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Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Appointment of Mujtahid

After the demise of Ayatullah al-Uzma Haaj Shaykh Muhammad Hasan Najafi (r.a.) (the author of al-Jawaahir) the people considered Shaykh Murtuza Ansari

Incidents of Mulaqaat – People Who Met Imam Mahdi (as)

Meeting with Imam Mahdi (as) is a good fortune for the one whom Imam (as) has chosen to meet. Here are some incidents from which we can take lesson from. An important point to note is that meeting Imam Mahdi (as)...

Is It Possible To Meet Imam Mahdi (as)

“Can I meet Imam Mahdi (as)?” This question will probably rank very high when a list of questions regarding Imam Mahdi (as) is complied. Having establishe...

Meeting Imam Mahdi – Ali Ibne Mahziyar

Ali bin Ibrahim bin Mahziyar Al-Ahwazi was one of the fortunate Shiahs who has the opportunity to meet Imam Mahdi (as). His meeting was not a chance meeting rather he was specially invited for the same. Ali Ibne ...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – A Complete Cure

A resident of Kashan left for the Ziyarat of Makkah along with a few friends. Initially, they visited Iraq and then spent a few days in Najaf Ashraf. At Najaf, he fell ill and despite best efforts, he did not get...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – A cure from TB (Tuberculosis)

Shaykh Mirza Abdul Jawad Mahallati narrates – Shaykh Mohammed Taqi Qazvini, the head of the madrasah was unmatched in the matters of knowledge and action, in piety and in his efforts for religion. He used to...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Advice to Acquire Knowledge

Sayyed Hashim said – When my father expired, the responsibility of the entire household came upon my shoulders, even though at that time, my financial condition was very poor.One ...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Advice to Read Quran

Ayatollah Shaikh Mujtaba Qazvini narrates – Maulana Sayyed Baqir Damaghani was staying in Mashhad. He was a student of Marhoom Ayatollah Mirza Mahdi Gharawi. For many years he was afflicted with tuberculosis (TB)...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Allamah Hilli and His Episode

Allamah Hilli narrates – Once, I went for the Ziyarat of Imam Husain (as) on Thursday night. I rode a horse on the journey and had a whip in my hand. After covering some distance I saw a person in Arab attire com...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – An Opportunity to Meet the Imam (as)

Sayyed Taqi Qateefi reports – On one eve of Friday, I decided to spend the night at Masjid Kufa. In those days, the road to the mosque was fraught with danger. It was for this reason that perhaps this road w...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Correction of a Fatwa

During the period of Shaykh Mufeed, a person from the village region came to him and asked him, Sir! A pregnant lady has passed away, but the child in her womb is alive. Should the womb of this lady be cut to ext...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Cure for Ismail Harqali

The accomplished scholar, Ali Ibne Isa Irbili says in Kashful Ghummah that: Some people informed me from my trusted friends that there was a person in Hilla known as Ismail Ibne Hasan Harqali from a village known...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Cure for Shaykh Hurre’ Amili

The author of Wasaelus Shiah and other great Islamic books, the late Shaykh Hurre’ Amili writes in his in book Isbatul Huda. At the age of 10 I was afflicted with such an illness that even the doctors who we...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Cure For The Sick

The late Maulana Meer Jahan was engulfed in a severe illness. He travelled several times to Isfahan, Tehran and Khorasan for a cure, but did not succeed in his effort.He narrates, one ...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Cure From Disease

This incident is reported about Mirza Muhammad Husain Naini Isfahani, a prominent and pious scholar. The incident is narrated by his brother as follows – Around the year 1285, my brother developed pain in hi...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Emphasis for Reciting Quran

Shaikh Mohammed Hasan Mazandarani (Mazandaran is the name of a city in Iran) says that after a few days of my marriage I was afflicted with tuberculosis (TB). On account of this illness, I became very weak and so...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Emphasis on Morning Prayer

Mulla Habeeb reports that it was my daily routine to reach the mosque an hour before morning prayers and recite Shab Namaz. Thereafter I used to go to the roof of the mosque and offer additional units of recommen...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Forgiveness of Sins

The late respected Allamah Bahrul Uloom narrated,  Once, I was travelling to Samarrah. Along the way, a question arose suddenly in my mind that are the sins of those who shed tears upon Imam Hussain (as) for...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Grief for Imam Husain (as)

At the outset, it must be mentioned that there is a unique relationship between Imam Mahdi (as) and Imam Husain (as) – Imam Mahdi (as) is the one who will seek the revenge of Hazrat Imam Husain (as) on his reappe...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Help from Imam Mahdi (as)

Janab Ayatollah Ziya Iraqi narrates, a person from the city of Qatif in the Hejaz, left his home with the intention of completing the Ziyarat of Imam Ali Reza (as). While walking, when he had completed half ...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Help to Shiahs (Allamah Bahrul Uloom)

Allamah Bahrul Uloom (ra) was one of those scholars who had been favoured by Imam’s (as) audience more than once. When the Allamah was staying in Makkah, he was away from his relatives and followers. Despite this...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Imam (as) Helps to Complete The Book

Allamah Hilli (ar) (648-726 AD) was a remarkable personality of the Shiahs. He had no equal during his period and was an outstanding Shiah scholar. He was specially blessed by Imam Mahdi (as) with a special favou...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Imam (as) Washes Away The Blood

A devout Shiah of Ameerul Momeneen (as), Haji Mohammed Hasan had started a small tea stall during the time of the learned Allamah Sayyed Mahdi Bahrul Uloom. This tea stall was his only source of income.

