Meeting Imam Mahdi
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The Possibilities of Meeting Imam Mahdi (as)
One of the responsibilities of the believers during the occultation of Imam Mahdi (as) is daily recitation of Dua Ahad after the morning prayers. Imam Jafar Sadiq (as) says, “Whoever recites this dua for forty da...
Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Sunni Scholar and a Glimpse of Imam Mahdi (as)
A scholar from the Zaidi school of thought, Sayyed Bahrul Uloom Yamani, used to deny outright the merciful existence of Imam Mahdi (as). He used to say that the words of the Shiah regarding the Imam (as) – that A...
Meeting Imam Mahdi – Shaykh Mohammed Taher Najafi
In the book of Najmus Saqib, there is an incident narrated about Shaykh Mohammed Taher Najafi, The Shaykh served with Masjid Kufa for many years and was staying there along with his family. He was a very pious an...
Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Ziyarat Waretha and the Lamentation of Imam Mahdi (as)
Janab Maynou narrates – I visited Karbala several times for Ziyarat. On one such visit, I decided to first pray at the place of the blessed head of Imam Husain (as) – the place where duas are accepted very swiftl...
Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Ya Aba Saleh Al-Mahdi Adrikni
Haji Noori writes in his book Najmus Saqib about Shaykh Ali Rashti who was an extremely pious and knowledgeable Islamic scholar. He was a student of Shaykh Murtuza Ansari. He narrates an incident as foll...
Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Visit from Imam Mahdi (as) in Sickness
The wife of Janab Sayyed Abdullah Rafe’ei narrates that in his last days, Janab Abdullah was troubled by an illness which weakened him to such an extent that he was not having the strength to move out of his hous...
Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Two Scholars – Shiah and Sunni
Maulana Abul Qasim Mohammed Ibne Abil Qasim Hashmi enjoyed a old friendship with Maulana Rafi’uddeen – a scholar from the school of Ahle Sunnah Wal Jama’at. Such was the strength of their friendship that they oft...
Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – The Wound of Siffeen
In the book of Beharul Anwar, Muhiudeen Arbeli reports – Once I was sitting with my father. At that time, another person was also with us whose turban fell down. We noticed that there was the mark of a woun...
Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – The Secret of Shaykh Murtuza
The late Sayyed Ali Shustari narrates – It was a regular practice that on special occasions, Shaykh Murtuza Ansari and myself used to travel from Najaf Ashraf to Karbala for Ziyarat and stay there for some ...