heart: " And whomever Allah has not given light, for him there is no light ". [198a] Therefore, in setting off upon this spiritual road and ascending to this gnostic mi'raj, it is a must to adhere to the spiritual state of the guides along the ways of knowledge [ma'rifat] and the lights [anwar] of the road of guidance, who are the devotees and the attainers to Allah. If anybody tries, depending on his selfishness and without clinging to their guardianship, to tread upon this road, his journey will be to Satan and to the pit (of hell) [hawiyah]. Scientifically speaking, to connect between the novel [hadith] and the Eternal [qadim], the changing and the Unchanging, there should be an intermediate, a connector, with the characteristic of being unchanging and changing, eternal and novel. Without such an intermediate, the Emanation of the Eternal and the Unchanging would not pass to the changing and the novel in the divine law, and the universal and existential connection would not take place. As regards the connector between these two, the scientific opinions of the experts in the evidential knowledge ['ulum-i burhani] are diverse, as the gnostic taste is different, to give the details of which is out of the scope of these papers. In the gnositc taste, the connector is the Sacred Emanation [faid-i muqaddas], the Expansive Existence [wujud-i munbasit], which has the position [maqam] of the big isthmus [barzakhiyat-i kubra] and the great intermediate [wasatiyat-i 'uzma], and it is the very position of the spirituality and the guardianship of the Seal of the Prophets, which is united with the position the Ali's General Guardianship [wilayat-I mutlaqa-I alawiyah]. The relevant details are stated in the Misbahul Hidayah by the writer. [199] Similarly, in the ascending spiritual connection - which is the opposite of the descending existential connection, or in other words, it is "the contraction of existence" [qabd-i wujud] and returning to the Beginning there is need for an intermediate, without which it does not take place, and the connection of the imperfect and the chained hearts, and of the limited descending spirits, with the Complete, Super Complete and the Absolute from all aspects, is not implemented without the spiritual intermediates and the invisible connectors.
As far as I am aware, the meaning of that hadith is that, similar to how the sun still provides life to the earth and all its inhabitants even on cloudy days when you don't directly see the sun, the lmam provides life and benefit to the inhabitants of the earth even though he is concealed behind a curtain of occultation. If the sun was to disappear for 8 minutes or more, all life on earth would cease to exist instantly. Similarly, if the lmam (a.s) ceased to be on the earth for even an instant, The Creator (a.j) would not allow the earth to continue to exist for even a single second more due to all the wrong doing etc.
Apart from this very important point, while we don't see the lmam (a.s), he sees us, watches us, and more importantly, constantly prays for us and our forgiveness for all the evil we 'secretly' get up to. And don't doubt for a second that if it wasn't for this, and his secret pleading with our Lord and Creator to forgive and ignore our wrongdoing, we may have all met with the Creator's wrath a long time ago and not been allowed respite to change our ways. In many instances, he directly (yet secretly) influences our lives while we don't even know it. Various events/people/circumstances carefully planned by Shaitan to deceive us and send us far far astray are deflected by the kind lmam (a.s) either through his prayers or by his direct intervention.
So, afaik, the meaning of the hadith is that: although we can't see the lmam, we still benefit from his presence on the earth in a huge way, just like the earth still benefits from the warmth of the sun even on days when it is cloudy and the sun is not visible, but still provides its warmth.
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