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Imam Knows The Needs of Believers

Aqa Shaykh Ayatollah Mohammed Taqi Bafeqi was amongst those scholars who was well known for fulfilling his responsibilities of Amr bil Maroof (calling people towards goodness) and Nahi Anil Munkar (preventing peo...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Imam Mahdi (as) Completes the Verses

Mohtashim Kashani had a son, who died young, so he composed a few couplets in his grief. One night, he saw the Messenger of Allah (s) in dream, who said: You have composed a an elegy (Marsiya) for your s...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Incident of Deceptive Pomegranate

Allamah Majlisi says, I heard from some reliable scholars that at the time of British rule in Bahrain, they appointed a Sunni Muslim as governor despite the fact that the majority of the population was Shiah.

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Incident of Sayyed Muhammad Jabal Amili

The righteous and pious scholar, Sayyed Muhammad Amili narrated that once I went for the Ziyarat of the holy Mashhad of Imam Ali Reza (as) and I stayed there for a long time. Since I was in extremely poor financi...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Letter of Deliverance – Shaikh Haaj Ali Baghdadi

Shaikh Abbas Qummi has reported the incident of Shaikh Haaj Ali Baghdadi in Mafatihul Jinaan. This is a long, but very useful and enlightening incident.Shaikh Ali Baghdadi says – I was...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Meeting in Masjid Kufa

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) – Miracle of Hazrat Zahra (sa)

Ayatollah Sayyed Mohsin Ameen Ameli narrates, the incident pertains to the time of rule of Janab Shareef Ali, the father of Janab Shareef Hussain. His rule was the last by a king related to the sadaat (from the p...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – My Son Mahdi Is At Kufa Mosque

One of those exalted personalities who have had the honour of meeting Imam (as) and having their problems solved by Imam (as) was the great scholar Muqaddas Ardabeli (died 993 A.H.). He was so famous for his piet...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Namaz Shab, Ziyarat Ashurah, Ziyarat Jameah

Janab Mustataab Taqi Saleh Sayyed Ahmed ibne Hashim ibne Sayyed Musawi Rashti was a businessman living in the city of Rasht in Iran. This incident about his meeting with Imam Mahdi (as) is narrated by him as foll...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Recommendation to Recite Dua Faraj

This incident is narrated in Ghaybat Kubra from Abul Husayn bin Abul Baghl Katib who says, I took on a duty from Abu Mansur Ibne Salihan and then something happened between me and him that caused me to go into hi...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Repayment of Loan

Mirza Zainul Abedeen Salmaasi says – Once it so occurred that some wealthy people from Tehran came to Najaf Ashraf for Ziyarat and stayed at my residence. One early Wednesday morning, I brought them over from Naj...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Solution to a Religious Difficulty

Respected Allamah Meer narrates – Once I left my house in the last part of the night for the Ziyarat of Hazrat Ameerul Momeneen (as). It was pitch dark at that time of the night. As I walked towards the shri...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Solution to the Problem in Tawaf

Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed Mahdi Mutazawi Langroodi narrates – Some years ago when I travelled for Hajj, I took a lot of effort to perform the rituals of Tawaf (circumambulation of the Kaabah) as per the Ja’fari s...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Some Points For Remembrance

The need for felt to clarify some points about this topic so that the faith of the believers regarding this is strengthened and doubts, if any, can be clarified. Here are some questions which people have about th...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Sorrow of Imam Mahdi (as)

Shaikh Abduz Zahra Kaaba was a famous, celebrated orator of his time. He narrates as follows – One afternoon, after Zohr, I went to the shrine of Hazrat Imam Husain (as). I saw a person in the courtyard near one ...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Special Signs of Surah Hashr

There are numerous tradition which enumerate the miraculous physical and spiritual benefits of the Holy Quran. Ayatollah Mohammed Taqi Najafi Isfahani has also brought many benefits of the verse of Quran in his b...

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – Tahyul Arz

In our time was a noble and righteous personality by the name of Amir Ishaq Astarabadi. He had completed 40 Hajj on foot. It was famous among the people that the earth used to fold up for him.

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – The Good Fortune of Haji Mohammed Ali Fashandi

This incident is reported on pages 149-154 of the book Shiftgaane’ Hazrat Imam Mahdi (as). Haji Mohammed Ali Fashandi was a resident of Iran. He narrates his meeting with Imam Mahdi (as) as follows.

Meeting Imam Mahdi (as) – The Meeting in the Night

Maulana Sayyed Baqir Musawi says – In the year 1337 AH or 1338 AH, I met a scholar in the shrine of Imam Reza (as) in the holy city of Mashhad. He was approximately 50 years old. After conveying salaams, we struc...

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 ...

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) – 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) – 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) – 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) – 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 – 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) – 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...

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...

Is It Possible To Meet Imam Mahdi (as)

“Can I meet Imam Mahdi (as)?” This question will probably rank very high when a list of questions regarding Imam Mahdi (as) is complied. Having establishe...

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